# National scenic areas in the United States

This article lists scenic areas in the United States National Park System: national preserves, national recreation areas, national seashores, national lakeshores, national rivers, national wild and scenic rivers, national reserves, and a few miscellaneous protected areas. This designation is for the purposes of this list and should not be confused with the official type of protected area administered primarily by the US Forest Service; see National Scenic Area
This article doesn't contain all the natural areas in the National Park System. See also United States national parks and United States national monuments, together constituting the most spectacular destinations in the system, as well as United States national parkways and the National Trails System.

## New England
### Massachusetts

* 42.3186-70.94581 Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
* 41.95-702 Cape Cod National Seashore
* Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Wild and Scenic Rivers
* Westfield Wild and Scenic River

### Vermont

* 43.9167-73.01673 Moosalamoo National Recreation Area (USFS), Green Mountains
* 43.3803-72.91844 White Rocks National Recreation Area (USFS), Green Mountains

## Mid-Atlantic

* 41.1538-74.91395 Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and the Middle Delaware National Scenic River (New Jersey, Pennsylvania)
* 40.454-73.9976 Gateway National Recreation Area (New Jersey, New York)
* Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River (New York, Pennsylvania)

### Maryland

* 38.0833-75.20837 Assateague Island National Seashore
* 39.6483-77.46678 Catoctin Mountain Park
* 38.9892-76.89839 Greenbelt Park, Greenbelt — A wooded park with a campground in the DC suburbs.
* 38.6786-77.092810 Piscataway Park, Accokeek

### New Jersey

* Great Egg Harbor River
* 39.75-74.7511 New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve

### New York

* 40.6964-72.982812 Fire Island National Seashore

### Pennsylvania

* 41.66-79.0313 Allegheny National Recreation Area (USFS), near Warren

### Washington, D.C.

* 38.8782-76.969114 Anacostia Park, Anacostia
* 38.87-77.02615 East Potomac Park, Waterfront
* 38.9089-76.948616 Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Anacostia
* 38.920822-77.03571417 Meridian Hill
* 38.9575-77.04518 Rock Creek Park (Meridian Hill Park, Old Stone House, Peirce Mill, Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway)

## South

* 36.4865-84.698519 Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (Kentucky, Tennessee)
* 36.7801-88.064920 Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area (USFS) (Kentucky, Tennessee)

### Alabama

* 34.4406-85.595621 Little River Canyon National Preserve

### Arkansas

* Buffalo National River

### Georgia

* 33.9872-84.324722 Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Atlanta
* 30.8333-81.4523 Cumberland Island National Seashore
* 34.6333-84.224 Ed Jenkins National Recreation Area (USFS)

### Mississippi

* 30.2121-88.972325 Gulf Islands National Seashore

### North Carolina

* 35.3036-75.511426 Cape Hatteras National Seashore
* 34.6053-76.536427 Cape Lookout National Seashore

### Tennessee

* 36.106095-84.59843928 Obed Wild and Scenic River

### Virginia

* 36.6597-81.544729 Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (USFS)
* 38.5853-77.379730 Prince William Forest Park, Triangle

### West Virginia

* 37.5417-80.999231 Bluestone National Scenic River
* 38.22-80.8932 Gauley River National Recreation Area
* 38.8339-79.367833 Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area (USFS)

## Florida

* 25.8589-81.033934 Big Cypress National Preserve
* 28.7675-80.776935 Canaveral National Seashore — Contains the second-highest number of endangered species of any U.S. national park.
* 30.3644-86.967536 Gulf Islands National Seashore
* 30.4545-81.449937 Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

## Midwest

* 45.389167-92.657538 Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway (Minnesota, Wisconsin)

### Michigan

* 46.5069-86.663139 Grand Island National Recreation Area (USFS)
* 46.5622-86.312540 Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
* 44.9131-86.020341 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

### Minnesota

* 44.8733-93.018842 Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, St. Paul

### Missouri

* 37.1907-91.276343 Ozark National Scenic Riverways

### Wisconsin

* 46.9653-90.664244 Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

## Texas

* 29.4367-101.0545 Amistad National Recreation Area
* 30.5467-94.340346 Big Thicket National Preserve
* 35.7147-101.552847 Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
* 26.9844-97.380648 Padre Island National Seashore
* Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River

## Great Plains

* 42.8625-97.39277849 Missouri National Recreational River (Nebraska, South Dakota)

### Kansas

* 38.4328-96.558950 Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Strong City

### Nebraska

* 42.8833-100.31751 Niobrara National Scenic River
* 42.6277-103.128252 Pine Ridge National Recreation Area (USFS)

### Oklahoma

* 34.5006-96.972253 Chickasaw National Recreation Area
* 34.7479-94.786354 Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area (USFS)

## Rocky Mountains

* 45.1944-108.130655 Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (Montana, Wyoming)

### Colorado

* 40.144-105.81456 Arapaho National Recreation Area (USFS), near Granby
* 38.4547-107.326957 Curecanti National Recreation Area

### Idaho

* 42.076-113.701758 City of Rocks National Reserve
* 44-11559 Sawtooth National Recreation Area (USFS), near Ketchum

### Montana

* 47.0375-113.878160 Rattlesnake National Recreation Area (USFS)

## Southwest

* 36.9936-111.479461 Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Arizona, Utah)
* 36.0097-114.796762 Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Arizona, Nevada)

### Nevada

* 36.2717-115.694463 Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (USFS)

### New Mexico

* 35.7778-106.687864 Jemez National Recreation Area (USFS), Jemez Mountains
* 35.9-106.533365 Valles Caldera National Preserve (USFS) — A huge volcanic caldera situated in the midst of the Jemez Mountains, now covered in a verdant grassland.

### Utah

* 40.9144-109.421466 Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area (USFS)

## California

* Golden Gate National Recreation Area — Preserves a set of coastal areas in the San Francisco Bay Area.
* 34.8833-115.716767 Mojave National Preserve – sand dunes, Joshua trees, and volcanoes in a quiet part of the Southern California desert
* 38.0667-122.883368 Point Reyes National Seashore – wild beaches and rocky cliffs with abundant wildlife, including elephant seals
* 34.1039-118.602569 Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
* 41.9167-123.866770 Smith River National Recreation Area (USFS), Crescent City
* 40.6253-122.559471 Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, near Redding

## Pacific Northwest
### Oregon

* 45.6-116.572 Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (USFS), near Baker City
* 45.2667-121.666773 Mount Hood National Recreation Area (USFS)
* 43.7242-124.177574 Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (USFS), Florence

### Washington

* 48.3219-120.678375 Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
* 48.1074-118.212976 Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
* 48.7842-121.764777 Mount Baker National Recreation Area (USFS)
* 48.6731-121.245378 Ross Lake National Recreation Area

## Alaska

* Alagnak Wild River
* 65.833-164.16779 Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
* 68-159.580 Noatak National Preserve
* 65.4-147.816781 White Mountains National Recreation Area (BLM), near Fairbanks
* 65-143.582 Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve