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.
Nearly all units managed by the National Park Service participate in the national park passport stamps program.
As of 2006, there are 58 officially-designated National Parks in the United States and its dependent areas.
Name |
Location |
Acadia National Park |
Maine |
National Park of American Samoa |
American Samoa |
Arches National Park |
Utah |
Badlands National Park |
South Dakota |
Big Bend National Park |
Texas |
Biscayne National Park |
Florida |
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park |
Colorado |
Bryce Canyon National Park |
Utah |
Canyonlands National Park |
Utah |
Capitol Reef National Park |
Utah |
Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
New Mexico |
Channel Islands National Park |
California |
Congaree National Park |
South Carolina |
Crater Lake National Park |
Oregon |
Cuyahoga Valley National Park |
Ohio |
Death Valley National Park |
California, Nevada |
Denali National Park and Preserve |
Alaska |
Dry Tortugas National Park |
Florida |
Everglades National Park |
Florida |
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve |
Alaska |
Glacier National Park (part of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park) |
Montana/ Alberta |
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve |
Alaska |
Grand Canyon National Park |
Arizona |
Grand Teton National Park |
Wyoming |
Great Basin National Park |
Nevada |
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve |
Colorado |
Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
North Carolina, Tennessee |
Guadalupe Mountains National Park |
Texas |
Haleakala National Park |
Hawaii |
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park |
Hawaii |
Hot Springs National Park |
Arkansas |
Isle Royale National Park |
Michigan |
Joshua Tree National Park |
California |
Katmai National Park and Preserve |
Alaska |
Kenai Fjords National Park |
Alaska |
Kings Canyon National Park |
California |
Kobuk Valley National Park |
Alaska |
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve |
Alaska |
Lassen Volcanic National Park |
California |
Mammoth Cave National Park |
Kentucky |
Mesa Verde National Park |
Colorado |
Mount Rainier National Park |
Washington |
North Cascades National Park |
Washington |
Olympic National Park |
Washington |
Petrified Forest National Park |
Arizona |
Redwood National and State Parks |
California |
Rocky Mountain National Park |
Colorado |
Saguaro National Park |
Arizona |
Sequoia National Park |
California |
Shenandoah National Park |
Virginia |
Theodore Roosevelt National Park |
North Dakota |
Virgin Islands National Park |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
Voyageurs National Park |
Minnesota |
Wind Cave National Park |
South Dakota |
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve |
Alaska |
Yellowstone National Park |
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming |
Yosemite National Park |
California |
Zion National Park |
Utah |
Name |
Location |
African Burial Ground National Monument |
New York |
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument |
Nebraska |
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument |
Texas |
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve |
Alaska |
Aztec Ruins National Monument |
New Mexico |
Bandelier National Monument |
New Mexico |
Booker T. Washington National Monument |
Virginia |
Buck Island Reef National Monument |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
Cabrillo National Monument |
California |
Canyon de Chelly National Monument |
Arizona |
Cape Krusenstern National Monument |
Alaska |
Capulin Volcano National Monument |
New Mexico |
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument |
Arizona |
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument |
Florida |
Castle Clinton National Monument |
New York |
Cedar Breaks National Monument |
Utah |
Chiricahua National Monument |
Arizona |
Colorado National Monument |
Colorado |
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve |
Idaho |
Devils Postpile National Monument |
California |
Devils Tower National Monument |
Wyoming |
Dinosaur National Monument |
Utah |
Effigy Mounds National Monument |
Iowa |
El Malpais National Monument |
New Mexico |
El Morro National Monument |
New Mexico |
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument |
Colorado |
Fort Frederica National Monument |
Georgia |
Fort Matanzas National Monument |
Florida |
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine |
Maryland |
Fort Moultrie National Monument |
South Carolina |
Fort Pulaski National Monument |
Georgia |
Fort Stanwix National Monument |
New York |
Fort Sumter National Monument |
South Carolina |
Fort Union National Monument |
New Mexico |
Fossil Butte National Monument |
Wyoming |
George Washington Birthplace National Monument |
Virginia |
George Washington Carver National Monument |
Missouri |
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument |
New Mexico |
Governors Island National Monument |
New York |
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument |
Nevada |
Grand Portage National Monument |
Minnesota |
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument |
Idaho |
Hohokam Pima National Monument |
Arizona |
Homestead National Monument of America |
Nebraska |
Hovenweep National Monument |
Colorado |
Jewel Cave National Monument |
South Dakota |
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument |
Oregon |
Lava Beds National Monument |
California |
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument |
Montana |
Minidoka Internment National Monument |
Idaho |
Montezuma Castle National Monument |
Arizona |
Muir Woods National Monument |
California |
Natural Bridges National Monument |
Utah |
Navajo National Monument |
Arizona |
Ocmulgee National Monument |
Georgia |
Oregon Caves National Monument |
Oregon |
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument |
Arizona |
Petroglyph National Monument |
New Mexico |
Pinnacles National Monument |
California |
Pipe Spring National Monument |
Arizona |
Pipestone National Monument |
Minnesota |
Poverty Point National Monument |
Louisiana |
Rainbow Bridge National Monument |
Arizona |
Russell Cave National Monument |
Alabama |
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument |
New Mexico |
Scotts Bluff National Monument |
Nebraska |
Statue of Liberty National Monument
|
New York and New Jersey |
