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United States National Parks

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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 (USDA FS), Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) or Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 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 all sites managed by these organizations.

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

American Samoa

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

There are currently no National Park Service units in Delaware.

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

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

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

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

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

Oregon

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

  • Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, Mount Pleasant (South Carolina)
  • 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

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virgin Islands

Virginia

Washington

Washington, D.C.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

This page was last edited at 21:46, on 7 December 2008 by Ryan Holliday. Based on work by Stefan Ertmann, Stacy Hall, Peter Fitzgerald, David, Nick Roux, Todd VerBeek, Bill Johnson, Mcdav, Tom Holland and Jordan Mills, Wikitravel user(s) Alan.robertson, Cacahuate and Jake73, Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel and others.