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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 units of the National Park System. 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

Name	Location	Year
established	Area (2024)	Acres	km2
Acadia National Park	Maine	1919	49076.65 acre
National Park of American Samoa	American Samoa	1988	8256.67 acre
Arches National Park	Utah	1971	76678.98 acre
Badlands National Park	South Dakota	1978	242742.90 acre
Big Bend National Park	Texas	1944	801162.34 acre
Biscayne National Park	Florida	1980	172971.11 acre
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	Colorado	1999	30779.83 acre
Bryce Canyon National Park	Utah	1928	35835.08 acre
Canyonlands National Park	Utah	1964	337597.83 acre
Capitol Reef National Park	Utah	1971	241904.50 acre
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	New Mexico	1930	46766.45 acre
Channel Islands National Park	California	1980	249561.00 acre
Congaree National Park	South Carolina	2003	26692.60 acre
Crater Lake National Park	Oregon	1902	183224.05 acre
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Ohio	2000	32607.20 acre
Death Valley National Park	California, Nevada	1994	3408374.95 acre
Denali National Park	Alaska	1917	4740911.16 acre
Dry Tortugas National Park	Florida	1992	64701.22 acre
Everglades National Park	Florida	1947	1508938.57 acre
Gates of the Arctic National Park	Alaska	1980	7523897.45 acre
Gateway Arch National Park	Missouri	2018	192.83 acre
Glacier National Park
(part of Waterton–Glacier International Peace Park)	Montana	1910	1013126.39 acre
Glacier Bay National Park	Alaska	1980	3223383.43 acre
Grand Canyon National Park	Arizona	1919	1201647.03 acre
Grand Teton National Park	Wyoming	1929	310044.36 acre
Great Basin National Park	Nevada	1986	77180.00 acre
Great Sand Dunes National Park	Colorado	2004	107336.95 acre
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	North Carolina, Tennessee	1934	522426.88 acre
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Texas	1966	86367.10 acre
Haleakalā National Park	Hawaii	1916	33489.24 acre
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Hawaii	1916	344812.18 acre
Hot Springs National Park	Arkansas	1921	5554.15 acre
Indiana Dunes National Park	Indiana	2019	16034.81 acre
Isle Royale National Park	Michigan	1940	571790.30 acre
Joshua Tree National Park	California	1994	795155.85 acre
Katmai National Park	Alaska	1980	3674529.33 acre
Kenai Fjords National Park	Alaska	1980	669650.05 acre
Kings Canyon National Park	California	1940	461901.37 acre
Kobuk Valley National Park	Alaska	1980	1750716.16 acre
Lake Clark National Park	Alaska	1980	2619816.49 acre
Lassen Volcanic National Park	California	1916	106589.02 acre
Mammoth Cave National Park	Kentucky	1941	72041.73 acre
Mesa Verde National Park	Colorado	1906	52485.17 acre
Mount Rainier National Park	Washington	1899	236381.64 acre
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	West Virginia	2020	72390.91 acre
North Cascades National Park	Washington	1968	504780.94 acre
Olympic National Park	Washington	1938	923045.80 acre
Petrified Forest National Park	Arizona	1962	221390.21 acre
Pinnacles National Park	California	2013	26685.73 acre
Redwood National and State Parks	California	1968	139090.97 acre
Rocky Mountain National Park	Colorado	1915	265917.74 acre
Saguaro National Park	Arizona	1994	92799.73 acre
Sequoia National Park	California	1890	404062.63 acre
Shenandoah National Park	Virginia	1935	200454.01 acre
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	North Dakota	1978	70446.89 acre
Virgin Islands National Park	U.S. Virgin Islands	1956	15041.03 acre
Voyageurs National Park	Minnesota	1975	218223.25 acre
White Sands National Park	New Mexico	2019	146344.31 acre
Wind Cave National Park	South Dakota	1903	33970.84 acre
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park	Alaska	1980	8323146.48 acre
Yellowstone National Park	Idaho, Montana, Wyoming	1872	2219790.71 acre
Yosemite National Park	California	1890	761747.50 acre
Zion National Park	Utah	1919	147242.66 acre

