RELATIVE SIZES OF NPS AREAS (federal acres) AND U.S. STATES, ETC.
LOCATION / ACRES
WEST VIRGINIA / 15,507,840
Wrangell-St.Elias National Park and Preserve AK / 11,665,271
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve AK / 8,214,302
MARYLAND / 6,694,400
Noatak National Preserve AK / 6,276,090
VERMONT / 6,152,960
Denali National Park and Preserve AK / 6,028,763
NEW HAMPSHIRE / 5,938,560
MASSACHUSETTS / 5,301,760
NEW JERSEY / 4,983,680
HAWAII / 4,141,440
Katmai National Park and Preserve AK / 4,017,041
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve AK / 3,436,167
Death Valley National Park CA-NV / 3,323,772
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve AK / 3,281,424
CONNECTICUT / 3,211,520
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve AK / 2,537,672
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve AK / 2,183,173
Yellowstone National Park / 2,219,789
PUERTO RICO / 2,198,400
Kobuk Valley National Park AK / 1,669,913
Mojave National Preserve CA / 1,460,304
Lake Mead National Recreation Area AZ-NV / 1,470,328
Everglades National Park and expansion FL / 1,505,934
DELAWARE 1,308,160
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area AZ-UT / 1,239,953
Grand Canyon National Park AZ / 1,180,863
Joshua Tree National Park CA / 768,886
Glacier National Park MT / 1,013,155
Olympic National Park WA / 913,529
Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks CA / 865,721
Big Bend National Park TX / 775,279
RHODE ISLAND / 775,680
Yosemite National Park CA / 759,530
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve ID 714,727
Big Cypress National Preserve FL / 648,114
Cape Krusenstern National Monument AK / 649,182
Kenai Fjords National Park AK / 601,839
National Park Service - Listing of Acreages by Park, 12/31/2003 (http://www2.nature.nps.gov/stats/acrebypark03cy.pdf)
National Geographic Atlas of the World (6th ed., 1990)
Compiled by David Nathanson, March 11, 2004