# 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. The collection includes all national parks and most national monuments, as well as several other types of protected areas of the United States.
As of December 2024, there are 433 units of the National Park System. However, this number is somewhat misleading. For example, Denali National Park and Preserve is counted as two units, since the same name applies to a national park and an adjacent national preserve. Yet Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve is counted as one unit, despite its double designation. Counting methodology is typically based on the language of a park's authorizing legislation.
Although the designations generally reflect sites' features, all units of the system are considered administratively equal and with few exceptions the designations themselves do not define their level of protection. Each site has a management plan consistent with its ecological, historic, and recreational resources and its enabling legislation.
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.
National Park System units are found in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. The territory of the Northern Mariana Islands has an affiliated area but not an official NPS unit.
Nearly all units managed by the National Park Service participate in the National Park Passport Stamps program.

## National parks

There are 63 officially designated national parks in the United States and its dependent areas, as of 2021. The national parks are considered the "crown jewels" of the system and are typically larger than other areas, including a variety of significant ecological and geological resources.
| Name | Location | Year established | Area (2024) | Area (2024) |
| Name | Location | Year established | Acres | km$^2$ |
| Acadia National Park | Maine | 1919 | 49,076.65 | 198.6062 |
| National Park of American Samoa | American Samoa | 1988 | 8,256.67 | 33.4136 |
| Arches National Park | Utah | 1971 | 76,678.98 | 310.3088 |
| Badlands National Park | South Dakota | 1978 | 242,742.90 | 982.3457 |
| Big Bend National Park | Texas | 1944 | 801,163.21 | 3,242.1925 |
| Biscayne National Park | Florida | 1980 | 172,971.11 | 699.9892 |
| Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park | Colorado | 1999 | 30,779.83 | 124.5616 |
| Bryce Canyon National Park | Utah | 1928 | 35,835.08 | 145.0194 |
| Canyonlands National Park | Utah | 1964 | 337,597.83 | 1,366.2099 |
| Capitol Reef National Park | Utah | 1971 | 241,904.50 | 978.9528 |
| Carlsbad Caverns National Park | New Mexico | 1930 | 46,766.45 | 189.2571 |
| Channel Islands National Park | California | 1980 | 249,561.00 | 1,009.9375 |
| Congaree National Park | South Carolina | 2003 | 26,692.60 | 108.0211 |
| Crater Lake National Park | Oregon | 1902 | 183,224.05 | 741.4814 |
| Cuyahoga Valley National Park | Ohio | 2000 | 32,597.08 | 131.9157 |
| Death Valley National Park | California, Nevada | 1994 | 3,408,445.63 | 13,793.4901 |
| Denali National Park | Alaska | 1917 | 4,740,911.16 | 19,185.7868 |
| Dry Tortugas National Park | Florida | 1992 | 64,701.22 | 261.8365 |
| Everglades National Park | Florida | 1947 | 1,508,938.57 | 6,106.4577 |
| Gates of the Arctic National Park | Alaska | 1980 | 7,523,897.45 | 30,448.1327 |
| Gateway Arch National Park | Missouri | 2018 | 192.83 | 0.7804 |
| Glacier National Park (part of Waterton–Glacier International Peace Park) | Montana | 1910 | 1,013,126.39 | 4,099.9770 |
| Glacier Bay National Park | Alaska | 1980 | 3,223,383.43 | 13,044.5699 |
| Grand Canyon National Park | Arizona | 1919 | 1,201,647.03 | 4,862.8930 |
| Grand Teton National Park | Wyoming | 1929 | 310,044.36 | 1,254.7050 |
| Great Basin National Park | Nevada | 1986 | 77,180.00 | 312.3364 |
| Great Sand Dunes National Park | Colorado | 2004 | 107,336.95 | 434.3772 |
| Great Smoky Mountains National Park | North Carolina, Tennessee | 1934 | 522,426.88 | 2,114.1866 |
| Guadalupe Mountains National Park | Texas | 1966 | 86,367.10 | 349.5153 |
| Haleakalā National Park | Hawaii | 1916 | 33,488.98 | 135.5251 |
| Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | Hawaii | 1916 | 344,812.18 | 1,395.4054 |
| Hot Springs National Park | Arkansas | 1921 | 5,554.15 | 22.4768 |
| Indiana Dunes National Park | Indiana | 2019 | 16,034.14 | 64.8879 |
| Isle Royale National Park | Michigan | 1940 | 571,790.30 | 2,313.9532 |
| Joshua Tree National Park | California | 1994 | 795,155.85 | 3,217.8816 |
| Katmai National Park | Alaska | 1980 | 3,674,529.33 | 14,870.2926 |
| Kenai Fjords National Park | Alaska | 1980 | 669,650.05 | 2,709.9776 |
| Kings Canyon National Park | California | 1940 | 461,901.37 | 1,869.2485 |
| Kobuk Valley National Park | Alaska | 1980 | 1,750,716.16 | 7,084.8969 |
| Lake Clark National Park | Alaska | 1980 | 2,619,816.49 | 10,602.0212 |
| Lassen Volcanic National Park | California | 1916 | 106,589.02 | 431.3505 |
| Mammoth Cave National Park | Kentucky | 1941 | 72,041.73 | 291.5425 |
| Mesa Verde National Park | Colorado | 1906 | 52,485.17 | 212.3999 |
| Mount Rainier National Park | Washington | 1899 | 236,381.64 | 956.6026 |
| New River Gorge National Park and Preserve | West Virginia | 2020 | 72,390.91 | 292.9556 |
| North Cascades National Park | Washington | 1968 | 504,780.94 | 2,042.7760 |
| Olympic National Park | Washington | 1938 | 923,046.46 | 3,735.4365 |
| Petrified Forest National Park | Arizona | 1962 | 221,390.21 | 895.9344 |
| Pinnacles National Park | California | 2013 | 26,685.73 | 107.9933 |
| Redwood National and State Parks | California | 1968 | 139,090.97 | 562.8812 |
| Rocky Mountain National Park | Colorado | 1915 | 265,917.74 | 1,076.1309 |
| Saguaro National Park | Arizona | 1994 | 92,799.77 | 375.5473 |
| Sequoia National Park | California | 1890 | 404,062.63 | 1,635.1834 |
| Shenandoah National Park | Virginia | 1935 | 200,445.92 | 811.1759 |
| Theodore Roosevelt National Park | North Dakota | 1978 | 70,446.89 | 285.0884 |
| Virgin Islands National Park | U.S. Virgin Islands | 1956 | 15,041.03 | 60.8689 |
| Voyageurs National Park | Minnesota | 1975 | 218,223.25 | 883.1182 |
| White Sands National Park | New Mexico | 2019 | 146,344.31 | 592.2344 |
| Wind Cave National Park | South Dakota | 1903 | 33,970.84 | 137.4751 |
| Wrangell–St. Elias National Park | Alaska | 1980 | 8,323,146.48 | 33,682.5788 |
| Yellowstone National Park | Idaho, Montana, Wyoming | 1872 | 2,219,790.71 | 8,983.1743 |
| Yosemite National Park | California | 1890 | 761,747.50 | 3,082.6828 |
| Zion National Park | Utah | 1919 | 147,242.66 | 595.8699 |

### Former national parks

| Name | Established | Disbanded | Result |
| Abraham Lincoln National Park | July 17, 1916 | August 11, 1939 | Redesignated as Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park |
| Fort McHenry National Park | March 3, 1925 | August 11, 1939 | Redesignated under the unique designation of 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 | March 2, 1895 | Transferred to Michigan; now operated as Mackinac Island State Park |
| Platt National Park | June 29, 1906 | March 17, 1976 | Incorporated with Arbuckle Recreation Area and redesignated Chickasaw National Recreation Area |
| Rock Creek Park | September 27, 1890 | August 10, 1933 | Incorporated into National Capital Parks |
| Sullys Hill National Park | April 27, 1904 | March 3, 1931 | Transferred to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; now operated as White Horse Hill National Game Preserve |

