List of the United States National Park System official units explained

The Official Units of the National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service.

As of August 2024, there are official units of the National Park System;[1] however, this number can be misleading. For example, Denali National Park and Preserve are 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 rooted in the language of a park's enabling legislation. Furthermore, the NPS contributes resources to "affiliated areas" which do not fall under its administration, and these do not count toward the official list number. An example is Oklahoma City National Memorial.

These units are a subset of the areas in the United States National Park System, and nearly all participate in the national park passport stamps program. National Park System units are found in all 50 states, in the District of Columbia, and in 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.)

TypeNumber
National Park (List of national parks of the United States)63
National Monument (List of national monuments of the United States)85
National Preserve19
National Historical Park63
National Historic Site76
International Historic Site1
National Battlefield Park4
National Military Park9
National Battlefield11
National Battlefield Site1
National Memorial (List of national memorials of the United States)31
National Recreation Area18
National Seashore (List of United States national lakeshores and seashores)10
National Lakeshore (List of United States national lakeshores and seashores)3
National River14
National Reserve2
National Parkway4
National Trail6
Other11
Total

Bold indicates national parks.

NameLocation
Birmingham Civil Rights National MonumentAlabama
Freedom Riders National MonumentAlabama
Horseshoe Bend National Military ParkAlabama
Little River Canyon National PreserveAlabama
Russell Cave National MonumentAlabama
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic SiteAlabama
Tuskegee Institute National Historic SiteAlabama
Alagnak Wild RiverAlaska
Aniakchak National MonumentAlaska
Aniakchak National PreserveAlaska
Bering Land Bridge National PreserveAlaska
Cape Krusenstern National MonumentAlaska
Denali National ParkAlaska
Denali National PreserveAlaska
Gates of the Arctic National ParkAlaska
Gates of the Arctic National PreserveAlaska
Glacier Bay National ParkAlaska
Glacier Bay National PreserveAlaska
Katmai National ParkAlaska
Katmai National PreserveAlaska
Kenai Fjords National ParkAlaska
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical ParkAlaska
Washington
Kobuk Valley National ParkAlaska
Lake Clark National ParkAlaska
Lake Clark National PreserveAlaska
Noatak National PreserveAlaska
Sitka National Historical ParkAlaska
Wrangell-St. Elias National ParkAlaska
Wrangell-St. Elias National PreserveAlaska
Yukon-Charley Rivers National PreserveAlaska
National Park of American SamoaAmerican Samoa
Canyon De Chelly National MonumentArizona
Casa Grande Ruins National MonumentArizona
Chiricahua National MonumentArizona
Coronado National MemorialArizona
Fort Bowie National Historic SiteArizona
Glen Canyon National Recreation AreaArizona
Utah
Grand Canyon National ParkArizona
Hohokam Pima National MonumentArizona
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic SiteArizona
Montezuma Castle National MonumentArizona
Navajo National MonumentArizona
Organ Pipe Cactus National MonumentArizona
Petrified Forest National ParkArizona
Pipe Spring National MonumentArizona
Saguaro National ParkArizona
Sunset Crater Volcano National MonumentArizona
Tonto National MonumentArizona
Tumacacori National Historical ParkArizona
Tuzigoot National MonumentArizona
Walnut Canyon National MonumentArizona
Wupatki National MonumentArizona
Arkansas Post National MemorialArkansas
Buffalo National RiverArkansas
Fort Smith National Historic SiteArkansas
Hot Springs National ParkArkansas
Little Rock Central High School National Historic SiteArkansas
Pea Ridge National Military ParkArkansas
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic SiteArkansas
Cabrillo National MonumentCalifornia
Castle Mountains National MonumentCalifornia
César E. Chávez National MonumentCalifornia
Channel Islands National ParkCalifornia
Death Valley National ParkCalifornia
Nevada
Devils Postpile National MonumentCalifornia
Eugene O'Neill National Historic SiteCalifornia
Fort Point National Historic SiteCalifornia
Golden Gate National Recreation AreaCalifornia
John Muir National Historic SiteCalifornia
Joshua Tree National ParkCalifornia
Kings Canyon National ParkCalifornia
