Alaska is the largest state in the US by far. It is 663,000 square miles, compared to the second largest Texas at 269,000 square miles. The largest state in the union by area â¦ is Alaska, but it ranks 47th  by population among US states. The five largest states in the US are Alaska, Texas, California, Montana, and New Mexico.
The new name, Zion, had greater appeal to an ethnocentric audience.. The United States Congress established the monument as a National Park on November 19, 1919. The Kolob section was proclaimed a separate Zion National Monument in 1937, but was incorporated into the park in 1956.ion National Park includes mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches. Human habitation of the area started about 8,000 years ago with small family groups of Native Americans; the semi-nomadic Basketmaker Anasazi (300 CE) stem from one of these groups.
Lodging and services are available on the gorgeous east side of Zion National Park, where guests are close to Zion National Park (12 miles), Bryce Canyon National Park (60 miles), Cedar Breaks National Monument (45 miles), Coral Pink Sand Dunes (12 miles), and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon (85 miles).hen the size of the monument was expanded from the original 5,840 acres to 76,800 acres, Zion Canyon was no longer appropriate the name Zion National Monument was given. In 1919 the monument was declared a National Park and the name Zion National Park was set in stone by President Wilson.