## National monuments

There are 138 national monuments, 89 of which are administered by the NPS and are listed below. Of these, 87 (all except Grand Canyon-Parashant and Avi Kwa Ame) are NPS official units. The remaining 49 monuments are administered by five other federal agencies. Three, Grand Canyon–Parashant, Craters of the Moon, and Avi Kwa Ame National Monuments, are jointly administered by the NPS and the Bureau of Land Management, and Tule Lake National Monument is joint with the Fish and Wildlife Service. National monuments are typically smaller and protect just one or few major resources. They include both natural and historical sites and can be established by the president under the Antiquities Act. 34 former national monuments have been redesignated or incorporated into national parks.
| Name | Location | Area |
| African Burial Ground National Monument | New York | 0.35 acres (0.0014 km$^2$) |
| Agate Fossil Beds National Monument | Nebraska | 3,057.87 acres (12.3748 km$^2$) |
| Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument | Texas | 1,370.97 acres (5.5481 km$^2$) |
| Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve | Alaska | 137,176.00 acres (555.1316 km$^2$) |
| Avi Kwa Ame National Monument (not an official NPS unit) | Nevada | NPS manages roughly 50,000 acres (200 km$^2$) of 506,814 acres (2,051.00 km$^2$) |
| Aztec Ruins National Monument | New Mexico | 318.40 acres (1.2885 km$^2$) |
| Bandelier National Monument | New Mexico | 33,676.67 acres (136.2846 km$^2$) |
| Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument | District of Columbia | 0.34 acres (0.0014 km$^2$) |
| Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument | Alabama | 18.25 acres (0.0739 km$^2$) |
| Booker T. Washington National Monument | Virginia | 239.01 acres (0.9672 km$^2$) |
| Buck Island Reef National Monument | U.S. Virgin Islands | 19,015.47 acres (76.9529 km$^2$) |
| Cabrillo National Monument | California | 159.94 acres (0.6473 km$^2$) |
| Camp Nelson National Monument | Kentucky | 464.97 acres (1.8817 km$^2$) |
| Canyon de Chelly National Monument | Arizona | 83,840.00 acres (339.2884 km$^2$) |
| Cape Krusenstern National Monument | Alaska | 649,096.15 acres (2,626.7989 km$^2$) |
| Capulin Volcano National Monument | New Mexico | 792.84 acres (3.2085 km$^2$) |
| Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument | Pennsylvania | 24.50 acres (0.0991 km$^2$) |
| Casa Grande Ruins National Monument | Arizona | 472.50 acres (1.9121 km$^2$) |
| Castillo de San Marcos National Monument | Florida | 19.38 acres (0.0784 km$^2$) |
| Castle Clinton National Monument | New York | 1.00 acre (0.0040 km$^2$) |
| Castle Mountains National Monument | California | 21,025.50 acres (85.0872 km$^2$) |
| Cedar Breaks National Monument | Utah | 6,154.60 acres (24.9068 km$^2$) |
| César E. Chávez National Monument | California | 116.56 acres (0.4717 km$^2$) |
| Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument | Ohio | 59.66 acres (0.2414 km$^2$) |
| Chiricahua National Monument | Arizona | 12,024.73 acres (48.6624 km$^2$) |
| Colorado National Monument | Colorado | 20,536.39 acres (83.1078 km$^2$) |
| Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve | Idaho | 53,437.64 acres (216.2545 km$^2$) |
| Devils Postpile National Monument | California | 800.19 acres (3.2383 km$^2$) |
| Devils Tower National Monument | Wyoming | 1,347.21 acres (5.4520 km$^2$) |
| Dinosaur National Monument | Utah, Colorado | 210,281.92 acres (850.9807 km$^2$) |
| Effigy Mounds National Monument | Iowa | 2,526.39 acres (10.2239 km$^2$) |
| El Malpais National Monument | New Mexico | 114,346.99 acres (462.7459 km$^2$) |
| El Morro National Monument | New Mexico | 1,278.72 acres (5.1748 km$^2$) |
| Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument | Illinois, Mississippi | 5.70 acres (0.0231 km$^2$) |
| Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument | Colorado | 6,278.09 acres (25.4065 km$^2$) |
| Fort Frederica National Monument | Georgia | 305.34 acres (1.2357 km$^2$) |
| Fort Matanzas National Monument | Florida | 300.11 acres (1.2145 km$^2$) |
| Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine | Maryland | 43.26 acres (0.1751 km$^2$) |
| Fort Monroe National Monument | Virginia | 367.12 acres (1.4857 km$^2$) |
| Fort Pulaski National Monument | Georgia | 5,623.10 acres (22.7559 km$^2$) |
| Fort Stanwix National Monument | New York | 15.52 acres (0.0628 km$^2$) |
| Fort Union National Monument | New Mexico | 720.60 acres (2.9162 km$^2$) |
| Fossil Butte National Monument | Wyoming | 8,198.00 acres (33.1761 km$^2$) |
| Frances Perkins National Monument | Maine | 57.00 acres (0.2307 km$^2$) |
| Freedom Riders National Monument | Alabama | 7.83 acres (0.0317 km$^2$) |
| George Washington Birthplace National Monument | Virginia | 654.19 acres (2.6474 km$^2$) |
| George Washington Carver National Monument | Missouri | 240.00 acres (0.9712 km$^2$) |
| Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument | New Mexico | 533.13 acres (2.1575 km$^2$) |
| Governors Island National Monument | New York | 22.91 acres (0.0927 km$^2$) |
| Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument (not an official NPS unit) | Arizona | NPS manages 208,453 acres (843.58 km$^2$) of 1,048,325 acres (4,242.42 km$^2$) |
| Grand Portage National Monument | Minnesota | 709.97 acres (2.8731 km$^2$) |
| Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument | Idaho | 4,351.15 acres (17.6085 km$^2$) |
| Hohokam Pima National Monument | Arizona | 1,690.00 acres (6.8392 km$^2$) |
| Hovenweep National Monument | Colorado, Utah | 784.93 acres (3.1765 km$^2$) |
| Jewel Cave National Monument | South Dakota | 1,273.51 acres (5.1537 km$^2$) |
| John Day Fossil Beds National Monument | Oregon | 14,062.19 acres (56.9077 km$^2$) |
| Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument | Maine | 87,564.27 acres (354.3600 km$^2$) |
| Lava Beds National Monument | California | 46,692.42 acres (188.9575 km$^2$) |
| Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument | Montana | 765.34 acres (3.0972 km$^2$) |
| Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument | Mississippi | 0.74 acres (0.0030 km$^2$) |
| Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument | Kentucky | 1,455.31 acres (5.8894 km$^2$) |
| Montezuma Castle National Monument | Arizona | 1,015.52 acres (4.1097 km$^2$) |
| Muir Woods National Monument | California | 553.55 acres (2.2401 km$^2$) |
| Natural Bridges National Monument | Utah | 7,636.49 acres (30.9038 km$^2$) |
| Navajo National Monument | Arizona | 360.00 acres (1.4569 km$^2$) |
| Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve | Oregon | 4,554.03 acres (18.4295 km$^2$) |
| Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument | Arizona | 330,688.86 acres (1,338.2503 km$^2$) |
| Petroglyph National Monument | New Mexico | 7,204.43 acres (29.1553 km$^2$) |
| Pipe Spring National Monument | Arizona | 40.00 acres (0.1619 km$^2$) |
| Pipestone National Monument | Minnesota | 297.08 acres (1.2022 km$^2$) |
| Poverty Point National Monument | Louisiana | 910.85 acres (3.6861 km$^2$) |
| Rainbow Bridge National Monument | Utah | 160.00 acres (0.6475 km$^2$) |
| Russell Cave National Monument | Alabama | 310.45 acres (1.2563 km$^2$) |
| Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument | New Mexico | 1,071.42 acres (4.3359 km$^2$) |
| Scotts Bluff National Monument | Nebraska | 3,004.73 acres (12.1597 km$^2$) |
| Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument | Illinois | 3.23 acres (0.0131 km$^2$) |
| Statue of Liberty National Monument | New York, New Jersey | 58.38 acres (0.2363 km$^2$) |
| Stonewall National Monument | New York | 7.70 acres (0.0312 km$^2$) |
| Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument | Arizona | 3,137.71 acres (12.6979 km$^2$) |
| Timpanogos Cave National Monument | Utah | 250.00 acres (1.0117 km$^2$) |
| Tonto National Monument | Arizona | 1,120.00 acres (4.5325 km$^2$) |
| Tule Lake National Monument | California | 37.39 acres (0.1513 km$^2$) |
| Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument | Nevada | 22,650.00 acres (91.6613 km$^2$) |
| Tuzigoot National Monument | Arizona | 811.89 acres (3.2856 km$^2$) |
| Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument | U.S. Virgin Islands | 12,708.07 acres (51.4277 km$^2$) |
| Waco Mammoth National Monument | Texas | 107.23 acres (0.4339 km$^2$) |
| Walnut Canyon National Monument | Arizona | 3,200.61 acres (12.9524 km$^2$) |
| Wupatki National Monument | Arizona | 35,401.83 acres (143.2661 km$^2$) |
| Yucca House National Monument | Colorado | 195.07 acres (0.7894 km$^2$) |

