List of areas in the United States National Park System
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The National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service . The collection includes all national parks and most national monuments , as well as several other types of protected areas of the United States .
As of December 2024, there are 433 units of the National Park System.[ 1] However, this number is somewhat misleading. For example, Denali National Park and Preserve is counted as two units, since the same name applies to a national park and an adjacent national preserve. Yet Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve is counted as one unit, despite its double designation. Counting methodology is typically based on the language of a park's authorizing legislation.
Although the designations generally reflect sites' features, all units of the system are considered administratively equal and with few exceptions the designations themselves do not define their level of protection. Each site has a management plan consistent with its ecological, historic, and recreational resources and its enabling legislation.
In addition to areas of the National Park System, the National Park Service also provides technical and financial assistance to several affiliated areas authorized by Congress. Affiliated areas are marked on the lists below.
National Park System units are found in all 50 states, the District of Columbia , and the U.S. territories of Guam , American Samoa , the U.S. Virgin Islands , and Puerto Rico . The territory of the Northern Mariana Islands has an affiliated area but not an official NPS unit.
Nearly all units managed by the National Park Service participate in the National Park Passport Stamps program.
National parks
There are 63 officially designated national parks in the United States and its dependent areas, as of 2021.[ 2] The national parks are considered the "crown jewels" of the system and are typically larger than other areas, including a variety of significant ecological and geological resources.
North Cascades National Park
Haleakalā National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
Dry Tortugas National Park
Shenandoah National Park
Badlands National Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Arches National Park
Olympic National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Gateway Arch National Park
Name
Location
Year established
Area (2024)[ 3] [ 4]
Acres
km2
Acadia National Park
Maine
1919
49,076.65
198.6062
National Park of American Samoa
American Samoa
1988
8,256.67
33.4136
Arches National Park
Utah
1971
76,678.98
310.3088
Badlands National Park
South Dakota
1978
242,742.90
982.3457
Big Bend National Park
Texas
1944
801,163.21
3,242.1925
Biscayne National Park
Florida
1980
172,971.11
699.9892
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Colorado
1999
30,779.83
124.5616
Bryce Canyon National Park
Utah
1928
35,835.08
145.0194
Canyonlands National Park
Utah
1964
337,597.83
1,366.2099
Capitol Reef National Park
Utah
1971
241,904.50
978.9528
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
New Mexico
1930
46,766.45
189.2571
Channel Islands National Park
California
1980
249,561.00
1,009.9375
Congaree National Park
South Carolina
2003
26,692.60
108.0211
Crater Lake National Park
Oregon
1902
183,224.05
741.4814
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Ohio
2000
32,597.08
131.9157
Death Valley National Park
California , Nevada
1994
3,408,445.63
13,793.4901
Denali National Park
Alaska
1917
4,740,911.16
19,185.7868
Dry Tortugas National Park
Florida
1992
64,701.22
261.8365
Everglades National Park
Florida
1947
1,508,938.57
6,106.4577
Gates of the Arctic National Park
Alaska
1980
7,523,897.45
30,448.1327
Gateway Arch National Park
Missouri
2018
192.83
0.7804
Glacier National Park (part of Waterton–Glacier International Peace Park )
Montana
1910
1,013,126.39
4,099.9770
Glacier Bay National Park
Alaska
1980
3,223,383.43
13,044.5699
Grand Canyon National Park
Arizona
1919
1,201,647.03
4,862.8930
Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming
1929
310,044.36
1,254.7050
Great Basin National Park
Nevada
1986
77,180.00
312.3364
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Colorado
2004
107,336.95
434.3772
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina , Tennessee
1934
522,426.88
2,114.1866
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Texas
1966
86,367.10
349.5153
Haleakalā National Park
Hawaii
1916
33,488.98
135.5251
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Hawaii
1916
344,812.18
1,395.4054
Hot Springs National Park
Arkansas
1921
5,554.15
22.4768
Indiana Dunes National Park
Indiana
2019
15,647.12
63.3216
Isle Royale National Park
Michigan
1940
571,790.30
2,313.9532
Joshua Tree National Park
California
1994
795,155.85
3,217.8816
Katmai National Park
Alaska
1980
3,674,529.33
14,870.2926
Kenai Fjords National Park
Alaska
1980
669,650.05
2,709.9776
Kings Canyon National Park
California
1940
461,901.37
1,869.2485
Kobuk Valley National Park
Alaska
1980
1,750,716.16
7,084.8969
Lake Clark National Park
Alaska
1980
2,619,816.49
10,602.0212
Lassen Volcanic National Park
California
1916
106,589.02
431.3505
Mammoth Cave National Park
Kentucky
1941
72,041.73
291.5425
Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado
1906
52,485.17
212.3999
Mount Rainier National Park
Washington
1899
236,381.64
956.6026
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
West Virginia
2020
72,390.91
292.9556
North Cascades National Park
Washington
1968
504,780.94
2,042.7760
Olympic National Park
Washington
1938
922,649.41
3,733.8297
Petrified Forest National Park
Arizona
1962
221,390.21
895.9344
Pinnacles National Park
California
2013
26,685.73
107.9933
Redwood National and State Parks
California
1968
139,090.97
562.8812
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado
1915
265,847.74
1,075.8476
Saguaro National Park
Arizona
1994
92,799.77
375.5473
Sequoia National Park
California
1890
404,062.63
1,635.1834
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia
1935
200,445.92
811.1759
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
North Dakota
1978
70,446.89
285.0884
Virgin Islands National Park
U.S. Virgin Islands
1956
15,041.03
60.8689
Voyageurs National Park
Minnesota
1975
218,223.25
883.1182
White Sands National Park
New Mexico
2019
146,344.31
592.2344
Wind Cave National Park
South Dakota
1903
33,970.84
137.4751
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park
Alaska
1980
8,323,146.48
33,682.5788
Yellowstone National Park
Idaho , Montana , Wyoming
1872
2,219,790.71
8,983.1743
Yosemite National Park
California
1890
761,747.50
3,082.6828
Zion National Park
Utah
1919
147,242.66
595.8699
Name
Established
Disbanded
Result
Abraham Lincoln National Park
July 17, 1916
August 11, 1939
Redesignated as Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Fort McHenry National Park
March 3, 1925
August 11, 1939
Redesignated under the unique designation of Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
General Grant National Park
October 1, 1890
March 4, 1940
Incorporated into Kings Canyon National Park
Hawaii National Park
August 1, 1916
September 13, 1960
Divided into Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park
Mackinac National Park
April 15, 1875
March 2, 1895
Transferred to Michigan ; now operated as Mackinac Island State Park
Platt National Park
June 29, 1906
March 17, 1976
Incorporated with Arbuckle Recreation Area and redesignated Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Rock Creek Park [ 5]
September 27, 1890
August 10, 1933
Incorporated into National Capital Parks
Sullys Hill National Park
April 27, 1904
March 3, 1931
Transferred to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ; now operated as White Horse Hill National Game Preserve
National monuments
Devils Tower National Monument
Stonewall National Monument
Statue of Liberty National Monument
Natural Bridges National Monument
Muir Woods National Monument
Bandelier National Monument
George Washington Carver National Monument
There are 136 national monuments , 89 of which are administered by the NPS and are listed below. Of these, 87 (all except Grand Canyon-Parashant and Avi Kwa Ame) are NPS official units .
