All United States parks designated National Parks and most National Monuments are maintained by the National Park Service of the United States which also maintains several other types of protected areas of the United States: Yosemite National Park in the United States. ... A U.S. National Monument is a protected area of the United States that is similar to a national park (specifically a U.S. National Park) except that the President of the United States can quickly declare an area of the United States to be a national monument without Congressional... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States Federal Government agency that deals with all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation properties with various designations. ... The protected areas of the United States are managed by an array of different federal, state, tribal and local level authorities and receive widely varying levels of protection. ...

National Parks

As of 2005, there are 58 officially-designated National Parks in the United States and its dependent areas. (See also List of U.S. national parks by state, List of U.S. national parks by date established) National Parks by State Alaska Denali National Park and Preserve Gates Of The Arctic National Park and Preserve Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Katmai National Park and Preserve Kenai Fjords National Park Kobuk Valley National Park Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve... This is a list of U.S. national parks, arranged by date of establishment. ...

• Acadia National Park
• Arches National Park
• Badlands National Park
• Big Bend National Park
• Biscayne National Park
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
• Bryce Canyon National Park
• Canyonlands National Park
• Capitol Reef National Park
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Channel Islands National Park
• Congaree National Park
• Crater Lake National Park
• Cuyahoga Valley National Park
• Death Valley National Park
• Denali National Park and Preserve
• Dry Tortugas National Park
• Everglades National Park
• Gates Of The Arctic National Park and Preserve
• Glacier National Park
• Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Grand Teton National Park
• Great Basin National Park
• Great Sand Dunes National Park
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Guadalupe Mountains National Park
• Haleakala National Park
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
• Hot Springs National Park
• Isle Royale National Park
• Joshua Tree National Park
• Katmai National Park and Preserve
• Kenai Fjords National Park
• Kings Canyon National Park
• Kobuk Valley National Park
• Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
• Lassen Volcanic National Park
• Mammoth Cave National Park
• Mesa Verde National Park
• Mount Rainier National Park
• National Park of American Samoa
• North Cascades National Park
• Olympic National Park
• Petrified Forest National Park
• Redwood National and State Parks
• Rocky Mountain National Park
• Saguaro National Park
• Sequoia National Park
• Shenandoah National Park
• Theodore Roosevelt National Park
• Virgin Islands National Park
• Voyageurs National Park
• Wind Cave National Park
• Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve
• Yellowstone National Park
• Yosemite National Park
• Zion National Park

Acadia National Park is a United States National Park, located primarily on Mount Desert Island off the Atlantic coast of Maine. ... Arches National Park is U.S. National Park located near Moab, Utah noted for its concentration of natural arches—about 2,000 have been located within the park. ... Badlands National Park is a United States national park that consists of 379 mi² (987 km²) of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United States. ... Big Bend National Park is a national park located in Texas, USA. For more than 1,000 miles (1600 km) the Rio Grande / Río Bravo forms the international boundary between Mexico and the United States; Big Bend National Park administers approximately one-quarter of that boundary. ... Biscayne National Park is a U.S. National Park located in southern Florida, due east of Homestead, FL. The park preserves Biscayne Bay, one of the top scuba diving areas in the United States. ... Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a United States National Park located in western Colorado. ... Bryce Canyon National Park is a national park located in southwestern Utah in the United States. ... Canyonlands National Park, located near Moab, Utah and the Arches National Park, was designated as a National Park on September 12, 1964. ... Capitol Reef National Park is a United States National Park, in south-central Utah. ... Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park located in the southeastern corner of New Mexico in Eddy County. ... The Channel Islands National Park is a national park that consists of five of the eight Channel Islands off the coast of the U.S. state of California, in the Pacific Ocean. ... Located in South Carolina, the 34 mi² (89 km²) Congaree National Park is the largest tract of old growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the United States but one of the smallest national parks. ... Crater Lake National Park is a U.S. National Park located in Oregon whose most famous feature is Crater Lake. ... Cuyahoga River in the park Categories: Stub | National parks of the United States | Ohio landmarks ... Death Valley National Park is a mostly arid National Park located east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County, California, USA with a small section extending into Nevada. ... Denali National Park Denali National Park and Preserve is located in Interior Alaska and contains Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America. ... Dry Tortugas National Park is a United States National Park, located in the Dry Tortugas islands of the Florida Keys. ... Everglades National Park is a U.S. National Park which preserves the southern portion of the Everglades (all south of Tamiami Trail), but represents only 20 percent of the original wetland area. ... Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is one of several large U.S. National Parks in Alaska. ... Glacier National Park is a national park in Montana. ... The area around Glacier Bay in southeastern Alaska was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925. ... The Grand Canyon National Park is one of the oldest United States National Parks. ... Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park located in western Wyoming, south of Yellowstone National Park. ... Great Basin National Park is a United States National Park, located in east-central Nevada near its border with Utah. ... Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve became a United States national park on September 13, 2004. ... The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park that straddles the ridgeline of the Appalachian Mountains. ... Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas and contains Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet (2,667 m) in elevation. ... Haleakalā National Park is a United States national park located on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. ... Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, established in 1916, displays the results of 70 million years of volcanism, migration, and evolution—processes that thrust a bare land from the sea and clothed it with complex and unique ecosystems and a distinct human culture. ... Established from Hot Springs Reservation, Hot Springs National Park is a United States National Park in central Arkansas adjacent to the town of Hot Springs. ... Isle Royale National Park is a U.S. National Park in the state of Michigan. ... A Joshua tree silhouetted by a rock Joshua Tree National Park is located in south-eastern California. ... Katmai National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in Alaska, notable for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its brown bears. ... Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Kenai Fjords National Park is a United States National Park on the Kenai Peninsula in southcentral Alaska near the town of Seward. ... Dusy Basin in eastern Kings Canyon National Park Kings Canyon National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Fresno, California. ... Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Kobuk Valley National Park is a United States National Park in northwestern Alaska north of the Arctic Circle. ... Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in southwestern Alaska. ... Map of Lassen area showing hydrothermal features (red dots) and volcanic feature or remnant (yellow cones). ... Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in south-central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the most-extensive cave system known in the world. ... Mesa Verde National Park is a United States National Park, located in southwest Colorado. ... Mount Rainier National Park is a United States National Park located in southeast Pierce County, Washington. ... Established in 1988, the National Park of American Samoa is a United States National Park on the American territory of American Samoa. ... Looking toward Magic Mountain from the Cascade Pass trail North Cascades National Park is a U.S. National Park located in Washington state. ... Olympic National Park, or ONP, is a national park in the United States National Park system. ... Petrified tree with Painted Desert background Newspaper Rock petroglyph site Petrified trees Petrified Forest National Park is located in northeastern Arizona, along Interstate 40 between Holbrook and Navajo. ... Established in 1968 from unprotected land as well as small portions of existing state parks, Redwood National Park is a United States National Park on the northern coast of California between Eureka and Crescent City. ... Moraine Park and the headwaters of the Big Thompson River are in Rocky Mountain National Park The Rocky Mountain National Park¹ (RMNP) is a national park and wildlife refuge area within the United States National Park System². ... Saguaro National Park, located in the state of Arizona, is part of the United States system of national parks. ... Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Fresno, California. ... Shenandoah National Park encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Piedmont region of Virginia. ... Badlands in Theodore Roosevelt National Park Established in 1978, Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a United States National Park comprising two geographically separated areas of badlands in western North Dakota. ... Established in 1980, Virgin Islands National Park is a United States National Park covering approximately 60% of the island of St. ... Established in 1975, Voyageurs National Park is a United States National Park in northern Minnesota near the town of International Falls. ... Wind Cave National Park is a United States national park 11 miles (18 km) north of the town of Hot Springs in western South Dakota. ... Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Wrangell-St. ... Yellowstone National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. ... Yosemite National Park (pronounced Yo-SEM-it-tee, IPA ) is a U.S. national park largely in Mariposa County, and Tuolumne County, California, United States. ... Zion National Park is located near Springdale, Utah in the southwestern United States. ...

Disbanded National Parks

• Abraham Lincoln National Park, 1916-1939, now Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site
• Fort McHenry National Park, 1925-1939, redesignated uniquely, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
• Hawaii National Park, 1916-1961, divided into Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park
• Mackinac National Park, 1875-1895, now Mackinac Island State Park
• Platt National Park, 1906-1976, now Chickasaw National Recreation Area
• Sullys Hill National Park, 1904-1931, now Sullys Hill National Game Preserve (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

In the fall of 1808, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln settled on the 348 acre Sinking Spring Farm. ... Fort McHenry Located in Baltimore, Maryland, Fort McHenry is best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from the British navy. ... Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, established in 1916, displays the results of 70 million years of volcanism, migration, and evolution—processes that thrust a bare land from the sea and clothed it with complex and unique ecosystems and a distinct human culture. ... Haleakalā National Park is a United States national park located on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. ... Mackinac National Park was U.S. National Park that existed from 1875 to 1895 on Mackinac Island in northern Michigan. ... Mackinac Island State Park is located in the U.S. state of Michigan on Mackinac Island in Lake Huron just east of the Straits of Mackinac. ... Chickasaw National Recreation Area is a unit of the National Park Service near Sulphur, Oklahoma. ... The USFWS logo The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that is dedicated to managing and preserving wildlife. ...

National Monuments

• Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
• Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
• Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
• Aztec Ruins National Monument
• Bandelier National Monument
• Booker T. Washington National Monument
• Buck Island Reef National Monument
• Cabrillo National Monument
• Canyon De Chelly National Monument
• Cape Krusenstern National Monument
• Capulin Volcano National Monument
• Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
• Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
• Castle Clinton National Monument
• Cedar Breaks National Monument
• Chiricahua National Monument
• Colorado National Monument
• Craters Of The Moon National Monument and Preserve
• Devils Postpile National Monument
• Devils Tower National Monument
• Dinosaur National Monument
• Effigy Mounds National Monument
• El Malpais National Monument
• El Morro National Monument
• Ellis Island National Monument
• Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
• Fort Frederica National Monument
• Fort Matanzas National Monument
• Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
• Fort Moultrie National Monument
• Fort Pulaski National Monument
• Fort Stanwix National Monument
• Fort Sumter National Monument
• Fort Union National Monument
• Fossil Butte National Monument
• George Washington Birthplace National Monument
• George Washington Carver National Monument
• Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
• Governors Island National Monument
• Grand Portage National Monument
• Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
• Hohokam Pima National Monument
• Homestead National Monument of America
• Hovenweep National Monument
• Jewel Cave National Monument
• John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
• Lava Beds National Monument
• Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
• Minidoka Internment National Monument
• Montezuma Castle National Monument
• Muir Woods National Monument
• Natural Bridges National Monument
• Navajo National Monument
• Ocmulgee National Monument
• Oregon Caves National Monument
• Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
• Parashant National Monument
• Petroglyph National Monument
• Pinnacles National Monument
• Pipe Spring National Monument
• Pipestone National Monument
• Poverty Point National Monument
• Rainbow Bridge National Monument
• Russell Cave National Monument
• Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
• Scotts Bluff National Monument
• Statue Of Liberty National Monument
• Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
• Timpanogos Cave National Monument
• Tonto National Monument
• Tuzigoot National Monument
• Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument
• Walnut Canyon National Monument
• White Sands National Monument
• Wupatki National Monument
• Yucca House National Monument
• Washington Monument

A windmill that once provided water for excavation teams working on digs at the site The Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument near Harrison, Nebraska. ... Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument is a United States National Monument in the State of Texas. ... Aerial-view of the caldera of Mount Aniakchak from the west The Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve is a U.S. National Monument and National Preserve, consisting of the region around the Aniakchak volcano on the Aleutian Range of south-western Alaska, United States. ... West walls of the ruins The Aztec Ruins National Monument is a U.S. National Monument, centered around ancestral Pueblo structures in north-western New Mexico, United States, located close to the town of Aztec. ... Houses at Bandelier Bandelier National Monument The Bandelier National Monument is a U.S. National Monument consisting of 32,737 acres (132. ... Booker T. Washington National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located in the town of Hardy, Virginia. ... Buck Island Reef National Monument, or just Buck Island is a small, uninhabited, 176-acre island about 1. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Categories: Stub | U.S. National Monuments ... Cape Krusenstern National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service founded on December 1, 1978; it is located in Alaska. ... Capulin Volcano National Monument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... In the 1930s, this shelter was built to protect what remains of the Casa Grande ruins. ... Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, often simply called the Castillo, is a U.S. National Monument located in St. ... Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton is a circular sandstone fort and national monument in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City. ... Cedar Breaks National Monument is located Near Cedar City Utah, United States. ... Chiricahua National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located in Willcox, Arizona. ... Colorado National Monument is a part of the U.S. National Park Service near the city of Grand Junction, Colorado, in the western part of the state. ... ... The longer fragments of basalt at the base of the cliff can be larger than a person. ... Devils Tower is a monolith (more technically, an igneous intrusion) located near Hulett and Sundance in eastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. ... Categories: Stub | U.S. National Monuments ... Effigy Mounds National Monument is a national monument in Iowa in the midwestern United States. ... El Malpais National Monument is off I-40 in western New Mexico, near Cibola National Forest. ... Aerial view of El Morro. ... Ellis Island immigrants as depicted in a USPS stamp Ellis Island, in the joint jurisdiction of New Jersey and New York, is located in New York Harbor at the mouth of the Hudson River. ... Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is located in a mountain valley just west of Pikes Peak and holds spectacular remnants of the earths prehistoric life. ... Fort Frederica National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located on St. ... Created in 1924, Fort Matanzas National Monument is a United States National Monument run by the National Park Service. ... Fort McHenry Located in Baltimore, Maryland, Fort McHenry is best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from the British navy. ... Fort Moultrie is the name of a series of forts on Sullivans Island, South Carolina, built to protect the city of Charleston, South Carolina. ... damaged wall of Fort Pulaski (2005-04-20) Fort Pulaski National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located between Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia. ... Fort Stanwix was a colonial fort erected in 1758 by British General John Stanwix, at the location of present-day Rome, New York. ... Before the attack Map detailing the location of Fort Sumter Fort Sumter, located in Charleston, South Carolina harbor, was named after General Thomas Sumter. ... Fort Union National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located in Watrous, New Mexico. ... Fossil Butte National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located in Kemmerer, Wyoming; the national monument was founded on October 23, 1972. ... George Washingtons great-grandfather settled this plantation in 1657. ... George Washington Carver National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located in Diamond, Missouri; the national monument was founded on July 14, 1943. ... Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in southwestern New Mexico was established as a national monument November 16, 1907. ... Governors Island National Monument is a facility operated by the National Park Service of the United States on Governors Island in Upper New York Bay in New York City. ... Grand Portage National Monument, located within the boreal forest on the north shore of Lake Superior in northeastern Minnesota, preserves a vital center of fur trade activity and Anishinaabeg Ojibwe heritage dating back to the 18th century. ... Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument in Idaho contains the largest concentration of Hagerman Horse fossils in North America. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Daniel Freemans homestead, located near Beatrice, Nebraska, was recognized by the United States Congress as the first homestead in the nation obtained through the Homestead Act and designated as the Homestead National Monument of America. ... Hovenweep National Monument straddles the Colorado-Utah border west of Cortez, Colorado. ... Jewel Cave National Monument contains Jewel Cave, the third longest cave in the world, with 130 miles of mapped cave. ... John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a 14,000 acre (57 km²) park near Kimberly, Oregon. ... Lava Beds National Monument, located in Siskiyou and Modoc Counies, California, is the site of the largest concentration of lava tube caves in the United States. ... The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custers Last Stand, was an engagement between a Lakota-Cheyenne combined force and the 7th Cavalry of the United States Army that took place on June 25, 1876 near the Little Bighorn River in the eastern Montana Territory. ... As the 385th unit of the National Park System, Minidoka Internment National Monument was newly authorized on January 17, 2001, and does not have any visitor facilities or services available. ... Montezuma Castle National Monument, located near Camp Verde, Arizona in the western United States, features well-preserved cliff dwellings. ... Trees in Muir Woods Trail in Muir Woods Muir Woods National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in Northern California, on the west coast of the United States. ... Natural Bridges National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in the southeast of Utah, in the western United States. ... The Navajo National Monument resides in the Navajo Reservation (Arizona). ... The earthlodge at Ocmulgee Ocmulgee National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located just east of Macon, Georgia. ... Oregon Caves National Monument is a national monument in the northern Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon in the United States. ... An organ pipe cactus in the monument Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in extreme southern Arizona which shares a border with the Mexican state of Sonora. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Petroglyph National Monument stretches 17 miles (27 km) along Albuquerques West Mesa, a volcanic basalt escarpment that dominates the city’s western horizon. ... Pinnacles National Monument is protected mountainous area located east of central Californias Salinas Valley. ... Pipe Spring National Monument, a little known gem of the National Park System, is rich with American Indian, early explorer and Mormon pioneer history. ... Pipestone National Monument is a National Park Service-designated national monument located just north of the city limits of Pipestone, Minnesota, USA. It is situated on a site that contains pipestone, or catlinite, quarries that are sacred to the Dakota Sioux (Lakota) Indians who were the sole human inhabitants of... Poverty Point is an archaeological site in northwestern Louisiana (near the town of Epps), overlooking the Mississippi River flood plain. ... External link National Park Service, Rainbow Bridge official website Categories: Stub | U.S. National Monuments ... The Russell Cave National Monument is a U.S. National Monument, consisting of a small limestone cave in north-eastern Alabama, United States, close to the town of Bridgeport. ... Once, thriving American Indian trade communities of Tiwa and Tompiro speaking Puebloans inhabited this remote frontier area of central New Mexico. ... Saddle Rock in Scotts Bluff National Monument Scotts Bluff National Monument is a United States National Park in western Nebraska that includes an important 19th century landmark on the Oregon Trail. ... Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue, given to the USA by France in the late 19th century, that stands at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all: returning Americans, visitors, and immigrants alike. ... Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument is a U.S. National Monument in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona, intended to protect Sunset Crater Volcano. ... The Great Heart of Timpanogos Timpanogos Cave National Monument is a cave system in the Wasatch mountains near American Fork Utah, in the United States. ... Well-preserved cliff dwellings were occupied by the Salado culture during the 13th, 14th, and early 15th centuries. ... Tuzigoot National Monument is a 42 acre (170,000 m²) site, consisting of a 2-3 story pueblo on the summit of a limestone and sandstone ridge in north central Arizona, US, 120 above the Verde River floodplain. ... The Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located off of Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands. ... Walnut Canyon National Monument is a United States National Monument located about 10mi north east of Flagstaff, Arizona. ... White Sands National Monument is well-known for its fields of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals. ... Wupatki National Monument, with the San Francisco Mountains beyond Wupatki National Monument is an area of north-central Arizona, rich in American Indian ruins, administered by the National Park Service in close conjunction with the nearby Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. ... Yucca House National Monument is a large, unexcavated Ancestral Puebloan surface site. ... Washington Monument The Washington Monument is a large white-colored obelisk in the center of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built as a memorial to George Washington, the first President of the United States and the leader of the revolutionary Continental Army, which won independence from the British...

