U. S. National Parks Factbook
Contents by designation
434 park entries · 20 designations
“National park” is one designation among many. Explore monuments, historic sites, seashores, battlefields, and other places by their official type.
434 entries
National Parks
64- Acadia National ParkMaine
- Arches National ParkUtah
- Badlands National ParkSouth Dakota
- Big Bend National ParkTexas
- Biscayne National ParkFlorida
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National ParkColorado
- Bryce Canyon National ParkUtah
- Canyonlands National ParkUtah
- Capitol Reef National ParkUtah
- Carlsbad Caverns National ParkNew Mexico
- Channel Islands National ParkCalifornia
- Chiricahua National ParkArizona
- Congaree National ParkSouth Carolina
- Crater Lake National ParkOregon
- Cuyahoga Valley National ParkOhio
- Death Valley National ParkCalifornia and Nevada
- Denali National ParkAlaska
- Dry Tortugas National ParkFlorida
- Everglades National ParkFlorida
- Gates of the Arctic National ParkAlaska
- Gateway Arch National ParkMissouri and Illinois
- Glacier Bay National ParkAlaska
- Glacier National ParkMontana
- Grand Canyon National ParkArizona
- Grand Teton National ParkWyoming
- Great Basin National ParkNevada
- Great Sand Dunes National ParkColorado
- Great Smoky Mountains National ParkNorth Carolina and Tennessee
- Guadalupe Mountains National ParkTexas
- Haleakalā National ParkHawaii
- Hawai'i Volcanoes National ParkHawaii
- Hot Springs National ParkArkansas
- Indiana Dunes National ParkIndiana
- Isle Royale National ParkMichigan
- Joshua Tree National ParkCalifornia
- Katmai National ParkAlaska
- Kenai Fjords National ParkAlaska
- Kings Canyon National ParkCalifornia
- Kobuk Valley National ParkAlaska
- Lake Clark National ParkAlaska
- Lassen Volcanic National ParkCalifornia
- Mammoth Cave National ParkKentucky
- Mesa Verde National ParkColorado
- Mount Rainier National ParkWashington
- National Park of American SamoaAmerican Samoa
- New River Gorge National Park and PreserveWest Virginia
- North Cascades National ParkWashington
- Olympic National ParkWashington
- Petrified Forest National ParkArizona
- Pinnacles National ParkCalifornia
- Redwood National ParkCalifornia
- Rocky Mountain National ParkColorado
- Saguaro National ParkArizona
- Sequoia National ParkCalifornia
- Shenandoah National ParkVirginia
- Theodore Roosevelt National ParkNorth Dakota
- Virgin Islands National ParkVirgin Islands
- Voyageurs National ParkMinnesota
- White Sands National ParkNew Mexico
- Wind Cave National ParkSouth Dakota
- Wrangell-St. Elias National ParkAlaska
- Yellowstone National ParkIdaho, Montana, and Wyoming
- Yosemite National ParkCalifornia
- Zion National ParkUtah
National Monuments
86- African Burial Ground National MonumentNew York
- Agate Fossil Beds National MonumentNebraska
- Alibates Flint Quarries National MonumentTexas
- Aniakchak National MonumentAlaska
- Aztec Ruins National MonumentNew Mexico
- Bandelier National MonumentNew Mexico
- Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National MonumentDistrict of Columbia
- Birmingham Civil Rights National MonumentAlabama
- Booker T. Washington National MonumentVirginia
- Buck Island Reef National MonumentVirgin Islands
- Cabrillo National MonumentCalifornia
- Camp Nelson National MonumentKentucky
- Canyon de Chelly National MonumentArizona
- Cape Krusenstern National MonumentAlaska
- Capulin Volcano National MonumentNew Mexico
- Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National MonumentPennsylvania
- Casa Grande Ruins National MonumentArizona
- Castillo de San Marcos National MonumentFlorida
- Castle Clinton National MonumentNew York
- Castle Mountains National MonumentCalifornia
- Cedar Breaks National MonumentUtah
- César E. Chávez National MonumentCalifornia
- Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National MonumentOhio
- Colorado National MonumentColorado
- Craters of the Moon National MonumentIdaho
- Devils Postpile National MonumentCalifornia
- Devils Tower National MonumentWyoming
- Dinosaur National MonumentColorado and Utah
- Effigy Mounds National MonumentIowa
- El Malpais National MonumentNew Mexico
- El Morro National MonumentNew Mexico
- Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National MonumentIllinois and Mississippi
