List of areas in the United States National Park System explained

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 August 2024, there are 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

See main article: List of national parks of the United States. 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.

Name	Location	Year established	Area (2024)^[3] ^[4]
Acadia National Park	Maine	1919	49071.4acres
National Park of American Samoa	American Samoa	1988	8256.67acres
Arches National Park	Utah	1971	76678.98acres
Badlands National Park	South Dakota	1978	242742.9acres
Big Bend National Park	Texas	1944	801163.21acres
Biscayne National Park	Florida	1980	172971.11acres
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	Colorado	1999	30779.83acres
Bryce Canyon National Park	Utah	1928	35835.08acres
Canyonlands National Park	Utah	1964	337597.83acres
Capitol Reef National Park	Utah	1971	241904.5acres
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	New Mexico	1930	46766.45acres
Channel Islands National Park	California	1980	249561acres
Congaree National Park	South Carolina	2003	26692.6acres
Crater Lake National Park	Oregon	1902	183224.05acres
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Ohio	2000	32597.08acres
Death Valley National Park	California, Nevada	1994	3408445.63acres
Denali National Park	Alaska	1917	4740911.16acres
Dry Tortugas National Park	Florida	1992	64701.22acres
Everglades National Park	Florida	1947	1508938.57acres
Gates of the Arctic National Park	Alaska	1980	7523897.45acres
Gateway Arch National Park	Missouri	2018	192.83acres
Glacier National Park (part of Waterton–Glacier International Peace Park)	Montana	1910	1013126.39acres
Glacier Bay National Park	Alaska	1980	3223383.43acres
Grand Canyon National Park	Arizona	1919	1201647.03acres
Grand Teton National Park	Wyoming	1929	310044.36acres
Great Basin National Park	Nevada	1986	77180acres
Great Sand Dunes National Park	Colorado	2004	107336.95acres
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	North Carolina, Tennessee	1934	522426.88acres
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Texas	1966	86367.1acres
Haleakalā National Park	Hawaii	1916	33488.98acres
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Hawaii	1916	344812.18acres
Hot Springs National Park	Arkansas	1921	5554.15acres
Indiana Dunes National Park	Indiana	2019	15615.1acres
Isle Royale National Park	Michigan	1940	571790.3acres
Joshua Tree National Park	California	1994	795155.85acres
Katmai National Park	Alaska	1980	3674529.33acres
Kenai Fjords National Park	Alaska	1980	669650.05acres
Kings Canyon National Park	California	1940	461901.37acres
Kobuk Valley National Park	Alaska	1980	1750716.16acres
Lake Clark National Park	Alaska	1980	2619816.49acres
Lassen Volcanic National Park	California	1916	106589.02acres
Mammoth Cave National Park	Kentucky	1941	72041.73acres
Mesa Verde National Park	Colorado	1906	52485.17acres
Mount Rainier National Park	Washington	1899	236381.64acres
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	West Virginia	2020	72390.91sortable=onNaNsortable=on
North Cascades National Park	Washington	1968	504780.94acres
Olympic National Park	Washington	1938	922649.41acres
Petrified Forest National Park	Arizona	1962	221390.21acres
Pinnacles National Park	California	2013	26685.73acres
Redwood National and State Parks	California	1968	139090.97acres
Rocky Mountain National Park	Colorado	1915	265847.74acres
Saguaro National Park	Arizona	1994	92799.77acres
Sequoia National Park	California	1890	404062.63acres
Shenandoah National Park	Virginia	1935	200445.92acres
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	North Dakota	1978	70446.89acres
Virgin Islands National Park	U.S. Virgin Islands	1956	15052.33acres
Voyageurs National Park	Minnesota	1975	218223.25acres
White Sands National Park	New Mexico	2019	146344.31acres
Wind Cave National Park	South Dakota	1903	33970.84acres
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park	Alaska	1980	8323146.48acres
Yellowstone National Park	Idaho, Montana, Wyoming	1872	2219790.71acres
Yosemite National Park	California	1890	761747.5acres
Zion National Park	Utah	1919	147242.66acres

Former national parks

Name	Established	Disbanded	Result
nowrap		July 17, 1916	August 11, 1939	Redesignated as Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
	March 3, 1925	August 11, 1939
	October 1, 1890	March 4, 1940	Incorporated into Kings Canyon National Park
Hawaii National Park	August 1, 1916	nowrap	September 13, 1960	Divided into Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park
	April 15, 1875	March 2, 1895	Transferred to Michigan; now operated as Mackinac Island State Park
	June 29, 1906	March 17, 1976	Incorporated with Arbuckle Recreation Area and redesignated Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Rock Creek Park^[5]	nowrap	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

