United States National Parks
This article is a travel topic
WARNING Some are closed due to the government shutdown
The United States has an extensive series of national parks [1], monuments, sites, shorelines, and scenic trails that protect natural and cultural sites throughout the country.
Most national monuments and all national parks are units of the United States National Park Service (NPS) and are shown on the accompanying NPS maps. A few monuments and preserves do not appear on the maps, as they are instead managed by other government agencies. These are indicated in the listings below.
- ABMC -- American Battle Monuments Commission
- BLM -- Bureau of Land Management
- BR -- Bureau of Reclamation
- DOD ARMY -- U.S. Army
- NOAA -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- USDA FS -- National Forest Service
- USFWS -- Fish & Wildlife Service
As of 2007, the "National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass" [2] sold by the NPS for $80 ($10 for seniors over 62) allows free entrance to almost all sites managed by the Parks Service, the Forest Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Reclamation, though additional fees for tours, camping, and other services may be charged.
 Alaska National Parks  Arizona National Parks - Agua Fria National Monument, north of Phoenix (BLM)
- Arizona National Scenic Trail (USDA FS)
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument
- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Coolidge
- Chiricahua National Monument
- Coronado National Memorial, Sierra Vista
- Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Bowie (Arizona)
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument, adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park (BLM)
- Hohokam Pima National Monument, Coolidge
- Hoover Tour near Las Vegas, Nevada
- Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Ganado
- Ironwood Forest National Monument, Casa Grande (BLM)
- Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area
- Montezuma Castle National Monument, Camp Verde
- Navajo National Monument, Tonalea
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail
- Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Pipe Spring National Monument, Fredonia
- Saguaro National Park
- Sonoran Desert National Monument, south of Phoenix (BLM)
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, near Flagstaff
- Tonto National Monument, Roosevelt
- Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tumacacori
- Tuzigoot National Monument, Clarkdale
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Page (BLM)
- Walnut Canyon National Monument, Flagstaff
- Wupatki National Monument, near Flagstaff
- Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, Yuma
 California National Parks  Sun-baked sand in Death Valley - Alcatraz Island, San Francisco
- Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego
- California Coastal National Monument (BLM)
- California National Historic Trail
- Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo (BLM)
- Channel Islands National Park
- Death Valley National Park
- Devils Postpile National Monument
- Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site, Danville
- Fort Point National Historic Site, San Francisco
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco
- John Muir National Historic Site, Martinez
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Lava Beds National Monument, Tulelake
- Manzanar National Historic Site, Independence
- Mojave National Preserve
- Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley
- National AIDS Memorial Grove, San Francisco
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail
- Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (USDA FS)
- Piedras Blancas Light Station Outstanding Natural Area (BLM)
- Pinnacles National Monument
- Pinnacles National Park
- Point Reyes National Seashore
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, Concord
- Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco
- Redwood National Park
- Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, Richmond
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, San Francisco
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
- Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument (BLM and USDA FS)
- Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks with Giant Sequoia National Monument (USDA FS)
- Smith River National Recreation Area (USDA FS)
- West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II, San Francisco (ABMC)
- Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
- World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Newell
- Yosemite National Park
 Colorado National Parks  Florida National Parks - Andersonville National Historic Site and Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Augusta Canal National Heritage Area, Augusta
- Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Atlanta
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Fort Oglethrope
- Cumberland Island National Seashore
- Fort Frederica National Monument, St. Simons Island
- Fort Pulaski National Monument, Tybee Island
- Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
- Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, Plains
- Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Kennesaw
- Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site, Atlanta
- Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon
- Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
- War In The Pacific National Historical Park, Guam
 Hawaii National Parks  Idaho National Parks - Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg
- Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Assateague Island National Seashore
- Baltimore-Washington Parkway
- Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
- Catoctin Mountain Park
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
- Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
- Clara Barton National Historic Site, Glen Echo
- Fort Foote Park, Oxon Hill
- Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore
- Fort Washington Park, Fort Washington
- George Washington Memorial Parkway
- Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo
- Greenbelt Park
- Hampton National Historic Site, Towson
- Harmony Hall, Prince George's County
- Monocacy National Battlefield, Frederick
- Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm, Oxon Hill
- Piscataway Park, Accokeek
- Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
- Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
- Suitland Parkway, Prince George's County
- Thomas Stone National Historic Site, Port Tobacco
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
 Massachusetts National Parks - Adams National Historical Park, Quincy
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
- Boston African American National Historic Site, Boston
- Boston Harbor Islands
- Boston National Historical Park, Boston
- Cape Cod National Seashore, Cape Cod
- Essex National Heritage Area, Salem
- Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Boston
- John F. Kennedy National Historic Site, Brookline
- Longfellow National Historic Site, Cambridge
- Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell
- Minute Man National Historical Park, Concord
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, New Bedford
- New England National Scenic Trail
- Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor
- Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Salem
- Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Saugus
- Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Springfield
- Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Wild and Scenic Rivers
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
- Westfield Wild and Scenic River
- Battle of Midway National Memorial (USFWS)
 Montana National Parks  Nevada National Parks  New Mexico National Parks - Angel Peak National Recreation Area (BLM)
- Aztec Ruins National Monument, Farmington
- Bandelier National Monument
- Capulin Volcano National Monument, Capulin
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park
- Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (USDA FS)
- Datil Well National Recreation Area (BLM)
- El Camino Real de Los Tejas National Historic Trail
- El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
- El Malpais National Monument
- El Morro National Monument, Grants
- Fort Craig National Historic Site (BLM)
- Fort Union National Monument, Las Vegas (New Mexico)
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Silver City
- Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, central New Mexico near Santa Fe (BLM)
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail
- Orilla Verde National Recreation Area (BLM)
