Grand Canyon National Park at sunset. (Photo from National Park Service)

America has an incredible array of parks, monuments, preserves, forts, caves, pueblos, battlefields, and missile sites all managed by our National Park Service.

Here are a few interesting facts about those parks.

Most popular, biggest and deepest parks Yellowstone National Park is not only America's first national park, it is considered the First National Park in the WORLD. This spectacular setting was established in 1872 by Congress. In 1920, there were 1 million visitors to our national parks. In 2016, there was a record-setting 331 million visitors. In 2017, it was reported that 61 of 385 reporting parks set NEW visitation records.

The nation's largest school district is in New York City with nearly one million students

Largest School Districts in America

The following is a list of the Top 100 Largest School Districts in the US.

Also included is the amount of federal spending per student. Based on 2013 numbers.

Rank  Name of district State Enrollment, Fall 2013 Federal spending per student 1 New York City NY 989,012 $1,799 2 Los Angeles Unified CA 653,826 1,666 3 City of Chicago (SD 299) IL 396,641 2,036 4

National parks in America are more popular than ever. In 2017, more than 331 million people visited the 379 national parks in the US, according to the National Park Service, just 90,000 short of the record set in 2016. Here are the 20 of the top national parks in the country. Please share these popular destinations with your friends (hit the share buttons at the bottom of page).

Most popular national parks include several in Utah

America has an incredible variety of landscapes in its many national parks, ranging from bursting geysers to gigantic canyons or towering forests.

Be sure to include Utah on the list of places to visit because

More towns are implementing Adopt-A-Park programs to keep their parks clean and foster more involvement by local citizen

What's one way to keep your local park clean and help out your community with just a few hours a month's efforts?

What about this idea?  Adopt-a-park.

More and more parks and recreation departments are implementing the benefits of Adopt-A-Park programs.

The concept is a simple one.

1. Allow groups to organize and focus on cleaning or "adopting" one park or a section of a park in town.

2. Provide them with some simple materials - gloves, trash bags, rakes, trash receptacles, etc.

3. Give them some direction, eg, "Please focus on cleaning up this area over here. We've had quite a few birthday parties recently and there is trash strewn a

Here's an idea. Try visiting parks later in the day and enjoy quiet time dining on picnic tables in front of an awesome sunset

Who says you can only enjoy meals on picnic tables in a park from 10 a.m. to 4 pm?

If you think about it, there are several reasons why other times can be just right for a picnic at your favorite park!

While picnic tables are usually filled with food and festivities during early hours, a picnic at dusk can be the perfect time to enjoy the peace and quiet of nature while enjoying your favorite meal al fresco.

So before you make plans to fill those picnic tables at high noon, consider these three reasons to host an evening picnic for two or twenty later in the day - and some tips to make it fun for everyone!

Picnic tables are more available

If you need a little more motivation to actually pack