See main article: List of national monuments of the United States. There are 134 national monuments, 87 of which are administered by the NPS and are listed below. Of these, 85 (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	Date -->	Area
African Burial Ground National Monument	New York	2006-->	0.35acres
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Nebraska	1997-->	3057.87acres
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument	Texas	1965-->	1370.97acres
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve	Alaska	1978-->	137176acres
Avi Kwa Ame National Monument (not an official NPS unit)	Nevada	NPS manages roughly 50000acres of 506814acres
Aztec Ruins National Monument	New Mexico	1923-->	318.4acres
Bandelier National Monument	New Mexico	1916-->	33676.67acres
Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument	District of Columbia	0.34acres
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument	Alabama	2017-->	18.25acres
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Virginia	1956-->	239.01acres
Buck Island Reef National Monument	U.S. Virgin Islands	1961-->	19015.47acres
Cabrillo National Monument	California	1913-->	159.94acres
Camp Nelson National Monument	Kentucky	1931-->	464.97acres
Canyon de Chelly National Monument	Arizona	1931-->	83840acres
Cape Krusenstern National Monument	Alaska	1978-->	649096.15acres
Capulin Volcano National Monument	New Mexico	1916-->	792.84acres
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument	Arizona	1889-->	472.5acres
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument	Florida	1924-->	19.38acres
Castle Clinton National Monument	New York	1946-->	1acres
Castle Mountains National Monument	California	2016-->	21025.5acres
Cedar Breaks National Monument	Utah	1933-->	6154.6acres
César E. Chávez National Monument	California	2012-->	116.56acres
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument	Ohio	2013-->	59.66acres
Chiricahua National Monument	Arizona	1924-->	12024.73acres
Colorado National Monument	Colorado	1911-->	20536.39acres
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Idaho	1924-->	53437.64acres
Devils Postpile National Monument	California	1911-->	800.19acres
Devils Tower National Monument	Wyoming	1906-->	1347.21acres
Dinosaur National Monument	Utah, Colorado	1915-->	210281.92acres
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Iowa	1949-->	2526.39acres
El Malpais National Monument	New Mexico	1987-->	114346.99acres
El Morro National Monument	New Mexico	1906-->	1278.72acres
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument	Illinois, Mississippi	5.7acres
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Colorado	1969-->	6278.09acres
Fort Frederica National Monument	Georgia	1936-->	305.34acres
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Florida	1924-->	300.11acres
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine	Maryland	1925-->	43.26acres
Fort Monroe National Monument	Virginia	367.12acres
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Georgia	1924-->	5623.1acres
Fort Stanwix National Monument	New York	1935-->	15.52acres
Fort Union National Monument	New Mexico	1956-->	720.6acres
Fossil Butte National Monument	Wyoming	1972-->	8198acres
Freedom Riders National Monument	Alabama	2017-->	7.83acres
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	Virginia	1930-->	654.19acres
George Washington Carver National Monument	Missouri	1943-->	240acres
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	New Mexico	1907-->	533.13acres
Governors Island National Monument	New York	2001-->	22.91acres
Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument (not an official NPS unit)	Arizona	2000-->	NPS manages 208453acres of 1048325acres
Grand Portage National Monument	Minnesota	1960-->	709.97acres
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Idaho	1988-->	4351.15acres
Hohokam Pima National Monument	Arizona	1972-->	1690acres
Hovenweep National Monument	Colorado, Utah	1923-->	784.93acres
Jewel Cave National Monument	South Dakota	1908-->	1273.51acres
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	Oregon	1974-->	14062.19acres
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Maine	2016-->	87564.27acres
Lava Beds National Monument	California	1925-->	46692.42acres
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Montana	1879-->	765.34acres
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument	Mississippi	0.74acres
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument	Kentucky	2020-->	1455.31acres
Montezuma Castle National Monument	Arizona	1906-->	1015.52acres
Muir Woods National Monument	California	1908-->	553.55acres
Natural Bridges National Monument	Utah	1908-->	7636.49acres
Navajo National Monument	Arizona	1909-->	360acres
Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve	Oregon	1909-->	4554.03acres
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Arizona	1937-->	330688.86acres
Petroglyph National Monument	New Mexico	1990-->	7204.43acres
Pipe Spring National Monument	Arizona	1923-->	40acres
Pipestone National Monument	Minnesota	1937-->	297.08acres
Poverty Point National Monument	Louisiana	1988-->	910.85acres
Rainbow Bridge National Monument	Utah	1910-->	160acres
Russell Cave National Monument	Alabama	1961-->	310.45acres
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument	New Mexico	1909-->	1071.42acres
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Nebraska	1919-->	3004.73acres
Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument	Illinois	1.57acres
Statue of Liberty National Monument	New York, New Jersey	1924-->	58.38acres
Stonewall National Monument	New York	2016-->	7.7acres
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument	Arizona	1930-->	3137.71acres
Timpanogos Cave National Monument	Utah	1922-->	250acres
Tonto National Monument	Arizona	1907-->	1120acres
Tule Lake National Monument	California	2019-->	37.39acres
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument	Nevada	2014-->	22650acres
Tuzigoot National Monument	Arizona	1939-->	811.89acres
Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument	U.S. Virgin Islands	2001-->	12708.07acres
Waco Mammoth National Monument	Texas	2015-->	107.23acres
Walnut Canyon National Monument	Arizona	1915-->	3200.61acres
Wupatki National Monument	Arizona	1924-->	35401.83acres
Yucca House National Monument	Colorado	1919-->	33.87acres