Former national parks

Name	Established	Disbanded	Result
nowrap	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	nowrap	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	nowrap	September 27, 1890	August 10, 1933	Incorporated into National Capital Parks
Sullys Hill Park (not officially a 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

Main article: List of national monuments of the United States

[[George Washington Carver National Monument

There are 138 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 49 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
African Burial Ground National Monument	New York	0.35 acre
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Nebraska	3057.87 acre
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument	Texas	1370.97 acre
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve	Alaska	137176.00 acre
Avi Kwa Ame National Monument (not an official NPS unit)	Nevada	NPS manages 63,901 acre of 506,733 acre
Aztec Ruins National Monument	New Mexico	318.40 acre
Bandelier National Monument	New Mexico	33676.67 acre
Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument	District of Columbia	0.34 acre
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument	Alabama	18.25 acre
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Virginia	239.01 acre
Buck Island Reef National Monument	U.S. Virgin Islands	19015.47 acre
Cabrillo National Monument	California	159.94 acre
Camp Nelson National Monument	Kentucky	464.97 acre
Canyon de Chelly National Monument	Arizona	83840.00 acre
Cape Krusenstern National Monument	Alaska	649096.15 acre
Capulin Volcano National Monument	New Mexico	792.84 acre
Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument	Pennsylvania	24.50 acre
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument	Arizona	472.50 acre
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument	Florida	19.38 acre
Castle Clinton National Monument	New York	1.00 acre
Castle Mountains National Monument	California	21025.50 acre
Cedar Breaks National Monument	Utah	6154.60 acre
César E. Chávez National Monument	California	116.56 acre
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument	Ohio	59.66 acre
Chiricahua National Monument	Arizona	12024.73 acre
Colorado National Monument	Colorado	20536.39 acre
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Idaho	53437.64 acre
Devils Postpile National Monument	California	800.19 acre
Devils Tower National Monument	Wyoming	1347.21 acre
Dinosaur National Monument	Utah, Colorado	210281.92 acre
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Iowa	2526.39 acre
El Malpais National Monument	New Mexico	114247.25 acre
El Morro National Monument	New Mexico	1278.72 acre
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument	Illinois, Mississippi	5.70 acre
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Colorado	6278.09 acre
Fort Frederica National Monument	Georgia	305.34 acre
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Florida	300.11 acre
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine	Maryland	43.26 acre
Fort Monroe National Monument	Virginia	367.12 acre
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Georgia	5623.10 acre
Fort Stanwix National Monument	New York	15.52 acre
Fort Union National Monument	New Mexico	720.60 acre
Fossil Butte National Monument	Wyoming	8198.00 acre
Frances Perkins National Monument	Maine	57.00 acre
Freedom Riders National Monument	Alabama	7.83 acre
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	Virginia	654.19 acre
George Washington Carver National Monument	Missouri	240.00 acre
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	New Mexico	533.13 acre
Governors Island National Monument	New York	22.91 acre
Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument (not an official NPS unit)	Arizona	NPS manages 208,439 acre of 1,021,030 acre
Grand Portage National Monument	Minnesota	709.97 acre
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Idaho	4351.15 acre
Hohokam Pima National Monument	Arizona	1690.00 acre
Hovenweep National Monument	Colorado, Utah	784.93 acre
Jewel Cave National Monument	South Dakota	1273.51 acre
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	Oregon	14062.19 acre
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Maine	87564.27 acre
Lava Beds National Monument	California	46692.42 acre
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Montana	765.34 acre
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument	Mississippi	0.74 acre
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument	Kentucky	1454.23 acre
Montezuma Castle National Monument	Arizona	1015.52 acre
Muir Woods National Monument	California	553.55 acre
Natural Bridges National Monument	Utah	7636.49 acre
Navajo National Monument	Arizona	360.00 acre
Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve	Oregon	4554.03 acre
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Arizona	330688.86 acre
Petroglyph National Monument	New Mexico	7204.43 acre
Pipe Spring National Monument	Arizona	40.00 acre
Pipestone National Monument	Minnesota	297.08 acre
Poverty Point National Monument	Louisiana	910.85 acre
Rainbow Bridge National Monument	Utah	160.00 acre
Russell Cave National Monument	Alabama	310.45 acre
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument	New Mexico	1071.42 acre
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Nebraska	3004.73 acre
Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument	Illinois	3.23 acre
Statue of Liberty National Monument	New York, New Jersey	58.38 acre
Stonewall National Monument	New York	7.70 acre
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument	Arizona	3137.71 acre
Timpanogos Cave National Monument	Utah	250.00 acre
Tonto National Monument	Arizona	1120.00 acre
Tule Lake National Monument	California	37.39 acres
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument	Nevada	22,650.00 acre
Tuzigoot National Monument	Arizona	811.89 acre
Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument	U.S. Virgin Islands	12708.07 acre
Waco Mammoth National Monument	Texas	107.23 acre
Walnut Canyon National Monument	Arizona	3200.61 acre
Wupatki National Monument	Arizona	35401.83 acre
Yucca House National Monument	Colorado	195.07 acre