### Former national monuments

| Name | Established | Disbanded | Result |
| Carlsbad Cave National Monument | October 5, 1923 | May 14, 1930 | Redesignated as Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
| Denali National Monument | December 1, 1978 | December 2, 1980 | Incorporated with Mount McKinley National Park and renamed Denali National Park and Preserve |
| Grand Canyon National Monument | January 11, 1908 | February 26, 1919 | Redesignated as Grand Canyon National Park |
| Grand Canyon National Monument | December 22, 1932 | January 3, 1975 | Abolished; lands transferred with Marble Canyon National Monument into an expansion of Grand Canyon National Park. |
| Marble Canyon National Monument | January 20, 1969 | January 3, 1975 | Abolished; lands transferred with Grand Canyon National Monument into an expansion of Grand Canyon National Park. |
| Kobuk Valley National Monument | December 1, 1978 | December 2, 1980 | Redesignated as Kobuk Valley National Park |
| Papago Saguaro National Monument | January 31, 1914 | April 7, 1930 | Transferred to Arizona; now jointly operated by the cities of Phoenix and Tempe |
| Pullman National Monument | February 19, 2015 | December 29, 2022 | Redesignated as Pullman National Historical Park |
| Lewis and Clark Cavern National Monument | May 11, 1908 | August 24, 1937 | Transferred to Montana; now operated as a state park |
| Kenai Fjords National Monument | December 1, 1978 | December 2, 1980 | Redesignated as Kenai Fjords National Park |
| Channel Islands National Monument | April 26, 1938 | March 5, 1980 | Redesignated as Channel Islands National Park |
| Father Millet Cross National Monument | August 10, 1933 | September 7, 1949 | Transferred to New York upon the closing of the adjacent military base; now operated part of Fort Niagara State Park |
| First State National Monument | March 25, 2013 | December 19, 2014 | Incorporated into First State National Historical Park |
| Lake Clark National Monument | December 1, 1978 | December 2, 1980 | Renamed Lake Clark National Park and Preserve |
| Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument | March 2, 1933 | October 21, 1999 | Redesignated as Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park |
| Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument | March 25, 2013 | December 19, 2014 | The National Park Service areas of this monument were incorporated into Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, and the National Park Service no longer recognizes their portions of the national monument as distinct from the national historical park. The remaining portions of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument continue to be operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
| Mukuntuweap National Monument (renamed Zion National Monument in 1918) | July 31, 1909 | November 19, 1919 | Redesignated as Zion National Park |
| Zion National Monument ("the Kolob Canyons area") | January 22, 1937 | July 11, 1956 | Incorporated into Zion National Park |
| Capitol Reef National Monument | August 2, 1937 | December 18, 1971 | Redesignated as Capitol Reef National Park |
| Arches National Monument | April 12, 1929 | November 12, 1971 | Redesignated as Arches National Park |
| Bryce Canyon National Monument | June 8, 1923 | February 25, 1928 | Redesignated as Bryce Canyon National Park |
| 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 |
| White Sands National Monument | January 18, 1933 | December 20, 2019 | Redesignated as White Sands National Park |
| Jackson Hole National Monument | 1943 | September 14, 1950 | Merged into Grand Teton National Park |
| Shoshone Cavern National Monument | September 21, 1909 | May 17, 1954 | Transferred to Cody, Wyoming as a municipal attraction, and later returned to the Bureau of Land Management |
| 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, and later sold to the Sons of Confederate Veterans; site currently inaccessible and unmaintained |
| Saguaro National Monument | March 1, 1933 | October 4, 1994 | Redesignated as Saguaro National Park |
| Verendrye National Monument | June 29, 1917 | July 30, 1956 | Transferred to North Dakota after the construction of the Garrison Dam; site currently flooded by the reservoir Lake Sakakawea |
| Gates of the Arctic National Monument | December 1, 1978 | December 2, 1980 | Renamed Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve |
| Fossil Cycad National Monument | October 21, 1922 | August 1, 1956 | Transferred to Bureau of Land Management because of severe vandalism to the site |
| Death Valley National Monument | February 11, 1933 | October 31, 1994 | Redesignated as Death Valley National Park |
| Joshua Tree National Monument | August 10, 1936 | October 31, 1994 | Redesignated as Joshua Tree National Park |
| Ackia Battlefield National Monument | August 27, 1935 | August 10, 1961 | Incorporated into Natchez Trace Parkway |
| Meriwether Lewis National Monument | February 6, 1925 | August 10, 1961 | Incorporated into Natchez Trace Parkway |
| Katmai National Monument | September 24, 1918 | December 2, 1980 | Renamed Katmai National Park and Preserve |
| Mount Olympus National Monument | March 2, 1909 | June 29, 1938 | Redesignated as Olympic National Park |
| Petrified Forest National Monument | December 8, 1906 | December 9, 1962 | Redesignated as Petrified Forest National Park |
| Lehman Caves National Monument | June 10, 1933 | October 27, 1986 | Abolished; incorporated into Great Basin National Park |
| Congaree Swamp National Monument | October 18, 1976 | November 10, 2003 | Redesignated as Congaree National Park |
| Glacier Bay National Monument | February 25, 1925 | December 2, 1980 | Renamed Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve |
| Mound City Group National Monument | January 1, 1918 | January 2, 1992 | Incorporated into Hopewell Culture National Historical Park |
| Minidoka Internment National Monument | January 17, 2001 | May 8, 2008 | Redesignated as Minidoka National Historic Site |
| Pinnacles National Monument | January 16, 1908 | January 10, 2013 | Redesignated as Pinnacles National Park |
| Andrew Johnson National Monument | April 27, 1942 | December 11, 1963 | Redesignated as Andrew Johnson National Historic Site |
| Sieur de Monts National Monument | July 8, 1916 | February 26, 1919 | Redesignated as Lafayette National Park (renamed Acadia National Park on January 19, 1929) |
| Edison Laboratory National Monument | July 14, 1956 | September 5, 1962 | Combined with Edison Home National Historic Site into Edison National Historic Site, later redesignated Thomas Edison National Historical Park |
| Wrangell–St. Elias National Monument | December 1, 1978 | December 2, 1980 | Renamed Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve |
| Badlands National Monument | January 29, 1939 | November 10, 1978 | Redesignated as Badlands National Park |
| Great Sand Dunes National Monument | March 17, 1932 | September 14, 2004 | Renamed Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve |
| Biscayne National Monument | October 18, 1968 | June 28, 1980 | Redesignated as Biscayne National Park |
| Fort Jefferson National Monument | January 4, 1935 | October 26, 1992 | Redesignated as Dry Tortugas National Park |
| Cinder Cone National Monument | May 6, 1907 | August 9, 1916 | Merged with Lassen Peak National Monument and redesignated as Lassen Volcanic National Park |
| Lassen Peak National Monument | May 6, 1907 | August 9, 1916 | Merged with Cinder Cone National Monument and redesignated as Lassen Volcanic National Park |
| Homestead National Monument of America | March 19, 1936 | January 13, 2021 | Redesignated as Homestead National Historical Park |

