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List of areas in the United States National Park System

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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.

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As of 2006, there are 390 "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.

National Parks

As of 2005, there are 58 officially-designated National Parks in the United States and its dependent areas.

Park State or Territory Year Area (acres)
Acadia Maine 1916 46,854
American Samoa American Samoa 1988 9,000
Arches Utah 1971 76,519
Badlands South Dakota 1978 242,756
Big Bend Texas 1944 801,163
Biscayne Florida 1980 172,924
Black Canyon of the Gunnison Colorado 1999 32,950
Bryce Canyon Utah 1928 35,835
Canyonlands Utah 1964 337,598
Capitol Reef Utah 1971 241,904
Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico 1930 46,766
Channel Islands California 1980 249,561
Congaree South Carolina 2003 22,200
Crater Lake Oregon 1902 183,224
Cuyahoga Valley Ohio 2000 32,861
Death Valley California 1994 3,372,402
Denali Alaska 1971 6,075,030
Dry Tortugas Florida 1992 64,701
Everglades Florida 1947 1,508,538
Gates of the Arctic Alaska 1980 8,472,506
Glacier Montana 1910 1,013,572
Glacier Bay Alaska 1980 3,283,246
Grand Canyon Arizona 1919 1,217,403
Grand Teton Wyoming 1929 309,995
Great Basin Nevada 1986 77,180
Great Sand Dunes Colorado 2004 42,000
Great Smoky Mountains North Carolina, Tennessee 1934 521,776
Guadalupe Mountains Texas 1966 86,416
Haleakala Hawaii 1916 29,094
Hawaii Volcanoes Hawaii 1916 323,431
Hot Springs Arkansas 1921 5,550
Isle Royale Michigan 1940 571,790
Joshua Tree California 1994 789,866
Katmai Alaska 1980 4,093,229
Kenai Fjords Alaska 1980 669,983
Kings Canyon California 1940 865,952
Kobuk Valley Alaska 1980 1,750,717
Lake Clark Alaska 1980 4,030,025
Lassen Volcanic California 1914 106,372
Mammoth Cave Kentucky 1941 52,830
Mesa Verde Colorado 1906 52,122
Mount Rainier Washington 1899 235,625
North Cascades Washington 1968 504,781
Olympic Washington 1938 922,651
Petrified Forest Arizona 1962 93,533
Redwood California 1968 112,512
Rocky Mountain Colorado 1915 265,828
Saguaro Arizona 1994 91,440
Sequoia California 1890 865,952
Shenandoah Virginia 1935 199,045
Theodore Roosevelt North Dakota 1978 70,448
Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands 1956 14,689
Voyageurs Minnesota 1975 218,200
Wind Cave South Dakota 1903 28,295
Wrangell-St. Elias Alaska 1980 13,175,901
Yellowstone Idaho, Montana, Wyoming 1872 2,219,791
Yosemite California 1890 761,266
Zion Utah 1919 146,598

