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Other Parks

Name and location Total acreage
Catoctin Mountain (Md.) 5,809.87
Constitution Gardens (DC) 52.00
Fort Washington Park (Md.) 341.00
Greenbelt (Md.) 1,175.99
National Capital Parks (DC) 6,629.42
National Mall (DC) 146.35
Piscataway (Md.) 4,624.91
Prince William Forest (Va.) 18,856.04
Rock Creek Park (DC) 1,754.70
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (Fla.) 46,286.91
White House (DC) 18.07

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