The remaining 47 monuments are administered by five other federal agencies. Three, Grand Canyon–Parashant, Craters of the Moon, and Avi Kwa Ame National Monuments, are jointly administered by the NPS and the Bureau of Land Management , and Tule Lake National Monument is joint with the Fish and Wildlife Service . National monuments are typically smaller and protect just one or few major resources. They include both natural and historical sites and can be established by the president under the Antiquities Act . 34 former national monuments have been redesignated or incorporated into national parks.
Name
Location
Area[ 3] [ 4]
African Burial Ground National Monument
New York
0.35 acres (0.0014 km2 )
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Nebraska
3,057.87 acres (12.3748 km2 )
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
Texas
1,370.97 acres (5.5481 km2 )
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
Alaska
137,176.00 acres (555.1316 km2 )
Avi Kwa Ame National Monument (not an official NPS unit)
Nevada
NPS manages roughly 50,000 acres (200 km2 ) of 506,814 acres (2,051.00 km2 )
Aztec Ruins National Monument
New Mexico
318.40 acres (1.2885 km2 )
Bandelier National Monument
New Mexico
33,676.67 acres (136.2846 km2 )
Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument
District of Columbia
0.34 acres (0.0014 km2 )
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
Alabama
18.25 acres (0.0739 km2 )
Booker T. Washington National Monument
Virginia
239.01 acres (0.9672 km2 )
Buck Island Reef National Monument
U.S. Virgin Islands
19,015.47 acres (76.9529 km2 )
Cabrillo National Monument
California
159.94 acres (0.6473 km2 )
Camp Nelson National Monument
Kentucky
464.97 acres (1.8817 km2 )
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Arizona
83,840.00 acres (339.2884 km2 )
Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Alaska
649,096.15 acres (2,626.7989 km2 )
Capulin Volcano National Monument
New Mexico
792.84 acres (3.2085 km2 )
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
Pennsylvania
24.5 acres (0.099 km2 )
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Arizona
472.50 acres (1.9121 km2 )
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Florida
19.38 acres (0.0784 km2 )
Castle Clinton National Monument
New York
1.00 acre (0.0040 km2 )
Castle Mountains National Monument
California
21,025.50 acres (85.0872 km2 )
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Utah
6,154.60 acres (24.9068 km2 )
César E. Chávez National Monument
California
116.56 acres (0.4717 km2 )
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Ohio
59.66 acres (0.2414 km2 )
Chiricahua National Monument
Arizona
12,024.73 acres (48.6624 km2 )
Colorado National Monument
Colorado
20,536.39 acres (83.1078 km2 )
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Idaho
53,437.64 acres (216.2545 km2 )
Devils Postpile National Monument
California
800.19 acres (3.2383 km2 )
Devils Tower National Monument
Wyoming
1,347.21 acres (5.4520 km2 )
Dinosaur National Monument
Utah , Colorado
210,281.92 acres (850.9807 km2 )
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Iowa
2,526.39 acres (10.2239 km2 )
El Malpais National Monument
New Mexico
114,346.99 acres (462.7459 km2 )
El Morro National Monument
New Mexico
1,278.72 acres (5.1748 km2 )
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument
Illinois , Mississippi
5.70 acres (0.0231 km2 )
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Colorado
6,278.09 acres (25.4065 km2 )
Fort Frederica National Monument
Georgia
305.34 acres (1.2357 km2 )
Fort Matanzas National Monument
Florida
300.11 acres (1.2145 km2 )
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
Maryland
43.26 acres (0.1751 km2 )
Fort Monroe National Monument
Virginia
367.12 acres (1.4857 km2 )
Fort Pulaski National Monument
Georgia
5,623.10 acres (22.7559 km2 )
Fort Stanwix National Monument
New York
15.52 acres (0.0628 km2 )
Fort Union National Monument
New Mexico
720.60 acres (2.9162 km2 )
Fossil Butte National Monument
Wyoming
8,198.00 acres (33.1761 km2 )
Frances Perkins National Monument
Maine
57 acres (0.23 km2 )
Freedom Riders National Monument
Alabama
7.83 acres (0.0317 km2 )
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Virginia
654.19 acres (2.6474 km2 )
George Washington Carver National Monument
Missouri
240.00 acres (0.9712 km2 )
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
New Mexico
533.13 acres (2.1575 km2 )
Governors Island National Monument
New York
22.91 acres (0.0927 km2 )
Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument (not an official NPS unit)
Arizona
NPS manages 208,453 acres (843.58 km2 ) of 1,048,325 acres (4,242.42 km2 )
Grand Portage National Monument
Minnesota
709.97 acres (2.8731 km2 )
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Idaho
4,351.15 acres (17.6085 km2 )
Hohokam Pima National Monument
Arizona
1,690.00 acres (6.8392 km2 )
Hovenweep National Monument
Colorado , Utah
784.93 acres (3.1765 km2 )
Jewel Cave National Monument
South Dakota
1,273.51 acres (5.1537 km2 )
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Oregon
14,062.19 acres (56.9077 km2 )
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Maine
87,564.27 acres (354.3600 km2 )
Lava Beds National Monument
California
46,692.42 acres (188.9575 km2 )
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Montana
765.34 acres (3.0972 km2 )
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
Mississippi
0.74 acres (0.0030 km2 )
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
Kentucky
1,455.31 acres (5.8894 km2 )
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Arizona
1,015.52 acres (4.1097 km2 )
Muir Woods National Monument
California
553.55 acres (2.2401 km2 )
Natural Bridges National Monument
Utah
7,636.49 acres (30.9038 km2 )
Navajo National Monument
Arizona
360.00 acres (1.4569 km2 )
Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve
Oregon
4,554.03 acres (18.4295 km2 )
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Arizona
330,688.86 acres (1,338.2503 km2 )
Petroglyph National Monument
New Mexico
7,204.43 acres (29.1553 km2 )
Pipe Spring National Monument
Arizona
40.00 acres (0.1619 km2 )
Pipestone National Monument
Minnesota
297.08 acres (1.2022 km2 )
Poverty Point National Monument
Louisiana
910.85 acres (3.6861 km2 )
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Utah
160.00 acres (0.6475 km2 )
Russell Cave National Monument
Alabama
310.45 acres (1.2563 km2 )
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
New Mexico
1,071.42 acres (4.3359 km2 )
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Nebraska
3,004.73 acres (12.1597 km2 )
Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument
Illinois
3.23 acres (0.0131 km2 )
Statue of Liberty National Monument
New York , New Jersey
58.38 acres (0.2363 km2 )
Stonewall National Monument
New York
7.70 acres (0.0312 km2 )
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Arizona
3,137.71 acres (12.6979 km2 )
Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Utah
250.00 acres (1.0117 km2 )
Tonto National Monument
Arizona
1,120.00 acres (4.5325 km2 )
Tule Lake National Monument
California
37.39 acres (0.1513 km2 )
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Nevada
22,650.00 acres (91.6613 km2 )
Tuzigoot National Monument
Arizona