Disbanded National Parks

National Monuments

Name Location Date
African Burial Ground Lower Manhattan February 27, 2006
Agate Fossil Beds Harrison, Nebraska June 14, 1997
Alibates Flint Quarries Amarillo, Texas 1965
Aniakchak King Salmon, Alaska December 1, 1978
Aztec Ruins Aztec, New Mexico January 24, 1923
Bandelier Santa Fe, New Mexico February 11, 1916
Booker T. Washington Rocky Mount, Virginia April 2, 1956
Buck Island Reef Christiansted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands December 28, 1961
Cabrillo San Diego, California October 14, 1913
Canyon de Chelly Flagstaff, Arizona April 1, 1931
Cape Krusenstern Kotzebue, Alaska December 1, 1978
Capulin Volcano Raton, New Mexico August 9, 1916
Casa Grande Ruins Phoenix, Arizona March 2, 1889
Castillo de San Marcos St. Augustine, Florida October 15, 1924
Castle Clinton New York, New York August 12, 1946
Cedar Breaks Cedar City, Utah August 22, 1933
Chiricahua Willcox, Arizona 1924
Colorado Grand Junction, Colorado May 24, 1911
Craters of the Moon Arco, Idaho May 2, 1924
Custer Crow Agency, Montana January 28, 1879
Devils Postpile Mammoth Lakes, California July 6, 1911
Devils Tower Rapid City, South Dakota September 24, 1906
Dinosaur Vernal, Utah October 4, 1915
Effigy Mounds Marquette, Iowa October 25, 1949
El Malpais Grants, New Mexico December 31, 1987
El Morro Ramah, New Mexico December 8, 1906
Ellis Island Jersey City, New Jersey October 15, 1924
Florissant Fossil Beds Florissant, Colorado August 20, 1969
Fort Frederica Brunswick, Georgia May 26, 1936
Fort Matanzas St. Augustine, Florida October 15, 1924
Fort McHenry Baltimore, Maryland March 3, 1925
Fort Moultrie Sullivan's Island, South Carolina 1948
Fort Pulaski Savannah, Georgia January 1, 1924
Fort Stanwix Rome, New York August 21, 1935
Fort Sumter Charleston, South Carolina 1948
Fort Union Santa Fe, New Mexico April 5, 1956
Fossil Butte Kemmerer, Wyoming October 23, 1972
George Washington Birthplace Colonial Beach, Virginia January 23, 1930
George Washington Carver Diamon, Missouri July 14, 1943
Gila Cliff Dwellings Silver City, New Mexico November 16, 1907
Governors Island New York, New York January 19, 2001
Grand Canyon-Parashant Las Vegas, Nevada January 11, 2000
Grand Portage Duluth, Minnesota January 27, 1960
Hagerman Fossil Beds Hamerman, Idaho November 18, 1988
Hohokam Pima Phoenix, Arizona October 21, 1972
Homestead Beatrice, Nebraska March 19, 1936
Hovenweep Cortez, Colorado March 2, 1923
Jewel Cave Rapid City, South Dakota February 7, 1908
John Day Fossil Beds Kimberly, Oregon October 26, 1974
Lava Beds Klamath Falls, Oregon November 21, 1925
Little Bighorn Battlefield Crow Agency, Montana January 29, 1879
Minidoka Internment Eden, Idaho January 17, 2001
Montezuma Castle Camp Verde, Arizona December 1906
Muir Woods San Francisco, California January 9, 1908
Natural Bridges Blanding, Utah April 16, 1908
Navajo Flagstaff, Arizona March 20, 1909
Ocmulgee Macon, Georgia December 23, 1936
Oregon Caves Cave Junction, Oregon 1909
Organ Pipe Cactus Ajo, Arizona April 13, 1937
Petroglyph Albuquerque, New Mexico June 27, 1990
Pinnacles Soledad, California January 16, 1908
Pipe Spring Fredonia, Arizona May 31, 1923
Pipestone Pipestone, Minnesota August 25, 1937
Poverty Point Epps, Louisiana October 31, 1988
Rainbow Bridge Page, Arizona May 30, 1910
Russell Cave Bridgeport, Alabama May 11, 1961
Salinas Pueblo Missions Mountainair, New Mexico 1980
Scotts Bluff Gering, Nebraska December 12, 1919
Statue of Liberty Jersey City, New Jersey October 15, 1924
Sunset Crater Volcano Flagstaff, Arizona May 26, 1930
Timpanogos Cave American Fork, Utah October 14, 1922
Tonto Phoenix, Arizona October 21, 1907
Tuzigoot Camp Verde, Arizona July 25, 1939
Virgin Islands Coral Reef St. John, Virgin Islands January 17, 2001
Walnut Canyon Flagstaff, Arizona November 30, 1915
White Sands Alamogordo, New Mexico July 25, 1933
Wupatki Flagstaff, Arizona December 9, 1924
Yucca House Cortez, Colorado December 19, 1919

Disbanded 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 August 10, 1933 August 3, 1950 Returned to United States Forest Service
Holy Cross National Monument August 10, 1933 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

National Preserves

National Historical Parks

National Historic Sites

Disbanded National Historic Sites

Proposed National Historic Sites

National Battlefield Parks

National Military Parks

National Battlefields

National Battlefield Site

National Memorials

Disbanded National Memorials

Proposed National Memorials

National Recreation Areas

Disbanded National Recreation Areas

National Seashores

National Lakeshores

National Rivers

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.

National Reserves

Parkways

National Historic and Scenic Trails

These National Park Service trails are part of the larger National Trails System.

National Cemeteries

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.

Transferred National Cemeteries

National Heritage Areas

See: U.S. National Heritage Areas

The National Park Service provides limited assistance to National Heritage Areas, but does not administer them.

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.

Disbanded Other Areas

See also

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