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The National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service. This includes all areas designated National Parks and most National Monuments, as well as several other types of protected areas of the United States.
As of 2007, there are 391 "units" of the National Park System. However, this number is somewhat misleading. For example: Denali National Park and Preserve is counted as two units, whereas Fort Moultrie National Monument is not counted as a unit because it is considered a feature of Fort Sumter National Monument.
In addition to areas of the National Park System, the National Park Service also provides technical and financial assistance to several "affiliated areas" authorized by Congress. Affiliated areas are marked on the lists below.
The National Register of Historic Places is administered by the Park Service (with nearly 79,000 entries) and automatically includes all National Park System areas designated due to their historic significance. This includes all National Historical Parks/Historic Sites, National Battlefields/Military Parks, National Memorials, and some National Monuments.
Delaware is the only state without a unit of the park system. Units are also found in Washington, D.C., Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
Nearly all units managed by the National Park Service participate in the National Park Passport Stamps program.
[edit] National Parks
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National Parks of the U.S. |
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
North Cascades National Park, Washington
Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina / Tennessee
Arches National Park, Utah
Everglades National Park, Florida
As of 2006, there are 58 officially-designated National Parks in the United States and its dependent areas.
[edit] Disbanded National Parks
Name |
Established |
Disbanded |
Result |
Abraham Lincoln National Park |
July 17, 1916 |
August 11, 1939 |
redesignated Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site |
Fort McHenry National Park |
March 3, 1925 |
August 11, 1939 |
redesignated, uniquely, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine |
Hawaii National Park |
August 1, 1916 |
September 13, 1960 |
divided into Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park |
Mackinac National Park |
April 15, 1875 |
1895 |
now Mackinac Island State Park |
Platt National Park |
June 29, 1906 |
March 17, 1976 |
now Chickasaw National Recreation Area |
Sullys Hill National Park |
April 27, 1904 |
March 3, 1931 |
now Sullys Hill National Game Preserve (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) |
[edit] National Monuments
Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming
Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York
Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
Muir Woods National Monument, California
[edit] Decommissioned National Monuments
Name |
Established |
Disbanded |
Result |
Papago Saguaro National Monument |
January 31, 1914 |
April 7, 1930 |
Transferred to Arizona |
Lewis and Clark Cavern National Monument |
May 11, 1908 |
August 24, 1937 |
Transferred to Montana |
Father Millet Cross National Monument |
August 10, 1933 |
September 7, 1949 |
Transferred to New York |
Wheeler National Monument |
December 7, 1908 |
August 3, 1950 |
Returned to United States Forest Service |
Holy Cross National Monument |
May 11, 1929 |
August 3, 1950 |
Returned to United States Forest Service |
Shoshone Cavern National Monument |
September 21, 1909 |
May 17, 1954 |
Transferred to Cody, Wyoming. |
Old Kasaan National Monument |
October 25, 1916 |
July 26, 1955 |
Transferred to United States Forest Service |
Castle Pinckney National Monument |
August 10, 1933 |
March 29, 1956 |
Transferred to South Carolina |
Verendrye National Monument |
June 29, 1917 |
July 30, 1956 |
Transferred to North Dakota |
Fossil Cycad National Monument |
October 21, 1922 |
August 1, 1956 |
Transferred to Bureau of Land Management |
[edit] National Preserves
Little River Canyon National Preserve
[edit] National Historical Parks
Independence National Historical Park
There are 42 National Historical Parks:
[edit] National Historic Sites
There are 89 National Historic Sites:
Harry S Truman National Historic Site
[edit] Disbanded National Historic Sites
[edit] Proposed National Historic Sites
[edit] International Historic Site
[edit] National Battlefield Parks
[edit] National Military Parks
Shiloh National Military Park
[edit] National Battlefields
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
[edit] National Battlefield Site
[edit] National Memorials
There are 44 National Memorials:
Oklahoma City National Memorial
Name |
Location |
AIDS Memorial Grove National Memorial (affiliated area) |
California |
African American Civil War Memorial (affiliated area) |
Washington, D.C. |
American Memorial Park (affiliated area) |
Northern Mariana Islands |
Arkansas Post National Memorial |
Arkansas |
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial |
Virginia |
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial (affiliated area) |
Pennsylvania |
Cape Henry Memorial (affiliated area) |
Virginia |
Chamizal National Memorial |
Texas |
Coronado National Memorial |
Arizona |
David Berger National Memorial (affiliated area) |
Ohio |
De Soto National Memorial |
Florida |
Father Marquette National Memorial (affiliated area) |
Michigan |
Federal Hall National Memorial |
New York |
Flight 93 National Memorial |
Pennsylvania |
Fort Caroline National Memorial |
