I have to go with Adirondack for sheer scope . . .

"Spanning six million acres, the Adirondack Park is a green island of mixed forests, rugged mountains, lakes, bogs, rivers, and wetlands within the heavily populated landscape of the northeastearn United States. The largest intact temperate forest in the world, the Adirondacks are home to wide-roaming wildlife like moose, bobcat, and black bear. The vast network of connected wilderness areas intermixed with private lands that make up the park is a model of successful conservation work. At-risk species such as loons and bald eagles have rebounded from the threat of pollution here and are now an integral part of the park’s impressive web of wildlife. The park is also an important breeding area for hundreds of long-distance migrating birds like the rare Bicknell’s thrush.

Established in 1892, Adirondack Park is a mosaic of public and private lands, with over 100 towns and villages spread among its forests and lakeshores. To achieve conservation goals within this innovative land-use structure requires creative collaboration with the communities that live here and visit the park. Half of the park is privately owned, and land use is co-managed by the New York Adirondack Park Agency.

Adirondack Park is just a day’s drive away for millions of people, providing residents of the northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada with easy access to wilderness. At the same time, the park’s accessibility and mixture of land uses creates a unique set of management challenges. "

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"The Adirondack Park is the largest protected area in the continental U.S.; it is larger than Yosemite, Everglades, Grand Canyon, and Yellowstone National Parks combined. "

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