- Florissant Fossil Beds National MonumentColorado
- Fort Frederica National MonumentGeorgia
- Fort Matanzas National MonumentFlorida
- Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic ShrineMaryland
- Fort Monroe National MonumentVirginia
- Fort Pulaski National MonumentGeorgia
- Fort Stanwix National MonumentNew York
- Fort Union National MonumentNew Mexico
- Fossil Butte National MonumentWyoming
- Frances Perkins National MonumentMaine
- Freedom Riders National MonumentAlabama
- George Washington Birthplace National MonumentVirginia
- George Washington Carver National MonumentMissouri
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National MonumentNew Mexico
- Governors Island National MonumentNew York
- Grand Portage National MonumentMinnesota
- Hagerman Fossil Beds National MonumentIdaho
- Hohokam Pima National MonumentArizona
- Hovenweep National MonumentColorado and Utah
- Jewel Cave National MonumentSouth Dakota
- John Day Fossil Beds National MonumentOregon
- Katahdin Woods and Waters National MonumentMaine
- Lava Beds National MonumentCalifornia
- Little Bighorn Battlefield National MonumentMontana
- Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National MonumentMississippi
- Mill Springs Battlefield National MonumentKentucky
- Montezuma Castle National MonumentArizona
- Muir Woods National MonumentCalifornia
- Natural Bridges National MonumentUtah
- Navajo National MonumentArizona
- Oregon Caves National Monument and PreserveOregon
- Organ Pipe Cactus National MonumentArizona
- Petroglyph National MonumentNew Mexico
- Pipe Spring National MonumentArizona
- Pipestone National MonumentMinnesota
- Poverty Point National MonumentLouisiana
- Rainbow Bridge National MonumentUtah
- Russell Cave National MonumentAlabama
- Salinas Pueblo Missions National MonumentNew Mexico
- Scotts Bluff National MonumentNebraska
- Springfield 1908 Race Riot National MonumentIllinois
- Statue of Liberty National MonumentNew Jersey and New York
- Stonewall National MonumentNew York
- Sunset Crater Volcano National MonumentArizona
- Timpanogos Cave National MonumentUtah
- Tonto National MonumentArizona
- Tule Lake National MonumentCalifornia
- Tule Springs Fossil Beds National MonumentNevada
- Tuzigoot National MonumentArizona
- Virgin Islands Coral Reef National MonumentVirgin Islands
- Waco Mammoth National MonumentTexas
- Walnut Canyon National MonumentArizona
- Wupatki National MonumentArizona
- Yucca House National MonumentColorado
National Historical Parks
64- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical ParkKentucky
- Adams National Historical ParkMassachusetts
- Appomattox Court House National Historical ParkVirginia
- Blackstone River Valley National Historical ParkRhode Island
- Boston National Historical ParkMassachusetts
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historical ParkKansas
- Cane River Creole National Historical ParkLouisiana
- Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical ParkVirginia
- Chaco Culture National Historical ParkNew Mexico
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical ParkDistrict of Columbia, Maryland, and West Virginia
- Colonial National Historical ParkVirginia
- Cumberland Gap National Historical ParkKentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia
- Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical ParkOhio
- First State National Historical ParkDelaware
- Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical ParkSouth Carolina
- George Rogers Clark National Historical ParkIndiana
- Golden Spike National Historical ParkUtah
- Harpers Ferry National Historical ParkMaryland, Virginia, and West Virginia
- Harriet Tubman National Historical ParkNew York
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical ParkMaryland
- Homestead National Historical ParkNebraska
- Hopewell Culture National Historical ParkOhio
- Independence National Historical ParkPennsylvania
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and PreserveLouisiana
- Jimmy Carter National Historical ParkGeorgia
- Kalaupapa National Historical ParkHawaii
- Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical ParkHawaii
- Keweenaw National Historical ParkMichigan
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical ParkAlaska and Washington