Lassen Volcanic National ParkCalifornia
Lava Beds National MonumentCalifornia
Manzanar National Historic SiteCalifornia
Mojave National PreserveCalifornia
Muir Woods National MonumentCalifornia
Pinnacles National ParkCalifornia
Point Reyes National SeashoreCalifornia
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National MemorialCalifornia
Redwood National ParkCalifornia
Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical ParkCalifornia
San Francisco Maritime National Historical ParkCalifornia
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaCalifornia
Sequoia National ParkCalifornia
Tule Lake National MonumentCalifornia
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation AreaCalifornia
Yosemite National ParkCalifornia
Amache National Historic SiteColorado
Bent's Old Fort National Historic SiteColorado
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National ParkColorado
Colorado National MonumentColorado
Curecanti National Recreation AreaColorado
Dinosaur National MonumentColorado
Utah
Florissant Fossil Beds National MonumentColorado
Great Sand Dunes National ParkColorado
Great Sand Dunes National PreserveColorado
Hovenweep National MonumentColorado
Utah
Mesa Verde National ParkColorado
Rocky Mountain National ParkColorado
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic SiteColorado
Yucca House National MonumentColorado
New England National Scenic TrailConnecticut
Massachusetts
Weir Farm National Historical ParkConnecticut
First State National Historical ParkDelaware
Pennsylvania
Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National MonumentDistrict of Columbia
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic SiteDistrict of Columbia
Constitution GardensDistrict of Columbia
Dwight D. Eisenhower MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Ford's Theatre National Historic SiteDistrict of Columbia
Franklin D. Roosevelt MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Frederick Douglass National Historic SiteDistrict of Columbia
Jefferson MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Korean War Veterans MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Lincoln MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the PotomacDistrict of Columbia
Martin Luther King, Jr. MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic SiteDistrict of Columbia
National Capital Parks-EastDistrict of Columbia
National Mall and Memorial ParksDistrict of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic SiteDistrict of Columbia
Rock Creek ParkDistrict of Columbia
Theodore Roosevelt IslandDistrict of Columbia
Vietnam Veterans MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Washington MonumentDistrict of Columbia
White House and President's ParkDistrict of Columbia
World War I MemorialDistrict of Columbia
World War II MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Big Cypress National PreserveFlorida
Biscayne National ParkFlorida
Canaveral National SeashoreFlorida
Castillo de San Marcos National MonumentFlorida
De Soto National MemorialFlorida
Dry Tortugas National ParkFlorida
Everglades National ParkFlorida
Fort Caroline National MemorialFlorida
Fort Matanzas National MonumentFlorida
Gulf Islands National SeashoreFlorida
Mississippi
Timucuan Ecological and Historic PreserveFlorida
Andersonville National Historic SiteGeorgia
Chattahoochee River National Recreation AreaGeorgia
Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military ParkGeorgia
Tennessee
Cumberland Island National SeashoreGeorgia
Fort Frederica National MonumentGeorgia
Fort Pulaski National MonumentGeorgia
Jimmy Carter National Historical ParkGeorgia
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield ParkGeorgia
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical ParkGeorgia
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical ParkGeorgia
War in the Pacific National Historical ParkGuam
Haleakala National ParkHawaii
Hawaii Volcanoes National ParkHawaii
Honouliuli National Historic SiteHawaii
Kalaupapa National Historical ParkHawaii
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical ParkHawaii
Pearl Harbor National MemorialHawaii
Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical ParkHawaii
Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic SiteHawaii
City of Rocks National ReserveIdaho
Craters of the Moon National MonumentIdaho
Craters of the Moon National PreserveIdaho
Hagerman Fossil Beds National MonumentIdaho
Minidoka National Historic SiteIdaho
Nez Perce National Historical ParkIdaho
Lincoln Home National Historic SiteIllinois