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.
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	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
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
Andrew Johnson National Monument	April 27, 1942	December 11, 1963	Redesignated as Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
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

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	464117.93 acre
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve	Alaska	2697391.01 acre
Big Cypress National Preserve	Florida	720564.01 acre
Big Thicket National Preserve	Texas	113121.96 acre
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Idaho	698939.69 acre
Denali National Park and Preserve	Alaska	1334117.80 acre
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve	Alaska	948608.07 acre
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	Alaska	58406.00 acre
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Colorado	41686.00 acre
Katmai National Park and Preserve	Alaska	418698.80 acre
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve	Alaska	1410293.68 acre
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Alabama	15293.88 acre
Mojave National Preserve	California	1549966.76 acre
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (not a separate unit)	West Virginia	65165 acre
Noatak National Preserve	Alaska	6587071.39 acre
Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve (not a separate unit)	Oregon	4070 acre	4070 acre
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Kansas	10882.67 acre
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Florida	46263.07 acre
Valles Caldera National Preserve	New Mexico	89831.84 acre
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve	Alaska	4852644.89 acre
Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve	Alaska	2526512.44 acre

National historical parks

Main article: National Historic Site (United States)#National Historical Parks

[[Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park

Laboratory building at [[Thomas Edison National Historical Park

There are 64 national historical parks.

