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PictureYosemite National Park by Steven Skelley
USA National Parks
 
by Steven Skelley & Thomas Routzong 

The USA National Park system is made up of 398 areas covering more than 84 million acres. 

These areas include national parks, monuments, battlefields, military parks, historical parks, historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, recreation areas, scenic rivers and trails, and the White House.

More than 250,000,000 people visit our national parks each year!

Pick a park or site and enjoy your own adventure!



Alabama

Little River Canyon National Preserve 


Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail

Russell Cave National Monument


Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site 

Alaska

Alagnak Wild River National Park

Aniakchak National Monument

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Cape Krusenstern National Monument

Denali National Park and Preserve

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Katmai National Park and Preserve

Kenai Fjords National Park

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park-Klondike

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park-Seattle


Kobuk Valley National Park

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve

Noatak National Preserve

Sitka National Historical Park

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve

Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

Arizona

Canyon de Chelly National Monument


Casa Grande Ruins National Monument

Chiricahua National Monument

Coronado National Memorial.

Fort Bowie National Historic Site

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Grand Canyon National Park

Hohokam Pima National Monument

Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site

Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Montezuma Castle National Monument

Navajo National Monument

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

Petrified Forest National Park

Pipe Spring National Monument

Saguaro National Park

Sunset Crater National Monument

Tonto National Monument

Tumacacori National Historical Park

Tuzigoot National Monument

Walnut Canyon National Monument

Wupatki National Monument

Arkansas

Arkansas Post National Memorial
Buffalo National River

Fort Smith National Historic Site

Hot Springs National Park

Pea Ridge National Military Park 

California

Cabrillo National Monument 


Channel Islands National Park 

Death Valley National Park 

Devils Postpile National Monument

Fort Point National Historic Site 

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

John Muir National Monument

Joshua Tree National Park

Kings Canyon National Park 

Lassen Volcanic National Park 

Lava Beds National Monument 

Mojave National Preserve

Muir Woods National Monument

Pinnacles National Monument 


Point Reyes National Seashore 

Redwood National and State Parks

Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area 

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 

Whiskeytown Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area 

Yosemite National Park 

Colorado

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site


Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Colorado National Monument

Curecanti National Recreation Area

Dinosaur National Monument

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Hovenweep National Monument

Mesa Verde National Park 

Mesa Verde National Park Colorado (View pictures of cliff dwellings)


Rocky Mountain National Park

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site

Yucca House National Monument



Connecticut

Appalachian National Scenic Trail


Weir Farm National Historic Site

Delaware

Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River

District of Columbia

Constitution Gardens 


Ford's Theatre National Historic Site

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

Korean War Veterans Memorial

Lincoln Memorial, DC

Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

National Capital Parks

National Mall, DC

Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site

Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trai

Rock Creek Park

Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Washington Monument

White House

Florida

Big Cypress National Preserve


Biscayne National Park

Canaveral National Seashore

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

De Soto National Memorial

Dry Tortugas National Park

Everglades National Park

Fort Matanzas National Monument

Gulf Islands National Seashore

Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve 

Georgia

Andersonville National Historic Site 


Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

Cumberland Island National Seashore

Fort Frederica National Monument

Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

Ocmulgee National Monument 

Hawaii

Haleakala National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 

Kalaupapa National Historical Park

Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park

Pu'uhonua Honaunau National Historical Park

Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site

USS Arizona Memorial

Idaho

City of Rocks National Reserve


Craters of the Moon National Monument

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument

Nez Perce National Historical Park

Illinois

Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor

Lincoln Home National Historic Site 

Indiana

George Rogers Clark National Historical Park


Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

Iowa

Effigy Mounds National Monument

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site

Kansas

Fort Larned National Historic Site 


Fort Scott National Historic Site

Nicodemus National Historic Site

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Kentucky

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site


Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

Mammoth Cave National Park

Louisiana

Cane River Creole National Historical Park 


Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Poverty Point National Monument

Maine

Acadia National Park 


Roosevelt Campobello International Park

Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

Maryland

Antietam National Battlefield


Assateague Island National Seashore 

Catoctin Mountain Park Maryland

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Clara Barton National Historic Site Maryland

Fort Washington Park Maryland

Greenbelt Park Maryland

Hampton National Historic Site Maryland

Monocacy National Battlefield Maryland

Piscataway Park Maryland

Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Maryland

Thomas Stone National Historic Site Maryland 

Massachusetts

Adams National Historical Park


Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Boston African-American National Historic Site

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

Boston National Historical Park

Cape Cod National Seashore

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Longfellow National Historic Site

