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Gateway Arch National Park is a national park of the United States located in St. Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In its initial form as a national memorial , it was established in 1935 to commemorate:
Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States [5] and officially dedicated to "the American people", the Arch, commonly referred to as "The Gateway to the West", is a National Historic Landmark in Gateway Arch National Park and has become a popular tourist destination, [4] as well as an internationally recognized symbol of ...
The area was established as a national park on March 4, 1921. [3] Until the redesignation of Jefferson National Expansion Memorial as Gateway Arch National Park in 2018, Hot Springs was the smallest national park by area in the United States. [ 3 ]
Here’s what else travelers should know about Gateway Arch, the latest national park in USA TODAY’s yearlong series. The Gateway Arch of St. Louis, Missouri, and the Mississippi River as seen ...
It had the distinctions of being the seventh and smallest national park created in the United States as well as the only national park in Oklahoma, until its redesignation as a National Recreation Area in 1976. Since then, Gateway Arch National Park has taken its place as the smallest national park at just 91 acres. Visitors soon thronged to ...
Gateway Arch National Park in Missouri makes for an unusual official national park since it's not located in a flagship wilderness setting. The man-made urban park in the heart of downtown St ...
St. Louis’ Gateway Arch is part of a nearly 91-acre national park that pays tribute to American history.
He moved to field assignments at Great Smoky Mountains and Rocky Mountain National Parks, and then made his name advancing the Gateway Arch project as superintendent of Gateway Arch National Park (then known as Jefferson National Expansion Memorial) from 1959 to 1962.