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.
There are 59 officially-designated national parks in the United States and its dependent areas.
Name
|
Location
|
Year Established
|
Area [1]
|
Acadia National Park
|
Maine
|
1919
|
700448876580000000048,876.58 acres (197.7965 km2)
|
National Park of American Samoa
|
American Samoa
|
1988
|
70038256670000000008,256.67 acres (33.4136 km2)
|
Arches National Park
|
Utah
|
1971
|
700476678980000000076,678.98 acres (310.3088 km2)
|
Badlands National Park
|
South Dakota
|
1978
|
7005242755940000000242,755.94 acres (982.3984 km2)
|
Big Bend National Park
|
Texas
|
1944
|
7005801163210000000801,163.21 acres (3,242.1925 km2)
|
Biscayne National Park
|
Florida
|
1980
|
7005172971110000000172,971.11 acres (699.9892 km2)
|
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
|
Colorado
|
1999
|
700430750030000000030,750.03 acres (124.4410 km2)
|
Bryce Canyon National Park
|
Utah
|
1928
|
700435835080000000035,835.08 acres (145.0194 km2)
|
Canyonlands National Park
|
Utah
|
1964
|
7005337597830000000337,597.83 acres (1,366.2099 km2)
|
Capitol Reef National Park
|
Utah
|
1971
|
7005241904260000000241,904.26 acres (978.9518 km2)
|
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
|
New Mexico
|
1930
|
700446766450000000046,766.45 acres (189.2571 km2)
|
Channel Islands National Park
|
California
|
1980
|
7005249561000000000249,561 acres (1,009.94 km2)
|
Congaree National Park
|
South Carolina
|
2003
|
700426275820000000026,275.82 acres (106.3345 km2)
|
Crater Lake National Park
|
Oregon
|
1902
|
7005183224050000000183,224.05 acres (741.4814 km2)
|
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
|
Ohio
|
2000
|
700432831180000000032,831.18 acres (132.8631 km2)
|
Death Valley National Park
|
California, Nevada
|
1994
|
70063373062740000003,373,062.74 acres (13,650.3006 km2)
|
Denali National Park and Preserve
|
Alaska
|
1917
|
70064740911160000004,740,911.16 acres (19,185.7868 km2)
|
Dry Tortugas National Park
|
Florida
|
1992
|
700464701220000000064,701.22 acres (261.8365 km2)
|
Everglades National Park
|
Florida
|
1947
|
70061400539300000001,400,539.3 acres (5,667.781 km2)
|
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
|
Alaska
|
1980
|
70067523897450000007,523,897.45 acres (30,448.1327 km2)
|
Glacier National Park (part of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park)
|
Montana
|
1910
|
70061013322170000001,013,322.17 acres (4,100.7693 km2)
|
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
|
Alaska
|
1980
|
70063223383430000003,223,383.43 acres (13,044.5699 km2)
|
Grand Canyon National Park
|
Arizona
|
1919
|
70061217191350000001,217,191.35 acres (4,925.7986 km2)
|
Grand Teton National Park
|
Wyoming
|
1929
|
7005310044220000000310,044.22 acres (1,254.7044 km2)
|
Great Basin National Park
|
Nevada
|
1986
|
700477180000000000077,180 acres (312.3 km2)
|
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
|
Colorado
|
2004
|
700494687840000000094,687.84 acres (383.1881 km2)
|
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
|
North Carolina, Tennessee
|
1934
|
7005522426880000000522,426.88 acres (2,114.1866 km2)
|
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
|
Texas
|
1966
|
700486367100000000086,367.1 acres (349.515 km2)
|
Haleakala National Park
|
Hawaii
|
1916
|
700433264620000000033,264.62 acres (134.6171 km2)
|
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
|
Hawaii
|
1916
|
7005323431380000000323,431.38 acres (1,308.8804 km2)
|
Hot Springs National Park
|
Arkansas
|
1921
|
70035549260000000005,549.26 acres (22.4571 km2)
|
Isle Royale National Park
|
Michigan
|
1940
|
7005571790110000000571,790.11 acres (2,313.9525 km2)
|
Joshua Tree National Park
|
California
|
1994
|
7005790635740000000790,635.74 acres (3,199.5893 km2)
|
Katmai National Park and Preserve
|
Alaska
|
1980
|
70063674368020000003,674,368.02 acres (14,869.6398 km2)
|
Kenai Fjords National Park
|
Alaska
|
1980
|
7005669983650000000669,983.65 acres (2,711.3276 km2)
|
Kings Canyon National Park
|
California
|
1940
|
