Chiricahua in Arizona Becomes the 64th US National Park
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In short
- Chiricahua National Monument in southeastern Arizona is now Chiricahua National Park.
- It is the 64th national park in the United States.
- The area's rock landscape and wildlife have drawn people for thousands of years.
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The site moves from monument to park, a change that signals its landscape and biodiversity are of national importance. The source notes that people have been drawn to the area for thousands of years, so the place carries a long human history as well as a natural one. Visitors and conservation work now sit under the national park name.
From Smithsonian
Chiricahua National Monument in southeastern Arizona is now Chiricahua National Park, the 64th national park in the United States. Its striking geologic landscape and biodiversity have drawn humans for thousands of years
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Chiricahua is a place in Arizona with big, strange rocks. Now it is a national park, and that means it is cared for as one of the special places in the whole country. People have looked at these rocks for thousands of years. Would you like to visit a place with rocks shaped like this one?