811.89 acres (3.2856 km2 )
Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument
U.S. Virgin Islands
12,708.07 acres (51.4277 km2 )
Waco Mammoth National Monument
Texas
107.23 acres (0.4339 km2 )
Walnut Canyon National Monument
Arizona
3,200.61 acres (12.9524 km2 )
Wupatki National Monument
Arizona
35,401.83 acres (143.2661 km2 )
Yucca House National Monument
Colorado
195.07 acres (0.7894 km2 )
Name
Established
Disbanded
Result
Carlsbad Cave National Monument
October 5, 1923
May 14, 1930
Redesignated as Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Denali National Monument
December 1, 1978
December 2, 1980
Incorporated with Mount McKinley National Park and renamed Denali National Park and Preserve
Grand Canyon National Monument
January 11, 1908
February 26, 1919
Redesignated as Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National Monument
December 22, 1932
January 3, 1975
Abolished; lands transferred with Marble Canyon National Monument into an expansion of Grand Canyon National Park .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Marble Canyon National Monument
January 20, 1969
January 3, 1975
Abolished; lands transferred with Grand Canyon National Monument into an expansion of Grand Canyon National Park .
Kobuk Valley National Monument
December 1, 1978
December 2, 1980
Redesignated as Kobuk Valley National Park
Papago Saguaro National Monument
January 31, 1914
April 7, 1930
Transferred to Arizona ; now jointly operated by the cities of Phoenix and Tempe
Pullman National Monument
February 19, 2015
December 29, 2022
Redesignated as Pullman National Historical Park
Lewis and Clark Cavern National Monument
May 11, 1908
August 24, 1937
Transferred to Montana ; now operated as a state park
Kenai Fjords National Monument
December 1, 1978
December 2, 1980
Redesignated as Kenai Fjords National Park
Channel Islands National Monument
April 26, 1938
March 5, 1980
Redesignated as Channel Islands National Park
Father Millet Cross National Monument
August 10, 1933
September 7, 1949
Transferred to New York upon the closing of the adjacent military base; now operated part of Fort Niagara State Park
First State National Monument
March 25, 2013
December 19, 2014
Incorporated into First State National Historical Park
Lake Clark National Monument
December 1, 1978
December 2, 1980
Renamed Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument
March 2, 1933
October 21, 1999
Redesignated as Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument
March 25, 2013
December 19, 2014
The National Park Service areas of this monument were incorporated into Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park , and the National Park Service no longer recognizes their portions of the national monument as distinct from the national historical park. The remaining portions of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument continue to be operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Mukuntuweap National Monument (renamed Zion National Monument in 1918)
July 31, 1909
November 19, 1919
Redesignated as Zion National Park
Zion National Monument ("the Kolob Canyons area")
January 22, 1937
July 11, 1956
Incorporated into Zion National Park
Capitol Reef National Monument
August 2, 1937
December 18, 1971
Redesignated as Capitol Reef National Park
Arches National Monument
April 12, 1929
November 12, 1971
Redesignated as Arches National Park
Bryce Canyon National Monument
June 8, 1923
February 25, 1928
Redesignated as Bryce Canyon National Park
Wheeler National Monument
December 7, 1908
August 3, 1950
Returned to United States Forest Service
Holy Cross National Monument
May 11, 1929
August 3, 1950
Returned to United States Forest Service
White Sands National Monument
January 18, 1933
December 20, 2019
Redesignated as White Sands National Park
Jackson Hole National Monument
1943
September 14, 1950
Merged into Grand Teton National Park
Shoshone Cavern National Monument
September 21, 1909
May 17, 1954
Transferred to Cody, Wyoming as a municipal attraction, and later returned to the Bureau of Land Management
Old Kasaan National Monument
October 25, 1916
July 26, 1955
Transferred to United States Forest Service
Castle Pinckney National Monument
August 10, 1933
March 29, 1956
Transferred to South Carolina , and later sold to the Sons of Confederate Veterans ; site currently inaccessible and unmaintained
Saguaro National Monument
March 1, 1933
October 4, 1994
Redesignated as Saguaro National Park
Verendrye National Monument
June 29, 1917
July 30, 1956
Transferred to North Dakota after the construction of the Garrison Dam ; site currently flooded by the reservoir Lake Sakakawea
Gates of the Arctic National Monument
December 1, 1978
December 2, 1980
Renamed Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Fossil Cycad National Monument
October 21, 1922
August 1, 1956
Transferred to Bureau of Land Management because of severe vandalism to the site
Death Valley National Monument
February 11, 1933
October 31, 1994
Redesignated as Death Valley National Park
Joshua Tree National Monument
August 10, 1936
October 31, 1994
Redesignated as Joshua Tree National Park
Ackia Battlefield National Monument
August 27, 1935
August 10, 1961
Incorporated into Natchez Trace Parkway
Meriwether Lewis National Monument
February 6, 1925
August 10, 1961
Incorporated into Natchez Trace Parkway
Katmai National Monument
September 24, 1918
December 2, 1980
Renamed Katmai National Park and Preserve
Mount Olympus National Monument
March 2, 1909
June 29, 1938
Redesignated as Olympic National Park
Petrified Forest National Monument
December 8, 1906
December 9, 1962
Redesignated as Petrified Forest National Park
Lehman Caves National Monument
June 10, 1933
October 27, 1986
Abolished; incorporated into Great Basin National Park [ 10]
Congaree Swamp National Monument
October 18, 1976
November 10, 2003
Redesignated as Congaree National Park
Glacier Bay National Monument
February 25, 1925
December 2, 1980
Renamed Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Mound City Group National Monument
January 1, 1918
January 2, 1992
Incorporated into Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Minidoka Internment National Monument
January 17, 2001
May 8, 2008
Redesignated as Minidoka National Historic Site
Pinnacles National Monument
January 16, 1908
January 10, 2013
Redesignated as Pinnacles National Park [ 11]
Andrew Johnson National Monument
April 27, 1942
December 11, 1963
Redesignated as Andrew Johnson National Historic Site [ 12]
Sieur de Monts National Monument
July 8, 1916
February 26, 1919
Redesignated as Lafayette National Park (renamed Acadia National Park on January 19, 1929)
Edison Laboratory National Monument
July 14, 1956
September 5, 1962
Combined with Edison Home National Historic Site into Edison National Historic Site, later redesignated Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Wrangell–St. Elias National Monument
December 1, 1978
December 2, 1980
Renamed Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Badlands National Monument
January 29, 1939
November 10, 1978
Redesignated as Badlands National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Monument
March 17, 1932
September 14, 2004
Renamed Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Biscayne National Monument
October 18, 1968
June 28, 1980