New Philadelphia National Historic SiteIllinois
Pullman National Historical ParkIllinois
Springfield 1908 Race Riot National MonumentIllinois
George Rogers Clark National Historical ParkIndiana
Indiana Dunes National ParkIndiana
Lincoln Boyhood National MemorialIndiana
Effigy Mounds National MonumentIowa
Herbert Hoover National Historic SiteIowa
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical ParkKansas
Fort Larned National Historic SiteKansas
Fort Scott National Historic SiteKansas
Nicodemus National Historic SiteKansas
Tallgrass Prairie National PreserveKansas
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical ParkKentucky
Camp Nelson National MonumentKentucky
Cumberland Gap National Historical ParkKentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Mammoth Cave National ParkKentucky
Mill Springs Battlefield National MonumentKentucky-Mill Springs Battlefield National MonumentKentucky-->
Cane River Creole National Historical ParkLouisiana
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and PreserveLouisiana
New Orleans Jazz National Historical ParkLouisiana
Poverty Point National MonumentLouisiana
Acadia National ParkMaine
Appalachian National Scenic TrailMaine to Georgia
Katahdin Woods and Waters National MonumentMaine
Saint Croix Island International Historic SiteMaine
Antietam National BattlefieldMaryland
Assateague Island National SeashoreMaryland
Virginia
Catoctin Mountain ParkMaryland
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical ParkMaryland
District of Columbia
Clara Barton National Historic SiteMaryland
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic ShrineMaryland
Fort Washington ParkMaryland
Greenbelt ParkMaryland
Hampton National Historic SiteMaryland
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical ParkMaryland
Monocacy National BattlefieldMaryland
Piscataway ParkMaryland
Potomac Heritage National Scenic TrailMaryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
District of Columbia
Thomas Stone National Historic SiteMaryland
Adams National Historical ParkMassachusetts
Boston African American National Historic SiteMassachusetts
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation AreaMassachusetts
Boston National Historical ParkMassachusetts
Cape Cod National SeashoreMassachusetts
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic SiteMassachusetts
John F. Kennedy National Historic SiteMassachusetts
Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic SiteMassachusetts
Lowell National Historical ParkMassachusetts
Minute Man National Historical ParkMassachusetts
New Bedford Whaling National Historical ParkMassachusetts
Salem Maritime National Historic SiteMassachusetts
Saugus Iron Works National Historic SiteMassachusetts
Springfield Armory National Historic SiteMassachusetts
Isle Royale National ParkMichigan
Keweenaw National Historical ParkMichigan
North Country National Scenic TrailMichigan
Minnesota
North Dakota
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Wisconsin
Pictured Rocks National LakeshoreMichigan
River Raisin National Battlefield ParkMichigan
Sleeping Bear Dunes National LakeshoreMichigan
Grand Portage National MonumentMinnesota
Mississippi National River and Recreation AreaMinnesota
Pipestone National MonumentMinnesota
Voyageurs National ParkMinnesota
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield SiteMississippi
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National MonumentIllinois
Mississippi
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National MonumentMississippi
Natchez National Historical ParkMississippi-Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National MonumentMississippi-->
Natchez Trace ParkwayMississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Natchez Trace National Scenic TrailMississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Tupelo National BattlefieldMississippi
Vicksburg National Military ParkMississippi
Louisiana
Gateway Arch National ParkMissouri
George Washington Carver National MonumentMissouri
Harry S Truman National Historic SiteMissouri
Ozark National Scenic RiverwaysMissouri
Ste. Genevieve National Historical ParkMissouri
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic SiteMissouri
Wilson's Creek National BattlefieldMissouri
Big Hole National BattlefieldMontana
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation AreaMontana
Wyoming
Glacier National ParkMontana
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic SiteMontana
Little Bighorn Battlefield National MonumentMontana
Agate Fossil Beds National MonumentNebraska