7005461901200000000461,901.2 acres (1,869.248 km2)
|
Kobuk Valley National Park
|
Alaska
|
1980
|
70061750716160000001,750,716.16 acres (7,084.8969 km2)
|
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
|
Alaska
|
1980
|
70062619712560000002,619,712.56 acres (10,601.6006 km2)
|
Lassen Volcanic National Park
|
California
|
1916
|
7005106452330000000106,452.33 acres (430.7973 km2)
|
Mammoth Cave National Park
|
Kentucky
|
1941
|
700452830190000000052,830.19 acres (213.7962 km2)
|
Mesa Verde National Park
|
Colorado
|
1906
|
700452485170000000052,485.17 acres (212.3999 km2)
|
Mount Rainier National Park
|
Washington
|
1899
|
7005236381490000000236,381.49 acres (956.6020 km2)
|
North Cascades National Park
|
Washington
|
1968
|
7005504780940000000504,780.94 acres (2,042.7760 km2)
|
Olympic National Park
|
Washington
|
1938
|
7005922650100000000922,650.1 acres (3,733.832 km2)
|
Petrified Forest National Park
|
Arizona
|
1962
|
7005221414590000000221,414.59 acres (896.0331 km2)
|
Pinnacles National Park
|
California
|
2013
|
700426605730000000026,605.73 acres (107.6696 km2)
|
Redwood National and State Parks
|
California
|
1968
|
7005138885459999999138,885.46 acres (562.0495 km2)
|
Rocky Mountain National Park
|
Colorado
|
1915
|
7005265795200000000265,795.2 acres (1,075.635 km2)
|
Saguaro National Park
|
Arizona
|
1994
|
700491442420000000091,442.42 acres (370.0543 km2)
|
Sequoia National Park
|
California
|
1890
|
7005404062630000000404,062.63 acres (1,635.1834 km2)
|
Shenandoah National Park
|
Virginia
|
1935
|
7005199116920000000199,116.92 acres (805.7976 km2)
|
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
|
North Dakota
|
1978
|
700470446890000000070,446.89 acres (285.0884 km2)
|
Virgin Islands National Park
|
U.S. Virgin Islands
|
1956
|
700414944840000000014,944.84 acres (60.4796 km2)
|
Voyageurs National Park
|
Minnesota
|
1975
|
7005218200150000000218,200.15 acres (883.0247 km2)
|
Wind Cave National Park
|
South Dakota
|
1903
|
700433847080000000033,847.08 acres (136.9743 km2)
|
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
|
Alaska
|
1980
|
70068323146500000008,323,146.5 acres (33,682.579 km2)
|
Yellowstone National Park
|
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
|
1872
|
70062219790710000002,219,790.71 acres (8,983.1743 km2)
|
Yosemite National Park
|
California
|
1890
|
7005761267500000000761,267.5 acres (3,080.740 km2)
|
Zion National Park
|
Utah
|
1919
|
7005147237020000000147,237.02 acres (595.8471 km2)
|
Name
|
Location
|
Area [2]
|
African Burial Ground National Monument
|
New York
|
69993500000000000000.35 acres (0.0014 km2)
|
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
|
Nebraska
|
70033057870000000003,057.87 acres (12.3748 km2)
|
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
|
Texas
|
70031370970000000001,370.97 acres (5.5481 km2)
|
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
|
Alaska
|
7005137176000000000137,176 acres (555.13 km2)
|
Aztec Ruins National Monument
|
New Mexico
|
7002318400000000000318.4 acres (1.289 km2)
|
Bandelier National Monument
|
New Mexico
|
700433676670000000033,676.67 acres (136.2846 km2)
|
Booker T. Washington National Monument
|
Virginia
|
7002239010000000000239.01 acres (0.9672 km2)
|
Buck Island Reef National Monument
|
U.S. Virgin Islands
|
700419015470000000019,015.47 acres (76.9529 km2)
|
Cabrillo National Monument
|
California
|
7002159940000000000159.94 acres (0.6473 km2)
|
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
|
Arizona
|
700483840000000000083,840 acres (339.3 km2)
|
Cape Krusenstern National Monument and Archeological District
|
Alaska
|
7005649124530000000649,124.53 acres (2,626.9138 km2)
|
Capulin Volcano National Monument
|
New Mexico
|
7002792840000000000792.84 acres (3.2085 km2)
|
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
|
Arizona
|
7002472500000000000472.5 acres (1.912 km2)
|
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
|
Florida
|
700119380000000000019.38 acres (0.0784 km2)
|
Castle Clinton National Monument
|
New York
|
70001000000000000001 acre (0.0040 km2)
