page_title: List of areas in the United States National Park System
section_title: National monuments
hierarchical_section_title: List of areas in the United States National Park System / National monuments
caption_attribution_description: English: Muir Woods National Monument A jogger gets a good cardio workout running up and down the hills inside Muir Woods park. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 07001396
context_page_description: 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 January 2020, there are 419 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 rooted in the language of a park's 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.
  The National Register of Historic Places, which contains nearly 79,000 entries, is administered by the National Park Service.
context_section_description: As of 2019, there are 128 national monuments, 84 of which are administered by the NPS and are listed below. The remaining 44 monuments are administered by five other federal agencies. Two, Grand Canyon–Parashant and Craters of the Moon 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.
caption: Muir Woods National Monument
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