National Preserves

• Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
• Big Cypress National Preserve
• Big Thicket National Preserve
• Little River Canyon National Preserve
• Mojave National Preserve
• Noatak National Preserve
• Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
• Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Big Thicket is the name of a heavily forested area in Southeast Texas. ... Little River Canyon Little River Canyon National Preserve occupies 14,000 acres (57 km²) and protects the nations longest mountaintop river, the Little River. ... The Mojave National Preserve is located in the Mojave Desert in Southern California, USA. It covers 1. ... The Noatak National Preserve is a 26,587 km² (6,569,904 acre) wilderness area in northwestern Alaska, in the United States. ... On November 12, 1996, legislation was passed creating Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills region of Kansas. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

National Historical Parks

• Adams National Historical Park
• Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
• Boston National Historical Park
• Cane River Creole National Historical Park
• Chaco Culture National Historical Park
• Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
• Colonial National Historical Park
• Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
• Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
• George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
• Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
• Independence National Historical Park
• Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve
• Kalaupapa National Historical Park
• Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
• Keweenaw National Historical Park
• Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
• Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park
• Lowell National Historical Park
• Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
• Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
• Minute Man National Historical Park
• Morristown National Historical Park
• Natchez National Historical Park
• New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
• New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
• Nez Perce National Historical Park
• Pecos National Historical Park
• Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park
• Rosie the Riveter / World War II Home Front National Historical Park
• Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
• San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
• San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
• San Juan Island National Historical Park
• Saratoga National Historical Park
• Sitka National Historical Park
• Tumacácori National Historical Park
• Valley Forge National Historical Park
• War In The Pacific National Historical Park
• Women's Rights National Historical Park

This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The court house The Appomattox Court House is a historic court house located in Appomattox, Virginia famous as the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War. ... Discover the revolutionary generation of Bostonians who blazed a trail from colonialism to independence. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park and World Heritage Site which contains the densest and most exceptional concentration of large pueblos in the American Southwest. ... The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is a National Park Service_managed National Historical Park in northern Maryland that was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1961. ... Colonial National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in the southeastern part of Virginia, near Williamsburg and Newport News. ... Established on June 11, 1940, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in southeastern Kentucky. ... Dayton Aviation Heritage commemorates three exceptional men - Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright, and Paul Laurence Dunbar - and their work in the Miami Valley. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Independence National Historic Park, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the historic area of downtown (or Center City) Philadelphia where Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and the National Constitution Center are located, along with dozens of other historic buildings and educational centers. ... Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve was established to preserve significant examples of the rich natural and cultural resources of Louisianas Mississippi Delta region. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Categories: Stub | U.S. National Historical Parks | Museums in Seattle ... Seattle visitors center The Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park that commemorates the Klondike gold rush. ... Section of the former Boott Cotton Mill Lowell National Historical Park is a National Historical Park of the United States located in Lowell, Massachusetts. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park near Woodstock, Vermont preserves the site where Frederick Billings established a managed forest and a progressive dairy farm. ... Old North Bridge. ... The Ford Mansion atop a beautiful hilltop in Morristown, NJ was the Hard Winter (Dec 1779 - May 1780) quarters of George Washington and the Continental Army. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park is a National park in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and is maintained by the United States National Park Service. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Nez Perce National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park comprisingf 38 sites located throughout the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington which are the traditional aboriginal lands of the Nez Perce. ... Pecos National Historical Park is a National Historical Park in the U.S. state of New Mexico. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Rosie the Riveter / World War II Home Front National Historical Park is located in Richmond, California, near San Francisco, at the site of a former Ford Motor Company manufacturing plant. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Four Spanish frontier missions, part of a colonization system that stretched across the Spanish Southwest in the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries, are preserved here. ... The historic fleet moored at Hyde Street Pier, with Alcatraz and Angel Island in the background. ... San Juan Island National Historical Park is a U.S. National Park on San Juan Island in Washington, made up by the sites of the British and U.S. Armies camps during the Pig War. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Alaskas oldest federally designated park was established in 1910 to commemorate the 1804 Battle of Sitka. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Valley Forge is also the name of a nearby town: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Recreation of officers cabins at Valley Forge. ... Marines landing in Asan during Guams Liberation in 1944. ... Womens Rights National Historical Park was established in 1980, and covers a total of 6. ...

National Historic Sites

• Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site
• Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
• Andersonville National Historic Site
• Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
• Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
• Boston African American National Historic Site
• Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
• Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
• Central High School National Historic Site
• Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
• Chimney Rock National Historic Site
• Christiansted National Historic Site
• Clara Barton National Historic Site
• Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
• Edison National Historic Site
• Eisenhower National Historic Site
• Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
• Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
• Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
• Fort Bowie National Historic Site
• Fort Davis National Historic Site
• Fort Laramie National Historic Site
• Fort Larned National Historic Site
• Fort Point National Historic Site
• Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
• Fort Scott National Historic Site
• Fort Smith National Historic Site
• Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
• Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
• Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
• Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
• Friendship Hill National Historic Site
• Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
• Golden Spike National Historic Site
• Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
• Hampton National Historic Site
• Harry S Truman National Historic Site
• Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
• Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
• Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
• Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
• James A. Garfield National Historic Site
• Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
• John F. Kennedy National Historic Site
• John Muir National Historic Site
• Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
• Lincoln Home National Historic Site
• Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
• Longfellow National Historic Site
• Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
• Manzanar National Historic Site
• Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site
• Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
• Mary Mcleod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
• McLoughlin House National Historic Site
• Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
• Nicodemus National Historic Site
• Ninety Six National Historic Site
• Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site
• Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
• Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
• Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
• Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
• Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site
• Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
• Salem Maritime National Historic Site
• San Juan National Historic Site
• Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
• Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
• Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site
• Springfield Armory National Historic Site
• Steamtown National Historic Site
• Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
• Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
• Thomas Stone National Historic Site
• Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
• Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
• Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
• Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
• Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
• Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
• Weir Farm National Historic Site
• Whitman Mission National Historic Site
• William Howard Taft National Historic Site