Former national monuments

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
	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
	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	nowrap	September 14, 1950	Merged into Grand Teton National Park
Shoshone Cavern National Monument	nowrap	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

See main article: National preserve. 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)
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve	Alaska	464117.93acres
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve	Alaska	2697391.01acres
Big Cypress National Preserve	Florida	720564.01acres
Big Thicket National Preserve	Texas	113121.96acres
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Idaho	698939.69acres
Denali National Park and Preserve	Alaska	1334117.8acres
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve	Alaska	948608.07acres
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	Alaska	58406acres
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Colorado	41686acres
Katmai National Park and Preserve	Alaska	418698.8acres
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve	Alaska	1410293.68acres
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Alabama	15293.27acres
Mojave National Preserve	California	1549709.37acres
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (not a separate unit)	West Virginia	65165acres
Noatak National Preserve	Alaska	6587071.39acres
Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve (not a separate unit)	Oregon	4070acres	4070acres
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Kansas	10882.67acres
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Florida	46263.07acres
Valles Caldera National Preserve	New Mexico	89831.84acres
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve	Alaska	4852644.89acres
Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve	Alaska	2526512.44acres

National historical parks

There are 63 national historical parks.

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	Kentucky	344.5acres
Adams National Historical Park	Massachusetts	23.82acres
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Virginia	1774.6acres
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park	Rhode Island, Massachusetts	1489acres
Boston National Historical Park	Massachusetts	43.82acres
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park	Kansas, South Carolina	3.15acres
Cane River Creole National Historical Park	Louisiana	205.5acres
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park	Virginia	3707.7acres
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	New Mexico	33960.19acres
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	District of Columbia, Maryland, West Virginia	19633.28acres
Colonial National Historical Park^[13] Cape Henry Memorial The Colonial Parkway Green Spring Plantation Most of Jamestown Island Swann's Point (Across the James River from Jamestown Island) Tyandall's Point Park (Across the York River from Yorktown) Yorktown Battlefield	Virginia	8675.04acres
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia	24546.83acres
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park	Ohio	110.53acres
First State National Historical Park	Delaware, Pennsylvania	1409.22acres
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park	South Carolina	232.52acres
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park	Indiana	26.17acres
Golden Spike National Historical Park	Utah	2735.28acres
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland	3668.55acres
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park	New York	31.5acres
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park	Maryland	480acres
Homestead National Historical Park	Nebraska	210.45acres
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Ohio	1775.78acres
Independence National Historical Park Germantown White House Independence Hall National Constitution Center (partner site) Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial	Pennsylvania	44.87acres
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Chalmette National Cemetery	Louisiana	25875.86acres
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park	Georgia	78.35acres
Kalaupapa National Historical Park	Hawaii	10778.88acres
Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park	Hawaii	1163.05acres
Keweenaw National Historical Park	Michigan	1870acres
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (part of Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park)	Alaska, Washington	12996.49acres
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	Oregon, Washington	3409.28acres
Lowell National Historical Park	Massachusetts	143.65acres
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Texas	1571.71acres
Manhattan Project National Historical Park	New Mexico, Tennessee, Washington	113.61acres
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park	Vermont	643.07acres
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park	Georgia	39.17acres
Minute Man National Historical Park	Massachusetts	1027.76acres
Morristown National Historical Park	New Jersey	1710.72acres
Natchez National Historical Park	Mississippi	120.88acres
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park	Massachusetts	34acres
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park	Louisiana	5.13acres
Nez Perce National Historical Park	Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington	4564.93acres
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Georgia	3431.17acres
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park	Texas	3426.87acres
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park	New Jersey	51.34acres
Pecos National Historical Park	New Mexico	6885.87acres
Pullman National Historical Park	Illinois	203.48acres
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park	Hawaii	419.8acres
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park	South Carolina	64.99acres
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park	California	145.19acres
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park	New Hampshire	190.75acres
Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park	Missouri	17.47acres
Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve	U.S. Virgin Islands	989.42acres
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Texas	990.28acres
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park	California	49.86acres
San Juan Island National Historical Park	Washington	2145.56acres
Saratoga National Historical Park	New York	3607.59acres
Sitka National Historical Park	Alaska	116.29acres
Thomas Edison National Historical Park	New Jersey	21.25acres
Tumacácori National Historical Park	Arizona	360.32acres
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Pennsylvania	3468.54acres
War in the Pacific National Historical Park	Guam	2030.3acres
Weir Farm National Historical Park	Connecticut	74.2acres
Women's Rights National Historical Park	New York	7.44acres

