Emuva ngowe-1983, umlobi uWallace Stegner wathi, "Iipaki zeSizwe yinto engcono kakhulu esaye nayo.Abantu baseMelika, ngokupheleleyo ngentando yesininzi, basibonisa ngokusemandleni ethu kunokuba sibuhlungu kakhulu." Abantu abaninzi bashesha ngokuvumelana naye, kwaye ukususela ngoko iipaki sele zibizwa ngokuba yi-Ideal Best of Idea. Ngo-2016, iNational Park Service igubha iminyaka eyi-100, kwaye ukubhiyozela, zizizathu ezi-100 zezizathu zokuba ezi ndawo ziyamangalisa ukunyaniseka okunjalo kunye nabathandwayo bangaphandle kunye nabahambahambayo.
1. I-Yellowstone yasungulwa ngo-Matshi 1, 1872, eyenza ibe yipaki yokuqala yelizwe lonke.
2. Ukususela ngoko, kukho iindawo ezingama-409 eziye zawa phantsi kwegunya likazwelonke leNkonzo yePaki, ezingama-59 zazo ziiipaki zelizwe.
3. Wrangell-St. I-National Park ye-Elias e-Alaska yiyona ipaki enkulu kwinkqubo, ephethe iihektare ezingama-13.2. Oku kunkulu kunezinye.
4. Iyona ncinane kunazo zonke yiSikhumbuzo seSizwe saseThaddeus Kosciuszko, esibandakanya iihektare ezingama -02.
5. IiPaki zeSizwe zithengiswa ngokwenene kubahambi abahamba ngeendleko ezibiza i-$ 80 ngonyaka.
6. Iipaki zizinye zezona ndawo ezifanelekileyo zokuhamba kwinkampu kwihlabathi lonke.
7. Iprogram ye-Junior Ranger Programme yindlela efanelekileyo yokufumana abantwana abanomdla kwiipaki, nangaphandle ngaphandle jikelele.
8. I-Acadia National Park iye yabhengezwa njengendawo ebhakabhaka ebumnyama kwaye ibambe umkhosi we-stargazing festival ukugubha.
9. Iintaba ezinkulu zeT Smoky ziyiyona ipaki yelizwe ehambele kakhulu, ibone abantu abayizigidi ezili-10 ngonyaka.
10. Umbuso waseCalifornia unemihlathi yelizwe, kunye neendawo ezili-9. I-Alaska neArizona zibophelelwe okwesibini kunye ne-8 nganye.
11. I-Yosemite yindlu kwezinye iindlela ezihamba phambili zokunyuka kwamatye ehlabathini lonke, kunye nenkcubeko yokunyuka efana neyinto eqhelekileyo.
12. Isixa esipheleleyo somhlaba esizinikezelwe kwiipaki zesizwe saseMelika sinama-acre angama-84.
Oku kunkulu kunabo bonke kodwa amazwe amaninzi kakhulu - iAlaska, eTexas, eCalifornia, naseMontona.
13. I-Grand Canyon ngowona wesibini epakekileyo epaki epaki e-US, kwaye ivakaliswe enye yeeNdalo zeNdalo zeNdalo.
Abasebenzi beSizwe seNkonzo kaPaki kwi-National Park abasebenzi abangaphezulu kwama-22,000 abantu kwixesha elihlala lililo, elifutshane kunye nexesha. Kwakhona kunamavavolonti angaphezu kwama-220 000 asebenza kwiipaki kuma-US
15. I-Road-to-Sun-Road kwi-Glacier National Park yenye yezona ndlela zibalaseleyo kuzo zonke i-US, ezolula malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-50 ngaphesheya kwelaseMntla Montana.
16. Isiqithi saseTranskrit, esiseZiqithi zase-Virgin zase-US, ngokuqinisekileyo sihlala kwikharityhulam kazwelonke eneeyure ezingama-7000 ngobukhulu.
