NEW YORK, February 14, 2001 - In honor of President's Day, a celebration of the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, outdoor recreation Web site GORP.com pays tribute to some of the most notable outdoor spots named after our historic chiefs of state with some fun facts added. Available at www.gorp.com/gorp/eclectic/humor/presidents_day.htm, the list includes:

George Washington National Forest, found in the president's native Virginia Mount Washington, the highest mountain in the east, is part of the Presidential Range in the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. Perhaps the most extensive array of presidential natural memorials, the Presidential Range also includes Mounts Madison, Adams, Jefferson, Monroe, Eisenhower and Pierce Lincoln National Forest is not, as you might expect, in Illinois but in New Mexico, where Lincoln never set foot Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota is the one national public land where Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Roosevelt all meet Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota is the only national park named after a president. Colorado's Roosevelt National Forest also commemorates our paragon conservationist Poor President McKinley. Not only does he suffer in the shadow of his successor Theodore Roosevelt but his namesake Mount McKinley National Park was renamed Denali National Park in 1980. Denali is also the Alaskan state name for Mount McKinley, the highest peak in the United States Calvin Coolidge State Forest in Vermont, South Carolina's Andrew Jackson State Park and Buchanan's Birthplace State Park in Pennsylvania are examples of how states that have shown homage to their native son presidents Some presidents haven't had the honor of having their name attached to vast lands but were instead memorialized by dams - Herbert Hoover has Hoover Dam, Harry S. Truman Reservoir is created by Truman Dam and Wilson Dam honors Woodrow Wilson

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