|
Cedar Breaks National Monument
|
Utah
|
70036154600000000006,154.6 acres (24.907 km2)
|
César E. Chávez National Monument
|
California
|
7002116560000000000116.56 acres (0.4717 km2)
|
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
|
Ohio
|
700159660000000000059.66 acres (0.2414 km2)
|
Chiricahua National Monument
|
Arizona
|
700411984730000000011,984.73 acres (48.5005 km2)
|
Colorado National Monument
|
Colorado
|
700420536390000000020,536.39 acres (83.1078 km2)
|
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
|
Idaho
|
700453571050000000053,571.05 acres (216.7943 km2)
|
Devils Postpile National Monument
|
California
|
7002798460000000000798.46 acres (3.2313 km2)
|
Devils Tower National Monument
|
Wyoming
|
70031346910000000001,346.91 acres (5.4508 km2)
|
Dinosaur National Monument
|
Utah / Colorado
|
7005210283310000000210,283.31 acres (850.9864 km2)
|
Effigy Mounds National Monument
|
Iowa
|
70032526390000000002,526.39 acres (10.2239 km2)
|
El Malpais National Monument
|
New Mexico
|
7005114313870000000114,313.87 acres (462.6118 km2)
|
El Morro National Monument
|
New Mexico
|
70031278720000000001,278.72 acres (5.1748 km2)
|
First State National Monument
|
Delaware / Pennsylvania
|
70031151060000000001,151.06 acres (4.6582 km2)
|
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
|
Colorado
|
70035998090000000005,998.09 acres (24.2734 km2)
|
Fort Frederica National Monument
|
Georgia
|
7002284490000000000284.49 acres (1.1513 km2)
|
Fort Matanzas National Monument
|
Florida
|
7002300110000000000300.11 acres (1.2145 km2)
|
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
|
Maryland
|
700143260000000000043.26 acres (0.1751 km2)
|
Fort Monroe National Monument
|
Virginia
|
7002325200000000000325.2 acres (1.316 km2)
|
Fort Pulaski National Monument
|
Georgia
|
70035623100000000005,623.1 acres (22.756 km2)
|
Fort Stanwix National Monument
|
New York
|
700115520000000000015.52 acres (0.0628 km2)
|
Fort Sumter National Monument
|
South Carolina
|
7002234740000000000234.74 acres (0.9500 km2)
|
Fort Union National Monument
|
New Mexico
|
7002720600000000000720.6 acres (2.916 km2)
|
Fossil Butte National Monument
|
Wyoming
|
70038198000000000008,198 acres (33.18 km2)
|
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
|
Virginia
|
7002661730000000000661.73 acres (2.6779 km2)
|
George Washington Carver National Monument
|
Missouri
|
7002210000000000000210 acres (0.85 km2)
|
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
|
New Mexico
|
7002533130000000000533.13 acres (2.1575 km2)
|
Governors Island National Monument
|
New York
|
700122780000000000022.78 acres (0.0922 km2)
|
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
|
Arizona
|
|
Grand Portage National Monument
|
Minnesota
|
7002709970000000000709.97 acres (2.8731 km2)
|
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
|
Idaho
|
70034351149999999994,351.15 acres (17.6085 km2)
|
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument
|
Maryland
|
7002480000000000000480 acres (1.9 km2)
|
Hohokam Pima National Monument
|
Arizona
|
70031690000000000001,690 acres (6.8 km2)
|
Homestead National Monument of America
|
Nebraska
|
7002211090000000000211.09 acres (0.8543 km2)
|
Hovenweep National Monument
|
Colorado / Utah
|
7002784930000000000784.93 acres (3.1765 km2)
|
Jewel Cave National Monument
|
South Dakota
|
70031273510000000001,273.51 acres (5.1537 km2)
|
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
|
Oregon
|
700414062020000000014,062.02 acres (56.9070 km2)
|
Lava Beds National Monument
|
California
|
700446692420000000046,692.42 acres (188.9575 km2)
|
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
|
Montana
|
7002765340000000000765.34 acres (3.0972 km2)
|
Montezuma Castle National Monument
|
Arizona
|
70031015520000000001,015.52 acres (4.1097 km2)
|
Muir Woods National Monument
|
California
|
7002553549999999999553.55 acres (2.2401 km2)
|
Natural Bridges National Monument
|
Utah
|
70037636490000000007,636.49 acres (30.9038 km2)
|
Navajo National Monument
|
Arizona