In the fall of 1808, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln settled on the 348 acre Sinking Spring Farm. ... Profile of the original line The Allegheny Portage Railroad was the first railroad constructed through the Allegheny Mountains in central Pennsylvania, USA. It was a combination of a towpath canal and an inclined plane railroad, approximately 50 miles (80 km) long, and operated from 1834 to 1854. ... Andersonville National Historic Site is located in Andersonville, Georgia. ... Andrew Johnson National Historic Site is a National Historic Site in Greeneville, Tennessee maintained by the National Park Service. ... Bents Old Fort is a national historic site in Bent County, Colorado. ... The Boston African American National Historic Site, in the heart of Boston, Massachusettss Beacon Hill neighborhood, preserves 15 pre-Civil War structures relating to the history of Bostons 19th century African-American community, including: the African Meeting House, the oldest standing African-American church in the United States. ... On October 26, 1992, Congress passed Public Law 102-525 establishing Brown v. ... The Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, located in Flat Rock, North Carolina near Henderson, preserves Connemara Farms, the home of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and writer Carl Sandburg (1878-1967). ... United States. ... Categories: Rock formations in the United States | U.S. National Historic Sites | Nebraska landmarks | Morrill County, Nebraska | Oregon Trail | US geography stubs ... Christiansted is a town on St. ... The Clara Barton National Historic Site was established in 1975 at the former home in Glen Echo, Maryland outside Washington DC of Clara Barton (1821-1912), an American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian who was the founder of the American Red Cross. ... Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, located at 532 N. Seventh Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, preserves the home where writer Edgar Allan Poe and his family lived from 1838 to 1844. ... For more than forty years, the laboratory created by Thomas Alva Edison in West Orange, New Jersey, had enormous impact on the lives of millions of people worldwide. ... Elvis gyrated and McCarthy railed. ... Tao House in winter The Eugene ONeill National Historic Site, located in Danville, California, preserves Tao House, the hillside home of Americas only Nobel Prize-winning playwright, Eugene ONeill, where he and his wife lived from 1937 to 1944. ... Fords Theatre in the 19th century Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C. was the site of the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. ... Fort Bowie National Historic Site commemorates, in its 1000 acres, the story of the bitter conflict between the Chiricahua Apaches and the United States military. ... Set in the rugged beauty of the Davis Mountains of west Texas, Fort Davis is one of Americas best surviving examples of an Indian Wars frontier military post in the Southwest. ... Grounds of Fort Laramie Fort Laramie was military outpost of the United States Army that was in service in the second-half of 19th century. ... Fort Larned was established in 1859 as a base of military operations against hostile Indians of the Central Plains, to protect traffic along the Santa Fe Trail and as an agency for the administration of the Central Plains Indians by the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the terms of the... Fort Point is a location at the south entrance to San Francisco Bay. ... Promises made and broken! A town attacked at dawn! Thousands made homeless by war! Soldiers fighting settlers! Each of these stories is a link in the chain of events that encircled Fort Scott from 1842-73. ... At Fort Smith National Historic Site you can walk where soldiers drilled, pause along the Trail of Tears, and stand where justice was served. ... A trip to Fort Union takes you back in time to the mid-19th century, the heyday of Fort Union and the fur trade on the Upper Missouri river. ... Fort Vancouver Fort Vancouver was a 19th century fur trading outpost along the Columbia River that served as the headquarters of the Hudsons Bay Company in the Oregon Country. ... The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, is located at 1411 W St. ... Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is recognized as the founder of American landscape architecture and the nation’s foremost parkmaker. ... Friendship Hill National Historic Site, maintained by the National Park Service, was the home of early American politician Albert Gallatin. ... Golden Spike National Historic Site is a U.S. National Historic Site located at Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. ... Established by Canadian fur trader John Grant, and expanded by cattle baron Conrad Kohrs, Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site commemorates the Western cattle industry from its 1850s inception through recent times. ... Historic Hampton Mansion The Hampton National Historic Site is a National Historic Site located in the United States community of Hampton, Maryland, just north of Baltimore, Maryland. ... The Harry S Truman National Historic Site preserves both the farmhouse of the family farm and the longtime home of Harry S Truman (1884-1972), 33rd President of the United States. ... The Herbert Hoover National Historic Site buildings and grounds in West Branch, Iowa, are preserved by the National Park Service to commemorate the life of the 31st President of the United States. ... The Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site preserves the Springwood estate in Hyde Park, New York, United States of America. ... Feel the old wooden floor give slightly beneath your footsteps and hear it sqeak as you enter the front door of the oldest continuously operating trading post on the Navajo Nation. ... Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Visitor Center (formerly Plains High School) The Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, located in Plains, Georgia, preserves sites associated with James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... John Muirs home in Martinez, California. ... Explore the lives of the Northern Plains Indians on the Upper Missouri. ... Lincoln Home National Historic Site Lincoln Home National Historic Site preserves President Abraham Lincolns Springfield, Illinois home and four-block historic district surrounding the home. ... Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Little Rock Central High School was the site of a major event during the civil rights movement in the United States. ... The Longfellow National Historic Site, also known as the Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Manzanar sign Manzanar National Historic Landmark (better known as Manzanar War Relocation Center) was a Japanese American internment camp during World War II that operated near Independence, California. ... The Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction. ... Nicodemus National Historic Site preserves, protects and interprets the only remaining western town established by African Americans during the Reconstruction Period following the Civil War. ... The Battle of Palo Alto was the first major battle of the Mexican-American War and was fought on May 8, 1846 on disputed ground five miles (8 km) from the modern-day city of Brownsville, Texas. ... Sagamore Hill was the home of President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt. ... See also Saint Croix an island in the United States Virgin Islands Saint Croix Island, or Dochet Island as it is called today, is a small uninhabited island in Maine located at 45º 07 42 N latitude, 067º 08 02 W longitude, near the mouth of the Saint Croix River... San Juan National Historic Site in San Juan, Puerto Rico includes colonial-era forts, bastions, powder houses, and three fourths of the old city wall. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site is the site of the first integrated ironworks in North America, 1646-1668. ... From 1794 to 1968 the Springfield Armory was a center for the manufacture of U.S. military small arms and the site of many important technological advances. ... Overview of Steamtown NHS Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the site of the former Scranton yards of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W). ... The Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Tuskegee, Alabama is at historic Moton Field, site of primary flight training for the pioneering World War II pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen. ... There is also the Tuskegee Airmen, a corps of African-American military pilots trained there during World War II Tuskegee University is an American institution of higher learning located in Tuskegee, Alabama. ... Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site was established in 1990 and made part of the National Park Service. ... The Vanderbilt Estate in Hyde Park, New York is perhaps the best, most intact example of the types of estates constructed by wealthy industrialists in the 19th century. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This site commemorates the courage of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, the role the Whitmans played in establishing the Oregon Trail, and the challenges encountered when two different cultures meet. ... William Howard Taft National Historic Site is a National Historic Site in Cincinatti, Ohio, maintained by the National Park Service. ...