## National preserves

There are 21 national preserves in the United States, 19 of which are counted by the National Park System as official units. Ten are stand-alone official units, while eleven others are designated areas where hunting or grazing is permitted as part of a larger "national park and preserve" or "national monument and preserve". Nine of those are counted as separate units, while Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve and New River Gorge National Park and Preserve are single units (there is no functional difference). Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve is not officially a national preserve but has similar management policies, while Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve is unrelated.
| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve | Alaska | 464,117.93 acres (1,878.2186 km$^2$) |
| Bering Land Bridge National Preserve | Alaska | 2,697,391.01 acres (10,915.9541 km$^2$) |
| Big Cypress National Preserve | Florida | 720,564.01 acres (2,916.0191 km$^2$) |
| Big Thicket National Preserve | Texas | 113,121.96 acres (457.7883 km$^2$) |
| Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve | Idaho | 698,939.69 acres (2,828.5086 km$^2$) |
| Denali National Park and Preserve | Alaska | 1,334,117.80 acres (5,398.9832 km$^2$) |
| Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve | Alaska | 948,608.07 acres (3,838.8807 km$^2$) |
| Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve | Alaska | 58,406.00 acres (236.3607 km$^2$) |
| Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve | Colorado | 41,686.00 acres (168.6973 km$^2$) |
| Katmai National Park and Preserve | Alaska | 418,698.80 acres (1,694.4139 km$^2$) |
| Lake Clark National Park and Preserve | Alaska | 1,410,293.68 acres (5,707.2560 km$^2$) |
| Little River Canyon National Preserve | Alabama | 15,293.27 acres (61.8897 km$^2$) |
| Mojave National Preserve | California | 1,549,966.76 acres (6,272.4929 km$^2$) |
| New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (not a separate unit) | West Virginia | 65,165 acres (263.71 km$^2$) |
| Noatak National Preserve | Alaska | 6,587,071.39 acres (26,656.9322 km$^2$) |
| Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve (not a separate unit) | Oregon | 4,070 acres (16.5 km$^2$) |
| Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve | Kansas | 10,882.67 acres (44.0406 km$^2$) |
| Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve | Florida | 46,263.07 acres (187.2200 km$^2$) |
| Valles Caldera National Preserve | New Mexico | 89,831.84 acres (363.5366 km$^2$) |
| Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve | Alaska | 4,852,644.89 acres (19,637.9571 km$^2$) |
| Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve | Alaska | 2,526,512.44 acres (10,224.4331 km$^2$) |

## National historical parks

There are 63 national historical parks.
| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park | Kentucky | 344.50 acres (1.3941 km$^2$) |
| Adams National Historical Park | Massachusetts | 23.82 acres (0.0964 km$^2$) |
| Appomattox Court House National Historical Park | Virginia | 1,774.60 acres (7.1816 km$^2$) |
| Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park | Rhode Island, Massachusetts | 1,489.00 acres (6.0258 km$^2$) |
| Boston National Historical Park | Massachusetts | 43.82 acres (0.1773 km$^2$) |
| Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park | Kansas, South Carolina | 3.15 acres (0.0127 km$^2$) |
| Cane River Creole National Historical Park | Louisiana | 235.37 acres (0.9525 km$^2$) |
| Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park | Virginia | 3,707.70 acres (15.0045 km$^2$) |
| Chaco Culture National Historical Park | New Mexico | 33,960.19 acres (137.4320 km$^2$) |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park | District of Columbia, Maryland, West Virginia | 19,633.28 acres (79.4531 km$^2$) |
| Colonial National Historical Park Cape Henry Memorial The Colonial Parkway Green Spring Plantation Most of Jamestown Island Swann's Point (Across the James River from Jamestown Island) Tyandall's Point Park (Across the York River from Yorktown) Yorktown Battlefield | Virginia | 8,675.04 acres (35.1066 km$^2$) |
| Cumberland Gap National Historical Park | Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia | 24,546.83 acres (99.3375 km$^2$) |
| Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park | Ohio | 110.53 acres (0.4473 km$^2$) |
| First State National Historical Park | Delaware, Pennsylvania | 1,409.22 acres (5.7029 km$^2$) |
| Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park | South Carolina | 232.52 acres (0.9410 km$^2$) |
| George Rogers Clark National Historical Park | Indiana | 26.17 acres (0.1059 km$^2$) |
| Golden Spike National Historical Park | Utah | 2,735.28 acres (11.0693 km$^2$) |
| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park | West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland | 3,666.21 acres (14.8366 km$^2$) |
| Harriet Tubman National Historical Park | New York | 31.50 acres (0.1275 km$^2$) |
| Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park | Maryland | 480.00 acres (1.9425 km$^2$) |
| Homestead National Historical Park | Nebraska | 210.45 acres (0.8517 km$^2$) |
| Hopewell Culture National Historical Park | Ohio | 1,775.78 acres (7.1863 km$^2$) |
| Independence National Historical Park Germantown White House Independence Hall National Constitution Center (partner site) Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial | Pennsylvania | 44.87 acres (0.1816 km$^2$) |
| Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Chalmette National Cemetery | Louisiana | 25,875.40 acres (104.7140 km$^2$) |
| Jimmy Carter National Historical Park | Georgia | 78.35 acres (0.3171 km$^2$) |
| Kalaupapa National Historical Park | Hawaii | 10,778.88 acres (43.6206 km$^2$) |
| Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park | Hawaii | 1,163.05 acres (4.7067 km$^2$) |
| Keweenaw National Historical Park | Michigan | 1,870.00 acres (7.5676 km$^2$) |
| Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (part of Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park) | Alaska, Washington | 12,996.49 acres (52.5949 km$^2$) |
| Lewis and Clark National Historical Park | Oregon, Washington | 3,409.28 acres (13.7969 km$^2$) |
| Lowell National Historical Park | Massachusetts | 138.72 acres (0.5614 km$^2$) |
| Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park | Texas | 1,571.71 acres (6.3605 km$^2$) |
| Manhattan Project National Historical Park | New Mexico, Tennessee, Washington | 113.61 acres (0.4598 km$^2$) |
| Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park | Vermont | 643.07 acres (2.6024 km$^2$) |
| Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park | Georgia | 39.17 acres (0.1585 km$^2$) |
| Minute Man National Historical Park | Massachusetts | 1,027.76 acres (4.1592 km$^2$) |
| Morristown National Historical Park | New Jersey | 1,710.72 acres (6.9230 km$^2$) |
| Natchez National Historical Park | Mississippi | 122.22 acres (0.4946 km$^2$) |
| New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park | Massachusetts | 34.00 acres (0.1376 km$^2$) |
| New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park | Louisiana | 5.13 acres (0.0208 km$^2$) |
| Nez Perce National Historical Park | Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington | 4,564.93 acres (18.4736 km$^2$) |
| Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park | Georgia | 3,444.32 acres (13.9387 km$^2$) |
| Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park | Texas | 3,426.87 acres (13.8681 km$^2$) |
| Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park | New Jersey | 51.34 acres (0.2078 km$^2$) |
| Pecos National Historical Park | New Mexico | 6,885.87 acres (27.8661 km$^2$) |
| Pullman National Historical Park | Illinois | 203.48 acres (0.8235 km$^2$) |
| Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park | Hawaii | 419.80 acres (1.6989 km$^2$) |
| Reconstruction Era National Historical Park | South Carolina | 64.99 acres (0.2630 km$^2$) |
| Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park | California | 145.19 acres (0.5876 km$^2$) |
| Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park | New Hampshire | 190.75 acres (0.7719 km$^2$) |
| Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park | Missouri | 17.47 acres (0.0707 km$^2$) |
| Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve | U.S. Virgin Islands | 989.42 acres (4.0040 km$^2$) |
| San Antonio Missions National Historical Park | Texas | 990.28 acres (4.0075 km$^2$) |
| San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park | California | 49.86 acres (0.2018 km$^2$) |
| San Juan Island National Historical Park | Washington | 2,145.56 acres (8.6828 km$^2$) |
| Saratoga National Historical Park | New York | 3,607.59 acres (14.5994 km$^2$) |
| Sitka National Historical Park | Alaska | 116.29 acres (0.4706 km$^2$) |
| Thomas Edison National Historical Park | New Jersey | 21.25 acres (0.0860 km$^2$) |
| Tumacácori National Historical Park | Arizona | 360.32 acres (1.4582 km$^2$) |
| Valley Forge National Historical Park | Pennsylvania | 3,468.54 acres (14.0367 km$^2$) |
| War in the Pacific National Historical Park | Guam | 2,030.30 acres (8.2163 km$^2$) |
| Weir Farm National Historical Park | Connecticut | 74.20 acres (0.3003 km$^2$) |
| Women's Rights National Historical Park | New York | 7.44 acres (0.0301 km$^2$) |

### Authorized national historical parks

| Name | Status |
| Coltsville National Historical Park | Connecticut (pending acquisition of property) |

## National historic sites

There are 86 national historic sites, of which 76 are NPS units, 9 are affiliated areas, and one, Grey Towers National Historic Site, is managed by the U.S. Forest Service (not listed here).
| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site | Pennsylvania | 1,284.27 acres (5.1973 km$^2$) |
| Amache National Historic Site | Colorado | 472.59 acres (1.9125 km$^2$) |
| Andersonville National Historic Site Andersonville National Cemetery | Georgia | 515.61 acres (2.0866 km$^2$) |
| Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Andrew Johnson National Cemetery | Tennessee | 16.68 acres (0.0675 km$^2$) |
| Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site | Colorado | 798.54 acres (3.2316 km$^2$) |
| Blackwell School National Historic Site | Texas | 0.77 acres (0.0031 km$^2$) |
| Boston African American National Historic Site | Massachusetts | 0.59 acres (0.0024 km$^2$) |
| Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site | North Carolina | 268.49 acres (1.0865 km$^2$) |
| Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site | Washington, D.C. | 0.15 acres (0.00061 km$^2$) |
| Charles Pinckney National Historic Site | South Carolina | 28.45 acres (0.1151 km$^2$) |
| Chicago Portage National Historic Site (affiliated area) | Illinois | 91.20 acres (0.3691 km$^2$) |
| Chimney Rock National Historic Site (affiliated area) | Nebraska | 83.36 acres (0.3373 km$^2$) |
| Christiansted National Historic Site | U.S. Virgin Islands | 27.15 acres (0.1099 km$^2$) |
| Clara Barton National Historic Site | Maryland | 8.59 acres (0.0348 km$^2$) |
| Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site | Pennsylvania | 0.52 acres (0.0021 km$^2$) |
| Eisenhower National Historic Site | Pennsylvania | 690.46 acres (2.7942 km$^2$) |
| Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site | New York | 180.50 acres (0.7305 km$^2$) |
| Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site | California | 13.19 acres (0.0534 km$^2$) |
| Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site (affiliated area) | Ohio | 185.00 acres (0.7487 km$^2$) |
| First Ladies National Historic Site | Ohio | 0.46 acres (0.0019 km$^2$) |
| Ford's Theatre National Historic Site | Washington, D.C. | 0.30 acres (0.0012 km$^2$) |
| Fort Bowie National Historic Site | Arizona | 999.45 acres (4.0446 km$^2$) |
| Fort Davis National Historic Site | Texas | 523.00 acres (2.1165 km$^2$) |
| Fort Laramie National Historic Site | Wyoming | 873.11 acres (3.5334 km$^2$) |
| Fort Larned National Historic Site | Kansas | 718.39 acres (2.9072 km$^2$) |
| Fort Point National Historic Site | California | 29.00 acres (0.1174 km$^2$) |
| Fort Raleigh National Historic Site | North Carolina | 515.73 acres (2.0871 km$^2$) |
| Fort Scott National Historic Site | Kansas | 20.08 acres (0.0813 km$^2$) |
| Fort Smith National Historic Site | Arkansas, Oklahoma | 75.00 acres (0.3035 km$^2$) |
| Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site | Montana, North Dakota | 440.14 acres (1.7812 km$^2$) |
| Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Fort Vancouver McLoughlin House Vancouver National Historic Reserve | Washington, Oregon | 208.39 acres (0.8433 km$^2$) |
| Frederick Douglass National Historic Site | Washington, D.C. | 8.57 acres (0.0347 km$^2$) |
| Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site | Massachusetts | 7.21 acres (0.0292 km$^2$) |
| Friendship Hill National Historic Site | Pennsylvania | 674.56 acres (2.7298 km$^2$) |
| Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic Site (affiliated area) | Pennsylvania | 3.71 acres (0.0150 km$^2$) |
| Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site | Montana | 1,618.43 acres (6.5496 km$^2$) |
| Hampton National Historic Site | Maryland | 62.04 acres (0.2511 km$^2$) |
| Harry S Truman National Historic Site | Missouri | 13.67 acres (0.0553 km$^2$) |
| Herbert Hoover National Historic Site | Iowa | 186.80 acres (0.7560 km$^2$) |
| Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site | New York | 838.43 acres (3.3930 km$^2$) |
| Honouliuli National Historic Site | Hawaii | 154.46 acres (0.6251 km$^2$) |
| Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site | Pennsylvania | 848.06 acres (3.4320 km$^2$) |
| Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site | Arizona | 160.09 acres (0.6479 km$^2$) |
| James A. Garfield National Historic Site | Ohio | 7.82 acres (0.0316 km$^2$) |
| Jamestown National Historic Site (affiliated area) | Virginia | 21.99 acres (0.0890 km$^2$) |
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site | Massachusetts | 0.09 acres (0.00036 km$^2$) |
| John Muir National Historic Site | California | 388.50 acres (1.5722 km$^2$) |
| Kate Mullany National Historic Site (affiliated area) | New York | 0.06 acres (0.00024 km$^2$) |
| Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site | North Dakota | 1,751.00 acres (7.0860 km$^2$) |
| Lincoln Home National Historic Site | Illinois | 12.24 acres (0.0495 km$^2$) |
| Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site | Arkansas | 28.22 acres (0.1142 km$^2$) |
| Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site | Massachusetts | 1.98 acres (0.0080 km$^2$) |
| Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site (affiliated area) | New York | 1.20 acres (0.0049 km$^2$) |
| Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site | Virginia | 1.29 acres (0.0052 km$^2$) |
| Manzanar National Historic Site | California | 813.81 acres (3.2934 km$^2$) |
| Martin Van Buren National Historic Site | New York | 284.93 acres (1.1531 km$^2$) |
| Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site | Washington, D.C. | 0.07 acres (0.00028 km$^2$) |
| Minidoka National Historic Site | Idaho | 396.30 acres (1.6038 km$^2$) |
| Minuteman Missile National Historic Site | South Dakota | 43.80 acres (0.1773 km$^2$) |
| New Philadelphia National Historic Site | Illinois | 123.17 acres (0.4985 km$^2$) |
| Nicodemus National Historic Site | Kansas | 5.61 acres (0.0227 km$^2$) |
| Ninety Six National Historic Site | South Carolina | 1,021.94 acres (4.1356 km$^2$) |
| Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site | Washington, D.C. | 17.61 acres (0.0713 km$^2$) |
| President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site | Arkansas | 0.68 acres (0.0028 km$^2$) |
| Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site | Hawaii | 86.24 acres (0.3490 km$^2$) |
| Sagamore Hill National Historic Site | New York | 83.02 acres (0.3360 km$^2$) |
| Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site | New York | 6.13 acres (0.0248 km$^2$) |
| Salem Maritime National Historic Site | Massachusetts | 9.02 acres (0.0365 km$^2$) |
| San Juan National Historic Site | Puerto Rico | 75.13 acres (0.3040 km$^2$) |
| Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site | Colorado | 12,583.34 acres (50.9230 km$^2$) |
| Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site | Massachusetts | 8.51 acres (0.0344 km$^2$) |
| Springfield Armory National Historic Site | Massachusetts | 54.93 acres (0.2223 km$^2$) |
| Steamtown National Historic Site | Pennsylvania | 62.48 acres (0.2528 km$^2$) |
| Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site | New York | 0.11 acres (0.00045 km$^2$) |
| Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site | New York | 1.18 acres (0.0048 km$^2$) |
| Thomas Cole National Historic Site (affiliated area) | New York | 3.40 acres (0.0138 km$^2$) |
| Thomas Stone National Historic Site | Maryland | 328.25 acres (1.3284 km$^2$) |
| Touro Synagogue National Historic Site (affiliated area) | Rhode Island | 0.23 acres (0.00093 km$^2$) |
| Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site | Alabama | 89.68 acres (0.3629 km$^2$) |
| Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site | Alabama | 57.92 acres (0.2344 km$^2$) |
| Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site | Missouri | 9.60 acres (0.0388 km$^2$) |
| Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site | New York | 211.65 acres (0.8565 km$^2$) |
| Washita Battlefield National Historic Site | Oklahoma | 315.20 acres (1.2756 km$^2$) |
| Whitman Mission National Historic Site | Washington | 138.53 acres (0.5606 km$^2$) |
| William Howard Taft National Historic Site | Ohio | 3.64 acres (0.0147 km$^2$) |

### Former national historic sites

| Name | Established | Disbanded | Result |
| Federal Hall Memorial National Historic Site | May 26, 1939 | August 11, 1955 | Redesignated Federal Hall National Memorial |
| Atlanta Campaign National Historic Site | October 13, 1944 | September 21, 1950 | Transferred to state of Georgia; park never developed beyond a set of six roadside interpretive markers along the Dixie Highway |
| Mar-a-Lago National Historic Site | October 21, 1972 | December 23, 1980 | Returned to a nonprofit foundation operated by the Post family, the original owners of the site |
| McLoughlin House National Historic Site (affiliated unit) | June 27, 1941 | July 29, 2003 | Merged into Fort Vancouver National Historic Site |
| St. Thomas National Historic Site | December 24, 1960 | February 5, 1975 | Transferred to U.S. Virgin Islands; currently operated as a Virgin Islands territorial park |
| Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site | | April 12, 2016 | Redesignated Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument and changed from affiliated unit to an NPS unit |
| Edison Home National Historic Site | December 6, 1955 | September 5, 1962 | Combined with Edison Laboratory National Monument into Edison National Historic Site, later redesignated Thomas Edison National Historical Park |
| Edison National Historic Site | September 5, 1962 | March 30, 2009 | Redesignated Thomas Edison National Historical Park |

### Authorized national historic sites

| Name | Location | Status |
| Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site | Illinois | Pending acquisition of property |

## International historic site

| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Saint Croix Island International Historic Site | Maine / New Brunswick | 6.50 acres (0.0263 km$^2$) |

## National battlefield parks

| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park | Georgia | 2,913.63 acres (11.7910 km$^2$) |
| Manassas National Battlefield Park | Virginia | 5,073.76 acres (20.5328 km$^2$) |
| Richmond National Battlefield Park | Virginia | 8,144.28 acres (32.9587 km$^2$) |
| River Raisin National Battlefield Park | Michigan | 42.18 acres (0.1707 km$^2$) |

## National military parks

| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park | Georgia, Tennessee | 9,523.48 acres (38.5402 km$^2$) |
| Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park Fredericksburg National Cemetery | Virginia | 8,405.46 acres (34.0157 km$^2$) |
| Gettysburg National Military Park Gettysburg National Cemetery | Pennsylvania | 6,037.06 acres (24.4311 km$^2$) |
| Guilford Courthouse National Military Park | North Carolina | 254.90 acres (1.0315 km$^2$) |
| Horseshoe Bend National Military Park | Alabama | 2,040.00 acres (8.2556 km$^2$) |
| Kings Mountain National Military Park | South Carolina | 3,945.29 acres (15.9660 km$^2$) |
| Pea Ridge National Military Park | Arkansas | 4,440.82 acres (17.9714 km$^2$) |
| Shiloh National Military Park Shiloh National Cemetery | Tennessee, Mississippi | 9,318.64 acres (37.7112 km$^2$) |
| Vicksburg National Military Park Vicksburg National Cemetery | Mississippi, Louisiana | 3,049.15 acres (12.3395 km$^2$) |

### Former national military parks

| Name | Established | Disbanded | Result |
| Moore's Creek National Military Park | June 2, 1926 | September 8, 1980 | Redesignated as Moores Creek National Battlefield |
| Monocacy National Military Park | June 21, 1934 | October 21, 1976 | Redesignated Monocacy National Battlefield; previously Monocacy National Battlefield Site (1929 to 1934) |

## National battlefields

| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Antietam National Battlefield Antietam National Cemetery | Maryland | 3,287.63 acres (13.3046 km$^2$) |
| Big Hole National Battlefield | Montana | 969.61 acres (3.9239 km$^2$) |
| Cowpens National Battlefield | South Carolina | 841.56 acres (3.4057 km$^2$) |
| Fort Donelson National Battlefield Fort Donelson National Cemetery | Tennessee, Kentucky | 1,319.25 acres (5.3388 km$^2$) |
| Fort Necessity National Battlefield | Pennsylvania | 902.80 acres (3.6535 km$^2$) |
| Monocacy National Battlefield | Maryland | 1,646.88 acres (6.6647 km$^2$) |
| Moores Creek National Battlefield | North Carolina | 87.75 acres (0.3551 km$^2$) |
| Petersburg National Battlefield Poplar Grove National Cemetery | Virginia | 9,598.68 acres (38.8445 km$^2$) |
| Stones River National Battlefield Stones River National Cemetery | Tennessee | 709.49 acres (2.8712 km$^2$) |
| Tupelo National Battlefield | Mississippi | 1.00 acre (0.0040 km$^2$) |
| Wilson's Creek National Battlefield | Missouri | 2,446.75 acres (9.9016 km$^2$) |

## National battlefield site

| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site | Mississippi | 1.00 acre (0.0040 km$^2$) |

### Former national battlefield sites

| Name | Established | Disbanded | Result |
| Antietam National Battlefield Site | August 30, 1890 | 1978 | Redesignated Antietam National Battlefield |
| New Orleans Battlefield Site (Chalmette Monument and Grounds) | March 4, 1907 | 1939 | Redesignated Chalmette National Historical Park; incorporated into Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Nov. 10, 1978 |
| Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Site | February 8, 1917 | 1935 | Redesignated Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park |
| White Plains National Battlefield Site | May 18, 1926 | 1956 | Assumed by Battle of White Plains Monument Committee, 1958 |
| Tupelo National Battlefield Site | February 21, 1929 | 1961 | Redesignated Tupelo National Battlefield |
| Monocacy National Battlefield Site | March 1, 1929 | June 21, 1934 | Reauthorized as a national military park; redesignated Monocacy National Battlefield, Oct. 21, 1976 |
| Cowpens National Battlefield Site | March 4, 1929 | 1972 | Redesignated Cowpens National Battlefield |
| Appomattox Battlefield Site | June 18, 1930 | 1935 | Designated Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument; redesignated Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, 1954 |
| Fort Necessity National Battlefield Site | March 4, 1931 | 1961 | Redesignated Fort Necessity National Battlefield |

## National memorials

There are 31 national memorials that are NPS units and five affiliated national memorials.
| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| American Memorial Park (affiliated area) | Northern Mariana Islands | 133.00 acres (0.5382 km$^2$) |
| Arkansas Post National Memorial | Arkansas | 757.51 acres (3.0655 km$^2$) |
| Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial | Virginia | 17.12 acres (0.0693 km$^2$) |
| Benjamin Franklin National Memorial (affiliated area) | Pennsylvania | 0.00 acres (0 km$^2$) |
| Chamizal National Memorial | Texas | 54.54 acres (0.2207 km$^2$) |
| Coronado National Memorial | Arizona | 4,830.22 acres (19.5472 km$^2$) |
| De Soto National Memorial | Florida | 30.00 acres (0.1214 km$^2$) |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial | Washington, D.C. | 3.39 acres (0.0137 km$^2$) |
| Father Marquette National Memorial (affiliated area) | Michigan | 52.00 acres (0.2104 km$^2$) |
| Federal Hall National Memorial | New York | 0.45 acres (0.0018 km$^2$) |
| Flight 93 National Memorial | Pennsylvania | 2,262.65 acres (9.1566 km$^2$) |
| Fort Caroline National Memorial | Florida | 138.39 acres (0.5600 km$^2$) |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial | Washington, D.C. | 8.14 acres (0.0329 km$^2$) |
| General Grant National Memorial | New York | 0.76 acres (0.0031 km$^2$) |
| Hamilton Grange National Memorial | New York | 1.75 acres (0.0071 km$^2$) |
| Jefferson Memorial | Washington, D.C. | 18.36 acres (0.0743 km$^2$) |
| Johnstown Flood National Memorial | Pennsylvania | 177.76 acres (0.7194 km$^2$) |
| Korean War Veterans Memorial | Washington, D.C. | 1.56 acres (0.0063 km$^2$) |
| Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial | Indiana | 199.96 acres (0.8092 km$^2$) |
| Lincoln Memorial | Washington, D.C. | 7.29 acres (0.0295 km$^2$) |
| Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac | Washington, D.C. | 17.00 acres (0.0688 km$^2$) |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial | Washington, D.C. | 2.74 acres (0.0111 km$^2$) |
| Mount Rushmore National Memorial | South Dakota | 1,278.45 acres (5.1737 km$^2$) |
| Oklahoma City National Memorial (affiliated area) | Oklahoma | 6.24 acres (0.0253 km$^2$) |
| Pearl Harbor National Memorial | Hawaii | 21.64 acres (0.0876 km$^2$) |
| Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial | Ohio | 25.38 acres (0.1027 km$^2$) |
| Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial | California | 5.00 acres (0.0202 km$^2$) |
| Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial (affiliated area) | Virginia | 1,000.00 acres (4.0469 km$^2$) |
| Roger Williams National Memorial | Rhode Island | 4.56 acres (0.0185 km$^2$) |
| Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial | Pennsylvania | 0.02 acres (8.1×10$^{−5}$ km$^2$) |
| Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial | Washington, D.C. | 88.50 acres (0.3581 km$^2$) |
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial | Washington, D.C. | 2.18 acres (0.0088 km$^2$) |
| Washington Monument | Washington, D.C. | 106.01 acres (0.4290 km$^2$) |
| World War I Memorial | Washington, D.C. | 1.39 acres (0.0056 km$^2$) |
| World War II Memorial | Washington, D.C. | 8.25 acres (0.0334 km$^2$) |
| Wright Brothers National Memorial | North Carolina | 428.44 acres (1.7338 km$^2$) |