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	Kentucky	344.50 acre
Adams National Historical Park	Massachusetts	23.82 acre
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Virginia	1774.60 acre
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park	Rhode Island, Massachusetts	1489.00 acre
Boston National Historical Park	Massachusetts	43.82 acre
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park	Kansas, South Carolina	3.15 acre
Cane River Creole National Historical Park	Louisiana	235.37 acre
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park	Virginia	3707.70 acre
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	New Mexico	33960.19 acre
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	District of Columbia, Maryland, West Virginia	19630.99 acre
Colonial National Historical Park	Virginia	8675.04 acre
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia	24546.83 acre
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park	Ohio	110.53 acre
First State National Historical Park	Delaware, Pennsylvania	1409.22 acre
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park	South Carolina	232.52 acre
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park	Indiana	26.17 acre
Golden Spike National Historical Park	Utah	2735.28 acre
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland	3666.21 acre
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park	New York	31.50 acre
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park	Maryland	480.00 acre
Homestead National Historical Park	Nebraska	210.45 acre
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Ohio	1775.78 acre
Independence National Historical Park	Pennsylvania	44.87 acre
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Louisiana	25875.40 acre
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park	Georgia	78.35 acre
Kalaupapa National Historical Park	Hawaii	10778.88 acre
Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park	Hawaii	1163.05 acre
Keweenaw National Historical Park	Michigan	1870.00 acre
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (part of Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park)	Alaska, Washington	12996.49 acre
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	Oregon, Washington	3409.28 acre
Lowell National Historical Park	Massachusetts	138.72 acre
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Texas	1571.75 acre
Manhattan Project National Historical Park	New Mexico, Tennessee, Washington	113.61 acre
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park	Vermont	643.07 acre
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park	Georgia	39.17 acre
Minute Man National Historical Park	Massachusetts	1027.76 acre
Morristown National Historical Park	New Jersey	1710.72 acre
Natchez National Historical Park	Mississippi	122.22 acre
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park	Massachusetts	34.00 acre
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park	Louisiana	5.13 acre
Nez Perce National Historical Park	Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington	4564.93 acre
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Georgia	3444.32 acre
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park	Texas	3426.87 acre
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park	New Jersey	51.34 acre
Pecos National Historical Park	New Mexico	6885.87 acre
Pullman National Historical Park	Illinois	203.48 acre
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park	Hawaii	419.80 acre
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park	South Carolina	64.99 acre
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park	California	145.19 acre
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park	New Hampshire	190.75 acre
Salem Maritime National Historical Park	Massachusetts	9.02 acre
Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park	Missouri	17.47 acre
Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve	U.S. Virgin Islands	989.42 acre
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Texas	990.28 acre
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park	California	49.86 acre
San Juan Island National Historical Park	Washington	2145.56 acre
Saratoga National Historical Park	New York	3607.59 acre
Sitka National Historical Park	Alaska	116.29 acre
Thomas Edison National Historical Park	New Jersey	21.25 acre
Tumacácori National Historical Park	Arizona	360.32 acre
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Pennsylvania	3468.54 acre
War in the Pacific National Historical Park	Guam	2030.30 acre
Weir Farm National Historical Park	Connecticut	74.20 acre
Women's Rights National Historical Park	New York	7.44 acre

;Authorized national historical parks

Name	Status
Coltsville National Historical Park	Connecticut (pending acquisition of property)

National historic sites

Main article: National Historic Site (United States)

