Arches National Park Geocoin was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Services. This is an incredibly unusual coin and certainly needs to be enjoyed by many. This is not a collectible.
This Geocoin would like to visit caches in or near each of the National Parks in the United States.
March 1, 1872 United States Congress created the first National Park; Yellowstone National Park. August 25, 1916 President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the National Park Services.
Below are a list of all National Parks in the United States and Territories as well as the state they are located in and the year founded.
Alaska (8) Denali-1917, Gates of the Arctic-1980, Glacier Bay-1980, Katmai-1980, Kenai Fjords-1980, Kobuk Valley-1980, Lake Clark-1980, Wrangell - St. Elias-1980
American Samoa (1) American Samoa-1988
Arizona (3) Grand Canyon-1919, Petrified Forest-1962, Saguaro-1994
Arkansas (1) Hot Springs-1921
California (8) Channel Islands-1980, Death Valley-1994, Joshua Tree-1994, Kings Canyon-1940, Lassen Volcanic-1916, Redwood-1968, Sequoia-1890, Yosemite-1890
Colorado (4) Black Canyon of the Gunnison-1999, Great Sand Dunes-2004, Mesa Verde-1906,Rocky Mountain-1915
Florida (3) Biscayne-1980, Dry Tortugas-1992, Everglades-1947
Hawaii (2) Haleakala-1916, Hawaii Volcanoes-1916
Idaho (1) Yellowstone-1872
Kentucky (1) Mammoth Cave-1941
Maine (1) Acadia-1919
Michigan (1) Isle Royale-1940
Minnesota (1) Voyageurs-1975
Montana (2) Glacier-1910, Yellowstone-1872
Nevada (1) Great Basin-1986
New Mexico (1) Carlsbad Caverns-1930
North Carolina (1) Great Smoky Mountains-1934
North Dakota (1) Theodore Roosevelt-1978
Ohio (1)Cuyahoga Valley-2000
Oregon (1) Crater Lake-1902
South Carolina (1) Congaree-2003
South Dakota (2) Badlands-1978, Wind Cave-1903
Tennessee (1) Great Smoky Mountains-1934
Texas (2) Big Bend-1944, Guadalupe Mountains-1966
U.S. Virgin Islands (1) Virgin Islands-1956
Utah (5) Arches-1971, Bryce Canyon-1928, Capitol Reef-1971, Canyonlands-1964, Zion-1919
Virginia (1) Shenandoah-1935
Washington (3) Mount Rainier-1899, North Cascades-1968, Olympic-1938
Wyoming (2) Grand Teton-1929, Yellowstone-1872