National Battlefield Parks

• Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
• Manassas National Battlefield Park
• Richmond National Battlefield Park

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is a 2,888 acre (12 km²) in Atlanta, Georgia area that preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign, and also contains Kennesaw Mountain. ... Manassas National Battlefield Park, located north of Manassas, Virginia, preserves the site of two major American Civil War battles: the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861, and the Second Battle of Bull Run in August 1862 (also known as First Manassas and Second Manassas, respectively). ...

National Military Parks

• Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
• Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
• Gettysburg National Military Park
• Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
• Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
• Kings Mountain National Military Park
• Pea Ridge National Military Park
• Shiloh National Military Park
• Vicksburg National Military Park

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, located in northern Georgia and eastern Tennessee, preserves the sites of two major battles of the American Civil War. ... A cannon on Maryes Heights at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park is a unit of the National Park Service in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and elsewhere in Spotsylvania County, commemorating four major battles in the American Civil War. ... The Gettysburg Battlefield is the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought in 1863 in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the county seat of Adams County, which had approximately 2,400 residents in 1863. ... Guilford Courthouse National Military Park is a unit of the National Park Service at 2331 New Garden Road in Greensboro, North Carolina. ... Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is a U.S. National Military Park managed by the National Park Service that is the site of the last battle of the Creek War on March 27, 1814. ... Kings Mountain National Military Park is a National Military Park in northern South Carolina, close to the North Carolina border. ... Pea Ridge National Military Park a unit of the National Park Service. ... Shiloh National Military Park is a National Park in western Tennessee. ... Vicksburg National Military Park is a unit of the National Park Service located in Vicksburg, Mississippi at 32° 21′ 30″ N 90° 50′ 30″ W. Established by Congress on February 21, 1899, it commemorates the Battle of Vicksburg, waged from March 29 to July 4, 1863, one of the most...

National Battlefields

• Antietam National Battlefield
• Big Hole National Battlefield
• Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
• Cowpens National Battlefield
• Fort Donelson National Battlefield
• Fort Necessity National Battlefield
• Monocacy National Battlefield
• Moores Creek National Battlefield
• Petersburg National Battlefield
• Stones River National Battlefield
• Tupelo National Battlefield
• Wilson's Creek National Battlefield

Antietam National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service in Sharpsburg, Maryland, along Antietam Creek. ... Big Hole National Battlefield is a memorial to the people who fought and died here on August 9 and 10, 1877; combatants in a five month conflict that came to be called the Nez Perce War of 1877. ... Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site is a unit of the National Park Service located about 6 miles (10 km) west of Baldwyn, Mississippi, on Mississippi Route 370. ... Cowpens National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service near Chesnee, South Carolina. ... This article or section should be merged with Battle of Fort Donelson Fort Donelson, Tennessee, was the site of the first significant Union victory of the American Civil War. ... Fort Necessity National Battlefield is located in Pennsylvania, United States. ... Monocacy National Battlefield, is a unit of the National Park Service, the site of the Battle of Monocacy Junction in the American Civil War fought on July 9, 1864. ... Moores Creek National Battlefield is a U.S. National Battlefield park managed by the National Park Service. ... Petersburg National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service at 1539 Hickory Hill Road in Petersburg, Virginia. ... Stones River National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service at 3501 Old Nashville Highway in Murfreesboro, Tennessee along the Stones River. ... Tupelo National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service in Tupelo, Mississippi. ... Wilsons Creek National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service at 6424 West Farm Road 182 in Republic, Missouri. ...

National Memorials

• American Memorial Park
• Arkansas Post National Memorial
• Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
• Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
• Cape Henry Memorial
• Chamizal National Memorial
• Coronado National Memorial
• De Soto National Memorial
• Father Marquette National Memorial
• Federal Hall National Memorial
• Fort Caroline National Memorial
• Fort Clatsop National Memorial
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
• General Grant National Memorial
• Hamilton Grange National Memorial
• Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
• Johnstown Flood National Memorial
• Korean War Veterans Memorial
• Lincoln Memorial
• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
• Mount Rushmore National Memorial
• National World War II Memorial
• Oklahoma City National Memorial
• Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
• Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
• Roger Williams National Memorial
• Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
• Thomas Jefferson Memorial
• USS Arizona Memorial
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• Wright Brothers National Memorial

