26-30 National Park Facts
26. Part of Cuyahoga National Park in Ohio was an EPA Superfund site up until 2012. Ford, 3M, Chrysler and Waste Management of Ohio were all held liable for the pollution. – Source
27. The Ebola virus wiped out 70 to 95% of the 20,000 gorillas in Congo’s d’Odzala national park between 2003 and 2005. – Source
28. In 2014, Archaeologists from the Great Basin National Park discovered a 132-year-old Winchester Model 1873 Rifle leaning against a Juniper tree. The discovery of the forgotten Winchester was fortunate because less than two years later, a wildfire swept through the area the rifle was discovered. – Source
29. Wolves were credited for changing the rivers in the Yellowstone national park. – Source
30. There’s a “Tree of Life” in Olympic National Park, Washington, that still survives despite hanging over a cliff by its roots. – Source
31-35 National Park Facts
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31. In Germany, there is an undetectable minefield in a National Park filled with glass landmines. – Source
32. Liberia has a national park with “the highest mammal species diversity of any region in the world”. Due to its location and the absence of amenities, there are few visitors. The park has no roads or trails, so it can be reached only on foot. – Source
33. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is far and away the most visited national park in the country, having over 11 million visitors annually. – Source
34. Two college graduates traveled the U.S. vandalizing historical and private signs as “grammar vigilantes”. After damaging a sign in the Grand Canyon that was more than 60-years-old, the two were banned from National Parks for a year, given probation, and made to pay for the restorations. – Source
35. National parks cover more than 25% of Costa Rica’s area. – Source
36-40 National Park Facts
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36. There are “sailing stones” that move about on their own, without any human or animal intervention, in Death Valley National Park. – Source
37. The world’s leading expert on African lions believes that the only feasible way to conserve them in the Serengeti is to erect a fence around the national park. A project which would cost tens of millions of dollars. – Source
38. Four Germans who were lost in Death Valley National Park were found by a single dedicated volunteer 13 years after the initial massive search. It was his second trip into the area when he discovered the first set of skeletal remains. – Source
39. There’s an anti-poaching unit, The Black Mambas, in South Africa comprised of women from the local community and is the first all-female unit of its kind. They patrol and protect the animals in the Greater Kruger national park. – Source
40. There is a glass walkway in China’s Tianmen Mountain National Park that is 200 ft long and about 4700 ft in the air. – Source
Thank you for this very interesting collection of National Park facts.
Why is there nothing in this post on the thousands of people that disappear in the National Forests every year? Or of Dennis Martin, the young boy who was kidnapped in the Smokey National Forest by inbred people living in the mountains? Seems that would be one of the 1st facts that should have been listed.