Authorized national historical parks

National historic sites

See main article: National Historic Site (United States). 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)
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	1284.27acres
Amache National Historic Site	Colorado	472.59acres
Andersonville National Historic Site Andersonville National Cemetery	Georgia	515.61acres
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Andrew Johnson National Cemetery	Tennessee	16.68acres
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Colorado	798.54acres
Blackwell School National Historic Site	Texas
Boston African American National Historic Site	Massachusetts	0.59acres
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	North Carolina	268.49acres
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site	Washington, D.C.	0.15acres
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site	South Carolina	28.45acres
Chicago Portage National Historic Site (affiliated area)	Illinois	91.2acres
Chimney Rock National Historic Site (affiliated area)	Nebraska	83.36acres
Christiansted National Historic Site	U.S. Virgin Islands	27.15acres
Clara Barton National Historic Site	Maryland	8.59acres
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	0.52acres
Eisenhower National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	690.46acres
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	New York	180.5acres
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site	California	13.19acres
Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site (affiliated area)	Ohio	185acres
First Ladies National Historic Site	Ohio	0.46acres
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site	Washington, D.C.	0.3acres
Fort Bowie National Historic Site	Arizona	999.45acres
Fort Davis National Historic Site	Texas	523acres
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Wyoming	873.11acres
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Kansas	718.39acres
Fort Point National Historic Site	California	29acres
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site	North Carolina	515.73acres
Fort Scott National Historic Site	Kansas	20.08acres
Fort Smith National Historic Site	Arkansas, Oklahoma	75acres
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	Montana, North Dakota	440.14acres
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Fort Vancouver McLoughlin House Vancouver National Historic Reserve	Washington, Oregon	208.39acres
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site	Washington, D.C.	8.57acres
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site	Massachusetts	7.21acres
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	674.56acres
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic Site (affiliated area)	Pennsylvania	3.71acres
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Montana	1618.43acres
Hampton National Historic Site	Maryland	62.04acres
Harry S Truman National Historic Site	Missouri	13.67acres
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Iowa	186.8acres
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	New York	838.43acres
Honouliuli National Historic Site	Hawaii	154.46acres
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	848.06acres
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site	Arizona	160.09acres
James A. Garfield National Historic Site	Ohio	7.82acres
Jamestown National Historic Site (affiliated area)	Virginia	21.99acres
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site	Massachusetts	0.09acres
John Muir National Historic Site	California	388.5acres
Kate Mullany National Historic Site (affiliated area)	New York	0.06acres
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	North Dakota	1751acres
Lincoln Home National Historic Site	Illinois	12.24acres
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site	Arkansas	28.22acres
Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site	Massachusetts	1.98acres
Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site (affiliated area)	New York	1.2acres
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site	Virginia	1.29acres
Manzanar National Historic Site	California	813.81acres
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	New York	284.93acres
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site	Washington, D.C.	0.07acres
Minidoka National Historic Site	Idaho	396.3acres
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site	South Dakota	43.8acres
New Philadelphia National Historic Site	Illinois	123.19acres
Nicodemus National Historic Site	Kansas	5.61acres
Ninety Six National Historic Site	South Carolina	1021.94acres
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site	Washington, D.C.	17.61acres
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site	Arkansas	0.68acres
Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site	Hawaii	86.24acres
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	New York	83.02acres
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site	New York	6.13acres
Salem Maritime National Historic Site	Massachusetts	9.02acres
San Juan National Historic Site	Puerto Rico	75.13acres
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site	Colorado	12583.34acres
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site	Massachusetts	8.51acres
Springfield Armory National Historic Site	Massachusetts	54.93acres
Steamtown National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	62.48acres
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site	New York	0.11acres
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site	New York	1.18acres
Thomas Cole National Historic Site (affiliated area)	New York	3.4acres
Thomas Stone National Historic Site	Maryland	328.25acres
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site (affiliated area)	Rhode Island	0.23acres
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site	Alabama	89.68acres
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site	Alabama	57.92acres
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site	Missouri	9.6acres
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	New York	211.65acres
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	Oklahoma	315.2acres
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Washington	138.53acres
William Howard Taft National Historic Site	Ohio	3.64acres

