This is a list of National Park System areas in New York.
New York has 24 service areas included in the United States' National Park Service (NPS) system.[1]
Landmark name | Image | date width="3%" | Date established[2] [3] | Location | County | Description | |
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Gateway National Recreation Area | |||||||
Fire Island National Seashore | |||||||
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River | |||||||
North Country National Scenic Trail | |||||||
Castle Clinton National Monument | New York | New York | Circular sandstone fort in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City | ||||
Statue of Liberty National Monument | Liberty Island | New York | Monument presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886 | ||||
Saratoga National Historical Park | Stillwater, Schuylerville and Victory | Saratoga | Site of the 1777 Battle of Saratoga, the first significant American military victory of the American Revolutionary War | ||||
Women's Rights National Historical Park | Seneca Falls and Waterloo | Seneca | Established in 1980 in Seneca Falls and nearby Waterloo, New York; includes the Wesleyan Chapel, site of the Seneca Falls Convention, which was the first women's rights convention, and the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House | ||||
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site | Hyde Park | Dutchess | Eleanor Roosevelt developed property; place that she could develop some of her ideas for work with winter jobs for rural workers and women; includes a large two-story stuccoed building that housed Val-Kill Industries; would become Eleanor's home after Franklin's death | ||||
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site | Hyde Park | Dutchess | Birthplace, lifelong home, and burial place of the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt | ||||
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site | Cove Neck | Nassau | Home of the 26th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt from 1886 until his death in 1919 | ||||
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site | Mount Vernon | Westchester | Colonial church used as a military hospital during the American Revolutionary War | ||||
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site | New York | New York | Theodore Roosevelt born on this site on October 27, 1858 | ||||
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site | Buffalo | Erie | Site of Theodore Roosevelt's oath of office as President of the United States on September 14, 1901 | ||||
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site | Hyde Park | Dutchess | Includes pleasure grounds with views of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains, formal gardens, natural woodlands, and numerous support structures as well as a 54-room mansion; completed in 1898; perfect example of the Beaux-Arts architecture style | ||||
Federal Hall National Memorial | New York | New York | First capitol of the United States of America; site of George Washington's first inauguration in 1789; place where the United States Bill of Rights passed; original building was demolished in the nineteenth century; replaced by the current structure, that served as the first United States customs house | ||||
General Grant National Memorial | New York | New York | Mausoleum containing the bodies of Ulysses S. Grant (1822 - 1885), an American Civil War General and the 18th President of the United States, and his wife, Julia Dent Grant (1826 - 1902) | ||||
Thomas Cole House Thomas Cole National Historic Site | Catskill 42.2264°N -73.862°W | Home and studio of painter Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American painting | |||||
Fort Stanwix Fort Stanwix National Monument | Rome 43.2186°N -75.4589°W | Modern reconstruction of colonial fort on original site | |||||
Lindenwald Martin Van Buren National Historic Site | Kinderhook 42.3697°N -73.7042°W | Home of U.S. President Martin Van Buren; designed in part by Richard Upjohn | |||||
Kate Mullany House | Troy 42.7399°N -73.6818°W | Home of Kate Mullany, early female labor organizer andfounder of Collar Laundry Union | |||||
African Burial Ground African Burial Ground National Monument | Apr 19, 1993 | Manhattan 40.7146°N -74.0044°W | New York | Dedicated as National Monument on October 5, 2007; burial site in Lower Manhattan of over 400 Africans from the 17th and 18th centuries | |||
Governors Island Governors Island National Monument | Feb 4, 1985 | Manhattan | New York | Island in NY Harbor which served various branches of the US Military from 1783 until the late 1990s; future uses are still being decided | |||
Hamilton Grange National Memorial | Dec 19, 1960 | Manhattan | New York | Home of Alexander Hamilton: military officer, lawyer, member of the United States Constitutional Convention, American statesman, first United States Secretary of the Treasury, and Founding Father; facade is oldest surviving structure in Manhattan | |||
There are some former designations in New York. (development needed)