17. Umthi omkhulu kunawo wonke ngehlabathi ungasifumana ngaphakathi kwi-Sequoia National Park eCalifornia. Uthiwa nguGeneral Sherman, kwaye umi malunga nobude obuphakama ngamamitha angama-275, kwaye unomlinganiselo olinganisiwe wama-cubic 52,500 cubic feet.
18. UMntla waseMzantsi Dakota. I-Rushmore idume ngokuhlawula umrhumo kubantoni abakhulu baseMelika. Ubuso bukaGeorge Washington, uThomas Jefferson, uAbraham Lincoln, noTeddy Roosevelt baqoshwe ngelitye apho.
19. I-Denali National Park e-Alaska ikhaya lentaba ende kunazo zonke eNyakatho Melika, ebizwa ngokuba nguDenali kwimibutho yeentaba, kodwa iphinda ibhekiswe njengeMat.
McKinley. Ukuphakama kwamamitha angama-20,320.
20. Ngokuchaseneyo, indawo ephantsi kunazo zonke eNyakatho Melika ifumaneka nakwipaki kazwelonke. I-Valley Valley ifinyelela kwi-282 inyawo ngaphantsi kwinqanaba lolwandle.
21. IYosemite Falls e-Yosemite National Park yinkomo enkulu kunazo zonke e-US Ithobisa ngamanqina angama-2425 kwaye ibonakala kwiindawo ezininzi ezikuloo ndawo.
22. Abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-292 batyelele iipaki zelizwe laseMerika ngo-2014. Lelo nani lilindeleke ukuba libe ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-300 xa kukhishwa inani lokugqibela lika-2015.
23. Kwakunabanye abagcini babantu abajongene nokuphathwa kweepaki zikazwelonke ngaphambi kokudalwa kweNPS ngo-1916. Abaninzi bavelele phakathi kwabo? I-Army Calvary yase-US, eyayijikeleza iipaki ukusuka ngo-1886 kwaze kwagqitywa iNkonzo yePaki.
24. Iipilishi zaseCarlsbad eNew Mexico ngokuqinisekileyo zineendawo zokudla kwasekuseni ngaphakathi kwelinye lamapolongo anesigidi esingama-750 ngaphantsi komhlaba.
25. Siyabonga kwi-Kid yonke kwinqanaba lePaki, aba-4th graders bangena kwiipaki zesizwe mahhala.
26. Kufikeleleke kwisikhephe kuphela, iDry Tortugas Nacional Park yenye yeyona nto ikhethekileyo kwihlabathi lonke. Yenziwe iinqithi ezincinane ezisixhenxe, i-reserve yolwandle, kunye neNqaba yezoLuntu.
27. I-Park yaseCrater Lake National Park ihlala kwikhebe elunzulu kunayo yonke e-US. Ixhamla kwizinzulu ezingaphezu kwama-1943.
28. Ipaki encinane evakashele kuyo yonke inkqubo yase-US yi-Aniakchak National Monument and Preservation in Alaska. Le ndawo ekukude ibona abantu abangaphantsi kwe-400 ngonyaka.
29. Iipaki zelizwe laseMelika ziqulethe iintlobo ezingaphezu kwama-250 zeengozi zezityalo kunye nezilwanyana, apho i-Park Service isebenza nzima ukukhusela.
30. I-Mammoth Cave eKentucky yinkqubo enkulu emagumbini ehlabathini, eneemitha ezili-400 zamaphulaphu kunye nemigudu engaphezu kwama-400. Le nto ingaba yintsika ye-iceberg, nangona kunjalo, njengamacandelo amaninzi afunyanwa ngawo onke amaxesha.
31. Ufana nokunyuka? Ngokubanzi, iipaki zelizwe zinemitha engama-18 000 emitha.
32. Ngonyaka, iNkonzo yeSizwe yePaki ibeka eceleni iintsuku eziliqela apho ikhupha imali yokungena kwiipaki. Imihla yale mihla iyafumaneka apha.