Former national historic sites

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

National battlefield parks

See main article: National Military Park.

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Georgia	2913.63acres
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Virginia	5073.44acres
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Virginia	8143.26acres
River Raisin National Battlefield Park	Michigan	42.18acres

National military parks

See also: National Military Park.

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Georgia, Tennessee	9523.48acres
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park Fredericksburg National Cemetery	Virginia	8405.46acres
Gettysburg National Military Park Gettysburg National Cemetery	Pennsylvania	6037.06acres
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	North Carolina	254.9acres
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Alabama	2040acres
Kings Mountain National Military Park	South Carolina	3945.29acres
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Arkansas	4440.82acres
Shiloh National Military Park Shiloh National Cemetery	Tennessee, Mississippi	9318.63acres
Vicksburg National Military Park Vicksburg National Cemetery	Mississippi, Louisiana	3049.15acres

Former national military parks

Name	Established	Disbanded	Result
Moore's Creek National Military Park	June 2, 1926	September 8, 1980	Redesignated as Moores Creek National Battlefield
Monocacy National Military Park	June 21, 1934	October 21, 1976	Redesignated Monocacy National Battlefield; previously Monocacy National Battlefield Site (1929 to 1934)

National battlefields

See main article: National Military Park.

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Antietam National Battlefield Antietam National Cemetery	Maryland	3287.63acres
Big Hole National Battlefield	Montana	975.61acres
Cowpens National Battlefield	South Carolina	841.56acres
Fort Donelson National Battlefield Fort Donelson National Cemetery	Tennessee, Kentucky	1319.25acres
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Pennsylvania	902.8acres
Monocacy National Battlefield	Maryland	1646.88acres
Moores Creek National Battlefield	North Carolina	87.75acres
Petersburg National Battlefield Poplar Grove National Cemetery	Virginia	9598.68acres
Stones River National Battlefield Stones River National Cemetery	Tennessee	709.49acres
Tupelo National Battlefield	Mississippi	1acres
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield	Missouri	2446.75acres

National battlefield site

See main article: National Military Park.

Former national battlefield sites

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

See main article: List of national memorials of the United States. There are 31 national memorials that are NPS units and five affiliated national memorials.

Name	Location	Area (2024)
American Memorial Park (affiliated area)	Northern Mariana Islands	133acres
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Arkansas	757.51acres
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial	Virginia	17.12acres
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial (affiliated area)	Pennsylvania	0acres
Chamizal National Memorial	Texas	54.54acres
Coronado National Memorial	Arizona	4830.22acres
De Soto National Memorial	Florida	30acres
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial	Washington, D.C.	3.39acres
Father Marquette National Memorial (affiliated area)	Michigan	52acres
Federal Hall National Memorial	New York	0.45acres
Flight 93 National Memorial	Pennsylvania	2262.65acres
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Florida	138.39acres
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial	Washington, D.C.	8.14acres
General Grant National Memorial	New York	0.76acres
Hamilton Grange National Memorial	New York	1.75acres
Jefferson Memorial	Washington, D.C.	18.36acres
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Pennsylvania	177.76acres
Korean War Veterans Memorial	Washington, D.C.	1.56acres
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Indiana	199.96acres
Lincoln Memorial	Washington, D.C.	7.29acres
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac	Washington, D.C.	17acres
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial	Washington, D.C.	2.74acres
Mount Rushmore National Memorial	South Dakota	1278.45acres
Oklahoma City National Memorial (affiliated area)	Oklahoma	6.24acres
Pearl Harbor National Memorial	Hawaii	21.64acres
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial	Ohio	25.38acres
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial	California	5acres
Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial (affiliated area)	Virginia	1000acres
Roger Williams National Memorial	Rhode Island	4.56acres
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial	Pennsylvania	0.02acres
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Washington, D.C.	88.5acres
Vietnam Veterans Memorial	Washington, D.C.	2.18acres
Washington Monument	Washington, D.C.	106.01acres
World War I Memorial	Washington, D.C.	1.39acres
World War II Memorial	Washington, D.C.	8.25acres
Wright Brothers National Memorial	North Carolina	428.44acres

