How Big is Wrangell-St. Elias National Park?
You’ve read that this is America’s largest national park at 13.2 million acres, but how big is that?
For starters, 84.9 million acres have been designated for national park land. This means that the park that we call “home” encompasses more than 15% of all US national park land!
Still have a hard time relating to the land-size this represents? Read on to learn how many of other national parks equals one Wrangell-St. Elias.
Great Smoky Mountains: 523,000 acres
25 Great Smoky Mountains = 1 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
Rocky Mountain: 266,000 acres
50 Rocky Mountain = 1 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
And if that doesn’t amaze you, consider the following “math”…
Yellowstone
+ Everglades
+ Grand Canyon
+ Glacier
+ Olympic
+ Big Bend
+ Joshua Tree
+ Yosemite
+ Great Smoky Mountains
+ North Cascades
+ Canyonlands
+ Hawaii Volcanos
+ Grand Tetons
+ Rocky Mountain
+ Badlands
+ Capitol Reef
+ Mt. Ranier
+ Petrified Forest
+ Crater Lake
+ Zion
+ Redwoods
+ Great Sand Dunes
+ Arches
+ Mesa Verde
+ Acadia
+ Bryce Canyon
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= Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
AND since there’s only a tiny road system in this expansive land of beauty, consider flying with us! For 27 years, we’ve flown visitors in for day-trips, flightseeing, and backcountry adventure.
We‘re now taking reservations for summer 2020. Join us!