- Lewis and Clark National Historical ParkOregon and Washington
- Lowell National Historical ParkMassachusetts
- Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical ParkTexas
- Manhattan Project National Historical ParkNew Mexico, Tennessee, and Washington
- Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical ParkVermont
- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical ParkGeorgia
- Minute Man National Historical ParkMassachusetts
- Morristown National Historical ParkNew Jersey
- Natchez National Historical ParkMississippi
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical ParkMassachusetts
- New Orleans Jazz National Historical ParkLouisiana
- Nez Perce National Historical ParkIdaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington
- Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical ParkGeorgia
- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical ParkTexas
- Paterson Great Falls National Historical ParkNew Jersey
- Pecos National Historical ParkNew Mexico
- Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical ParkHawaii
- Pullman National Historical ParkIllinois
- Reconstruction Era National Historical ParkSouth Carolina
- Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical ParkCalifornia
- Saint-Gaudens National Historical ParkNew Hampshire
- Salem Maritime National Historical ParkMassachusetts
- Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological PreserveVirgin Islands
- San Antonio Missions National Historical ParkTexas
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical ParkCalifornia
- San Juan Island National Historical ParkWashington
- Saratoga National Historical ParkNew York
- Sitka National Historical ParkAlaska
- Ste. Genevieve National Historical ParkMissouri
- Thomas Edison National Historical ParkNew Jersey
- Tumacacori National Historical ParkArizona
- Valley Forge National Historical ParkPennsylvania
- War in the Pacific National Historical ParkGuam
- Weir Farm National Historical ParkConnecticut
- Women's Rights National Historical ParkNew York
National Historic Sites
75- Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic SitePennsylvania
- Amache National Historic SiteColorado
- Andersonville National Historic SiteGeorgia
- Andrew Johnson National Historic SiteTennessee
- Bent's Old Fort National Historic SiteColorado
- Blackwell School National Historic SiteTexas
- Boston African American National Historic SiteMassachusetts
- Carl Sandburg Home National Historic SiteNorth Carolina
- Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic SiteDistrict of Columbia
- Charles Pinckney National Historic SiteSouth Carolina
- Christiansted National Historic SiteVirgin Islands
- Clara Barton National Historic SiteMaryland
- Edgar Allan Poe National Historic SitePennsylvania
- Eisenhower National Historic SitePennsylvania
- Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic SiteNew York
- Eugene O'Neill National Historic SiteCalifornia
- First Ladies National Historic SiteOhio
- Ford's Theatre National Historic SiteDistrict of Columbia
- Fort Bowie National Historic SiteArizona
- Fort Davis National Historic SiteTexas
- Fort Laramie National Historic SiteWyoming
- Fort Larned National Historic SiteKansas
- Fort Point National Historic SiteCalifornia
- Fort Raleigh National Historic SiteNorth Carolina
- Fort Scott National Historic SiteKansas
- Fort Smith National Historic SiteArkansas and Oklahoma
- Fort Union Trading Post National Historic SiteMontana and North Dakota
- Fort Vancouver National Historic SiteWashington
- Frederick Douglass National Historic SiteDistrict of Columbia
- Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic SiteMassachusetts
- Friendship Hill National Historic SitePennsylvania
- Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic SiteMontana
- Hampton National Historic SiteMaryland
- Harry S Truman National Historic SiteMissouri
- Herbert Hoover National Historic SiteIowa
- Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic SiteNew York
- Honouliuli National Historic SiteHawaii
- Hopewell Furnace National Historic SitePennsylvania
- Hubbell Trading Post National Historic SiteArizona
- James A. Garfield National Historic SiteOhio
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic SiteMassachusetts