Florida |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial |
Washington, D.C. |
General Grant National Memorial |
New York |
George Mason Memorial (affiliated area) |
Washington, D.C. |
Hamilton Grange National Memorial |
New York |
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial |
Missouri |
John Ericsson National Memorial (affiliated area) |
Washington, D.C. |
Johnstown Flood National Memorial |
Pennsylvania |
Korean War Veterans Memorial |
Washington, D.C. |
Lincoln Memorial |
Washington, D.C. |
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial |
Indiana |
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac |
Washington, D.C. |
Mount Rushmore National Memorial |
South Dakota |
National Japanese American Memorial To Patriotism During World War II (affiliated area) |
Washington, D.C. |
National World War II Memorial |
Washington, D.C. |
Oklahoma City National Memorial (affiliated area) |
Oklahoma |
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial |
Ohio |
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial (affiliated area) |
California |
Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial (affiliated area) |
Virginia |
Roger Williams National Memorial |
Rhode Island |
Space Mirror Memorial |
Florida |
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial |
Pennsylvania |
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial |
Washington, D.C. |
Thomas Jefferson Memorial |
Washington, D.C. |
United States Navy Memorial (affiliated area) |
Washington, D.C. |
United States Marine Corps War Memorial (affiliated area) |
Virginia |
USS Arizona Memorial |
Hawaii |
Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
Washington, D.C. |
Washington Monument |
Washington, D.C. |
World War II Memorial |
Washington, D.C. |
Wright Brothers National Memorial |
North Carolina |
[edit] Disbanded National Memorials
[edit] Proposed National Memorials
[edit] National Recreation Areas
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
[edit] Disbanded National Recreation Areas
Name |
Established |
Disbanded |
Result |
Cuyahoga Valley National Rec. Area |
December 27, 1974 |
October 11, 2000 |
redesignated Cuyahoga Valley National Park. |
Shasta Lake Recreation Area |
May 22, 1945 |
July 1, 1948 |
transferred to Forest Service. |
Lake Texoma Recreation Area |
April 18, 1946 |
June 30, 1949 |
returned to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. |
Millerton Lake Recreation Area |
May 22, 1945 |
November 1, 1957 |
transferred to state of California. |
Flaming Gorge Recreation Area |
July 22, 1963 |
October 1, 1968 |
transferred to Forest Service. |
Shadow Mountain Recreation Area |
June 27, 1952 |
March 1, 1979 |
transferred to Forest Service. |
[edit] National Seashores
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
[edit] National Lakeshores
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
There are four National Lakeshores, located in Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
[edit] National Rivers
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Below are the National Rivers (and similar designations) administered as distinct units of the National Park System. There are also some National Wild and Scenic Rivers managed as part of the parks through which they flow. Others are administered by the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and various state or local agencies.
[edit] National Reserves
City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho, USA
[edit] Parkways
Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia / North Carolina
Name |
Location |
Baltimore-Washington Parkway (affiliated area) |
Maryland, Washington, D.C. |
Blue Ridge Parkway |
Virginia, North Carolina |
Colonial Parkway (part of Colonial National Historical Park) |
Virginia |
George Washington Memorial Parkway (In 1989, the Maryland and DC portions of the Parkway were renamed Clara Barton Parkway to overcome motorist confusion).
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Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C. |
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway |
Wyoming |
Natchez Trace Parkway |
Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee |
Oxon Run Parkway (affiliated area) |
Washington, D.C. |
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway (affiliated area) |
Washington, D.C. |
Suitland Parkway (affiliated area) |
Maryland |
[edit] National Historic and Scenic Trails
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
These National Park Service trails are part of the larger National Trails System. Only 3 of the trails are considered official units of the Park system.
[edit] National Cemeteries
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Most National Cemeteries are administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, although a few are managed by the National Park Service and the U.S. Army. None of the cemeteries are considered official units of the system; they are all affiliated with other parks.
[edit] Transferred National Cemeteries
[edit] National Heritage Areas
The National Park Service provides limited assistance to National Heritage Areas, but does not administer them.
[edit] Other NPS Protected Areas and Administrative Groups
There are also various administrative groups of listed parks, such as Manhattan Sites, National Parks of New York Harbor, and Western Arctic National Parklands. The NPS also owns conservation easements (but not the land itself) for part of the area called the Green Springs National Historic Landmark District.
[edit] Disbanded Other Areas
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links