[[Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

[[Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site

[[Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

[[Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

There are 85 national historic sites, of which 75 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	1284.27 acre
Amache National Historic Site	Colorado	472.59 acre
Andersonville National Historic Site	Georgia	515.61 acre
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site	Tennessee	16.68 acre
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Colorado	798.54 acre
Blackwell School National Historic Site	Texas	0.77 acre
Boston African American National Historic Site	Massachusetts	0.59 acre
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	North Carolina	268.49 acre
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site	District of Columbia	0.15 acre
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site	South Carolina	28.45 acre
Chicago Portage National Historic Site (affiliated area)	Illinois	91.20 acre
Chimney Rock National Historic Site (affiliated area)	Nebraska	83.36 acre
Christiansted National Historic Site	U.S. Virgin Islands	27.15 acre
Clara Barton National Historic Site	Maryland	8.59 acre
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	0.52 acre
Eisenhower National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	690.46 acre
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	New York	180.50 acre
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site	California	13.19 acre
Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site (affiliated area)	Ohio	185.00 acre
First Ladies National Historic Site	Ohio	0.46 acre
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site	District of Columbia	0.30 acre
Fort Bowie National Historic Site	Arizona	1000.00 acre
Fort Davis National Historic Site	Texas	523.00 acre
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Wyoming	873.11 acre
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Kansas	718.39 acre
Fort Point National Historic Site	California	29.00 acre
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site	North Carolina	515.73 acre
Fort Scott National Historic Site	Kansas	20.08 acre
Fort Smith National Historic Site	Arkansas, Oklahoma	75.00 acre
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	Montana, North Dakota	440.14 acre
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site	Washington, Oregon	208.39 acre
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site	District of Columbia	8.57 acre
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site	Massachusetts	7.21 acre
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	674.56 acre
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic Site (affiliated area)	Pennsylvania	3.71 acre
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Montana	1618.43 acre
Hampton National Historic Site	Maryland	62.04 acre
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site	Missouri	13.67 acre
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Iowa	186.80 acre
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	New York	838.43 acre
Honouliuli National Historic Site	Hawaii	154.46 acre
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	848.06 acre
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site	Arizona	160.09 acre
James A. Garfield National Historic Site	Ohio	7.82 acre
Jamestown National Historic Site (affiliated area)	Virginia	21.99 acre
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site	Massachusetts	0.09 acre
John Muir National Historic Site	California	388.50 acre
Kate Mullany National Historic Site (affiliated area)	New York	0.06 acre
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	North Dakota	1751.00 acre
Lincoln Home National Historic Site	Illinois	12.24 acre
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site	Arkansas	28.22 acre
Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site	Massachusetts	1.98 acre
Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site (affiliated area)	New York	1.20 acre
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site	Virginia	1.29 acre
Manzanar National Historic Site	California	813.81 acre
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	New York	284.93 acre
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site	District of Columbia	0.07 acre
Minidoka National Historic Site	Idaho	396.30 acre
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site	South Dakota	43.80 acre
New Philadelphia National Historic Site	Illinois	124.05 acre
Nicodemus National Historic Site	Kansas	5.61 acre
Ninety Six National Historic Site	South Carolina	1021.94 acre
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site	District of Columbia	17.61 acre
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site	Arkansas	0.68 acre
Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site	Hawaii	86.24 acre
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	New York	83.02 acre
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site	New York	6.13 acre
San Juan National Historic Site	Puerto Rico	75.13 acre
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site	Colorado	12583.34 acre
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site	Massachusetts	8.51 acre
Springfield Armory National Historic Site	Massachusetts	54.93 acre
Steamtown National Historic Site	Pennsylvania	62.48 acre
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site	New York	0.11 acre
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site	New York	1.18 acre
Thomas Cole National Historic Site (affiliated area)	New York	3.40 acre
Thomas Stone National Historic Site	Maryland	328.25 acre
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site (affiliated area)	Rhode Island	0.23 acre
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site	Alabama	89.68 acre
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site	Alabama	57.92 acre
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site	Missouri	9.60 acre
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	New York	211.65 acre
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	Oklahoma	315.20 acre
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Washington	138.53 acre
William Howard Taft National Historic Site	Ohio	3.64 acre

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
Salem Maritime National Historic Site	March 17, 1938	July 16, 2025	Redesignated Salem Maritime National Historical 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

Name	Location	Status
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308003025/http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=116&page=3	date=2019-03-08 }}, February 6, 2002	Illinois	Pending acquisition of property

International historic site

Main article: National Historic Site (United States)#International Historic Site

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site	Maine / New Brunswick	6.50 acre

National battlefield parks

Main article: National Military Park

Name	Location	year=2020
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Georgia	2935.10 acre
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Virginia	5086.87 acre
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Virginia	8144.28 acre
River Raisin National Battlefield Park	Michigan	42.18 acre

National military parks

Main article: National Military Park

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Georgia, Tennessee	9523.48 acre
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Virginia	8585.11 acre
Gettysburg National Military Park	Pennsylvania	6037.14 acre
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	North Carolina	254.90 acre
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Alabama	2040.00 acre
Kings Mountain National Military Park	South Carolina	3945.29 acre
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Arkansas	4440.82 acre
Shiloh National Military Park	Tennessee, Mississippi	9319.16 acre
Vicksburg National Military Park	Mississippi, Louisiana	3048.27 acre