33. IPhakamileyo yeSizwe e-Nevada e-Great Basin ihlala kwikhaya emidala kunazo zonke emhlabeni. I-Bristlecone Pines ekhula kwiimeko ezinzima zineminyaka engaphezu kwama-5000 ubudala.
34. I-Ipaki yeSizwe yaseHawaii ihlala kwikhaya elingu-volcano enkulu emhlabeni. I-Mauna Loa iphakame ngaphezu kwei-50,000 iienyawo, nangona ininzi yelo liwela ngaphantsi kwezinga elwandle. Iqulethe ngaphezu kwe-19,000 cubic miles of lave.
35. I-Arch Gateway eSt. Louis iyisikhumbuzo selizwe elide kunazo zonke e-US, emi 630 ubude.
36. IPhakamileyo yeSiqithi seSihlabane seNtshonalanga ihlala kwigama layo. Isayithi ineendunduma ezifikelela kuma-750 ubude.
37. Iipaki zelizwe ziqukethe indawo engaphezu kwama-75,000 e-archaeological sites.
38. I-Yellowstone yikhaya ekuqokelelweni okukhulu kwezinto eziphathekayo kwihlabathi. Ipaki inezixhobo ezingaphezu kwama-300 ezisebenzayo, kunye nezinye iimpawu ezingaphezulu kwe-10,000 eziquka imithombo eshushu, iifotyi zamadaka kunye ne-fumaroles.
39. Ipaki yeSiyon yeSizwe e-Utah iye yahlala kwikhaya labantu kubangaphezu kweminyaka engama-8000.
40. Izihlobo zamathambo amakhulu e-sequoia, i-redwoods efumaneka kwi-Redwood National Park yimithi ende kunazo zonke emhlabeni, kunye nokufikelela kumazinga angama-350.
41. I-El Capitan eYosemite yona mhlaba omkhulu kwi-granite monolith ehlabathini, kunye neendawo eziphezulu zokukhuphuka kwamatye. Ngomhla kaJanuwari ka-2015, ihlabathi liye latshintsha njengokuba libukele uTommy Caldwell noKevin Jorgeson balinganisa i-Dawn Wall, mhlawumbi ukunyuka kunzima kwihlabathi.
42. Efumaneka entliziyweni yeLake Superior kummandla waseMichigan, i-Isle Royale National Park yindawo entlango ehlala kude kwaye ingenakunqandwa.
43. "Intlambo ye-10 000 Intshayi" ngaphakathi kweKatmai National Park igcwele ukuphuma komlotha ovela kwiVolcano yaseNovarupta engaphezu kwama-680.
44. UMlambo waseRio Grande uqhutyelwa ngamamayela angaphezu kwe-1000 kumda phakathi kwe-US neMexico. Kwakhona kudlula kwi-Big Bend National Park eTexas, kunye nepaki eyenza iikhilomitha ezili-118 zaloo mda.
45. Kukho izakhiwo zembali ze-97 ezifumaneka ngaphakathi kwi-Great Smoky Mountains National Park, kubandakanywa iikhabini, iicawa, iibarn, kunye ne-grist.
46. Isikhumbuzo sePetroglyph National e-New Mexico sinemifanekiso engaphezulu kwe-15 000 yembali kunye nemiboniso yangaphambi kwezinto kunye nemidwebo kwiindonga zayo zamatye kunye neengxondorha zamatye.
47. Ukushisa okutshisa kakhulu kubhalwa kwiNtsholongwane yeNtshona kufumaneka kwi-Death Valley, apho i-thermometer yafunda ama-degrees ama-134 amaFahrenheit.
48. Intaba yaseCaldillac kwi-Acadia National Park yindawo yokuqala eNyakatho Melika ukubona ilanga linye ekuseni.
I-Park ye-Badlands National Park eMzantsi Dakota inezinto ezininzi ezindala ezivela kwizidalwa zokuqala, ezitsha zihlala zifundwa rhoqo.
