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US National Parks Oldest to Youngest

Can you name the US National Parks in order by when they were established?
National parks, not national monuments, seashores, etc...
Two parks are not pictured on this map
Days in which multiple parks were established are highlighted in light grey. List these parks in alphabetical order.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_United_States
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Established
Park
March 1, 1872
Yellowstone
September 25, 1890
Sequoia
October 1, 1890
Yosemite
March 2, 1899
Mount Rainier
May 22, 1902
Crater Lake
January 9, 1903
Wind Cave
June 29, 1906
Mesa Verde
May 11, 1910
Glacier
January 26, 1915
Rocky Mountain
August 1, 1916
Hawaii Volcanoes
August 9, 1916
Lassen Volcanic
February 26, 1917
Denali
February 26, 1919
Acadia
February 26, 1919
Grand Canyon
November 19, 1919
Zion
March 4, 1921
Hot Springs
February 25, 1928
Bryce Canyon
February 26, 1929
Grand Teton
May 14, 1930
Carlsbad Caverns
May 30, 1934
Everglades
June 15, 1934
Great Smoky Mountains
December 26, 1935
Shenandoah
June 29, 1938
Olympic
March 4, 1940
Kings Canyon
April 3, 1940
Isle Royale
July 1, 1941
Mammoth Cave
June 12, 1944
Big Bend
August 2, 1956
Virgin Islands
National Park
July 1, 1961
Haleakala
December 9, 1962
Petrified Forest
September 12, 1964
Canyonlands
October 15, 1966
Guadalupe Mountains
Established
Park
October 2, 1968
North Cascades
October 2, 1968
Redwood
November 12, 1971
Arches
December 18, 1971
Capitol Reef
April 8, 1975
Voyageurs
November 10, 1978
Badlands
November 10, 1978
Theodore Roosevelt
March 5, 1980
Channel Islands
June 28, 1980
Biscayne
December 2, 1980
Gates of the Arctic
December 2, 1980
Glacier Bay
December 2, 1980
Katmai
December 2, 1980
Kenai Fjords
December 2, 1980
Kobuk Valley
December 2, 1980
Lake Clark
December 2, 1980
Wrangell-St. Elias
October 27, 1986
Great Basin
October 31, 1988
National Park of
American Samoa
October 26, 1992
Dry Tortugas
October 14, 1994
Saguaro
October 31, 1994
Death Valley
October 31, 1994
Joshua Tree
October 21, 1999
Black Canyon of the
Gunnison
October 11, 2000
Cuyahoga Valley
November 10, 2003
Congaree
September 24, 2004
Great Sand Dunes
January 10, 2013
Pinnacles
February 22, 2018
Gateway Arch
February 15, 2019
Indiana Dunes
December 20, 2019
White Sands
December 27, 2020
New River Gorge
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Sep 1, 2022
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