- John Muir National Historic SiteCalifornia
- Knife River Indian Villages National Historic SiteNorth Dakota
- Lincoln Home National Historic SiteIllinois
- Little Rock Central High School National Historic SiteArkansas
- Longfellow - Washington's Headquarters National Historic SiteMassachusetts
- Maggie L. Walker National Historic SiteVirginia
- Manzanar National Historic SiteCalifornia
- Martin Van Buren National Historic SiteNew York
- Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic SiteDistrict of Columbia
- Minidoka National Historic SiteIdaho
- Minuteman Missile National Historic SiteSouth Dakota
- New Philadelphia National Historic SiteIllinois
- Nicodemus National Historic SiteKansas
- Ninety Six National Historic SiteSouth Carolina
- Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic SiteDistrict of Columbia
- President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic SiteArkansas
- Pu'ukoholā Heiau National Historic SiteHawaii
- Sagamore Hill National Historic SiteNew York
- Saint Paul's Church National Historic SiteNew York
- San Juan National Historic SitePuerto Rico
- Sand Creek Massacre National Historic SiteColorado
- Saugus Iron Works National Historic SiteMassachusetts
- Springfield Armory National Historic SiteMassachusetts
- Steamtown National Historic SitePennsylvania
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic SiteNew York
- Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic SiteNew York
- Thomas Stone National Historic SiteMaryland
- Tuskegee Airmen National Historic SiteAlabama
- Tuskegee Institute National Historic SiteAlabama
- Ulysses S. Grant National Historic SiteMissouri
- Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic SiteNew York
- Washita Battlefield National Historic SiteOklahoma
- Whitman Mission National Historic SiteWashington
- William Howard Taft National Historic SiteOhio
National Military Parks
9- Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military ParkGeorgia and Tennessee
- Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military ParkVirginia
- Gettysburg National Military ParkPennsylvania
- Guilford Courthouse National Military ParkNorth Carolina
- Horseshoe Bend National Military ParkAlabama
- Kings Mountain National Military ParkSouth Carolina
- Pea Ridge National Military ParkArkansas
- Shiloh National Military ParkTennessee
- Vicksburg National Military ParkLouisiana and Mississippi
National Battlefields
11- Antietam National BattlefieldMaryland
- Big Hole National BattlefieldMontana
- Cowpens National BattlefieldSouth Carolina
- Fort Donelson National BattlefieldKentucky and Tennessee
- Fort Necessity National BattlefieldPennsylvania
- Monocacy National BattlefieldMaryland
- Moores Creek National BattlefieldNorth Carolina
- Petersburg National BattlefieldVirginia
- Stones River National BattlefieldTennessee
- Tupelo National BattlefieldMississippi
- Wilson's Creek National BattlefieldMissouri
National Battlefield Parks
4National Battlefield Sites
1National Memorials
32- Arkansas Post National MemorialArkansas
- Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee MemorialVirginia
- Chamizal National MemorialTexas
- Coronado National MemorialArizona
- De Soto National MemorialFlorida
- Desert Shield and Desert Storm MemorialDistrict of Columbia
- Dwight D. Eisenhower MemorialDistrict of Columbia
- Federal Hall National MemorialNew York
- Flight 93 National MemorialPennsylvania
- Fort Caroline National MemorialFlorida
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt MemorialDistrict of Columbia
- General Grant National MemorialNew York
- Hamilton Grange National MemorialNew York
- Johnstown Flood National MemorialPennsylvania
- Korean War Veterans MemorialDistrict of Columbia
- Lincoln Boyhood National MemorialIndiana
- Lincoln MemorialDistrict of Columbia
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the PotomacDistrict of Columbia
- Martin Luther King, Jr. MemorialDistrict of Columbia
- Mount Rushmore National MemorialSouth Dakota
- Pearl Harbor National MemorialHawaii
- Perry's Victory and International Peace MemorialOhio
- Port Chicago Naval Magazine National MemorialCalifornia
- Roger Williams National MemorialRhode Island
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko National MemorialPennsylvania
