Show how national parks and national monuments differ there are 20 national parks and more than 70 national monuments t generally speaking sp eakin nations nil parks y ore are areas preserved by the federal eil cral gover government ament because of their outstanding scenery while national monuments are arc either buildings or areas preserved because of their prehistoric historic scientific geologic or biologic interest for example carlsbad caverns in now mexico Is classified as a national park while chaco canyon in new mexico Is listed as a ilat national lonal monument of 0 interest because of prehistoric cliff dwellings though roost most of the national parka are la ia the west and southwest there are others in all parts ot of tile the united states in alaska and hawaii both notional national parks and national monuments are open to the public during the jast 25 23 years visitors registering at national parks have increased from from about annually to more than in 1035 there are arc in addition el eight lit n national military parks and national forests with a total area ot of acres Wash washington logton star |