American Memorial Park is located in the Northern Mariana Islands. ... Arkansas Post, Arkansas was the first permanent French settlement in the lower Mississippi River valley and was the first territorial capital of the State of Arkansas. ... Arlington House Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Virginia, United States and is surrounded by Arlington National Cemetery. ... The Franklin Institute is the national memorial to Benjamin Franklin, that serves to perpetuate his legacy; the museum contains many of Franklins personal effects. ... Old Cape Henry Lighthouse Cape Henry is a cape on the Atlantic shore of Virginia. ... Chamizal National Memorial, located in the state of Texas, is a unit of the United States National Park Service. ... “As a result of this expedition, what has been truly characterized by historians as one of the greatest land expeditions the world has known, a new civilization was established in the great American Southwest” reported the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in 1939. ... On a sweltering day in May of 1539, Hernando de Soto and an army of over 600 soldiers splashed ashore in the Tampa Bay area. ... Father Jacques Marquette, a French Jesuit missionary, established Michigans earliest European settlements at Sault Ste. ... Fort Caroline was the first permanent French colony in North America, located in present-day Jacksonville, Florida. ... Fort Clatsop Fort Clatsop was the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the Oregon Country near the mouth of the Columbia River during the winter of 1805-1806. ... FDR with his dog Fala, by sculptor Neil Estern Located along the famous Cherry Tree Walk on the Tidal Basin near the National Mall, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is a memorial not only to President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but also to the era he represents. ... Grants Tomb, circa 1909 Grants Tomb, 2004 Grants Tomb is a mausoleum containing the bodies of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), an American Civil War General and the 18th President of the United States, and his wife, Julia Dent Grant (1826-1902). ... The Old Courthouse sits at the heart of the city of Saint Louis, with the arch to the east, near the rivers edge. ... Johnstown Flood National Memorial was established in 1964 in southern Pennsylvania to commemorate the victims of the Johnstown Flood. ... The memorial, showing the pool of rememberance The Korean War Veterans Memorial is located on The Mall in Washington, DC, in West Potomac Park southeast of the Lincoln Memorial. ... The Lincoln Memorial, built 1915 - 1922 The Lincoln Memorial, on the extended axis of the National Mall in Washington, DC, is a memorial to United States President Abraham Lincoln. ... The faces of (left to right) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln Mount Rushmore National Memorial, located in Keystone, South Dakota, memorializes the birth, growth, preservation and development of the United States of America. ... Panorama of the Memorial, seen from the east, with the Lincoln Memorial in the background. ... The memorial at night. ... Perrys Victory and International Peace Memorial is a unit of the National Park Service in Put-in-Bay, Ohio. ... Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial is a unit of the National Park Service at 301 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... The Jefferson Memorial from across the tidal basin The Jefferson Memorial at night, pediment sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman Jefferson Memorial at dusk, illuminated The Jefferson Memorial is a monument in Washington, DC to Thomas Jefferson. ... USS Arizona Memorial is bathed by the lights of ‘Aiea on the evening of the 62nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 2003. ... The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall is the most identified feature of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

National Recreation Areas

• Amistad National Recreation Area
• Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
• Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
• Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
• Chickasaw National Recreation Area
• Curecanti National Recreation Area
• Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
• Gateway National Recreation Area
• Gauley River National Recreation Area
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  • Alcatraz Island
  • Presidio of San Francisco
• Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
• Lake Mead National Recreation Area
• Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
• Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
• Ross Lake National Recreation Area
• Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
• Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

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. ... 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. ... 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. ... 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. ... Photograph of the island Alcatraz Island is located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California. ... The Presidio of San Francisco is a park on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in the City and County of San Francisco. ... 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. ... 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. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

National Seashores

• Assateague Island National Seashore
• Canaveral National Seashore
• Cape Cod National Seashore
• Cape Hatteras National Seashore
• Cape Lookout National Seashore
• Cumberland Island National Seashore
• Fire Island National Seashore
• Gulf Islands National Seashore
• Padre Island National Seashore
• Point Reyes National Seashore

This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Canaveral National Seashore is on a barrier island which includes ocean, beach, dune, hammock, lagoon, salt marsh, and pine flatland habitats. ... The Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS), created on August 7th, 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, encompasses 43,500 acres (176 km²) of ponds, woods and beachfront on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. ... Cape Hatteras National Seashore is a United States national park in North Carolina. ... Cape Lookout National Seashore is a 56 mile long section of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, USA, running from Ocracoke Inlet on the northeast to Beaufort Inlet on the southeast. ... Marsh on Cumberland Island, nearby Plum Orchard Plum Orchard Cumberland Island National Seashore is a unit of the National Park Service (NPS), authorized by Congress on October 23, 1972. ... Fire Island Fire Island is a barrier island, approximately 30 mi (48 km) long and 0. ... The Gulf Islands National Seashore is part of the National Park System and consists of several segments along the barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico. ... Padre Island National Seashore (PINS) is a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, next to Corpus Christi, Texas. ... McClures Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore, looking south on an overcast winters afternoon Point Reyes National Seashore is 70,000 acre (283 km²) park preserve located on the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County, California. ...

National Lakeshores

• Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
• Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
• Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is a U.S. national lakeshore made up of around 20 prominent islands and shoreline encompasing 69,372 acres (281 km²) on the northern tip of Wisconsin on the shore of Lake Superior. ... Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, a U.S. national lakeshore, a type of national park, authorized by Congress in 1966, is located in Northwest Indiana. ... Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore lies on the shore of Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ... Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a U.S. national lakeshore located on the little finger of the lower peninsula of Michigan in Leelanau County and Benzie County. ...

National Rivers, Recreational Rivers, Scenic Rivers and Riverways

• Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
• Bluestone National Scenic River
• Buffalo National River
• Delaware National Scenic River
• Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
• Missouri National Recreational River
• New River Gorge National River
• Niobrara National Scenic River
• Ozark National Scenic Riverways
• Saint Croix National Scenic River
• Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River

The Buffalo National River is the USs first federally-protected river and one of Americas great natural treasures. ... New River Gorge National River is a National Park Service-owned park designed to the protect the New River) Gorge in southern West Virginia. ... The Niobrara National Scenic River is located in north central Nebraska, United States, approximately 300 miles (320 km) northwest of Omaha, Nebraska. ...

National Reserves

• City of Rocks National Reserve
• Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
• New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve

An image of the City of Rocks National Reserve in Idaho State. ... Ebeys Landing National Historical Reserve provides a vivid historical record of Pacific Northwest history, including the first exploration of Puget Sound by Captain George Vancouver in 1792; early settlement by Colonel Isaac Ebey, an important figure in Washington Territory; growth and settlement resulting from the Oregon Trail and the... New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve (also known as Pinelands National Reserve) is an affiliated area of the National Park Service in southeastern New Jersey. ...

Parkways

• Baltimore-Washington Parkway
• Blue Ridge Parkway
• George Washington Memorial Parkway
• John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway
• Natchez Trace Parkway
• Suitland Parkway

The Baltimore-Washington Parkway (B-W Parkway) is a federally owned freeway, operated by the National Park Service, running parallel to Interstate 95 approximately five miles to its east between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, DC. Signs at its termini dedicate it to Gladys Noon Spellman. ... Blue Ridge Parkway in autumn near Looking Glass Rock The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the U.S., noted for its scenic beauty. ... The George Washington Memorial Parkway, known to local motorists simply as the G.W. Parkway, is a parkway maintained by the U.S. National Park Service. ... John D. Rockefeller, Jr. ... The Natchez Trace is a 440-mile-long path extending from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee, linking the Cumberland, the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers. ... The Suitland Parkway is a parkway in Washington, D.C. and Prince Georges County, Maryland, maintained by the U.S. National Park Service. ...