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

Main article: National Military Park

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Antietam National Battlefield	Maryland	3287.63 acre
Big Hole National Battlefield	Montana	969.61 acre
Cowpens National Battlefield	South Carolina	841.56 acre
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Tennessee, Kentucky	1316.97 acre
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Pennsylvania	902.80 acre
Monocacy National Battlefield	Maryland	1646.87 acre
Moores Creek National Battlefield	North Carolina	87.75 acre
Petersburg National Battlefield	Virginia	9598.67 acre
Stones River National Battlefield	Tennessee	709.49 acre
Tupelo National Battlefield	Mississippi	1.00 acre
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield	Missouri	2446.75 acre

National battlefield site

Main article: National Military Park

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site	Mississippi	1.00 acre

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

Main article: List of national memorials of the United States

[[Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial

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	133.00 acre
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Arkansas	757.51 acre
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial	Virginia	17.12 acre
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial (affiliated area)	Pennsylvania	0.00 acre
Chamizal National Memorial	Texas	54.54 acre
Coronado National Memorial	Arizona	4,830.22 acre
De Soto National Memorial	Florida	30.00 acre
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial	District of Columbia	3.39 acre
Father Marquette National Memorial (affiliated area)	Michigan	52.00 acre
Federal Hall National Memorial	New York	0.45 acre
Flight 93 National Memorial	Pennsylvania	2262.65 acre
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Florida	138.39 acre
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial	District of Columbia	8.14 acre
General Grant National Memorial	New York	0.76 acre
Hamilton Grange National Memorial	New York	1.75 acre
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Pennsylvania	177.76 acre
Korean War Veterans Memorial	District of Columbia	1.56 acre
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Indiana	199.96 acre
Lincoln Memorial	District of Columbia	7.29 acre
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac	District of Columbia	17.00 acre
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial	District of Columbia	2.74 acre
Mount Rushmore National Memorial	South Dakota	1278.45 acre
Oklahoma City National Memorial (affiliated area)	Oklahoma	6.24 acre
Pearl Harbor National Memorial	Hawaii	21.64 acre
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial	Ohio	25.38 acre
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial	California	5.00 acre
Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial (affiliated area)	Virginia	1,000.00 acre
Roger Williams National Memorial	Rhode Island	4.56 acre
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial	Pennsylvania	0.02 acre
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	District of Columbia	88.50 acre
Thomas Jefferson Memorial	District of Columbia	18.36 acre
Vietnam Veterans Memorial	District of Columbia	2.18 acre
Washington Monument	District of Columbia	106.01 acre
World War I Memorial	District of Columbia	1.39 acre
World War II Memorial	District of Columbia	8.25 acre
Wright Brothers National Memorial	North Carolina	428.44 acre

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
National Global War on Terrorism Memorial	Authorized by Public Law 115-51

National recreation areas

Main article: National recreation area

[[Delaware Water Gap 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	62945.15 acre
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Montana, Wyoming	120296.20 acre
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Massachusetts	2230.71 acre
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Georgia	12416.50 acre
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Oklahoma	9898.63 acre
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Colorado	43590.56 acre
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	New Jersey, Pennsylvania	68708.88 acre
Gateway National Recreation Area	New York, New Jersey	26610.45 acre
Gauley River National Recreation Area	West Virginia	11483.44 acre
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Utah, Arizona	1254116.62 acre
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	California	82347.82 acre
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area	Washington	61939.15 acre
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Nevada, Arizona	1495855.53 acre
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Texas	44977.63 acre
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Washington	100390.31 acre
Ross Lake National Recreation Area	Washington	117574.59 acre
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	California	153121.09 acre
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	California	42503.25 acre

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

Main article: List of United States national lakeshores and seashores

Wild horses on [[Assateague Island National Seashore

There are 10 national seashores.

