thumb|Logo of the [[National Park Service]]
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 official 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
There are 63 officially designated national parks in the United States and its dependent areas, as of 2021. 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.
thumb|[[North Cascades National Park]]
thumb|[[Haleakalā National Park]]
thumb|[[Joshua Tree National Park]]
thumb|[[Dry Tortugas National Park]]
thumb|[[Shenandoah National Park]]
thumb|[[Badlands National Park]]
thumb|[[Guadalupe Mountains National Park]]
thumb|[[Arches National Park]]
thumb|[[Olympic National Park]]
thumb|[[Cuyahoga Valley National Park]]
thumb|[[Gateway Arch National Park]]
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| Acadia National Park
| Maine
| 1919
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| National Park of American Samoa
| American Samoa
| 1988
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| Arches National Park
| Utah
| 1971
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| Badlands National Park
| South Dakota
| 1978
|
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| Big Bend National Park
| Texas
| 1944
|
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| Biscayne National Park
| Florida
| 1980
|
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| Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
| Colorado
| 1999
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| Bryce Canyon National Park
| Utah
| 1928
|
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| Canyonlands National Park
| Utah
| 1964
|
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| Capitol Reef National Park
| Utah
| 1971
|
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| Carlsbad Caverns National Park
| New Mexico
| 1930
|
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| Channel Islands National Park
| California
| 1980
|
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| Congaree National Park
| South Carolina
| 2003
|
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| Crater Lake National Park
| Oregon
| 1902
|
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| Cuyahoga Valley National Park
| Ohio
| 2000
|
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| Death Valley National Park
| California, Nevada
| 1994
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| Denali National Park
| Alaska
| 1917
|
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| Dry Tortugas National Park
| Florida
| 1992
|
|-
| Everglades National Park
| Florida
| 1947
|
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| Gates of the Arctic National Park
| Alaska
| 1980
|
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| Gateway Arch National Park
| Missouri
| 2018
|
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| Glacier National Park<br>(part of Waterton–Glacier International Peace Park)
| Montana
| 1910
|
|-
| Glacier Bay National Park
| Alaska
| 1980
|
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| Grand Canyon National Park
| Arizona
| 1919
|
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| Grand Teton National Park
| Wyoming
| 1929
|
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| Great Basin National Park
| Nevada
| 1986
|
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| Great Sand Dunes National Park
| Colorado
| 2004
|
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| Great Smoky Mountains National Park
| North Carolina, Tennessee
| 1934
|
|-
| Guadalupe Mountains National Park
| Texas
| 1966
|
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| Haleakalā National Park
| Hawaii
| 1916
|
|-
| Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
| Hawaii
| 1916
|
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| Hot Springs National Park
| Arkansas
| 1921
|
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| Indiana Dunes National Park
| Indiana
| 2019
|
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| Isle Royale National Park
| Michigan
| 1940
|
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| Joshua Tree National Park
| California
| 1994
|
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| Katmai National Park
| Alaska
| 1980
|
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| Kenai Fjords National Park
| Alaska
| 1980
|
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| Kings Canyon National Park
| California
| 1940
|
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| Kobuk Valley National Park
| Alaska
| 1980
|
|-
| Lake Clark National Park
| Alaska
| 1980
|
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| Lassen Volcanic National Park
| California
| 1916
|
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| Mammoth Cave National Park
| Kentucky
| 1941
|
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| Mesa Verde National Park
| Colorado
| 1906
|
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| Mount Rainier National Park
| Washington
| 1899
|
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| New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
| West Virginia
| 2020
|
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| North Cascades National Park
| Washington
| 1968
|
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| Olympic National Park
| Washington
| 1938
|
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| Petrified Forest National Park
| Arizona
| 1962
|
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| Pinnacles National Park
| California
| 2013
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| Redwood National and State Parks
| California
| 1968
|
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| Rocky Mountain National Park
| Colorado
| 1915
|
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| Saguaro National Park
| Arizona
| 1994
|
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| Sequoia National Park
| California
| 1890
|
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| Shenandoah National Park
| Virginia
| 1935
|
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| Theodore Roosevelt National Park
| North Dakota
| 1978
|
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| Virgin Islands National Park
| U.S. Virgin Islands
| 1956
|
|-
| Voyageurs National Park
| Minnesota
| 1975
|
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| White Sands National Park
| New Mexico
| 2019
|
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| Wind Cave National Park
| South Dakota
| 1903
|
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| Wrangell–St. Elias National Park
| Alaska
| 1980
|
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| Yellowstone National Park
| Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
| 1872
|
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| Yosemite National Park
| California
| 1890
|
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| Zion National Park
| Utah
| 1919
|
|}
Former national parks
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! Name !! Established !! Disbanded !! Result
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|nowrap| Abraham Lincoln National Park || July 17, 1916 || August 11, 1939 || Redesignated as Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
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| Fort McHenry National Park || March 3, 1925 || August 11, 1939 || Redesignated under the unique designation of Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
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| General Grant National Park || October 1, 1890 || March 4, 1940 || Incorporated into Kings Canyon National Park
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| 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
thumb|[[Devils Tower National Monument]]
thumb|[[Stonewall National Monument]]
thumb|[[Statue of Liberty National Monument]]
thumb|[[Natural Bridges National Monument]]
thumb|[[Muir Woods National Monument]]
thumb|[[Bandelier National Monument]]
thumb|[[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.