Former national memorials

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

Name	Law
Adams Memorial	Authorized by Public Law 107-62
National Desert Storm/Desert Shield Memorial	Authorized by National Defense Authorization Act 2015^[15]
National Global War on Terrorism Memorial	Authorized by Public Law 115-51

National recreation areas

See main article: National recreation area. There are 18 national recreation areas administered by the National Park Service. Another 22 national recreation areas are administered by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Amistad National Recreation Area	Texas	62945.15acres
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Montana, Wyoming	120296.22acres
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Massachusetts	2230.71acres
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Georgia	12416.75acres
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Oklahoma	9898.63acres
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Colorado	43590.56acres
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Middle Delaware National Scenic River	New Jersey, Pennsylvania	68708.88acres
Gateway National Recreation Area	New York, New Jersey	26610.45acres
Gauley River National Recreation Area	West Virginia	11483.44acres
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Utah, Arizona	1254116.62acres
Golden Gate National Recreation Area Alcatraz Island Presidio of San Francisco	California	82136.12acres
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area	Washington	61939.15acres
Lake Mead National Recreation Area Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument	Nevada, Arizona	1495855.53acres
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Texas	44977.63acres
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Washington	100390.31acres
Ross Lake National Recreation Area	Washington	117574.59acres
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	California	153121.09acres
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	California	42503.25acres

Former or transferred national recreation areas

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

See main article: List of United States national lakeshores and seashores. There are 10 national seashores.

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Assateague Island National Seashore	Maryland, Virginia	41311.27acres
Canaveral National Seashore	Florida	57661.69acres
Cape Cod National Seashore	Massachusetts	43615.34acres
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	North Carolina	30350.65acres
Cape Lookout National Seashore	North Carolina	28243.36acres
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Georgia	36346.83acres
Fire Island National Seashore	New York	19580.65acres
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Florida, Mississippi	138306.64acres
Padre Island National Seashore	Texas	130434.27acres
Point Reyes National Seashore	California	71053.38acres

National lakeshores

See main article: List of United States national lakeshores and seashores. There are three national lakeshores, located in Michigan and Wisconsin.

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Wisconsin	69377.43acres
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Michigan	73235.97acres
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Michigan	71318.57acres

Former national lakeshores

National rivers and national wild and scenic rivers

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. There are many more national wild and scenic rivers that run through other units.

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Alagnak Wild River	Alaska	30664.79acres
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Kentucky, Tennessee	123702.05acres
Bluestone National Scenic River	West Virginia	4309.51acres
Buffalo National River	Arkansas	94300.82acres
Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational River	New Jersey	43311.42acres
Middle Delaware National Scenic River	New Jersey, Pennsylvania	1973.33acres
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area	Minnesota	53775acres
Missouri National Recreational River	Nebraska, South Dakota	48456.55acres
Niobrara National Scenic River	Nebraska	29088.57acres
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Tennessee	5489.85acres
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Missouri	80784.3acres
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River	Texas	13123.39acres
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Wisconsin, Minnesota	68738.95acres
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	New York, Pennsylvania	74999.56acres

Former national rivers

National reserves

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.

Name	Location	Area (2024)
City of Rocks National Reserve	Idaho	14512.27acres
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Washington	19333.51acres
Pinelands National Reserve (affiliated area)	New Jersey	1164025acres

National parkways

See main article: National Parkway. 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	Location	Area (2024)
Baltimore-Washington Parkway (part of National Capital Parks East)	Maryland, Washington, D.C.
Blue Ridge Parkway	Virginia, North Carolina	101128.2acres
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). Claude Moore Colonial Farm Glen Echo Park Great Falls Park Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C.	6719.21acres
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway	Wyoming	23777.22acres
Natchez Trace Parkway	Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee	52380.46acres
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

See main article: National Trails System. 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.