50. I-Denali National Park yiyona ipaki kuphela kwinkqubo yase-US enekennel onsite. Unyaka ngamnye, iNkonzo yePakethi iyamkela i-litter entsha yeenkukhu eziza kukhula ziza kutyalwa imbwa ezisebenza ngaphakathi kwemida yepaki.
51. I-Park National Park eCalifornia yiyona ipaki entsha ukudibaniswa kwinkqubo. Yadalwa nguMongameli u-Obama ngo-2013. Ukususela ngoko kuye kwabakho izikhumbuzo zelizwe elitsha kunye nezikhumbuzo.
52. I-snorkeling ehamba ngaphantsi kwamanzi kufuphi neSt. John kwi-Virgin Islands National Park ihamba ngeTrunk Bay, ebizwa ngokubanzi njengelinye lamabhenke amahle kwihlabathi lonke.
53. Iipaki zelizwe zihlala kwiintaba-mlilo ezininzi. I-National Park yaseKammai e-Alaska ine-volcano e-14 ngaphakathi kwemida yayo yodwa.
54. I-Grand Teton National Park yasungulwa ngowe-1929 ukukhusela iintaba namachibi kuloo ndawo. Ngowe-1950, yandiswa ukuze idibanise umgangatho wentlambo.
55. Kuphela malunga ne-5% ye-Biscayne National Park eFlorida ikhona emhlabeni. Elinye iqulunqwe ulondolozo olwandle, izixhobo zamakhorali kunye namanxweme emifula.
56. Iingxowa zemithi kwiProprified Forest National Park zineminyaka engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-200 ubudala.
57. I-Grand Canyon inene kakhulu. Iyalula malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-277 ubude kumlambo waseColorado, kwaye inamamitha angama-6000 ekujuleni kwinqanaba layo elincinci, kwaye likhulu kangangeekhilomitha ezingama-18 kwiindawo ezithile.
58. I-Park yeSizwe yaseGuadalupe kwiNxweme yaseTexas ihlala kwikota ephakamileyo kwimeko. I-Guadalupe Peak iphakama ngamanqanaba angama-8749 ekuphakameni.
59. Mt. URainier yiyona nkqantosi ephakamileyo kwi-48 e-US, ephethe imilambo emikhulu emithandathu evela kwiqhwa. Ingqungquthela yindawo eyaziwayo yokunyuka kweentaba.
60. Emva kokuba abantu baseSpain baqhankqalaza beya kwindawo esekelwe kwiSikhumbuzo seSizwe saseCoronado ekukhangela imizi elahlekileyo yegolide. Ngelishwa bafumana kuphela imihlaba emangalisayo ekhoyo apho.
61. INgqungquthela enhle yaseJweleni yeSigodi se-Jewel eMzantsi Dakota ingaphezu kweekhilomitha ezingama-180 ubude, kwaye i-724 inyawo inzulu, ngokuhlola okuqhubekayo.
62. I-Mesa Verde National Park eColorado inamakhaya angama-4000 e-archaeological sites, kubandakanywa nedolo lelitye elaye lahlala khona kwisizwe sasePueblo.
63. I-Glacier National Park ibize igama layo kwiindiza ezininzi zeqhwala eziye zaphazamisa indawo yayo. Xa kwakukho i-150 engafumaneka kuyo, kodwa ngenxa yenguqu yemozulu leyo inombolo iye yehla kuma-25.
64. I-Park yePark Springs National Park yindawo yokuhlala yangaphandle ye-spa eneemithombo engaphezulu kwama-40 ezahlukahlukeneyo ezifuna imida yayo.
65. Iipaki zeSizwe Zase-Utah likhaya ekuxininiseni kwezona zintlanzi zendalo zentlanzi ezithe zafunyanwa naphina ehlabathini. Kukho ngaphezu kwe-2000 kwimida yayo.