Redesignated as Biscayne National Park
Fort Jefferson National Monument
January 4, 1935
October 26, 1992
Redesignated as Dry Tortugas National Park
Cinder Cone National Monument
May 6, 1907
August 9, 1916
Merged with Lassen Peak National Monument and redesignated as Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lassen Peak National Monument
May 6, 1907
August 9, 1916
Merged with Cinder Cone National Monument and redesignated as Lassen Volcanic National Park
Homestead National Monument of America
March 19, 1936
January 13, 2021
Redesignated as Homestead National Historical Park
National preserves
There are 21 national preserves in the United States, 19 of which are counted by the National Park System as official units . Ten are stand-alone official units, while eleven others are designated areas where hunting or grazing is permitted as part of a larger "national park and preserve" or "national monument and preserve". Nine of those are counted as separate units, while Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve and New River Gorge National Park and Preserve are single units (there is no functional difference). Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve is not officially a national preserve but has similar management policies, while Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve is unrelated.
Name
Location
Area (2024)[ 4]
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
Alaska
464,117.93 acres (1,878.2186 km2 )
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Alaska
2,697,391.01 acres (10,915.9541 km2 )
Big Cypress National Preserve
Florida
720,564.01 acres (2,916.0191 km2 )
Big Thicket National Preserve
Texas
113,121.96 acres (457.7883 km2 )
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Idaho
698,939.69 acres (2,828.5086 km2 )
Denali National Park and Preserve
Alaska
1,334,117.80 acres (5,398.9832 km2 )
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Alaska
948,608.07 acres (3,838.8807 km2 )
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Alaska
58,406.00 acres (236.3607 km2 )
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Colorado
41,686.00 acres (168.6973 km2 )
Katmai National Park and Preserve
Alaska
418,698.80 acres (1,694.4139 km2 )
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Alaska
1,410,293.68 acres (5,707.2560 km2 )
Little River Canyon National Preserve
Alabama
15,293.27 acres (61.8897 km2 )
Mojave National Preserve
California
1,549,949.26 acres (6,272.4221 km2 )
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (not a separate unit)
West Virginia
65,165 acres (263.71 km2 )
Noatak National Preserve
Alaska
6,587,071.39 acres (26,656.9322 km2 )
Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve (not a separate unit)
Oregon
4,070 acres (16.5 km2 )
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Kansas
10,882.67 acres (44.0406 km2 )
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Florida
46,263.07 acres (187.2200 km2 )
Valles Caldera National Preserve
New Mexico
89,831.84 acres (363.5366 km2 )
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Alaska
4,852,644.89 acres (19,637.9571 km2 )
Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve
Alaska
2,526,512.44 acres (10,224.4331 km2 )
National historical parks
The bell tower atop Independence Hall , where the Liberty Bell once was based, in Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
Laboratory building at Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Keweenaw National Historical Park
There are 63 national historical parks.
Name
Location
Area (2024)[ 4]
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Kentucky
344.50 acres (1.3941 km2 )
Adams National Historical Park
Massachusetts
23.82 acres (0.0964 km2 )
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Virginia
1,774.60 acres (7.1816 km2 )
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Rhode Island , Massachusetts
1,489.00 acres (6.0258 km2 )
Boston National Historical Park
Massachusetts
43.82 acres (0.1773 km2 )
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
Kansas , South Carolina
3.15 acres (0.0127 km2 )
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Louisiana
205.50 acres (0.8316 km2 )
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
Virginia
3,707.70 acres (15.0045 km2 )
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
New Mexico
33,960.19 acres (137.4320 km2 )
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
District of Columbia , Maryland , West Virginia
19,633.28 acres (79.4531 km2 )
Colonial National Historical Park [ 13]
Virginia
8,675.04 acres (35.1066 km2 )
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Kentucky , Tennessee , Virginia
24,546.83 acres (99.3375 km2 )
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
Ohio
110.53 acres (0.4473 km2 )
First State National Historical Park
Delaware , Pennsylvania
1,409.22 acres (5.7029 km2 )
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
South Carolina
232.52 acres (0.9410 km2 )
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
Indiana
26.17 acres (0.1059 km2 )
Golden Spike National Historical Park
Utah
2,735.28 acres (11.0693 km2 )
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
West Virginia , Virginia , Maryland
3,666.21 acres (14.8366 km2 )
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
New York
31.50 acres (0.1275 km2 )
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
Maryland
480.00 acres (1.9425 km2 )
Homestead National Historical Park
Nebraska
210.45 acres (0.8517 km2 )
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Ohio
1,775.78 acres (7.1863 km2 )
Independence National Historical Park
Pennsylvania
44.87 acres (0.1816 km2 )
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Louisiana
25,875.40 acres (104.7140 km2 )
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
Georgia
78.35 acres (0.3171 km2 )
Kalaupapa National Historical Park
Hawaii
10,778.88 acres (43.6206 km2 )
Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
Hawaii
1,163.05 acres (4.7067 km2 )
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Michigan
1,870.00 acres (7.5676 km2 )
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (part of Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park )
Alaska , Washington
12,996.49 acres (52.5949 km2 )
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Oregon , Washington
3,409.28 acres (13.7969 km2 )
Lowell National Historical Park
Massachusetts
143.65 acres (0.5813 km2 )
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Texas
1,571.71 acres (6.3605 km2 )
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
New Mexico , Tennessee , Washington
113.61 acres (0.4598 km2 )
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Vermont
643.07 acres (2.6024 km2 )
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
Georgia
39.17 acres (0.1585 km2 )
Minute Man National Historical Park
Massachusetts
1,027.76 acres (4.1592 km2 )
Morristown National Historical Park
New Jersey
1,710.72 acres (6.9230 km2 )
Natchez National Historical Park
Mississippi
122.22 acres (0.4946 km2 )
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Massachusetts
34.00 acres (0.1376 km2 )
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Louisiana
5.13 acres (0.0208 km2 )
Nez Perce National Historical Park
Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington
4,564.93 acres (18.4736 km2 )
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Georgia
3,444.32 acres (13.9387 km2 )
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Texas
3,426.87 acres (13.8681 km2 )
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
New Jersey
51.34 acres (0.2078 km2 )
Pecos National Historical Park
New Mexico
6,885.87 acres (27.8661 km2 )
Pullman National Historical Park
Illinois
203.48 acres (0.8235 km2 )
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
Hawaii
419.80 acres (1.6989 km2 )
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
South Carolina
64.99 acres (0.2630 km2 )
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
California
145.19 acres (0.5876 km2 )
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
New Hampshire
190.75 acres (0.7719 km2 )
Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park
Missouri
17.47 acres (0.0707 km2 )
Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
U.S. Virgin Islands
989.42 acres (4.0040 km2 )
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Texas
990.28 acres (4.0075 km2 )
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
California
49.86 acres (0.2018 km2 )
San Juan Island National Historical Park
Washington
2,145.56 acres (8.6828 km2 )
Saratoga National Historical Park
New York
3,607.59 acres (14.5994 km2 )
Sitka National Historical Park
Alaska
116.29 acres (0.4706 km2 )
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
New Jersey
21.25 acres (0.0860 km2 )
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Arizona
360.32 acres (1.4582 km2 )
Valley Forge National Historical Park
Pennsylvania
3,468.54 acres (14.0367 km2 )
War in the Pacific National Historical Park
Guam
2,030.30 acres (8.2163 km2 )
Weir Farm National Historical Park
Connecticut
74.20 acres (0.3003 km2 )
Women's Rights National Historical Park
New York
7.44 acres (0.0301 km2 )
Authorized national historical parks
National historic sites
Harry S Truman National Historic Site
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Castillo San Felipe del Morro at San Juan National Historic Site
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
There are 86 national historic sites, of which 76 are NPS units, 9 are affiliated areas, and one, Grey Towers National Historic Site , is managed by the U.S. Forest Service (not listed here).
Name
Location
Area (2024)[ 4]
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Pennsylvania
1,284.27 acres (5.1973 km2 )
Amache National Historic Site
Colorado
472.59 acres (1.9125 km2 )
Andersonville National Historic Site
Georgia
515.61 acres (2.0866 km2 )
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Tennessee
16.68 acres (0.0675 km2 )
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Colorado
798.54 acres (3.2316 km2 )
Blackwell School National Historic Site
Texas
0.77 acres (0.0031 km2 )
Boston African American National Historic Site
Massachusetts
0.59 acres (0.0024 km2 )
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
North Carolina
268.49 acres (1.0865 km2 )
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
Washington, D.C.
0.15 acres (0.00061 km2 )
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
South Carolina
28.45 acres (0.1151 km2 )
Chicago Portage National Historic Site (affiliated area)
Illinois
91.20 acres (0.3691 km2 )
Chimney Rock National Historic Site (affiliated area)
Nebraska
83.36 acres (0.3373 km2 )
Christiansted National Historic Site
U.S. Virgin Islands
27.15 acres (0.1099 km2 )
Clara Barton National Historic Site
Maryland
8.59 acres (0.0348 km2 )
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
Pennsylvania
0.52 acres (0.0021 km2 )
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Pennsylvania
690.46 acres (2.7942 km2 )
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
New York
180.50 acres (0.7305 km2 )
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
California
13.19 acres (0.0534 km2 )
Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site (affiliated area)
Ohio
185.00 acres (0.7487 km2 )
First Ladies National Historic Site
Ohio
0.46 acres (0.0019 km2 )
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
Washington, D.C.
0.30 acres (0.0012 km2 )
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Arizona
999.45 acres (4.0446 km2 )
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Texas
523.00 acres (2.1165 km2 )
Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Wyoming
873.11 acres (3.5334 km2 )
Fort Larned National Historic Site
Kansas
718.39 acres (2.9072 km2 )
Fort Point National Historic Site
California
29.00 acres (0.1174 km2 )
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
North Carolina
515.73 acres (2.0871 km2 )
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Kansas
20.08 acres (0.0813 km2 )
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Arkansas , Oklahoma
75.00 acres (0.3035 km2 )
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Montana , North Dakota
440.14 acres (1.7812 km2 )
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Washington , Oregon
208.39 acres (0.8433 km2 )
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Washington, D.C.
8.57 acres (0.0347 km2 )
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
Massachusetts
7.21 acres (0.0292 km2 )
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Pennsylvania
674.56 acres (2.7298 km2 )
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic Site (affiliated area)
Pennsylvania
3.71 acres (0.0150 km2 )
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Montana
1,618.43 acres (6.5496 km2 )
Hampton National Historic Site
Maryland
62.04 acres (0.2511 km2 )
Harry S Truman National Historic Site
Missouri
13.67 acres (0.0553 km2 )
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Iowa
186.80 acres (0.7560 km2 )
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
New York
838.43 acres (3.3930 km2 )
Honouliuli National Historic Site
Hawaii
154.46 acres (0.6251 km2 )
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Pennsylvania
848.06 acres (3.4320 km2 )
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Arizona
160.09 acres (0.6479 km2 )
James A. Garfield National Historic Site
Ohio
7.82 acres (0.0316 km2 )
Jamestown National Historic Site (affiliated area)
Virginia
21.99 acres (0.0890 km2 )
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
Massachusetts
0.09 acres (0.00036 km2 )
John Muir National Historic Site
California
388.50 acres (1.5722 km2 )
Kate Mullany National Historic Site (affiliated area)
New York
0.06 acres (0.00024 km2 )
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
North Dakota
1,751.00 acres (7.0860 km2 )
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Illinois
12.24 acres (0.0495 km2 )
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Arkansas
28.22 acres (0.1142 km2 )
Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Massachusetts
1.98 acres (0.0080 km2 )
Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site (affiliated area)
New York
1.20 acres (0.0049 km2 )
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
Virginia
1.29 acres (0.0052 km2 )
Manzanar National Historic Site
California
813.81 acres (3.2934 km2 )
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
New York
284.93 acres (1.1531 km2 )
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
Washington, D.C.