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail	Hawaii
Appalachian Trail (official unit)	Maine - Georgia	243733.06acres
Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail	Tennessee and Missouri - California
California National Historic Trail	Missouri - California
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail	Delaware - District of Columbia - Maryland - Virginia
Chilkoot National Historic Trail	Alaska - British Columbia
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail	Louisiana - Texas
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail	New Mexico
Ice Age National Scenic Trail (official unit)	Wisconsin	235.16acres
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail	Arizona - California
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail	Illinois - Oregon
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail	Illinois - Utah
Natchez Trace Trail (official unit)	Mississippi - Tennessee	10995acres
New England National Scenic Trail (official unit)	Connecticut - Massachusetts	196.04acres
North Country National Scenic Trail (official unit)	New York - North Dakota	281.94acres
Old Spanish National Historic Trail	New Mexico - California
Oregon National Historic Trail	Missouri - Oregon
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail	Virginia - Tennessee - North Carolina - South Carolina
Pony Express National Historic Trail	Missouri - California
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (official unit)	Virginia - Maryland - Pennsylvania - Washington, D.C.	0acres
Santa Fe National Historic Trail	Missouri - New Mexico
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail	Alabama
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail	District of Columbia - Maryland - Virginia
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail	Tennessee - Oklahoma
Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail	Massachusetts - Virginia

National cemeteries

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.

Name	Location
Andersonville National Cemetery	Georgia
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery	Tennessee
Antietam National Cemetery	Maryland
Battleground National Cemetery	Washington, D.C.
Chalmette National Cemetery	Louisiana
Custer National Cemetery	Montana
Fort Donelson National Cemetery	Tennessee
Fredericksburg National Cemetery	Virginia
Gettysburg National Cemetery	Pennsylvania
Poplar Grove National Cemetery	Virginia
Shiloh National Cemetery	Tennessee
Stones River National Cemetery	Tennessee
Vicksburg National Cemetery	Mississippi
Yorktown National Cemetery	Virginia

Transferred national cemeteries

National heritage areas

See also: U.S. 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

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.

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Aleutian World War II National Historic Area (affiliated area)	Alaska	134.94acres
Catoctin Mountain Park	Maryland	5890.92acres
Claymont High School (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park)	Delaware
Constitution Gardens	District of Columbia	39.23acres
Eutaw Springs Battlefield (affiliated area)	South Carolina
Fort Washington Park	Maryland	345.05acres
Greenbelt Park	Maryland	1175.98acres
Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site (affiliated area)^[16]	South Carolina	107acres
Hockessin Colored School #107 (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park)	Delaware
Howard High School (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park)	Delaware
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve (affiliated area)	Wisconsin	32500acres
International Peace Garden (affiliated area)	North Dakota/Manitoba	2330.3acres
Inupiat Heritage Center (affiliated area)	Alaska	0acres
John Philip Sousa Junior High School (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park)	District of Columbia
Kettle Creek Battlefield (affiliated area)	Georgia
Maine Acadian Culture (affiliated area)^[17]	Maine
National Capital Parks-East Anacostia Park Baltimore-Washington Parkway Capitol Hill Parks Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site (also an official unit) Fort Dupont Park Fort Foote Park Fort Washington Park (also an official unit) Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (also an official unit) Greenbelt Park (also an official unit) Harmony Hall (Fort Washington, Maryland) Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site (also an official unit) Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm Oxon Run Parkway Piscataway Park (also an official unit) Suitland Parkway	District of Columbia/Maryland	8703.8acres(excludes those counted in other units)
National Mall and Memorial Parks (formerly National Capital Parks-Central) African American Civil War Memorial American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument (also an official unit) Constitution Gardens (also an official unit) District of Columbia War Memorial East Potomac Park Ford's Theatre National Historic Site (also an official unit) Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (also an official unit) George Mason Memorial Jefferson Memorial (also an official unit) John Ericsson National Memorial Korean War Veterans Memorial (also an official unit) Lincoln Memorial (also an official unit) National Mall Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site (also an official unit) Old Post Office Pavilion Ukraine Independence Park (Taras Shevchenko Memorial) United States Navy Memorial (part of Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site) Vietnam Veterans Memorial (also an official unit) Washington Monument (also an official unit) West Potomac Park World War I Memorial (also an official unit) World War II Memorial (also an official unit)	District of Columbia	155.84acres(National Mall only)
Parker's Crossroads Battlefield (affiliated area)	Tennessee
Piscataway Park	Maryland	4620.06acres
Prince William Forest Park	Virginia	16060.25acres
Robert Russa Moton School (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park)	Virginia
Rock Creek Park Dumbarton Oaks Park Battleground National Cemetery Meridian Hill Park Old Stone House Peirce Mill (part of Rock Creek Park) Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway	District of Columbia	1754.7acres
Roosevelt Campobello International Park (affiliated area)	New Brunswick	2721.5acres
	District of Columbia	18.07acres
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (affiliated area)^[18]	Washington	0acres
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts	Virginia	130.28acres

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.