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument |
Arizona |
Timpanogos Cave National Monument |
Utah |
Tonto National Monument |
Arizona |
Tuzigoot National Monument |
Arizona |
Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
Walnut Canyon National Monument |
Arizona |
White Sands National Monument |
New Mexico |
Wupatki National Monument |
Arizona |
Yucca House National Monument |
Colorado |
Name |
Location |
Adams National Historical Park |
Massachusetts |
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park |
Virginia |
Boston National Historical Park |
Massachusetts |
Cane River Creole National Historical Park |
Louisiana |
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park |
Virginia |
Chaco Culture National Historical Park |
New Mexico |
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park |
Maryland |
Colonial National Historical Park
- Cape Henry Memorial
- Colonial Parkway
- Jamestown National Historic Site (affiliated area)
- Yorktown Battlefield
- Yorktown National Cemetery
|
Virginia |
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park |
Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia |
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park |
Ohio |
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park |
Indiana |
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |
West Virginia |
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park |
Pennsylvania |
Independence National Historical Park
- Benjamin Franklin National Memorial (affiliated area)
- Deshler-Morris House
- Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic Site (affiliated area)
- Independence Hall
- National Constitution Centre
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
|
Pennsylvania |
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
- Chalmette National Cemetery
|
Louisiana |
Kalaupapa National Historical Park |
Hawaii |
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park |
Hawaii |
Keweenaw National Historical Park |
Michigan |
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park |
Alaska, Washington |
Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks
|
Oregon, Washington |
Lowell National Historical Park |
Massachusetts |
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park |
Texas |
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park |
Vermont |
Minute Man National Historical Park |
Massachusetts |
Morristown National Historical Park |
New Jersey |
Natchez National Historical Park |
Mississippi |
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park |
Massachusetts |
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park |
Louisiana |
Nez Perce National Historical Park |
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington |
Pecos National Historical Park |
New Mexico |
Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park |
Hawaii |
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park |
California |
Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park |
Texas |
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park |
California |
San Juan Island National Historical Park |
Washington |
Saratoga National Historical Park |
New York |
Sitka National Historical Park |
Alaska |
Tumacácori National Historical Park |
Arizona |
Valley Forge National Historical Park |
Pennsylvania |
War in the Pacific National Historical Park |
Guam |
Women's Rights National Historical Park |
New York |
Name |
Location |
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site |
Kentucky |
Aleutian World War II National Historic Area (affiliated area) |
Alaska |
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site |
Pennsylvania |
Andersonville National Historic Site
- Andersonville National Cemetery
|
Georgia |
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
- Andrew Johnson National Cemetery
|
Tennessee |
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site |
Colorado |
Boston African American National Historic Site |
Massachusetts |
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site |
Kansas |
Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site (affiliated area) |
South Carolina |
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site |
North Carolina |
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site |
Washington, D.C. |
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site |
South Carolina |
Chicago Portage National Historic Site (affiliated area) |
Illinois |
Chimney Rock National Historic Site (affiliated area) |
Nebraska |
Christiansted National Historic Site |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
Clara Barton National Historic Site |
Maryland |
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site |
Pennsylvania |
Edison National Historic Site |
New Jersey |
Eisenhower National Historic Site |
Pennsylvania |
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site |
New York |
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site |
California |
First Ladies National Historic Site |
Ohio |
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site |
Washington, D.C. |
Fort Bowie National Historic Site |
Arizona |
Fort Davis National Historic Site |
Texas |
Fort Laramie National Historic Site |
Wyoming |
Fort Larned National Historic Site |
Kansas |
Fort Point National Historic Site |
California |
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site |
North Carolina |
Fort Scott National Historic Site |
Kansas |
Fort Smith National Historic Site |
Arkansas |
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site |
North Dakota |
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site |
Washington |
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site |
Washington, D.C. |
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site |
Massachusetts |
Friendship Hill National Historic Site |
Pennsylvania |
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic Site (affiliated area) |
Pennsylvania |
Golden Spike National Historic Site |
Utah |
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site |
Montana |
Hampton National Historic Site |
Maryland |
Harry S Truman National Historic Site |
Missouri |
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site |
Iowa |
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site |
New York |
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site |
Pennsylvania |
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site |
Arizona |
James A. Garfield National Historic Site |