0.07 acres (0.00028 km2 )
Minidoka National Historic Site
Idaho
396.30 acres (1.6038 km2 )
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
South Dakota
43.80 acres (0.1773 km2 )
New Philadelphia National Historic Site
Illinois
123.17 acres (0.4985 km2 )
Nicodemus National Historic Site
Kansas
5.61 acres (0.0227 km2 )
Ninety Six National Historic Site
South Carolina
1,021.94 acres (4.1356 km2 )
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
Washington, D.C.
17.61 acres (0.0713 km2 )
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
Arkansas
0.68 acres (0.0028 km2 )
Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site
Hawaii
86.24 acres (0.3490 km2 )
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
New York
83.02 acres (0.3360 km2 )
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site
New York
6.13 acres (0.0248 km2 )
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Massachusetts
9.02 acres (0.0365 km2 )
San Juan National Historic Site
Puerto Rico
75.13 acres (0.3040 km2 )
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Colorado
12,583.34 acres (50.9230 km2 )
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Massachusetts
8.51 acres (0.0344 km2 )
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Massachusetts
54.93 acres (0.2223 km2 )
Steamtown National Historic Site
Pennsylvania
62.48 acres (0.2528 km2 )
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
New York
0.11 acres (0.00045 km2 )
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
New York
1.18 acres (0.0048 km2 )
Thomas Cole National Historic Site (affiliated area)
New York
3.40 acres (0.0138 km2 )
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Maryland
328.25 acres (1.3284 km2 )
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site (affiliated area)
Rhode Island
0.23 acres (0.00093 km2 )
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Alabama
89.68 acres (0.3629 km2 )
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
Alabama
57.92 acres (0.2344 km2 )
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Missouri
9.60 acres (0.0388 km2 )
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
New York
211.65 acres (0.8565 km2 )
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Oklahoma
315.20 acres (1.2756 km2 )
Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Washington
138.53 acres (0.5606 km2 )
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
Ohio
3.64 acres (0.0147 km2 )
Name
Established
Disbanded
Result
Federal Hall Memorial National Historic Site
May 26, 1939
August 11, 1955
Redesignated Federal Hall National Memorial
Atlanta Campaign National Historic Site
October 13, 1944
September 21, 1950
Transferred to state of Georgia; park never developed beyond a set of six roadside interpretive markers along the Dixie Highway
Mar-a-Lago National Historic Site
October 21, 1972
December 23, 1980
Returned to a nonprofit foundation operated by the Post family, the original owners of the site
McLoughlin House National Historic Site (affiliated unit)
June 27, 1941
July 29, 2003
Merged into Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
St. Thomas National Historic Site
December 24, 1960
February 5, 1975
Transferred to U.S. Virgin Islands ; currently operated as a Virgin Islands territorial park
Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site
April 12, 2016
Redesignated Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument and changed from affiliated unit to an NPS unit
Edison Home National Historic Site
December 6, 1955
September 5, 1962
Combined with Edison Laboratory National Monument into Edison National Historic Site, later redesignated Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Edison National Historic Site
September 5, 1962
March 30, 2009
Redesignated Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Authorized national historic sites
International historic site
National battlefield parks
Malvern Hill , Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia
National military parks
Vicksburg National Military Park
Name[ 2]
Location
Area (2024)[ 4] [ 15]
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Georgia , Tennessee
9,523.48 acres (38.5402 km2 )
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Virginia
8,405.46 acres (34.0157 km2 )
Gettysburg National Military Park
Pennsylvania
6,037.06 acres (24.4311 km2 )
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
North Carolina
254.90 acres (1.0315 km2 )
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Alabama
2,040.00 acres (8.2556 km2 )
Kings Mountain National Military Park
South Carolina
3,945.29 acres (15.9660 km2 )
Pea Ridge National Military Park
Arkansas
4,440.82 acres (17.9714 km2 )
Shiloh National Military Park
Tennessee , Mississippi
9,318.64 acres (37.7112 km2 )
Vicksburg National Military Park
Mississippi , Louisiana
3,049.15 acres (12.3395 km2 )
National battlefields
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
National battlefield site
Name
Established
Disbanded
Result
Antietam National Battlefield Site
August 30, 1890
1978
Redesignated Antietam National Battlefield
New Orleans Battlefield Site (Chalmette Monument and Grounds)
March 4, 1907
1939
Redesignated Chalmette National Historical Park; incorporated into Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve , Nov. 10, 1978
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Site
February 8, 1917
1935
Redesignated Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
White Plains National Battlefield Site
May 18, 1926
1956
Assumed by Battle of White Plains Monument Committee, 1958
Tupelo National Battlefield Site
February 21, 1929
1961
Redesignated Tupelo National Battlefield
Monocacy National Battlefield Site
March 1, 1929
June 21, 1934
Reauthorized as a national military park; redesignated Monocacy National Battlefield , Oct. 21, 1976
Cowpens National Battlefield Site
March 4, 1929
1972
Redesignated Cowpens National Battlefield
Appomattox Battlefield Site
June 18, 1930
1935
Designated Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument; redesignated Appomattox Court House National Historical Park , 1954
Fort Necessity National Battlefield Site
March 4, 1931
1961
Redesignated Fort Necessity National Battlefield
National memorials
Lincoln Memorial
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
There are 31 national memorials that are NPS units and five affiliated national memorials.[ 2]
Name
Location
Area (2024)[ 3] [ 4]
American Memorial Park (affiliated area)
Northern Mariana Islands
133.00 acres (0.5382 km2 )
Arkansas Post National Memorial
Arkansas
757.51 acres (3.0655 km2 )
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Virginia
17.12 acres (0.0693 km2 )
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial (affiliated area)
Pennsylvania
0.00 acres (0 km2 )
Chamizal National Memorial
Texas
54.54 acres (0.2207 km2 )
Coronado National Memorial
Arizona
4,830.22 acres (19.5472 km2 )
De Soto National Memorial
Florida
30.00 acres (0.1214 km2 )
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Washington, D.C.
3.39 acres (0.0137 km2 )
Father Marquette National Memorial (affiliated area)
Michigan
52.00 acres (0.2104 km2 )
Federal Hall National Memorial
New York
0.45 acres (0.0018 km2 )
Flight 93 National Memorial
Pennsylvania
2,262.65 acres (9.1566 km2 )
Fort Caroline National Memorial
Florida
138.39 acres (0.5600 km2 )
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Washington, D.C.