- Theodore Roosevelt IslandDistrict of Columbia
- Thomas Jefferson MemorialDistrict of Columbia
- Vietnam Veterans MemorialDistrict of Columbia
- Washington MonumentDistrict of Columbia
- World War I MemorialDistrict of Columbia
- World War II MemorialDistrict of Columbia
- Wright Brothers National MemorialNorth Carolina
National Seashores
10- Assateague Island National SeashoreMaryland and Virginia
- Canaveral National SeashoreFlorida
- Cape Cod National SeashoreMassachusetts
- Cape Hatteras National SeashoreNorth Carolina
- Cape Lookout National SeashoreNorth Carolina
- Cumberland Island National SeashoreGeorgia
- Fire Island National SeashoreNew York
- Gulf Islands National SeashoreFlorida and Mississippi
- Padre Island National SeashoreTexas
- Point Reyes National SeashoreCalifornia
National Lakeshores
3National Preserves
19- Aniakchak National PreserveAlaska
- Bering Land Bridge National PreserveAlaska
- Big Cypress National PreserveFlorida
- Big Thicket National PreserveTexas
- Craters of the Moon National PreserveIdaho
- Denali National PreserveAlaska
- Gates of the Arctic National PreserveAlaska
- Glacier Bay National PreserveAlaska
- Great Sand Dunes National PreserveColorado
- Katmai National PreserveAlaska
- Lake Clark National PreserveAlaska
- Little River Canyon National PreserveAlabama
- Mojave National PreserveCalifornia
- Noatak National PreserveAlaska
- Tallgrass Prairie National PreserveKansas
- Timucuan Ecological and Historic PreserveFlorida
- Valles Caldera National PreserveNew Mexico
- Wrangell-St. Elias National PreserveAlaska
- Yukon-Charley Rivers National PreserveAlaska
National Reserves
2National Recreation Areas
18- Amistad National Recreation AreaTexas
- Bighorn Canyon National Recreation AreaMontana and Wyoming
- Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation AreaMassachusetts
- Chattahoochee River National Recreation AreaGeorgia
- Chickasaw National Recreation AreaOklahoma
- Curecanti National Recreation AreaColorado
- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation AreaNew Jersey and Pennsylvania
- Gateway National Recreation AreaNew Jersey and New York
- Gauley River National Recreation AreaWest Virginia
- Glen Canyon National Recreation AreaArizona and Utah
- Golden Gate National Recreation AreaCalifornia
- Lake Chelan National Recreation AreaWashington
- Lake Mead National Recreation AreaArizona and Nevada
- Lake Meredith National Recreation AreaTexas
- Lake Roosevelt National Recreation AreaWashington
- Ross Lake National Recreation AreaWashington
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaCalifornia
- Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation AreaCalifornia
National Rivers
4National Wild and Scenic Rivers
10- Alagnak Wild RiverAlaska
- Bluestone National Scenic RiverWest Virginia
- Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational RiverNew Jersey
- Middle Delaware National Scenic River
- Missouri National Recreational RiverNebraska and South Dakota
- Niobrara National Scenic RiverNebraska
- Obed Wild and Scenic RiverTennessee
- Rio Grande Wild and Scenic RiverTexas
- Saint Croix National Scenic RiverwayMinnesota and Wisconsin
- Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational RiverNew York and Pennsylvania
National Scenic Trails
6- Appalachian National Scenic TrailMaine to Georgia (14 states)
- Ice Age National Scenic TrailWisconsin
- Natchez Trace National Scenic TrailAlabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee
- New England National Scenic TrailMassachusetts to Connecticut
- North Country National Scenic TrailVermont to North Dakota (8 states)
- Potomac Heritage National Scenic TrailDistrict of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
National Parkways
4International Historic Sites
1Other Designations
11- Catoctin Mountain ParkMaryland
- Constitution GardensDistrict of Columbia
- Fort Washington ParkMaryland
- Greenbelt ParkMaryland
- National Capital Parks - EastDistrict of Columbia
- National Mall and Memorial ParksDistrict of Columbia
- Piscataway ParkMaryland
- Prince William Forest ParkVirginia
- Rock Creek ParkDistrict of Columbia
- The White House and President's ParkDistrict of Columbia
- Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing ArtsVirginia
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