Administered by the National Park Service
 Amistad | Big South Fork | Bighorn Canyon | Boston Harbor Islands | Chattahoochee River | Chickasaw | Curecanti | Delaware Water Gap | Gateway | Gauley River | Glen Canyon | Golden Gate | Lake Chelan | Lake Mead | Lake Meredith | Lake Roosevelt | Mississippi | Ross Lake | Santa Monica Mountains | Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity  
Administered by other agencies
 Arapaho | Flaming Gorge | Grand Island | Hells Canyon | Land Between The Lakes | Mount Baker | Mount Rogers | Oregon Dunes | Pine Ridge | Rattlesnake | Sawtooth | Smith River | Spring Mountains | Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks | White Rocks | Winding Stair Mountain   National Recreation Area is a designation for a protected area in the United States usually centered on large reservoirs and emphasizing water-based recreation for a large number of people. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... Amistad National Recreation Area provides public boating, watersports, and camping activities at the Amistad Reservoir on the Rio Grande River. ... The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area preserves the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River in northern Tennessee and southern Kentucky. ... Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area was established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966, following the construction of the Yellowtail Dam by the Bureau of Reclamation. ... The Harbor Islands of Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts, are a collection of 34 islands, many of which are open for public recreation and some of which are very small and best suited for wildlife. ... Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area preserves a series of sites between Atlanta, Georgia and Lake Sidney Lanier along the Chattahoochee River. ... Chickasaw National Recreation Area is a unit of the National Park Service near Sulphur, Oklahoma. ... Three reservoirs, named for corresponding dams on the Gunnison River, form the heart of Curecanti National Recreation Area. ... Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, administered by the National Park Service, preserves almost 70,000 acres (283 km²) of land along the Delaware Rivers New Jersey and Pennsylvania shores. ... Gateway National Recreation Area is a 26,607 acre (105 km²) recreation area owned by the United States government in the New York City metropolitan area. ... The Gauley River National Recreation Area protects a portion of the Gauley River in southern West Virginia. ... Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Glen Canyon NRA) is a recreation and conservation unit of the National Park Service that encompasses the area around Lake Powell in Utah and Arizona, covering 1,254,429 acres (5,076 km²) of mostly desert. ... The Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a U.S. National Recreation Area, administered by the National Park Service, which surrounds the San Francisco Bay area. ... Lake Chelan National Recreation Area is a U.S. National Recreation Area located near the Canadian border in Chelan County, Washington. ... Lake Mead National Recreation Area is located in southern Nevada and northern Arizona. ... Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is a recreation and conservation unit of the National Park Service that encompasses the 130 mile long Lake Roosevelt between Grand Coulee Dam and Northport, Washington in eastern Washington state. ... The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area links no less than 8 sites in Minneapolis / St. ... Ross Lake from Desolation Peak Ross Lake National Recreation Area is the most accessible part of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. ... The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is a U.S. National Recreation Area, administered by the National Park Service, located in Los Angeles. ... The Grand Island National Recreation Area is a National Recreation Area within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service. ... The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (or NRA) is located on the Oregon Coast of the Coos River, ranging along approximately 40 miles from North Bend, OR, to the Siuslaw River, in Florence, OR. The dunes are within Honeyman State Park. ... The Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (SMNRA) is a U.S. National Recreation Area, administered by the U.S. Forest Service, and lies west of Las Vegas, Nevada. ...