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{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width:70%;"
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! Name
! Location
<!-- ! Date -->
! Area
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|Aztec Ruins National Monument
|New Mexico
<!--| 1923-->
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|Bandelier National Monument
|New Mexico
<!--| 1916-->
|
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|Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument
|District of Columbia
|
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|Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
|Alabama
<!--| 2017-->
|<!--Listing says 0.88 acres, which is the amount the NPS owns or has an easement for, but the official website has the total acreage as 18.25 acres, which is what is within the authorized boundary.-->
|-
|Booker T. Washington National Monument
|Virginia
<!--| 1956-->
|
|-
|Buck Island Reef National Monument
|U.S. Virgin Islands
<!--| 1961-->
|
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|Cabrillo National Monument
|California
<!--| 1913-->
|
|-
|Camp Nelson National Monument
|Kentucky
<!--| 1931-->
|
|-
|Canyon de Chelly National Monument
|Arizona
<!--| 1931-->
|
|-
|Cape Krusenstern National Monument
|Alaska
<!--| 1978-->
|
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|Capulin Volcano National Monument
|New Mexico
<!--| 1916-->
|
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|Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
|Pennsylvania
|
|-
|Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
|Arizona
<!--| 1889-->
|
|-
|Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
|Florida
<!--| 1924-->
|
|-
|Castle Clinton National Monument
|New York
<!--| 1946-->
|
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|Castle Mountains National Monument
|California
<!--| 2016-->
|
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|Cedar Breaks National Monument
|Utah
<!--| 1933-->
|
|-
|César E. Chávez National Monument
|California
<!--| 2012-->
|
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|Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
|Ohio
<!--| 2013-->
|
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|Chiricahua National Monument
|Arizona
<!--| 1924-->
|
|-
|Colorado National Monument
|Colorado
<!--| 1911-->
|
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|Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
|Idaho
<!--| 1924-->
|
|-
|Devils Postpile National Monument
|California
<!--| 1911-->
|
|-
|Devils Tower National Monument
|Wyoming
<!--| 1906-->
|
|-
|Dinosaur National Monument
|Utah, Colorado
<!--| 1915-->
|
|-
|Effigy Mounds National Monument
|Iowa
<!--| 1949-->
|
|-
|El Malpais National Monument
|New Mexico
<!--| 1987-->
|
|-
|El Morro National Monument
|New Mexico
<!--| 1906-->
|
|-
|Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument
|Illinois, Mississippi
|
|-
|Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
|Colorado
<!--| 1969-->
|
|-
|Fort Frederica National Monument
|Georgia
<!--| 1936-->
|
|-
|Fort Matanzas National Monument
|Florida
<!--| 1924-->
|
|-
|Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
|Maryland
<!--| 1925-->
|
|-
|Fort Monroe National Monument
|Virginia
|
|-
|Fort Pulaski National Monument
|Georgia
<!--| 1924-->
|
|-
|Fort Stanwix National Monument
|New York
<!--| 1935-->
|
|-
|Fort Union National Monument
|New Mexico
<!--| 1956-->
|
|-
|Fossil Butte National Monument
|Wyoming
<!--| 1972-->
|
|-
|Frances Perkins National Monument
|Maine
|
|-
|Freedom Riders National Monument
|Alabama
<!--| 2017-->
|<!--Listing says 6.02 acres, which is the amount the NPS owns or has an easement for, but the official website has the total acreage as 7.83 acres, which is what is within the authorized boundary.-->
|-
|George Washington Birthplace National Monument
|Virginia
<!--| 1930-->
|
|-
|George Washington Carver National Monument
|Missouri
<!--| 1943-->
|
|-
|Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
|New Mexico
<!--| 1907-->
|
|-
|Governors Island National Monument
|New York
<!--| 2001-->
|
|-
|Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument (not an official NPS unit)
|Arizona
<!--| 2000-->
| NPS manages of
|-
|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<br />(renamed Zion National Monument in 1918)
| July 31, 1909
| November 19, 1919
| Redesignated as Zion National Park
|-
| Zion National Monument<br />("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<br />(renamed Acadia National Park on January 19, 1929)
|-
|Edison Laboratory National Monument
| July 14, 1956
| September 5, 1962
| Combined with Edison Home National Historic Site into Edison National Historic Site, later redesignated Thomas Edison National Historical Park
|-
| Wrangell–St. Elias National Monument
| December 1, 1978
| December 2, 1980
| Renamed Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
|-
| Badlands National Monument
| January 29, 1939
| November 10, 1978
| Redesignated as Badlands National Park
|-
| Great Sand Dunes National Monument
| March 17, 1932
| September 14, 2004
| Renamed Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
|-
| Biscayne National Monument
| October 18, 1968
| June 28, 1980
| Redesignated as Biscayne National Park
|-
| Fort Jefferson National Monument
| January 4, 1935
| October 26, 1992
| Redesignated as Dry Tortugas National Park
|-
| Cinder Cone National Monument
| May 6, 1907