National Historic and Scenic Trails

• Appalachian National Scenic Trail
• California National Historic Trail
• Ice Age National Scenic Trail
• Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
• Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
• Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
• North Country National Scenic Trail
• Oregon National Historic Trail
• Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
• Pony Express National Historic Trail
• Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
• Santa Fe National Historic Trail
• Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail
• Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail, is a 2,174 mile (3500 km) marked hiking trail in the eastern United States, running from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mt. ... California Trail The California Trail was a major overland emigrant route across the American West from Missouri to California in the middle 19th century. ... The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail is a 1,210 mile United States national historic trail that runs from Nogales, Arizona on the Mexican border to San Francisco, California. ... In 1804, Meriwether Lewis & William Clark began a voyage of discovery with 45 men, a keelboat, two pirogues,and a dog. ... The Mormon Trail was the overland route the Mormon emigrants followed west from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah beginning in 1846. ... For other uses of the term, see Oregon Trail (disambiguation) The route of the Oregon Trail is shown in red in the western United States Ruts made by wagons on the Oregon Trail in eastern Wyoming, at Register Cliff. ... The Pony Express National Historic Trail was used by young men on fast paced horses to carry the nations mail across the country, from St. ... The Potomac Heritage Trail is a designated National Scenic Trail corridor in the United States that will connect various trails and historic sites through the states of Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania. ... The Santa Fe Trail was an important route in the western United States, leading from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. ... John Lewis (on right in trench coat) and Hosea Williams (on the left) lead marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge,March 7, 1965 The Selma to Montgomery marches, which included Bloody Sunday, were three marches that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement. ... The Trail of Tears refers to the forced removal of the Cherokee American Indian tribe by the U.S. federal government, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of Cherokee Indians. ...

National Cemeteries

• Antietam National Cemetery
• Battleground National Cemetery
• Fort Donelson National Cemetery
• Fredericksburg National Cemetery
• Gettysburg National Cemetery
• Poplar Grove National Cemetery
• Shiloh National Cemetery
• Stones River National Cemetery
• Vicksburg National Cemetery
• Yorktown National Cemetery

Antietam National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service in Sharpsburg, Maryland, along Antietam Creek. ... Fort Donelson National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service in Dover, Tennessee. ... A cannon on Maryes Heights at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park is a unit of the National Park Service in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and elsewhere in Spotsylvania County, commemorating four major battles in the American Civil War. ... Gettysburg National Cemetery is a cemetery located near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. ... Poplar Grove Church Poplar Grove National Cemetery // A Nations Need In July 1862, Congress passed legislation giving the President of the United States the authority to purchase land for the establishment of cemeteries This legislation effectively began the National Cemetery system. ... Shiloh National Cemetery Shiloh National Military Park is a unit of the National Park Service in the town of Shiloh, about 9 miles (14 km) south of Savannah, Tennessee. ... Stones River National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service at 3501 Old Nashville Highway in Murfreesboro, Tennessee along the Stones River. ... Vicksburg National Cemetery is located in Vicksburg, Mississippi at 32° 22′ 30″ N 90° 52′ 10″ W. The cemetery is administered by Vicksburg National Military Park. ...

Other NPS Protected Areas

• Aleutian World War II National Historic Area
• Anacostia Park
• Capitol Hill Parks
• Catoctin Mountain Park
• Constitution Gardens
• Fort Dupont Park
• Fort Washington Park
• Glen Echo Park
• Great Falls Park
• Green Springs
• Greenbelt Park
• Harmony Hall
• Inupiat Heritage Center
• Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
• Maine Acadian Culture
• National Capital Parks-Central
• National Capital Parks-East
• National Mall
• New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route
• Old Post Office Tower
• Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm
• Pierce Mill
• Piscataway Park
• President's Park (White House)
• Prince William Forest Park
• Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor
• Rock Creek Park
• Roosevelt Campobello International Park
• The Old Stone House
• Theodore Roosevelt Island Park
• Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
• Western Arctic National Parklands
• Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

The National Park Service also administers some National Wild and Scenic Rivers while the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and various state or local agencies administer other rivers. Anacostia Park is operated by the United States National Park Service. ... Scenic vista Catoctin Mountain Park is located near Thurmont in Frederick County, Maryland ( 39°39′ N 77°28′ W). ... Constitution Gardens is part of the National Mall in Washington, DC. The 50 acre (200,000 m²) park is located in between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, bounded on the north by Constitution Avenue and on the south by the Reflecting Pool. ... Glen Echo Park is a park owned by the U.S. National Park Service in Glen Echo, Maryland. ... Great Falls of the Potomac River Great Falls Park is a small National Park Service site located in Virginia, United States. ... Green Springs is a village located in Sandusky and Seneca counties in Ohio. ... The Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska was designated an affiliated area of New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts to ensure that the contributions of Alaskan Natives to the history of whaling is recognized. ... 1901 plan for the National Mall proposed by the McMillan Commission. ... Presidents Park is a unit of the National Park Service, located in Washington, D.C., USA at 38° 53′ 42″ N 77° 02′ 11″ W. It includes the White House, a visitor center, Lafeyette Square, and the Ellipse. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Rock Creek Park is an urban natural area with public park facilities which bisects Washington, DC. East of the park, except for a few enclaves, the city has a decidedly urban character. ... Roosevelt Campobello International Park occupies most of the southern end of Campobello Island, New Brunswick, near Lubec, Maine. ... Theodore Roosevelt Island is a national park located in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. named after the 26th president of the United States. ... Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center situated in a setting of rolling hills and woods located on 117 acres (47. ... National Wild and Scenic River is a designation for certain protected areas in the United States. ... The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers Americas public lands, totaling 262 million acres (1,060,000 km²) or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. ... The USDA Forest Service, a United States government agency within the United States Department of Agriculture, is under the leadership of the United States Secretary of Agriculture. ... The USFWS logo The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that is dedicated to managing and preserving wildlife. ...

The National Park Service also provides limited assistance to National Heritage Areas. U.S. National Heritage Areas are designated areas in the United States, authorized by the U.S. Congress to encourage the preservation of history in areas of distinctive human impact on the landscape. ...

External links

• Alphabetical list at National Park Service
• Travel guide to United States National Parks from Wikitravel
• Former National Park System Units: An Analysis