United States National Parks

The United States has an extensive series of national parks [1], monuments, historic 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 the National Forest Service (NFS) or Bureau of Land Management (BLM). If you're planning to visit NFS or BLM destinations, be aware that the "Park Pass" sold by the NPS to allow access to NPS parks does not apply to them, but an add-on pass covering NFS and BLM parks can be purchased for a small additional fee.

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Alabama

  • Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Dadeville
  • Little River Canyon National Preserve
  • Natchez Trace Parkway
  • Russell Cave National Monument
  • Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail
  • Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
  • Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Tuskegee
  • Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, Tuskegee
Alaska National Parks
Alaska National Parks

Alaska



American Samoa

Arizona National Parks
Arizona National Parks

Arizona

  • Agua Fria National Monument, north of Phoenix (note: BLM)
  • 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
  • Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
  • Grand Canyon National Park
  • Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument, adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park (note: BLM)
  • Hohokam Pima National Monument, Coolidge
  • Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Ganado
  • Ironwood Forest National Monument, Casa Grande (note: BLM)
  • Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
  • Lake Mead National Recreation Area
  • Montezuma Castle National Monument, Camp Verde
  • Navajo National Monument
  • Old Spanish National Historic Trail
  • Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
  • Parashant National Monument
  • Petrified Forest National Park
  • Pipe Spring National Monument, Fredonia
  • Saguaro National Park
  • Sonoran Desert National Monument, south of Phoenix (note: BLM)
  • Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
  • Tonto National Monument, Roosevelt
  • Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tumacacori
  • Tuzigoot National Monument, Clarkdale
  • Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Page (note: BLM)
  • Walnut Canyon National Monument, Flagstaff
  • Wupatki National Monument

Arkansas

California National Parks
California National Parks

California

Colorado National Parks
Colorado National Parks

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

There are currently no National Park Service units in Delaware.

Florida National Parks
Florida National Parks

Florida

Georgia

  • Andersonville National Historic Site, Andersonville
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail
  • 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, Savannah
  • 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

Guam

  • War In The Pacific National Historical Park, Guam
Hawaii National Parks
Hawaii National Parks

Hawaii

Idaho National Parks
Idaho National Parks

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

  • Brown V Board Of Education National Historic Site, Topeka
  • California National Historic Trail
  • Fort Larned National Historic Site, Larned
  • Fort Scott National Historic Site, Fort Scott
  • Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
  • Nicodemus National Historic Site, Nicodemus
  • Oregon National Historic Trail
  • Pony Express National Historic Trail
  • Santa Fe National Historic Trail
  • Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Strong City

Kentucky

Louisiana

  • Cane River National Heritage Area, Natchitoches
  • Cane River Creole National Historical Park, Natchitoches
  • Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
  • New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, New Orleans
  • Poverty Point National Monument, Epps

Maine

Maryland

  • Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg
  • Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail
  • Assateague Island National Seashore
  • Baltimore-Washington Parkway
  • 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
  • Suitland Parkway, Prince George's County
  • Thomas Stone National Historic Site, Port Tobacco
Massachusetts National Parks
Massachusetts National Parks

Massachusetts

  • 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
  • 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
  • Westfield Wild and Scenic River

Michigan

Minnesota

  • Grand Portage National Monument
  • Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
  • North Country National Scenic Trail
  • Pipestone National Monument, Pipestone
  • Voyageurs National Park

Mississippi

Missouri

  • California National Historic Trail
  • George Washington Carver National Monument, Diamond
  • Harry S Truman National Historic Site, Independence and Grandview
  • Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis
  • Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
  • Oregon National Historic Trail
  • Ozark National Scenic Riverways
  • Pony Express National Historic Trail
  • Santa Fe National Historic Trail
  • Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
  • Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site, St. Louis
  • Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Republic
Montana National Parks
Montana National Parks

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada National Parks
Nevada National Parks

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico National Parks
New Mexico National Parks

New Mexico

New York National Parks
New York National Parks

New York

North Carolina National Parks
North Carolina National Parks

North Carolina

North Dakota National Parks
North Dakota National Parks

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

  • Chickasaw National Recreation Area
  • Fort Smith National Historic Site, Fort Smith
  • Oklahoma City National Memorial, Oklahoma City
  • Santa Fe National Historic Trail
  • Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
  • Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, Cheyenne
Oregon National Parks
Oregon National Parks

Oregon

Pennsylvania National Parks
Pennsylvania National Parks

Pennsylvania

  • Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Gallitzin
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail
  • 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
  • North Country National Scenic Trail
  • Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
  • Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton
  • Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, Philadelphia
  • Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
  • Valley Forge National Historical Park, Valley Forge

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

  • Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
  • Roger Williams National Memorial, Providence
  • Touro Synagogue National Historic Site, Newport
South Carolina National Parks
South Carolina National Parks

South Carolina

  • Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, Mt. Pleasant
  • Congaree National Park
  • Cowpens National Battlefield, Chesnee
  • Fort Moultrie National Monument, Sullivan's Island
  • Fort Sumter National Monument, Charleston
  • Kings Mountain National Military Park, Blacksburg
  • Ninety Six National Historic Site, Ninety Six
  • Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
South Dakota National Parks
South Dakota National Parks

South Dakota

Tennessee National Parks
Tennessee National Parks

Tennessee

Texas National Parks
Texas National Parks

Texas

  • Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, Fritch
  • Amistad National Recreation Area
  • Big Bend National Park
  • Big Thicket National Preserve
  • Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso
  • El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
  • Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis
  • Guadalupe Mountains National Park
  • Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
  • Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park, Johnson City
  • Padre Island National Seashore
  • Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site, Brownsville
  • Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
  • San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, San Antonio
Utah National Parks
Utah National Parks

Utah

Vermont

Virgin Islands

  • Buck Island Reef National Monument, Christiansted
  • Christiansted National Historic Site, Christiansted
  • Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve, Christiansted
  • Virgin Islands National Park
  • Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument (see Virgin Islands National Park)
Virginia National Parks
Virginia National Parks

Virginia

  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail
  • Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Appomattox
  • Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Arlington
  • Assateague Island National Seashore
  • Blue Ridge Parkway
  • Booker T Washington National Monument, Hardy
  • Cape Henry Memorial, Fort Story
  • 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
  • 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
  • Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
  • Petersburg National Battlefield, Petersburg
  • Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg
  • Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
  • Prince William Forest Park
  • Richmond National Battlefield Park, Richmond
  • Shenandoah National Park
  • Theodore Roosevelt Island Park, Arlington
  • Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Vienna
  • Yorktown National Cemetery, Yorktown
  • Yorktown Battlefield, Yorktown
Washington National Parks
Washington National Parks

Washington

Washington (D.C.)

West Virginia National Parks
West Virginia National Parks

West Virginia

  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail
  • Bluestone National Scenic River
  • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
  • Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
  • Gauley River National Recreation Area
  • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry
  • New River Gorge National River

Wisconsin

  • Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
  • Ice Age National Scenic Trail
  • North Country National Scenic Trail
  • Saint Croix National Scenic River
Wyoming National Parks
Wyoming National Parks

Wyoming





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