| August 9, 1916
| Merged with Lassen Peak National Monument and redesignated as Lassen Volcanic National Park
|-
| Lassen Peak National Monument
| May 6, 1907
| August 9, 1916
| Merged with Cinder Cone National Monument and redesignated as Lassen Volcanic National Park
|-
| Homestead National Monument of America
| March 19, 1936
| January 13, 2021
| Redesignated as Homestead National Historical Park
|}
National preserves
There are 21 national preserves in the United States, 19 of which are counted by the National Park System as official units. Ten are stand-alone official units, while eleven others are designated areas where hunting or grazing is permitted as part of a larger "national park and preserve" or "national monument and preserve". Nine of those are counted as separate units, while Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve and New River Gorge National Park and Preserve are single units (there is no functional difference). Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve is not officially a national preserve but has similar management policies, while Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve is unrelated.
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width:70%"
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! style="width:50%;"|Name
! style="width:20%;"|Location
! Area (2026)
- 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
|
|-
| Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
| Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia
|
|-
| Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
| Ohio
|
|-
| First State National Historical Park
| Delaware, Pennsylvania
|
|-
| Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
| South Carolina
|
|-
| George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
| Indiana
|
|-
| Golden Spike National Historical Park
| Utah
|
|-
| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
| West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland
|
|-
| Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
| New York
|
|-
| Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
| Maryland
|
|-
|Homestead National Historical Park
|Nebraska
|
|-
| Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
| Ohio
|
|-
| Independence National Historical Park
- Germantown White House
- Independence Hall
- National Constitution Center (partner site)
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
| Pennsylvania
|
|-
| Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
- Chalmette National Cemetery
| Louisiana
|
|-
|Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
|Georgia
|
|-
| Kalaupapa National Historical Park
| Hawaii
|
|-
| Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
| Hawaii
|
|-
| Keweenaw National Historical Park
| Michigan
|
|-
| Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (part of Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park)
| Alaska, Washington
|
|-
| Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
| Oregon, Washington
|
|-
| Lowell National Historical Park
| Massachusetts
|
|-
| Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
| Texas
|
|-
| Manhattan Project National Historical Park
| New Mexico, Tennessee, Washington
|
|-
| Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
| Vermont
|
|-
| Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
| Georgia
|
|-
| Minute Man National Historical Park
| Massachusetts
|
|-
| Morristown National Historical Park
| New Jersey
|
|-
| Natchez National Historical Park
| Mississippi
|
|-
| New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
| Massachusetts
|
|-
| New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
| Louisiana
|
|-
| Nez Perce National Historical Park
| Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
|
|-
| Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
| Georgia
|
|-
| Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
| Texas
|
|-
| Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
| New Jersey
|
|-
| Pecos National Historical Park
| New Mexico
|
|-
|Pullman National Historical Park
|Illinois
|
|-
| Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
| Hawaii
|
|-
| Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
| South Carolina
| <!--Listing says 16.08 acres, which is the amount the NPS owns or has an easement for, but the official website has the total acreage as 64.99 acres, which is what is within the authorized boundary.-->
|-
| Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
| California
|
|-
| Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
| New Hampshire
|
|-
| Salem Maritime National Historical Park
| Massachusetts
|
|-
| Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park
| Missouri
|
|-
| Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
| U.S. Virgin Islands
|
|-
| San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
| Texas
|
|-
| San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
| California
|
|-
| San Juan Island National Historical Park
| Washington
|
|-
| Saratoga National Historical Park
| New York
|
|-
| Sitka National Historical Park
| Alaska
|
|-
| Thomas Edison National Historical Park
| New Jersey
|
|-
| Tumacácori National Historical Park
| Arizona
|
|-
| Valley Forge National Historical Park
| Pennsylvania
|
|-
| War in the Pacific National Historical Park
| Guam
|
|-
|Weir Farm National Historical Park
|Connecticut
|
|-
| Women's Rights National Historical Park
| New York
|
|-
|}
Authorized national historical parks