8.14 acres (0.0329 km2 )
General Grant National Memorial
New York
0.76 acres (0.0031 km2 )
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
New York
1.75 acres (0.0071 km2 )
Jefferson Memorial
Washington, D.C.
18.36 acres (0.0743 km2 )
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Pennsylvania
177.76 acres (0.7194 km2 )
Korean War Veterans Memorial
Washington, D.C.
1.56 acres (0.0063 km2 )
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Indiana
199.96 acres (0.8092 km2 )
Lincoln Memorial
Washington, D.C.
7.29 acres (0.0295 km2 )
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
Washington, D.C.
17.00 acres (0.0688 km2 )
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Washington, D.C.
2.74 acres (0.0111 km2 )
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
South Dakota
1,278.45 acres (5.1737 km2 )
Oklahoma City National Memorial (affiliated area)
Oklahoma
6.24 acres (0.0253 km2 )
Pearl Harbor National Memorial
Hawaii
21.64 acres (0.0876 km2 )
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
Ohio
25.38 acres (0.1027 km2 )
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
California
5.00 acres (0.0202 km2 )
Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial (affiliated area)
Virginia
1,000.00 acres (4.0469 km2 )
Roger Williams National Memorial
Rhode Island
4.56 acres (0.0185 km2 )
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
Pennsylvania
0.02 acres (8.1× 10−5 km2 )
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Washington, D.C.
88.50 acres (0.3581 km2 )
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Washington, D.C.
2.18 acres (0.0088 km2 )
Washington Monument
Washington, D.C.
106.01 acres (0.4290 km2 )
World War I Memorial
Washington, D.C.
1.39 acres (0.0056 km2 )
World War II Memorial
Washington, D.C.
8.25 acres (0.0334 km2 )
Wright Brothers National Memorial
North Carolina
428.44 acres (1.7338 km2 )
Name
Established
Disbanded
Result
Camp Blount Tablets National Memorial
1930
1944
Transferred to NPS in 1933 from War Dept., it was never developed; only a stone marker remains off U.S. Route 231 near Fayetteville, Tennessee
Fort Clatsop National Memorial
May 29, 1958
October 30, 2004
Incorporated into Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
December 21, 1935
February 22, 2018
Redesignated as Gateway Arch National Park
New Echota Marker National Memorial
August 10, 1933
September 21, 1950
Transferred to state of Georgia; currently operated as a Georgia state park.
Oklahoma City National Memorial
October 9, 1997
January 23, 2004
Transferred to the nonprofit Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation; NPS interpretation continues at this affiliated unit
Authorized national memorials
National recreation areas
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
There are 18 national recreation areas administered by the National Park Service.[ 2] Another 22 national recreation areas are administered by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.
Name
Location
Area (2024)[ 3] [ 4]
Amistad National Recreation Area
Texas
62,945.15 acres (254.7300 km2 )
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Montana , Wyoming
120,296.22 acres (486.8215 km2 )
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Massachusetts
2,230.71 acres (9.0274 km2 )
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Georgia
12,416.75 acres (50.2488 km2 )
Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Oklahoma
9,898.63 acres (40.0583 km2 )
Curecanti National Recreation Area
Colorado
43,590.56 acres (176.4047 km2 )
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
New Jersey , Pennsylvania
68,708.88 acres (278.0550 km2 )
Gateway National Recreation Area
New York , New Jersey
26,610.45 acres (107.6887 km2 )
Gauley River National Recreation Area
West Virginia
11,483.44 acres (46.4718 km2 )
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Utah , Arizona
1,254,116.62 acres (5,075.2299 km2 )
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
California
82,136.12 acres (332.3931 km2 )
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
Washington
61,939.15 acres (250.6588 km2 )
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Nevada , Arizona
1,495,855.53 acres (6,053.5126 km2 )
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Texas
44,977.63 acres (182.0180 km2 )
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Washington
100,390.31 acres (406.2652 km2 )
Ross Lake National Recreation Area
Washington
117,574.59 acres (475.8075 km2 )
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
California
153,121.09 acres (619.6591 km2 )
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
California
42,503.25 acres (172.0046 km2 )
Name
Established
Disbanded
Result
Arbuckle Recreation Area
February 1, 1965
March 17, 1976
Incorporated with Platt National Park and redesignated Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area
December 27, 1974
October 11, 2000
Redesignated as Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
July 22, 1963
October 1, 1968
Transferred to U.S. Forest Service
Lake Texoma Recreation Area
April 18, 1946
June 30, 1949
Returned to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Millerton Lake Recreation Area
May 22, 1945
November 1, 1957
Transferred to state of California; currently operated by the California Department of Water Resources
Shadow Mountain National Recreation Area
June 27, 1952
March 1, 1979
Transferred to U.S. Forest Service
Shasta Lake Recreation Area
May 22, 1945
July 1, 1948
Transferred to U.S. Forest Service
National seashores
Wild horses on Assateague Island National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
There are 10 national seashores.[ 2]
Name
Location
Area (2024)[ 3] [ 4]
Assateague Island National Seashore
Maryland , Virginia
41,311.27 acres (167.1808 km2 )
Canaveral National Seashore
Florida
57,661.69 acres (233.3486 km2 )
Cape Cod National Seashore
Massachusetts
43,623.22 acres (176.5369 km2 )
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
North Carolina
30,350.65 acres (122.8247 km2 )
Cape Lookout National Seashore
North Carolina
28,243.36 acres (114.2968 km2 )
Cumberland Island National Seashore
Georgia
36,346.83 acres (147.0904 km2 )
Fire Island National Seashore
New York
19,580.65 acres (79.2401 km2 )
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Florida , Mississippi
138,306.64 acres (559.7071 km2 )
Padre Island National Seashore
Texas
130,434.27 acres (527.8488 km2 )
Point Reyes National Seashore
California
71,053.38 acres (287.5428 km2 )
National lakeshores
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
There are three national lakeshores, located in Michigan and Wisconsin.
National rivers and national wild and scenic rivers
The Buffalo National River, the first National River established in the United States
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
There are four national rivers (marked with an asterisk) and ten national wild and scenic rivers administered as distinct units of the National Park System.[ 2] There are many more national wild and scenic rivers that run through other units.