- Pecos National Historical Park, near Santa Fe
- Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque
- Prehistoric Trackways National Monument (BLM)
- Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, Mountainair
- Santa Fe National Historic Trail
- Three Rivers Petroglyph Site (BLM)
- Valley of Fires National Recreation Area (BLM)
- Valles Caldera National Preserve (NFS, not on accompanying map)
- White Sands National Monument
- Wild Rivers National Recreation Area (BLM)
 New York National Parks - African Burial Ground National Monument, New York City
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Castle Clinton National Monument, New York City
- Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
- East Coast Memorial, New York City (ABMC)
- Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde Park
- Ellis Island National Monument, New York City
- Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
- Federal Hall National Memorial, New York City
- Fire Island National Seashore
- Fort Stanwix National Monument, Rome
- Gateway National Recreation Area
- General Grant National Memorial, New York City
- Governors Island National Monument, New York City
- Hamilton Grange National Memorial, New York City
- Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde Park
- Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, Albany
- Kate Mullany National Historic Site
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site, Manhattan
- Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Kinderhook
- Niagara Falls National Heritage Area
- North Country National Scenic Trail
- Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Oyster Bay
- Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site, Mount Vernon
- Saratoga National Historical Park, Stillwater
- Statue Of Liberty National Monument, New York City
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, New York City
- Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site, Buffalo
- Thomas Cole National Historic Site
- Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
- Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Hyde Park
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
- Women's Rights National Historical Park, Seneca Falls
 North Carolina National Parks  North Dakota National Parks - American Memorial Park, Saipan
- Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (USFWS)
 Oregon National Parks  Pennsylvania National Parks - Allegaheny National Recreation Area (USDA FS)
- Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Gallitzin
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
- Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
- Delaware National Scenic River
- Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- Deshler-Morris House, Philadelphia
- Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Philadelphia
- Eisenhower National Historic Site, Gettysburg
- Flight 93 National Memorial, Shanksville
- Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Farmington
- Friendship Hill National Historic Site, Point Marion
- Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg
- Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg
- Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site, Philadelphia
- Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Elverson
- Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia
- Johnstown Flood National Memorial, South Fork
- Lackawanna Heritage Valley
- Lower Delaware National Scenic River
- Middle Delaware National Scenic River
- National Constitution Center
- North Country National Scenic Trail
- Oil Region National Heritage Area
- Path of Progress National Heritage Tour Route
- Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
- Rivers Of Steel National Heritage Area
- Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area
- Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, Philadelphia
- Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
- Valley Forge National Historical Park, Valley Forge
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
 South Carolina National Parks  South Dakota National Parks  Tennessee National Parks  Texas National Parks  Utah National Parks  Virginia National Parks - Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Appomattox
- Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Arlington
- Arlington National Cemetery (DOD ARMY)
- Assateague Island National Seashore
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Booker T Washington National Monument, Hardy
- Cape Henry Memorial, Fort Story
- Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
- Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park, Middletown and Strasburg
- Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
- Claude Moore Colonial Farm, McLean
- Colonial National Historical Park, Jamestown and Yorktown
- Colonial Parkway, near Williamsburg
- Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
- Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg (Virginia)
- Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg (Virginia)
- George Washington Memorial Parkway
- George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Westmoreland County
- Great Falls Park, McLean
- Green Springs, Louisa County
- Jamestown National Historic Site, Jamestown
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, Arlington
- Maggie L Walker National Historic Site, Richmond
- Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas
- Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (USDA FS)
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
- Petersburg National Battlefield, Petersburg
- Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg
- Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
- Prince William Forest Park
- Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial
- Richmond National Battlefield Park, Richmond
- Shenandoah National Park
- Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
- Theodore Roosevelt Island Park, Arlington
- U.S. Air Force Memorial
- United States Marine Corps War Memorial
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
- Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Vienna
- Yorktown National Cemetery, Yorktown
- Yorktown Battlefield, Yorktown
 Washington National Parks - African American Civil War Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- Anacostia Park, Washington, D.C.
- Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Washington, D.C.
- Battleground National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- Capitol Hill Parks, Washington, D.C.
- Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, Washington, D.C.
- Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.
- Civil War Defenses of Washington, Washington, D.C.
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
- Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
- Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
- East Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.
- Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.
- Fort Dupont Park, Washington, D.C.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.
- George Mason Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- George Washington Memorial Parkway, Washington, D.C.
- John Ericsson National Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, D.C.
- Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, Washington, D.C.
- Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.
- Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C.
- National Japanese American Memorial To Patriotism During World War II, Washington, D.C.
- National Mall, Washington, D.C.
- National World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- Old Post Office Tower, Washington, D.C.
- Oxon Run Parkway, Washington, D.C.
- Peirce Mill, Washington, D.C.
- Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.
- Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
- President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home National Monument, Washington, D.C.
- President's Park (White House), Washington, D.C.
- Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, Washington, D.C.
- Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C.
- Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.
- Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
- Suitland Parkway, Washington, D.C.
- The Old Stone House, Washington, D.C.
- Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- United States Navy Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
- Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
- West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.
- White House, Washington, D.C.
- World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.
 West Virginia National Parks  Wyoming National Parks
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