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width:70%"
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! style="width:50%;"|Name
! style="width:20%;"|Status
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| Coltsville National Historical Park
| Connecticut (pending acquisition of property)
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National historic sites
thumb|[[Harry S Truman National Historic Site]]
thumb|[[Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site]]
thumb|[[Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site]]
thumb|[[Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site]]
thumb|[[Castillo San Felipe del Morro at San Juan National Historic Site]]
thumb|[[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).
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width:70%"
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! style="width:50%;"|Name
! style="width:20%;"|Location
! Area (2026)
| Illinois
| Pending acquisition of property
|}
International historic site
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width:70%"
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! style="width:50%;"|Name
|-
| Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
| Georgia
|
|-
| Manassas National Battlefield Park
| Virginia
|
|-
| Richmond National Battlefield Park
| Virginia
|
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| River Raisin National Battlefield Park
| Michigan
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National military parks
thumb|[[Vicksburg National Military Park]]
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|National Global War on Terrorism Memorial
|Authorized by Public Law 115-51
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National recreation areas
thumb|[[Lake Mead National Recreation Area]]
thumb|[[Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area]]
There are 18 national recreation areas administered by the National Park Service.
| South Carolina
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| Hockessin Colored School #107 (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park)
| Delaware
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| Howard High School (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park)
| Delaware
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| Ice Age National Scientific Reserve (affiliated area)
| Wisconsin
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| International Peace Garden (affiliated area)
| North Dakota/Manitoba
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| Inupiat Heritage Center (affiliated area)
| Alaska
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| John Philip Sousa Junior High School (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park)
| District of Columbia
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|Kettle Creek Battlefield (affiliated area)
|Georgia
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| Maine Acadian Culture (affiliated area)
| Maine
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| 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
|(excludes those counted in other units)
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|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
|(National Mall only)
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|Parker's Crossroads Battlefield (affiliated area)
|Tennessee
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| Piscataway Park
| Maryland
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| Prince William Forest Park
| Virginia
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| Robert Russa Moton School (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park)
| Virginia
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| 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
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| Roosevelt Campobello International Park (affiliated area)
| New Brunswick
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| White House/President's Park
| District of Columbia
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| Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (affiliated area)
| Washington
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| Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
| Virginia
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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<!-- 15645.11 acres -->.
Former other areas
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| Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument
| 1935
| 1954
| Redesignated Appomattox Court House National Historical Park; previously Appomattox National Battlefield Site (1930–1935)
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| National Visitor Center, Washington, D.C.
| March 12, 1968
| December 29, 1981
| Transferred to Department of Transportation
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| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
| June 16, 1972
| July 21, 1994
| Transferred to Kennedy Center Trustees
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| New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route (affiliated area)
| 1988
| September 30, 2011
| Multiple site agencies continue managing the route without NPS partnership
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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).
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