Former other areas

Name	Established	Disbanded	Result
Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument	1935	1954	Redesignated Appomattox Court House National Historical Park; previously Appomattox National Battlefield Site (1930–1935)
National Visitor Center, Washington, D.C.	March 12, 1968	December 29, 1981	Transferred to Department of Transportation
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	June 16, 1972	July 21, 1994	Transferred to Kennedy Center Trustees
New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route (affiliated area)	1988	September 30, 2011	Multiple site agencies continue managing the route without NPS partnership^[19]

In the 1930s and 1940s, the NPS developed dozens of recreational demonstration areas, most of which eventually became national or state parks.

See also

• List of the United States National Park System official units (the)
• List of fee areas in the United States National Park System
• List of all national parks of the world
• List of U.S. state parks
• National Park Passport Stamps
• List of National Natural Landmarks
• List of tourist attractions worldwide

References

• Bureau Historian (2006). "Former National Park System Units: An Analysis" .
• National Park Service. "National Monument Proclamations under the Antiquities Act"
• National Park Service Office of Public Affairs (2009). "UNITS & RELATED AREAS & RELATED AREAS IN THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM". Last updated January 13, 2017. (Lists 317 NPS units and related areas by classification).
• Weber . Foe . 2016 . America's Lost National Park Units: A Closer Look . The George Wright Forum . 33 . 1 . 59–69 . 44131238 . 0732-4715.

External links

• Alphabetical list of places at the National Park Service website
• Former National Park System Units: An Analysis
• National Park Service
• National Park System Units by type
• National Park Foundation
• Parks by Date of Establishment
• America's Hidden Treasures, an essay on the lesser known National Parks
• http://www.parkstamps.org/ The National Park Travelers Club - an organization of individuals attempting to visit all units of the NPS

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Park System (U.S. National Park Service). www.nps.gov. en. 2021-07-09.
2. Web site: National Park System Units/Parks. National Park Service. 2018-05-14. 2018-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180316090344/https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/national-park-system.htm. 2018-03-16. live.
3. Web site: National Reports. National Park Service. 25 February 2018. Click on Park Acreage Reports (1997 – Last Calendar/Fiscal Year), then select By Park, Calendar 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20180422180850/https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/National. 22 April 2018. dead.
4. Web site: AcreageReports - Land and Water Conservation Fund (U.S. National Park Service) . 2024-01-03 . www.nps.gov . en.
5. "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.
6. Web site: Herbert Hoover's National Parks - Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service). nps.gov. 15 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160829220657/https://www.nps.gov/heho/learn/historyculture/national-parks-hoover-admin.htm. 29 August 2016. live.
7. Web site: History. bobspixels.com. 15 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160406174042/http://www.bobspixels.com/kaibab.org/misc/gc_hist.htm. 6 April 2016. live.
8. Web site: Herbert Hoover: Proclamation 2022 - Grand Canyon National Monument. https://web.archive.org/web/20160827144658/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=76346. dead. August 27, 2016. ucsb.edu. 15 August 2016.
9. Web site: Enrolled Bill s. 1296 - Grand Canyon National Park Enlargement Act . January 2, 1975 . fordlibrarymuseum.gov . August 15, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160827094854/https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0055/1668930.pdf . August 27, 2016 . dead .
10. Web site: Great Basin National Park - Lehman Caves National Monument (U.S. National Park Service). National Park Service. 5 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121017135206/http://www.nps.gov/grba/historyculture/lehman-caves-national-monument.htm. 17 October 2012. live.
11. News: Rogers. Paul. Pinnacles becomes a national park -- the closest to Bay Area. 22 February 2015. San Jose Mercury News. January 10, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150113222620/http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_22348158/obama-elevates-pinnacles-national-monument-south-bay-area. 13 January 2015. live.
12. https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/anjo/admin_history.pdf Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Administrative History
13. Web site: 2017-04-30 . General Management Plan - Colonial National Historical Park . archive.org.
14. http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=116&page=3 Public Law 107-137
15. http://www.nps.gov/legal/2014%20DOD%20NPS%20Summary.html National Park Service-related provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 15
16. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-96/pdf/STATUTE-96-Pg99.pdf#page=1 Public Law 97-184
17. https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/1756 Public Law 101-53
18. Jack Broom, National Parks to recognize Wing Luke Museum , Seattle Times, 2013-02-06. Accessed online 2013-02-09.
19. Web site: Error retrieving uploaded document. nps.gov. 15 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160316183729/http://www.nps.gov/pine/loader.cfm?csModule=security%2Fgetfile&pageID=413973. 16 March 2016. live.