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National Park Service

Walnut Canyon National Monument
Walnut Canyon was carved by Walnut Creek over a period of 60 million years. The people that lived here moved on to become the modern pueblo people of today. Walnut Canyon is one of their ancestral homes.

War In The Pacific National Historical Park
This unique National Park is the only site that honors the bravery and sacrifices of all those who participated in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

Washington Monument
George Washington was unanimously elected the first President of the United States. Washington defined the Presidency and helped develop the relationships among the three branches of government. His leadership and service to the republic have been distinguished through the naming of the federal capital, universities, streets, counties, and a state; but none have captured the imagination of the people world-wide like the Washington Monument.

Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site protects and interprets the site of the Southern Cheyenne village of Peace Chief Black Kettle that was attacked by the 7th U.S. Cavalry under Lt. Col. George A. Custer. The controversial strike was hailed as a significant victory aimed at reducing Indian raids on frontier settlements. Washita remains controversial because many Indians and whites labeled Custer's attack a massacre.

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
The Whiskeytown Unit, with its mountainous back country and large, man-made reservoir, offers many summer activities such as hiking and boating, as well as historical remains of the California Gold Rush.

White Sands National Monument
White Sands National Monument preserves a gypsum dune field, along with the plants and animals that have successfully adapted to this constantly changing environment.

Whitman Mission National Historic Site
This site commemorates the courage of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the role the Whitmans played in establishing the Oregon Trail.

William Howard Taft National Historic Site
The William Howard Taft National Historic Site commemorates the only man to serve as President and Chief Justice of the United States.

Wilsons Creek National Battlefield
The battle fought here on August 10, 1861, was the first major Civil War engagement west of the Mississippi River, and was a Confederate victory. With the exception of the vegetation, the 1,750 acre battlefield has changed little from its historic setting.

Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave National Park preserves one of the world's longest and most complex caves and 28,295 acres of mixed-grass prairie, ponderosa pine forest, and associated wildlife.

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts began as a gift to the American people from Catherine Filene Shouse. Congress accepted Mrs. Shouse's gift and authorized Wolf Trap Farm Park as the first national park for the performing arts.

Womens Rights National Historical Park
In the Wesleyan Chapel, the First Women's Rights Convention in American history was held. While women have achieved greater equality with the vote, property rights and education, the revolution continues throughout the world today. Find out how it all began at Women's Rights National Historical Park

Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve
The park-preserve includes the continent's largest assemblage of glaciers and the greatest collection of peaks above 16,000 feet. The site is characterized by remote mountains, valleys, wild rivers, and a variety of wildlife.

Wright Brothers National Memorial
The first successful sustained powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine were made here by Wilbur and Orville Wright on December 17, 1903. A 60-foot granite monument, is perched atop Kill Devil Hill commemorating the achievement of these two visionaries from Dayton, Ohio.

Wupatki National Monument
Wupatki is the only known location in the Southwest where physical evidence from at least three archeologically separate ancestral Puebloan cultures is found together in a number of archeological sites. Today, Wupatki National Monument protects 56 square miles of high desert directly west of the Little Colorado River and the Navajo Reservation.

Bureau of Land Management

Walker Lake Recreation Management Area

Warner Wetlands

Water Canyon

West Eugene Wetlands

West Malpais Wilderness

Weston Hills Recreation Area

Westwater Canyon

White Mountains National Recreation Area

White River Recreation Area

Whittaker Creek Recreation Area

Wild Cow Springs Campground

Wild Rivers Recreation Area

Wilson Reservoir Recreation Management Area

Windy Point Recreation Area

Wood Thrush Trail

Woolsey Ranch Rio Grande Turkey Viewing Area

Bureau of Reclamation

Waconda Reservoir (Glen Elder)

Warm Springs Reservoir

Webster Reservoir

WestWorld

Wickiup Reservoir

Willard Bay Reservoir

Willow Creek Reservoir

Willow Creek Reservoir - Montana

Winters Creek Lake

Woodston Diversion Dam

Department of Transportation

White Mountain Trail

USDA Forest Service

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Wasatch-Cache National Forests

Wayne National Forest

Wenatchee National Forest

Whiskeytown / Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area

White Mountain National Forest

White River National Forest

Willamette National Forest

Winema National Forest

Fish and Wildlife Service

Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge

Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge

Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge

Wapack National Wildlife Refuge

Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge

War Horse National Wildlife Refuge

Washita National Wildlife Refuge

Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge

Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge

Waubay National Wildlife Refuge

Waubay Wetland Management District

Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge

West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

White River National Wildlife Refuge

Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Willapa National Wildlife Refuge

William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge

Willow Creek-Lurline National Wildlife Refuge

Willow Creek-Lurline Wildlife Management Area

Windom Wetland Management District

Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge

Wyandotte NWR

National Ocean Service

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

US Army Corps of Engineers

W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir

Waco Lake

Wagontrain Lake

Wallace Lake

Wallisville Lake

Walter F. George Lake

Wappapello Lake

Waurika Lake

Wehrspann Lake

West Fork of Mill Creek Lake

West Hill Dam

West Point Lake

Westville Lake

Whitney Lake

Whitney Point

Whittier Narrows Dam

Willamette Falls Locks

William Dannelly Reservoir

William H. Harsha Lake

Willow Creek

Wills Creek Lake

Wilson Lake

Wister Lake

Woodcock Creek Lake

Wright Patman Lake

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Weir Farm National Historic Site
American Impressionist painter, J. Alden Weir (1852-1919) summered at this country retreat for nearly 40 years. The 60 acre site preserves J. Alden Weir's home, studio, barns and outbuildings.