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New York’s Adirondack Park is the largest publicly-protected area in the conterminous United States, greater in size than Yellowstone, Everglades, Glacier, and Grand Canyon National Parks combined.


Capital Albany
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 20,201,249
Number of Pixels 141,095,854

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