GATEWAY ARCH

Visit Gateway Arch National Park and ascend the iconic Gateway Arch for breathtaking views of the Mississippi River. Explore the history of westward expansion and ponder why Donald Trump made this "monument" a National Park. 

"The Department of the Interior supports renaming the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial to highlight its iconic feature, the Gateway Arch. However, we recommend designating the site as a national monument, to be known as “Gateway Arch National Monument,” rather than a national park, in order to be more consistent with National Park Service naming conventions… At only 91 federal acres, we believe that the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is too small and limited in the range of resources the site protects and interprets to be called a national park."

Robert Vogel, Acting Deputy Director of the National Park Service (2017)