Homestead National Historical ParkNebraska
Missouri National Recreational RiverNebraska
South Dakota
Niobrara National Scenic RiverNebraska
Scotts Bluff National MonumentNebraska
Great Basin National ParkNevada
Lake Mead National Recreation AreaNevada
Arizona
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National MonumentNevada
Saint-Gaudens National Historical ParkNew Hampshire
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation AreaNew Jersey
Pennsylvania
Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational RiverNew Jersey
Morristown National Historical ParkNew Jersey
Paterson Great Falls National Historical ParkNew Jersey
Thomas Edison National Historical ParkNew Jersey
Aztec Ruins National MonumentNew Mexico
Bandelier National MonumentNew Mexico
Capulin Volcano National MonumentNew Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns National ParkNew Mexico
Chaco Culture National Historical ParkNew Mexico
El Malpais National MonumentNew Mexico
El Morro National MonumentNew Mexico
Fort Union National MonumentNew Mexico
Gila Cliff Dwellings National MonumentNew Mexico
Manhattan Project National Historical ParkNew Mexico
Tennessee
Washington
Pecos National Historical ParkNew Mexico
Petroglyph National MonumentNew Mexico
Salinas Pueblo Missions National MonumentNew Mexico
Valles Caldera National PreserveNew Mexico
White Sands National ParkNew Mexico
African Burial Ground National MonumentNew York
Castle Clinton National MonumentNew York
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic SiteNew York
Federal Hall National MemorialNew York
Fire Island National SeashoreNew York
Fort Stanwix National MonumentNew York
Gateway National Recreation AreaNew York
New Jersey
General Grant National MemorialNew York
Governors Island National MonumentNew York
Hamilton Grange National MemorialNew York
Harriet Tubman National Historical ParkNew York
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic SiteNew York
Martin Van Buren National Historic SiteNew York
Saint Paul's Church National Historic SiteNew York
Sagamore Hill National Historic SiteNew York
Saratoga National Historical ParkNew York
Statue of Liberty National MonumentNew York
New Jersey
Stonewall National MonumentNew York
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic SiteNew York
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic SiteNew York
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic SiteNew York
Women's Rights National Historical ParkNew York
Blue Ridge ParkwayNorth Carolina
Virginia
Cape Hatteras National SeashoreNorth Carolina
Cape Lookout National SeashoreNorth Carolina
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic SiteNorth Carolina
Fort Raleigh National Historic SiteNorth Carolina
Guilford Courthouse National Military ParkNorth Carolina
Moores Creek National BattlefieldNorth Carolina
Wright Brothers National MemorialNorth Carolina
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic SiteNorth Dakota
Montana
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic SiteNorth Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt National ParkNorth Dakota
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National MonumentOhio
Cuyahoga Valley National ParkOhio
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical ParkOhio
First Ladies National Historic SiteOhio
Hopewell Culture National Historical ParkOhio
James A. Garfield National Historic SiteOhio
Perry's Victory and International Peace MemorialOhio
William Howard Taft National Historic SiteOhio
Chickasaw National Recreation AreaOklahoma
Washita Battlefield National Historic SiteOklahoma
Crater Lake National ParkOregon
Lewis and Clark National Historical ParkOregon
Washington
John Day Fossil Beds National MonumentOregon
Oregon Caves National Monument and PreserveOregon
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic SitePennsylvania
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic SitePennsylvania
Eisenhower National Historic SitePennsylvania
Flight 93 National MemorialPennsylvania
Fort Necessity National BattlefieldPennsylvania
Friendship Hill National Historic SitePennsylvania
Gettysburg National Military ParkPennsylvania
Hopewell Furnace National Historic SitePennsylvania
Independence National Historical ParkPennsylvania
Johnstown Flood National MemorialPennsylvania
Middle Delaware National Scenic RiverPennsylvania
Steamtown National Historic SitePennsylvania
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National MemorialPennsylvania
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational RiverPennsylvania