Lowell National Historical Park

Minute Man National Historical Park

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park

Salem Maritime National Historic Site 

Michigan

Father Marquette National Memorial St Ignace, MI


Isle Royale National Park

Keweenaw National Historical Park

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore 

Minnesota

Grand Portage National Monument


Mississippi National River and Recreation Area

Pipestone National Monument

Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

Voyageurs National Park 

Mississippi

Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site


Gulf Islands National Seashore 

Natchez National Historical Park

Tupelo National Battlefield

Vicksburg National Military Park 

Missouri

George Washington Carver National Monument


Harry S Truman National Historic Site

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

Ozark National Scenic Riverways

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

Wilson's Creek National Battlefield 

Montana

Big Hole National Battlefield


Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

Glacier National Park 

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

Nebraska

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument 


Homestead National Monument of America

Niobrara National Scenic River

Scotts Bluff National Monument

Nevada

Great Basin National Park 

Lake Mead National Recreation Area

New Hampshire

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

New Jersey

Edison National Historic Site


Gateway National Recreation Area

Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River

Morristown National Historical Park 

New Mexico

Aztec Ruins National Monument


Bandelier National Monument

Capulin Volcano National Monument

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

El Malpais National Monument

El Morro National Monument

Fort Union National Monument

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Pecos National Historical Park

Petroglyph National Monument

Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

White Sands National Monument 

New York

African Burial Ground National Monument


Castle Clinton National Monument

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

Federal Hall National Memorial

Fire Island National Seashore

Fort Stanwix National Monument

Gateway National Recreation Area

General Grant National Memorial 

Governor's Island National Monument  

Hamilton Grange National Memorial

Hyde Park

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site

Saratoga National Historical Park

Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island

Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site 

Women's Rights National Historical Park

North Carolina

Blue Ridge Parkway

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Cape Lookout National Seashore

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

Moores Creek National Battlefield

Wright Brothers National Memorial 

North Dakota

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site


Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site 


Theodore Roosevelt National Park 

Ohio

Cuyahoga Valley National Park


Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

First Ladies National Historic Site

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial

William Howard Taft National Historic Site 

Oklahoma

Chickasaw National Recreation Area 

Washita Battlefield National Historic Site 

Oregon

Crater Lake National Park


Fort Clatsop National Memorial

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Lewis & Clark National Historical Park

Oregon Caves National Monument 

Pennsylvania

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site


Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site

Eisenhower National Historic Site

Flight 93 National Memorial

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Gettysburg National Military Park

Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic Site

Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

Independence National Historical Park

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail

Steamtown National Historic Site

Valley Forge National Historical Park

Rhode Island

Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor

Roger Williams National Memorial

South Carolina

Charles Pinckney National Historic Site


Congaree National Park

Cowpens National Battlefield

Fort Sumter National Monument

Kings Mountain National Military Park

Ninety Six National Historic Site

South Dakota

Badlands National Park

Jewel Cave National Monument

Missouri National Recreational River

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Niobrara National Scenic River

Wind Cave National Park

Tennessee

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site


Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area

Fort Donelson National Battlefield

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Obed Wild and Scenic River

Shiloh National Military Park

Stones River National Battlefield

Texas

Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument


Amistad National Recreation Area

Big Bend National Park

Big Thicket National Preserve

Chamizal National Memorial

Fort Davis National Historic Site

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park

Padre Island National Seashore

Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

Utah

Arches National Park


Bryce Canyon National Park

Canyonlands National Park 

Capitol Reef National Park

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Golden Spike National Historic Site

Natural Bridges National Monument

Rainbow Bridge National Monument

Timpanogos Cave National Monument

Zion National Park

Vermont

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park


Virginia

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park 


Assateague Island National Seashore

Blue Ridge Parkway

Booker T. Washington National Monument

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

Colonial National Historical Park 

Fredericksburg Memorial National Military Park

George Washington Birthplace National Monument

George Washington Memorial Parkway

Jamestown National Historic Site

Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site

Manassas National Battlefield Park 

Petersburg National Battlefield

Prince William Forest Park

Richmond National Battlefield Park

Shenandoah National Park 

Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts

Washington State

Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve


Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

Lake Chelan National Recreation Area

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

Mount Rainier National Park

North Cascades National Park

Olympic National Park

Ross Lake National Recreation Area

San Juan Island National Historical Park

Whitman Mission National Historic Site 

West Virginia

Bluestone National Scenic River

Gauley River National Recreation Area

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

New River Gorge National River 

Wisconsin

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

Wyoming

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area 


Devils Tower National Monument

Fort Laramie National Historic Site

Fossil Butte National Monument

Grand Teton National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Article by Steven Skelley and Thomas Routzong. Copyright 2014 Sunny Harbor Publishing. Contact Us: PO Box 560318, Rockledge, Florida, 33956. Phone 321-446-7552. Email: SunnyHarborPublishing@yahoo.com

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