### Former national memorials

| Name | Established | Disbanded | Result |
| Camp Blount Tablets National Memorial | 1930 | 1944 | Transferred to NPS in 1933 from War Dept., it was never developed; only a stone marker remains off U.S. Route 231 near Fayetteville, Tennessee |
| Fort Clatsop National Memorial | May 29, 1958 | October 30, 2004 | Incorporated into Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks |
| Jefferson National Expansion Memorial | December 21, 1935 | February 22, 2018 | Redesignated as Gateway Arch National Park |
| New Echota Marker National Memorial | August 10, 1933 | September 21, 1950 | Transferred to state of Georgia; currently operated as a Georgia state park. |
| Oklahoma City National Memorial | October 9, 1997 | January 23, 2004 | Transferred to the nonprofit Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation; NPS interpretation continues at this affiliated unit |

### Authorized national memorials

| Name | Law |
| Adams Memorial | Authorized by Public Law 107-62 |
| National Desert Storm/Desert Shield Memorial | Authorized by National Defense Authorization Act 2015 |
| National Global War on Terrorism Memorial | Authorized by Public Law 115-51 |

## National recreation areas

There are 18 national recreation areas administered by the National Park Service. Another 22 national recreation areas are administered by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.
| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Amistad National Recreation Area | Texas | 62,945.15 acres (254.7300 km$^2$) |
| Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area | Montana, Wyoming | 120,296.22 acres (486.8215 km$^2$) |
| Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area | Massachusetts | 2,230.71 acres (9.0274 km$^2$) |
| Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | Georgia | 12,416.75 acres (50.2488 km$^2$) |
| Chickasaw National Recreation Area | Oklahoma | 9,898.63 acres (40.0583 km$^2$) |
| Curecanti National Recreation Area | Colorado | 43,590.56 acres (176.4047 km$^2$) |
| Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Middle Delaware National Scenic River | New Jersey, Pennsylvania | 68,708.88 acres (278.0550 km$^2$) |
| Gateway National Recreation Area | New York, New Jersey | 26,610.45 acres (107.6887 km$^2$) |
| Gauley River National Recreation Area | West Virginia | 11,483.44 acres (46.4718 km$^2$) |
| Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | Utah, Arizona | 1,254,116.62 acres (5,075.2299 km$^2$) |
| Golden Gate National Recreation Area Alcatraz Island Presidio of San Francisco | California | 82,136.12 acres (332.3931 km$^2$) |
| Lake Chelan National Recreation Area | Washington | 61,939.15 acres (250.6588 km$^2$) |
| Lake Mead National Recreation Area Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument | Nevada, Arizona | 1,495,855.53 acres (6,053.5126 km$^2$) |
| Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | Texas | 44,977.63 acres (182.0180 km$^2$) |
| Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | Washington | 100,390.31 acres (406.2652 km$^2$) |
| Ross Lake National Recreation Area | Washington | 117,574.59 acres (475.8075 km$^2$) |
| Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | California | 153,121.09 acres (619.6591 km$^2$) |
| Whiskeytown National Recreation Area | California | 42,503.25 acres (172.0046 km$^2$) |

### Former or transferred national recreation areas

| Name | Established | Disbanded | Result |
| Arbuckle Recreation Area | February 1, 1965 | March 17, 1976 | Incorporated with Platt National Park and redesignated Chickasaw National Recreation Area |
| Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area | December 27, 1974 | October 11, 2000 | Redesignated as Cuyahoga Valley National Park |
| Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area | July 22, 1963 | October 1, 1968 | Transferred to U.S. Forest Service |
| Lake Texoma Recreation Area | April 18, 1946 | June 30, 1949 | Returned to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| Millerton Lake Recreation Area | May 22, 1945 | November 1, 1957 | Transferred to state of California; currently operated by the California Department of Water Resources |
| Shadow Mountain National Recreation Area | June 27, 1952 | March 1, 1979 | Transferred to U.S. Forest Service |
| Shasta Lake Recreation Area | May 22, 1945 | July 1, 1948 | Transferred to U.S. Forest Service |

## National seashores

There are 10 national seashores.
| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Assateague Island National Seashore | Maryland, Virginia | 41,311.27 acres (167.1808 km$^2$) |
| Canaveral National Seashore | Florida | 57,661.69 acres (233.3486 km$^2$) |
| Cape Cod National Seashore | Massachusetts | 43,591.32 acres (176.4078 km$^2$) |
| Cape Hatteras National Seashore | North Carolina | 30,350.65 acres (122.8247 km$^2$) |
| Cape Lookout National Seashore | North Carolina | 28,243.36 acres (114.2968 km$^2$) |
| Cumberland Island National Seashore | Georgia | 36,346.83 acres (147.0904 km$^2$) |
| Fire Island National Seashore | New York | 19,580.65 acres (79.2401 km$^2$) |
| Gulf Islands National Seashore | Florida, Mississippi | 138,306.64 acres (559.7071 km$^2$) |
| Padre Island National Seashore | Texas | 130,434.27 acres (527.8488 km$^2$) |
| Point Reyes National Seashore | California | 71,053.38 acres (287.5428 km$^2$) |

## National lakeshores

There are three national lakeshores, located in Michigan and Wisconsin.
| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Apostle Islands National Lakeshore | Wisconsin | 69,377.43 acres (280.7605 km$^2$) |
| Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore | Michigan | 73,235.97 acres (296.3755 km$^2$) |
| Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore | Michigan | 71,318.57 acres (288.6160 km$^2$) |

### Former national lakeshores

| Name | Established | Disbanded | Result |
| Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | November 5, 1966 | February 15, 2019 | Redesignated Indiana Dunes National Park |

## National rivers and national wild and scenic rivers

There are four national rivers (marked with an asterisk) and ten national wild and scenic rivers administered as distinct units of the National Park System. There are many more national wild and scenic rivers that run through other units.
| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Alagnak Wild River | Alaska | 30,664.79 acres (124.0960 km$^2$) |
| Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area* | Kentucky, Tennessee | 123,702.05 acres (500.6044 km$^2$) |
| Bluestone National Scenic River | West Virginia | 4,309.51 acres (17.4400 km$^2$) |
| Buffalo National River* | Arkansas | 94,301.32 acres (381.6239 km$^2$) |
| Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational River | New Jersey | 43,311.42 acres (175.2751 km$^2$) |
| Middle Delaware National Scenic River | New Jersey, Pennsylvania | 1,973.33 acres (7.9858 km$^2$) |
| Mississippi National River and Recreation Area* | Minnesota | 53,775.00 acres (217.6197 km$^2$) |
| Missouri National Recreational River | Nebraska, South Dakota | 48,456.55 acres (196.0967 km$^2$) |
| Niobrara National Scenic River | Nebraska | 29,088.57 acres (117.7173 km$^2$) |
| Obed Wild and Scenic River | Tennessee | 5,489.85 acres (22.2166 km$^2$) |
| Ozark National Scenic Riverways* | Missouri | 80,784.30 acres (326.9225 km$^2$) |
| Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River | Texas | 13,123.39 acres (53.1085 km$^2$) |
| Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway | Wisconsin, Minnesota | 68,738.95 acres (278.1767 km$^2$) |
| Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River | New York, Pennsylvania | 74,999.56 acres (303.5125 km$^2$) |

### Former national rivers

| Name | Established | Disbanded | Result |
| New River Gorge National River | November 10, 1978 | December 27, 2020 | Redesignated New River Gorge National Park and Preserve |

## National reserves

National reserves are partnerships between federal, state, and local authorities. Within the boundaries of the three national reserves are combinations of federal land (Park Service or National Wildlife Refuges), state parks and forests, local public lands, and private properties. Two national reserves are currently managed as official units.
| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| City of Rocks National Reserve | Idaho | 14,512.27 acres (58.7291 km$^2$) |
| Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve | Washington | 19,333.51 acres (78.2399 km$^2$) |
| Pinelands National Reserve (affiliated area) | New Jersey | 1,164,025 acres (4,710.64 km$^2$) |