Name
Location
Area (2024)[ 3] [ 4]
Alagnak Wild River
Alaska
30,664.79 acres (124.0960 km2 )
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area *
Kentucky , Tennessee
123,702.05 acres (500.6044 km2 )
Bluestone National Scenic River
West Virginia
4,309.51 acres (17.4400 km2 )
Buffalo National River *
Arkansas
94,300.82 acres (381.6219 km2 )
Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational River
New Jersey
43,311.42 acres (175.2751 km2 )
Middle Delaware National Scenic River
New Jersey , Pennsylvania
1,973.33 acres (7.9858 km2 )
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area *
Minnesota
53,775.00 acres (217.6197 km2 )
Missouri National Recreational River
Nebraska , South Dakota
48,456.55 acres (196.0967 km2 )
Niobrara National Scenic River
Nebraska
29,088.57 acres (117.7173 km2 )
Obed Wild and Scenic River
Tennessee
5,489.85 acres (22.2166 km2 )
Ozark National Scenic Riverways *
Missouri
80,784.30 acres (326.9225 km2 )
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
Texas
13,123.39 acres (53.1085 km2 )
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Wisconsin , Minnesota
68,738.95 acres (278.1767 km2 )
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
New York , Pennsylvania
74,999.56 acres (303.5125 km2 )
Name
Established
Disbanded
Result
New River Gorge National River
November 10, 1978
December 27, 2020
Redesignated New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
National reserves
City of Rocks National Reserve in Idaho
National reserves are partnerships between federal, state, and local authorities. Within the boundaries of the three national reserves are combinations of federal land (Park Service or National Wildlife Refuges), state parks and forests, local public lands, and private properties. Two national reserves are currently managed as official units.
National parkways
Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia and North Carolina
Ten roadways and surrounding scenic areas are managed by the NPS as parkways, four of which as official units and five as part of other units.
Name[ 2]
Location
Area (2024)[ 3] [ 4]
Baltimore-Washington Parkway (part of National Capital Parks East)
Maryland , Washington, D.C.
Blue Ridge Parkway
Virginia , North Carolina
101,128.20 acres (409.2513 km2 )
Colonial Parkway (part of Colonial National Historical Park )
Virginia
Foothills Parkway (part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park )
Tennessee
George Washington Memorial Parkway (In 1989, the Maryland and DC portions of the parkway were renamed Clara Barton Parkway to overcome motorist confusion).
Virginia , Maryland , Washington, D.C.
6,719.21 acres (27.1917 km2 )
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway
Wyoming
23,777.22 acres (96.2230 km2 )
Natchez Trace Parkway
Mississippi , Alabama , Tennessee
52,380.46 acres (211.9762 km2 )
Oxon Run Parkway (part of National Capital Parks East)
Washington, D.C.
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway (part of Rock Creek Park)
Washington, D.C.
Suitland Parkway (part of National Capital Parks East)
Maryland
National historic and scenic trails
These National Park Service trails are part of the larger National Trails System. Only six of the trails are considered official units of the park system.[ 2]
National cemeteries
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Most national cemeteries are administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs , although a few are managed by the National Park Service and the U.S. Army. None of the cemeteries are considered official units of the system; they are all affiliated with other parks.
Transferred national cemeteries
National heritage areas
The National Park Service provides limited assistance to national heritage areas, but does not administer them.
Other NPS protected areas and administrative groups
National Mall
Roosevelt Campobello International Park (affiliated area)
Acadian Landing Site at Maine Acadian Culture (affiliated area)
There are 11 NPS units of other designations, as well as other affiliated areas. The National Mall and National Capital Parks have many sites, some of which are also units of other designations.
In addition, there are sites where the NPS is authorized to provide financial and technical assistance to local authorities for interpretive or educational purposes, but do not have the right to acquire land or have a say in land use or zoning. These include the 55 National Heritage Areas , as well as National Commemorative Sites such as Quindaro Townsite or the Kennedy-King National Commemorative Site . There are also various administrative groups of listed parks, such as Manhattan Sites, National Parks of New York Harbor, and Western Arctic National Parklands. The NPS also owns conservation easements (but not the land itself) for part of the area called the Green Springs National Historic Landmark District .
In the 1930s and 1940s, the NPS developed dozens of recreational demonstration areas , most of which eventually became national or state parks.
See also
References
^ "National Park System (U.S. National Park Service)" . www.nps.gov . Retrieved 2021-07-09 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m National Park Service (2018-05-14). "National Park System Units/Parks" . Archived from the original on 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2018-03-15 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "National Reports" . National Park Service . Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018 . Click on Park Acreage Reports (1997 – Last Calendar/Fiscal Year) , then select By Park , Calendar Year , <choose year>, and then click the View PDF Report button – the areas used here are the Gross Area Acres which are in the final column of the report
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "AcreageReports - Land and Water Conservation Fund (U.S. National Park Service)" . www.nps.gov . Retrieved 2024-01-03 .
^ "This 1,754 acre city park was officially authorized in 1890, making it the third national park to be designated by the federal government." Rock Creek Park , National Park Service . Accessed September 12, 2019.
^ "Herbert Hoover's National Parks - Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)" . nps.gov . Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016 .
^ "History" . bobspixels.com . Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016 .
^ "Herbert Hoover: Proclamation 2022 - Grand Canyon National Monument" . ucsb.edu . Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016 .
^ "Enrolled Bill s. 1296 - Grand Canyon National Park Enlargement Act" (PDF) . fordlibrarymuseum.gov . January 2, 1975. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016 .
^ "Great Basin National Park - Lehman Caves National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)" . National Park Service . Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012 .
^ Rogers, Paul (January 10, 2013). "Pinnacles becomes a national park -- the closest to Bay Area" . San Jose Mercury News . Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015 .
^ Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Administrative History Archived 2016-12-29 at the Wayback Machine , National Park Service, 2008, pp. 121-122
^ "General Management Plan - Colonial National Historical Park" . 2017-04-30 – via archive.org.
^ Public Law 107-137 Archived 2019-03-08 at the Wayback Machine , February 6, 2002
^ a b c d "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2020" (XLSX) . Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved 2021-08-15 . (National Park Service Acreage Reports )
^ National Park Service-related provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 15 Archived 2015-07-15 at the Wayback Machine , National Park Service, Dec. 19, 2014.
^ Public Law 97-184 Archived 2019-04-12 at the Wayback Machine , May 24, 1982
^ Public Law 101-53 , November 8, 1990
^ Jack Broom, National Parks to recognize Wing Luke Museum Archived 2014-10-13 at the Wayback Machine , Seattle Times, 2013-02-06. Accessed online 2013-02-09.
^ "Error retrieving uploaded document" . nps.gov . Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016 .
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