List of areas in the United States National Park System:
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.
As of 2008, there are 391 "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 the 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.
Delaware is the only state without a unit of the National Park System. Units are also found in Washington, D.C., Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Puerto Rico.
Nearly all units managed by the National Park Service participate in the National Park Passport Stamps program.
[edit] National Parks
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| National Parks of the U.S. |
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina / Tennessee
As of 2006, there are 58 officially-designated National Parks in the United States and its dependent areas.
[edit] Disbanded National Parks
| Name |
Established |
Disbanded |
Result |
| Abraham Lincoln National Park |
July 17, 1916 |
August 11, 1939 |
redesignated Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site |
| Fort McHenry National Park |
March 3, 1925 |
August 11, 1939 |
redesignated, uniquely, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine |
| General Grant National Park |
October 1, 1890 |
March 4, 1940 |
incorporated into Kings Canyon National Park |
| Hawaii National Park |
August 1, 1916 |
September 13, 1960 |
divided into Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park |
| Mackinac National Park |
April 15, 1875 |
1895 |
now Mackinac Island State Park |
| Platt National Park |
June 29, 1906 |
March 17, 1976 |
now Chickasaw National Recreation Area |
| Sullys Hill National Park |
April 27, 1904 |
March 3, 1931 |
now Sullys Hill National Game Preserve (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) |
[edit] National Monuments
[edit] Decommissioned 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 |
December 7, 1908 |
August 3, 1950 |
Returned to United States Forest Service |
| Holy Cross National Monument |
May 11, 1929 |
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 |
[edit] National Preserves
[edit] National Historical Parks
There are 42 National Historical Parks:
[edit] National Historic Sites
The National Park Service administers most of the National Historic Sites. However, the U.S. Forest Service manages one, Grey Towers National Historic Site. There are at least 89 National Historic Sites:
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