66. Indalo yemvelo uJohn Muir wambi wathi "Akukho tempile eyenziwe ngezandla kunokuthelekiswa noYosemite."
67. I-Park yaseSenandoah eVirginia ineendlela ezingaphezu kweekhilomitha ezili-500 ukuhlola.
68. Iimvumi ze-Olympic National Park zinokukwazi ukufumana iinkalo zemozulu ezihlukeneyo: i-Pacific yonxweme, amahlathi kunye neentaba ezikhethiweyo.
69. Imimandla ephawulekayo yeCanyonlands National Park e-Utah, equka i-mesas, i-aches, i-buttes, kunye nemigodi ejulile, yayilwe yiColorado kunye neGreen River.
70. I-Parkers National Park enyakatho yeMinnesota iyaziwa ngokuba yinkqubo yayo enkulu yokudibanisa kwamanzi amaninzi asetyenziswe ngabaphandi kunye nabarhwebi bemilingo ukuba bahambe phakathi kweemimandla ezisempuma nasentshonalanga ye-United States.
71. I-Theodore Roosevelt National Park eMntla Dakota yindwendwe ehamba phambili apho umongameli wangaphambili wavakatye xa ehlungu ngenxa yokufa komfazi kunye nonina, owafa ngaloo mini. NgoFebruwari 14, 1884.
72. IiGates zePartic National Park e-Alaska zikhulu kunelizwe laseBelgium.
73. Uninzi lweendwendwe kwi-Glacier Bay National Park buya kufika ngesikebhe.
74. I-Icefield ye-Harding e-Kenai Fjords National Park ngokuqinisekileyo ibuyele ekupheleni kweqhwa.
I-Yellowstone yeLamar Valley idlalwa ngokuba yi "Serengeti yaseMntla Melika" ngenxa yemali enkulu yezilwanyana zasendle ezibonakalayo.
76. I-Ipaki kaZwelonke yase-American Samoa yenziwe ziziqithi ezintlanu eziseMzantsi Pacific.
77. Intaba yaseMojave idibana neDolorado kwiJashua National Park Park, eyenza enye yezona ndawo eziqhenqileyo zemvelo e-American West.
78. Isikhumbuzo sokuqala seLincoln sagqitywa kwi-Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park ngo-1916. I-Lincoln Memorial edumile kwiMall eWashington DC yavula iminyaka embalwa emva koko ngo-1922.
79. ISikhumbuzo seSizwe samaWright sigubha isiza sokuqala kwendiza eKitty Hawk, eNorth Carolina. Le moya yayiza kuguquka kwiminyaka emininzi ukuze ikwazi ukusiqhubela kwiindawo ezikude zehlabathi.
80. I-Delaware, eyayiyimpuso yokuqala yaseburhulumenteni yase-US, yayikugqibela ukufumana ipaki yayo yesizwe. Isikhumbuzo seSizwe soBokuqala asizange senziwe kuze kube ngo-2013.
81. I-Park ye-Everglades National Park eFlorida yiyona ntlango enkulu kunazo zonke e-US. Yona yindawo enkulu eqhubekayo ye-sawgrass prairie, eyenza ibe yindawo ebalulekileyo yezilwanyana, izilwanyana kunye nezinye iintlobo ezibalulekileyo.
82. Ukususela ekubuyiselweni kwakhona kwi-Badlands National Park malunga neminyaka, izimvu ezinkulu, i-bison, i-fox ekhawulezayo, kunye ne-ferret emnyama-nye ziyakhula.
83. I-Rangers ebumnyama ngabantu kunye nabasetyhini abajikeleza uBryce Canyon ukuqinisekisa ukuba isibhakabhaka sayo esicacileyo, esibumnyama sihlala sisendleleni yeenkwenkwezi.
84. Ngaba wayesazi ukuba i-Yellowstone - ipaki yelizwe yokuqala yelizwe-yasungulwa iminyaka engama-20 ngaphambi kweMontana, i-Wyoming, kunye ne-Idaho (echaza ukuba ihlala kuyo) ifumaneke ngokomthetho?