## National parkways

Ten roadways and surrounding scenic areas are managed by the NPS as parkways, four of which as official units and five as part of other units.
| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Baltimore-Washington Parkway (part of National Capital Parks East) | Maryland, Washington, D.C. | |
| Blue Ridge Parkway | Virginia, North Carolina | 101,732.40 acres (411.6964 km$^2$) |
| Colonial Parkway (part of Colonial National Historical Park) | Virginia | |
| Foothills Parkway (part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park) | Tennessee | |
| George Washington Memorial Parkway (In 1989, the Maryland and DC portions of the parkway were renamed Clara Barton Parkway to overcome motorist confusion). Claude Moore Colonial Farm Glen Echo Park Great Falls Park Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial | Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C. | 6,719.21 acres (27.1917 km$^2$) |
| John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway | Wyoming | 23,777.22 acres (96.2230 km$^2$) |
| Natchez Trace Parkway | Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee | 52,380.46 acres (211.9762 km$^2$) |
| Oxon Run Parkway (part of National Capital Parks East) | Washington, D.C. | |
| Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway (part of Rock Creek Park) | Washington, D.C. | |
| Suitland Parkway (part of National Capital Parks East) | Maryland | |

## National historic and scenic trails

These National Park Service trails are part of the larger National Trails System. Only six of the trails are considered official units of the park system.
| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail | Hawaii | |
| Appalachian Trail (official unit) | Maine - Georgia | 243,801.26 acres (986.6287 km$^2$) |
| Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail | Tennessee and Missouri - California | |
| California National Historic Trail | Missouri - California | |
| Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail | Delaware - District of Columbia - Maryland - Virginia | |
| Chilkoot National Historic Trail | Alaska - British Columbia | |
| El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail | Louisiana - Texas | |
| El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail | New Mexico | |
| Ice Age National Scenic Trail (official unit) | Wisconsin | 235.16 acres (0.9517 km$^2$) |
| Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail | Arizona - California | |
| Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail | Illinois - Oregon | |
| Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail | Illinois - Utah | |
| Natchez Trace Trail (official unit) | Mississippi - Tennessee | 10,995.00 acres (44.4952 km$^2$) |
| New England National Scenic Trail (official unit) | Connecticut - Massachusetts | 196.04 acres (0.7933 km$^2$) |
| North Country National Scenic Trail (official unit) | Vermont - North Dakota | 281.94 acres (1.1410 km$^2$) |
| 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 (official unit) | Virginia - Maryland - Pennsylvania - Washington, D.C. | 0.00 acres (0 km$^2$) |
| Santa Fe National Historic Trail | Missouri - New Mexico | |
| Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail | Alabama | |
| Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail | District of Columbia - Maryland - Virginia | |
| Trail of Tears National Historic Trail | Tennessee - Oklahoma | |
| Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail | Massachusetts - Virginia | |

## National cemeteries

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.
| Name | Location |
| Andersonville National Cemetery | Georgia |
| Andrew Johnson National Cemetery | Tennessee |
| Antietam National Cemetery | Maryland |
| Battleground National Cemetery | Washington, D.C. |
| Chalmette National Cemetery | Louisiana |
| Custer National Cemetery | Montana |
| Fort Donelson National Cemetery | Tennessee |
| Fredericksburg National Cemetery | Virginia |
| Gettysburg National Cemetery | Pennsylvania |
| Poplar Grove National Cemetery | Virginia |
| Shiloh National Cemetery | Tennessee |
| Stones River National Cemetery | Tennessee |
| Vicksburg National Cemetery | Mississippi |
| Yorktown National Cemetery | Virginia |

### Transferred national cemeteries

| Name | Established | Disbanded | Result |
| Chattanooga National Cemetery | August 10, 1933 | December 7, 1944 | returned to War Department |

## National heritage areas

The National Park Service provides limited assistance to national heritage areas, but does not administer them.

## Other NPS protected areas and administrative groups

There are 11 NPS units of other designations, as well as other affiliated areas. The National Mall and National Capital Parks have many sites, some of which are also units of other designations.
| Name | Location | Area (2024) |
| Aleutian World War II National Historic Area (affiliated area) | Alaska | 134.94 acres (0.5461 km$^2$) |
| Catoctin Mountain Park | Maryland | 5,890.92 acres (23.8397 km$^2$) |
| Claymont High School (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park) | Delaware | |
| Constitution Gardens | District of Columbia | 39.23 acres (0.1588 km$^2$) |
| Eutaw Springs Battlefield (affiliated area) | South Carolina | |
| Fort Washington Park | Maryland | 345.05 acres (1.3964 km$^2$) |
| Greenbelt Park | Maryland | 1,175.98 acres (4.7590 km$^2$) |
| Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site (affiliated area) | South Carolina | 107.00 acres (0.4330 km$^2$) |
| Hockessin Colored School #107 (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park) | Delaware | |
| Howard High School (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park) | Delaware | |
| Ice Age National Scientific Reserve (affiliated area) | Wisconsin | 32,500.00 acres (131.5228 km$^2$) |
| International Peace Garden (affiliated area) | North Dakota/Manitoba | 2,330.30 acres (9.4304 km$^2$) |
| Inupiat Heritage Center (affiliated area) | Alaska | 0.00 acres (0 km$^2$) |
| John Philip Sousa Junior High School (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park) | District of Columbia | |
| Kettle Creek Battlefield (affiliated area) | Georgia | |
| Maine Acadian Culture (affiliated area) | Maine | |
| National Capital Parks-East Anacostia Park Baltimore-Washington Parkway Capitol Hill Parks Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site (also an official unit) Fort Dupont Park Fort Foote Park Fort Washington Park (also an official unit) Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (also an official unit) Greenbelt Park (also an official unit) Harmony Hall (Fort Washington, Maryland) Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site (also an official unit) Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm Oxon Run Parkway Piscataway Park (also an official unit) Suitland Parkway | District of Columbia/Maryland | 8,703.80 acres (35.2230 km$^2$)(excludes those counted in other units) |
| National Mall and Memorial Parks (formerly National Capital Parks-Central) African American Civil War Memorial American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument (also an official unit) Constitution Gardens (also an official unit) District of Columbia War Memorial East Potomac Park Ford's Theatre National Historic Site (also an official unit) Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (also an official unit) George Mason Memorial Jefferson Memorial (also an official unit) John Ericsson National Memorial Korean War Veterans Memorial (also an official unit) Lincoln Memorial (also an official unit) National Mall Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site (also an official unit) Old Post Office Pavilion Ukraine Independence Park (Taras Shevchenko Memorial) United States Navy Memorial (part of Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site) Vietnam Veterans Memorial (also an official unit) Washington Monument (also an official unit) West Potomac Park World War I Memorial (also an official unit) World War II Memorial (also an official unit) | District of Columbia | 155.84 acres (0.6307 km$^2$)(National Mall only) |
| Parker's Crossroads Battlefield (affiliated area) | Tennessee | |
| Piscataway Park | Maryland | 4,620.06 acres (18.6967 km$^2$) |
| Prince William Forest Park | Virginia | 16,060.26 acres (64.9936 km$^2$) |
| Robert Russa Moton School (affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park) | Virginia | |
| Rock Creek Park Dumbarton Oaks Park Battleground National Cemetery Meridian Hill Park Old Stone House Peirce Mill (part of Rock Creek Park) Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway | District of Columbia | 1,754.70 acres (7.1010 km$^2$) |
| Roosevelt Campobello International Park (affiliated area) | New Brunswick | 2,721.50 acres (11.0135 km$^2$) |
| White House/President's Park | District of Columbia | 18.07 acres (0.0731 km$^2$) |
| Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (affiliated area) | Washington | 0.00 acres (0 km$^2$) |
| Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts | Virginia | 130.28 acres (0.5272 km$^2$) |
In addition, there are sites where the NPS is authorized to provide financial and technical assistance to local authorities for interpretive or educational purposes, but do not have the right to acquire land or have a say in land use or zoning. These include the 55 National Heritage Areas, as well as National Commemorative Sites such as Quindaro Townsite or the Kennedy-King National Commemorative Site. There are also various administrative groups of listed parks, such as Manhattan Sites, National Parks of New York Harbor, 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.

### Former other areas

| Name | Established | Disbanded | Result |
| Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument | 1935 | 1954 | Redesignated Appomattox Court House National Historical Park; previously Appomattox National Battlefield Site (1930–1935) |
| National Visitor Center, Washington, D.C. | March 12, 1968 | December 29, 1981 | Transferred to Department of Transportation |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | June 16, 1972 | July 21, 1994 | Transferred to Kennedy Center Trustees |
| New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route (affiliated area) | 1988 | September 30, 2011 | Multiple site agencies continue managing the route without NPS partnership |
In the 1930s and 1940s, the NPS developed dozens of recreational demonstration areas, most of which eventually became national or state parks.