Name	Location	Area (2024)
Assateague Island National Seashore	Maryland, Virginia	41311.27 acre
Canaveral National Seashore	Florida	57661.69 acre
Cape Cod National Seashore	Massachusetts	43591.32 acre
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	North Carolina	30350.65 acre
Cape Lookout National Seashore	North Carolina	28243.36 acre
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Georgia	36346.83 acre
Fire Island National Seashore	New York	19580.65 acre
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Florida, Mississippi	138306.64 acre
Padre Island National Seashore	Texas	130434.27 acre
Point Reyes National Seashore	California	71026.38 acre

National lakeshores

[[Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

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	69377.43 acre
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Michigan	73235.97 acre
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Michigan	71318.57 acre

Former national lakeshores

Name	Established	Disbanded	Result
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore	November 5, 1966	February 15, 2019	Redesignated Indiana Dunes National Park

National rivers and national wild and scenic rivers

Main article: List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers

The Buffalo National River, the first National River established in the United States

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	30664.79 acre
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area*	Kentucky, Tennessee	123702.05 acre
Bluestone National Scenic River	West Virginia	4309.51 acre
Buffalo National River*	Arkansas	94301.32 acre
Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational River	New Jersey	43311.42 acre
Middle Delaware National Scenic River	New Jersey, Pennsylvania	1973.33 acre
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area*	Minnesota	53775.00 acre
Missouri National Recreational River	Nebraska, South Dakota	48456.55 acre
Niobrara National Scenic River	Nebraska	29088.57 acre
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Tennessee	5489.85 acre
Ozark National Scenic Riverways*	Missouri	80784.30 acre
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River	Texas	13123.39 acre
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Wisconsin, Minnesota	68738.95 acre
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	New York, Pennsylvania	74999.56 acre

Former national rivers

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

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	14512.27 acre
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Washington	19333.51 acre
Pinelands National Reserve (affiliated area)	New Jersey	1164025 acre

National parkways

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, District of Columbia
Blue Ridge Parkway	Virginia, North Carolina	102397.89 acre
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, District of Columbia	6719.21 acre
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway	Wyoming	23777.22 acre
Natchez Trace Parkway	Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee	52380.46 acre
Oxon Run Parkway (part of National Capital Parks East)	District of Columbia
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway (part of Rock Creek Park)	District of Columbia
Suitland Parkway (part of National Capital Parks East)	Maryland

National historic and scenic trails

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	244402.52 acre
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	235.16 acre
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	10995.00 acre
New England National Scenic Trail (official unit)	Connecticut - Massachusetts	196.04 acre
North Country National Scenic Trail (official unit)	Vermont - North Dakota	599.64 acre
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 - District of Columbia	0.00 acre
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	District of Columbia
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

Name	Established	Disbanded	Result
Chattanooga National Cemetery	August 10, 1933	December 7, 1944	returned to War Department

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	134.94 acre
Catoctin Mountain Park	Maryland	5890.92 acre
Claymont High School (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park)	Delaware
Constitution Gardens	District of Columbia	39.23 acre
Eutaw Springs Battlefield (affiliated area)	South Carolina
Fort Washington Park	Maryland	345.05 acre
Greenbelt Park	Maryland	1175.98 acre
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412020140/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-96/pdf/STATUTE-96-Pg99.pdf#page=1	date=2019-04-12 }}, May 24, 1982	South Carolina	107.00 acre
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	32500.00 acre
International Peace Garden (affiliated area)	North Dakota/Manitoba	2330.30 acre
Inupiat Heritage Center (affiliated area)	Alaska	0.00 acre
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)	Maine
National Capital Parks-East	District of Columbia/Maryland	8517.28 acre(excludes those counted in other units)
National Mall and Memorial Parks (formerly National Capital Parks-Central)	District of Columbia	155.84 acre(National Mall only)
Parker's Crossroads Battlefield (affiliated area)	Tennessee
Piscataway Park	Maryland	4620.06 acre
Prince William Forest Park	Virginia	16062.92 acre
Robert Russa Moton School (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park)	Virginia
Rock Creek Park	District of Columbia	1754.70 acre
Roosevelt Campobello International Park (affiliated area)	New Brunswick	2721.50 acre
White House/President's Park	District of Columbia	18.07 acre
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (affiliated area)	Washington	0.00 acre
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts	Virginia	130.28 acre

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

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

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).

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