Ngamanye amaxesha i-National Park Islands yeCanth Islands ibizwa ngokuba yi "Galapagos yaseNyakatho Melika" ngenxa yeentlobo ezili-145 zezityalo kunye nezilwanyana ezifunyenweyo kuphela.
86. Ipaki yeSizwe yaseCongaree eSouth Carolina yindlu yeyona ndlela enkulu kunazo zonke yehlathi elikhulayo lokukhukhula kwehlathi elihlala eNyakatho Melika, kwaye eminye imithi ekhula apho iyona ede kakhulu kwimpuma ye-US
87. IPhaketol National Park e-Utah iqukethe i-Waterpocket Fold, "i-wrinkle" eMhlabeni ebonisa ngokubanzi iindawo ezahlukahlukeneyo ze-geological. Lo mbimbi ulula ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezingama-100.
88. Ubhakabhaka ngaphezulu kwePhakamileyo yeSizwe e-Big Bend eTexas busobala ukuba iindwendwe zihlala zibona i-Galaxy Andromeda.
89. IHlf Dome Trail eYosemite ithatha iindwendwe ezi-5000 ngeenyawo ezingasentla kwintlambo.
90. Iintaba ezinkulu eziTshisayo zihlala kwiindawo ezingama-66 eziqinisekisiweyo zezilwanyana, kuquka iibhere ezimnyama, i-elk, i-coyotes, i-raccoons, i-cocot, i-deer, kunye ne-skunks.
91. Kukho imilambo engaphezu kwama-3000 emifula kunye nemifula ngaphakathi kwe-Olympic National Park.
92. IColorado ineentaba ezingama-53 ezimi ezili-14 000 iienyawo okanye eziphakamileyo. Endaweni bayabhalwa njenge-14. Kuzo, inye-i-Long's Peak-ifumaneka ngaphakathi kwiPaki yeSizwe ye-Rocky.
93. I-Grand Tetons yindlu enkulu kwiintaka zaseNyakatho Melika. I-Swan Trumpeter ingafikelela kuma-pounds angama-30 ubukhulu, kwaye ihlala entlamini unyaka wonke.
94. Kucatshangwa ngcwele ngamacandelo aseLakota eNative American, iDonald Tower yavakaliswa isikhumbuzo sesizwe ngo-1906.
95. I-Black Canyon yaseGunnison eColorado yafumana igama layo kuba lizinzulu kwaye lincinci, elikhupha izithunzi ezimnyama kwiindonga zalo mhlaba obalaseleyo.
96. Izigulana eziMandla e-Iowa zenziwe ngamapulangwe angaphezu kwama-200-afakwe kwizizathu ezingcwele - ezenziwe ngabantu baseMelika.
97. I-Rocks yaseMichigan yeSizwe iLakeeshore iqhutyana ngeekhilomitha ezingaphezu kwe-40 ecaleni kweLake Superior kwaye iyaziwa ngamanxweme ayo enxweme amakhulu, iindunduma ezinkulu zehlabathi kunye namabhenu amahle.
98. Iipaki ezimbini zelizwe ziwela ngaphaya kwe-Arctic Circle: IiGates ze-Arctic National Park kunye neKobuk Valley National Park.
99. Izilwanyana zabuyiselwa kwakhona kwiJapan Park National Park ngo-1995 emva kokuba zizingelwe ukutshabalalisa iminyaka engama-70 ngaphambili. Izidlo ziye zanceda ukwenza i-ecosystem yendalo ipake impilo eninzi.
100. I-Ipaki kaZwelonke yeZiyon ivela kwigama lesiHebhere elisho "indawo yokuthula nokuphumla" Le nto ihamba kakuhle kakhulu kwezinye iipaki zelizwe laseMelika.
Ndiyakuvuyela iNkonzo yeSizwe yePaki kwiNyaka ye-Centennial yayo, kunye nenhlanhla kwikhondo yakho yesibini.