Valley Forge National Historical ParkPennsylvania
San Juan National Historic SitePuerto Rico
Blackstone River Valley National Historical ParkRhode Island
Massachusetts
Roger Williams National MemorialRhode Island
Charles Pinckney National Historic SiteSouth Carolina
Congaree National ParkSouth Carolina
Cowpens National BattlefieldSouth Carolina
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical ParkSouth Carolina
Kings Mountain National Military ParkSouth Carolina
Ninety Six National Historic SiteSouth Carolina
Reconstruction Era National Historical ParkSouth Carolina
Badlands National ParkSouth Dakota
Jewel Cave National MonumentSouth Dakota
Minuteman Missile National Historic SiteSouth Dakota
Mount Rushmore National MemorialSouth Dakota
Wind Cave National ParkSouth Dakota
Andrew Johnson National Historic SiteTennessee
Big South Fork National River and Recreation AreaTennessee
Kentucky
Fort Donelson National BattlefieldTennessee
Kentucky
Great Smoky Mountains National ParkTennessee
North Carolina
Obed Wild and Scenic RiverTennessee
Shiloh National Military ParkTennessee
Mississippi
Stones River National BattlefieldTennessee
Alibates Flint Quarries National MonumentTexas
Amistad National Recreation AreaTexas
Big Bend National ParkTexas
Big Thicket National PreserveTexas
Blackwell School National Historic Site Texas
Chamizal National MemorialTexas
Fort Davis National Historic SiteTexas
Guadalupe Mountains National ParkTexas
Lake Meredith National Recreation AreaTexas
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical ParkTexas
Padre Island National SeashoreTexas
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical ParkTexas
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic RiverTexas
San Antonio Missions National Historical ParkTexas
Waco Mammoth National MonumentTexas
Arches National ParkUtah
Bryce Canyon National ParkUtah
Canyonlands National ParkUtah
Capitol Reef National ParkUtah
Cedar Breaks National MonumentUtah
Golden Spike National Historical ParkUtah
Natural Bridges National MonumentUtah
Rainbow Bridge National MonumentUtah
Timpanogos Cave National MonumentUtah
Zion National ParkUtah
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical ParkVermont
Buck Island Reef National MonumentVirgin Islands
Christiansted National Historic SiteVirgin Islands
Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological PreserveVirgin Islands
Virgin Islands National ParkVirgin Islands
Virgin Islands Coral Reef National MonumentVirgin Islands
Appomattox Court House National Historical ParkVirginia
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee MemorialVirginia
Booker T. Washington National MonumentVirginia
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical ParkVirginia
Colonial National Historical ParkVirginia
Fort Monroe National MonumentVirginia
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military ParkVirginia
George Washington Birthplace National MonumentVirginia
George Washington Memorial ParkwayVirginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Maggie L. Walker National Historic SiteVirginia
Manassas National Battlefield ParkVirginia
Petersburg National BattlefieldVirginia
Prince William Forest ParkVirginia
Richmond National Battlefield ParkVirginia
Shenandoah National ParkVirginia
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing ArtsVirginia
Ebey's Landing National Historical ReserveWashington
Fort Vancouver National Historic SiteWashington
Oregon
Lake Chelan National Recreation AreaWashington
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaWashington
Mount Rainier National ParkWashington
North Cascades National ParkWashington
Olympic National ParkWashington
Ross Lake National Recreation AreaWashington
San Juan Island National Historical ParkWashington
Whitman Mission National Historic SiteWashington
Bluestone National Scenic RiverWest Virginia
Gauley River National Recreation AreaWest Virginia
Harpers Ferry National Historical ParkWest Virginia
New River Gorge National Park and PreserveWest Virginia
Apostle Islands National LakeshoreWisconsin
Ice Age National Scenic TrailWisconsin
Saint Croix National Scenic RiverwayWisconsin
Minnesota
Devils Tower National MonumentWyoming
Fort Laramie National Historic SiteWyoming
Fossil Butte National MonumentWyoming
Grand Teton National ParkWyoming
John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial ParkwayWyoming
Yellowstone National ParkWyoming
Idaho
Montana

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Park System (U.S. National Park Service) . 2023-07-27 . www.nps.gov . en.