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El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
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El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail

Travel along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail to experience and learn from a complicat…

El Dorado Lake
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El Dorado Lake

An overlook provides unobstructed view of this 8,000-acre lake impounding the Walnut River in Butler County.

El Malpais National Conservation Area
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El Malpais National Conservation Area

The El Malpais National Conservation Area (NCA) was established in 1987 to protect nationally significant geol…

El Malpais National Monument
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El Malpais National Monument

The richly diverse volcanic landscape of El Malpais (el-mal-pie-EES) offers solitude, recreation, and adventur…

El Malpais Wilderness Study Area
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El Malpais Wilderness Study Area

The El Malpais WSA consists of several independent tracts of land under consideration for Wilderness designati…

El Mirage OHV Area
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El Mirage OHV Area

Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY.OverviewThe El Mirag…

El Morro National Monument
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El Morro National Monument

New Mexico

Imagine the refreshment of finding water after days of dusty travel. A reliable waterhole hidden at the base o…

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El Morro National Monument
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El Morro National Monument

Imagine the refreshment of finding water after days of dusty travel. A reliable waterhole hidden at the base o…

El Paso Mountains Wilderness
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El Paso Mountains Wilderness

The El Paso Mountains drop into this Wilderness from the southeast, with Black Mountain, at 5,244 feet, servin…

El Vado Reservoir
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El Vado Reservoir

El Vado Dam and Reservoir, features of the Middle Rio Grande Project, are located on the Rio Chama about 160 m…

El Yunque National Forest
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El Yunque National Forest

Puerto Rico

The only tropical rainforest in the United States National Forest System, El Yunque encompasses approximately …

44 sq mi
Eldorado National Forest
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Eldorado National Forest

California

Stretching across the central Sierra Nevada from the Sacramento Valley foothills to the crest, Eldorado Nation…

1,229 sq mi
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
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Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

New York

Visit the home of Eleanor Roosevelt. Here, Franklin and Eleanor entertained friends, state visitors, the press…

Elephant Butte Lake State Park
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Elephant Butte Lake State Park

Elephant Butte is a reservoir on the Rio Grande that was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1916. The…

Elevenmile Day Use Area
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Elevenmile Day Use Area

Elevenmile is a day-use site providing fishing access and boat launch to the Salmon River 11 miles south of Sa…

Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge
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Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge

Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1969, and became the first national …

Elk River Trailhead
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Elk River Trailhead

The first 3 miles follow a narrow stream corridor of public land that parallels the South Fork Elk River. The …

Elkhorn Creek Wild and Scenic River
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Elkhorn Creek Wild and Scenic River

Elkhorn Creek is a unique, pristine, low-elevation setting, with limited access, providing a landscape with fe…

Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness
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Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness

Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness encompasses 11,112 acres in Mendocino County. There are two major forest types encomp…

Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
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Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument

Millions of Americans and people around the world have ancestors who came through Ellis Island. The Main Immig…

Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
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Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument

New Jersey

How far would you travel to find a better life? What if the journey took weeks under difficult conditions? If …

Emerald Mountain
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Emerald Mountain

In Colorado, the day-use only Emerald Mountain Recreation Area located near Steamboat Springs provides opportu…

Emigrant Lake
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Emigrant Lake

Emigrant Lake is formed by Emigrant Dam which is a feature of the Rogue River Project. Recreation on this 806-…

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument
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Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument

In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled to Money, Mississippi, to visit relatives. He was kidnapped, torture…