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. Sometimes variations are the name are used but National Heritage Area is the name of the classification. National Heritage Areas do not preserve or control any land but seek to promote tourism and to conserve natural, cultural, historic, and scenic features and preserve the traditions, customs, beliefs, and folk life that are a valuable part of the national story. The National Park Service provides assistance in establishing the areas but has no ongoing role.

• America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership (Silos and Smokestacks)
• Augusta Canal National Heritage Area
• Automobile National Heritage Area (MotorCities National Heritage Area)
• Cache La Poudre River Corridor
• Cane River National Heritage Area
• Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
• Erie Canalway National Corridor
• Essex National Heritage Area
• Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
• Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
• John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
• Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area
• National Coal Heritage Area
• Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway
• Path of Progress National Heritage Route
• Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor
• Schuykill River Valley National Heritage Area
• South Carolina National Heritage Corridor
• Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission (Path of Progress)
• Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area
• Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area
• Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District
• Wheeling National Heritage Area
• Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area

External link

• National Park Service's National Heritage Areas site (http://www.cr.nps.gov/heritageareas/)