It's National Park Week! Check out these lesser-known fun facts about national parks across the country.
The park is made up of seven small islands that can only be reached by boat or plane, making it one of the most remote national parks in the U.S.5. Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky offers the longest cave system in the world6. First State National Historic Park is Delaware's one and only national park
Yellowstone is one of the world's largest active volcanic systems, Wyoming State Geological Survey reports.Lechuguilla is mapped at 1,604 feet deep with more than 145 miles of passages. The cave is also known as one of the 10 longest caves in the world, NPS reports. In the 1860s, thousands of Hawaiians suffering from leprosy were banished and isolated to Molokai Island, said NPS on its website.Hawaii's isolation policy was abolished in 1969, almost 30 years after a cure was found, but patients still live at Kalaupapa by choice.
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