Ohio |
Jamestown National Historic Site (affiliated area) |
Virginia |
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site |
Georgia |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site |
Massachusetts |
John Muir National Historic Site |
California |
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site |
North Dakota |
Lincoln Home National Historic Site |
Illinois |
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site |
Arkansas |
Longfellow National Historic Site |
Massachusetts |
Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site (affiliated area) |
New York |
McLoughlin House National Historic Site (affiliated area) |
Oregon |
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site |
Virginia |
Manzanar National Historic Site |
California |
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site |
Georgia |
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site |
New York |
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site |
Washington, D.C. |
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site |
South Dakota |
Nicodemus National Historic Site |
Kansas |
Ninety Six National Historic Site |
South Carolina |
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site |
Texas |
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site |
Washington, D.C. |
Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site |
Hawaii |
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site |
New York |
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site |
Maine/ New Brunswick |
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site |
New York |
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site |
New Hampshire |
Salem Maritime National Historic Site |
Massachusetts |
San Juan National Historic Site |
Puerto Rico |
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site |
Massachusetts |
Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site (affiliated area) |
Washington, D.C. |
Springfield Armory National Historic Site |
Massachusetts |
Steamtown National Historic Site |
Pennsylvania |
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site |
New York |
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site |
New York |
Thomas Cole National Historic Site (affiliated area) |
New York |
Thomas Stone National Historic Site |
Maryland |
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site (affiliated area) |
Rhode Island |
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site |
Alabama |
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site |
Alabama |
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site |
Missouri |
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site |
New York |
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site |
Oklahoma |
Weir Farm National Historic Site |
Connecticut |
Whitman Mission National Historic Site |
Washington |
William Howard Taft National Historic Site |
Ohio |
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 |
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. |
Wright Brothers National Memorial |
North Carolina |
Name |
Location |
Amistad National Recreation Area |
Texas |
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area |
Kentucky, Tennessee |
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area |
Montana, Wyoming |
Boston Harbour Islands National Recreation Area |
Massachusetts |
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area |
Georgia |
Chickasaw National Recreation Area |
Oklahoma |
Curecanti National Recreation Area |
Colorado |
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- Middle Delaware National Scenic River
|
New Jersey, Pennsylvania |
Gateway National Recreation Area |
New York, New Jersey |
Gauley River National Recreation Area |
West Virginia |
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area |
Utah, Arizona |
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
- Alcatraz Island
- Presidio of San Francisco
|
California |
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area |
Washington |
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
- Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
|
Nevada, Arizona |
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area |
Texas |
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area |
Washington |
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area |
Minnesota |
Ross Lake National Recreation Area |
Washington |
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area |
California |
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area |
California |
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.
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.
Name |
Location |
Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail |
Hawaii |
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (one of the 390 official units) |
Maine - Georgia |
California National Historic Trail |
Missouri - California |
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail |
New Mexico |
Ice Age National Scenic Trail |
Wisconsin |
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail |
Arizona - California |
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail |
Missouri - Oregon |
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail |
Missouri - Utah |
Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail (one of the 390 official units) |
Mississippi - Tennessee |
North Country National Scenic Trail |
New York - North Dakota |
Old Spanish National Historic Trail |
New Mexico - California |
Oregon National Historic Trail |
Missouri - Oregon |
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail |
Virginia - Tennessee - North Carolina - South Carolina |
Pony Express National Historic Trail |
Missouri - California |
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (one of the 390 official units) |
Virginia - Maryland - Pennsylvania - Washington, D.C. |
Santa Fe National Historic Trail |
Missouri - New Mexico |
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail |
Alabama |
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail |
Tennessee - Oklahoma |
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.
The National Park Service provides limited assistance to National Heritage Areas, but does not administer them.
There are also various administrative groups of listed parks, such as Manhattan Sites, National Parks of New York Harbour, 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.