|
7002360000000000000360 acres (1.5 km2)
|
|
Ocmulgee National Monument
|
Georgia
|
7002701540000000000701.54 acres (2.8390 km2)
|
Oregon Caves National Monument
|
Oregon
|
7002487980000000000487.98 acres (1.9748 km2)
|
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
|
Arizona
|
7005330688860000000330,688.86 acres (1,338.2503 km2)
|
Petroglyph National Monument
|
New Mexico
|
70037209300000000007,209.3 acres (29.175 km2)
|
Pipe Spring National Monument
|
Arizona
|
700140000000000000040 acres (0.16 km2)
|
Pipestone National Monument
|
Minnesota
|
7002281780000000000281.78 acres (1.1403 km2)
|
Poverty Point National Monument
|
Louisiana
|
7002910850000000000910.85 acres (3.6861 km2)
|
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
|
Utah
|
7002160000000000000160 acres (0.65 km2)
|
Russell Cave National Monument
|
Alabama
|
7002310450000000000310.45 acres (1.2563 km2)
|
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
|
New Mexico
|
70031071420000000001,071.42 acres (4.3359 km2)
|
Scotts Bluff National Monument
|
Nebraska
|
70033004810000000003,004.81 acres (12.1600 km2)
|
Statue of Liberty National Monument
|
New York and New Jersey
|
700160860000000000060.86 acres (0.2463 km2)
|
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
|
Arizona
|
70033040000000000003,040 acres (12.3 km2)
|
Timpanogos Cave National Monument
|
Utah
|
7002250000000000000250 acres (1.0 km2)
|
Tonto National Monument
|
Arizona
|
70031120000000000001,120 acres (4.5 km2)
|
Tuzigoot National Monument
|
Arizona
|
7002811890000000000811.89 acres (3.2856 km2)
|
Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument
|
U.S. Virgin Islands
|
700412708070000000012,708.07 acres (51.4277 km2)
|
Walnut Canyon National Monument
|
Arizona
|
70033529260000000003,529.26 acres (14.2824 km2)
|
White Sands National Monument
|
New Mexico
|
7005143733250000000143,733.25 acres (581.6678 km2)
|
World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
|
Hawaii, California, Alaska
|
700159030000000000059.03 acres (0.2389 km2)
|
Wupatki National Monument
|
Arizona
|
700435422130000000035,422.13 acres (143.3483 km2)
|
Yucca House National Monument
|
Colorado
|
700133870000000000033.87 acres (0.1371 km2)
|
Name
|
Established
|
Disbanded
|
Result
|
Papago Saguaro National Monument
|
January 31, 1914
|
April 7, 1930
|
Transferred to Arizona; now jointly operated by the cities of Phoenix and Tempe
|
Lewis and Clark Cavern National Monument
|
May 11, 1908
|
August 24, 1937
|
Transferred to Montana; now operated as a state 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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
Fossil Cycad National Monument
|
October 21, 1922
|
August 1, 1956
|
Transferred to Bureau of Land Management because of severe vandalism to the site
|
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
|
Petrified Forest National Monument
|
December 8, 1906
|
December 9, 1962
|
Incorporated into Petrified Forest National Park
|
Lehman Caves National Monument
|
June 10, 1933
|
October 27, 1986
|
Incorporated into Great Basin National Park[3]
|
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
|
Incorporated into Minidoka National Historic Site
|
.
.
, of which 78 are NPS units and 12 are affiliated areas.
There are 28 national memorials that are NPS units and five affiliated national memorials.
Name
|
Location
|
Area [4]
|
American Memorial Park (affiliated area)
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
Arkansas Post National Memorial
|
Arkansas
|
7002757510000000000757.51 acres (3.0655 km2)
|
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
|
Virginia
|
700128079999999999928.08 acres (0.1136 km2)
|
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial (affiliated area)
|
Pennsylvania
|
Chamizal National Memorial
|
Texas
|
700154900000000000054.90 acres (0.2222 km2)
|
Coronado National Memorial
|
Arizona
|
70034830220000000004,830.22 acres (19.5472 km2)
|
De Soto National Memorial
|
Florida
|
700130000000000000030 acres (0.12 km2)
|
Father Marquette National Memorial (affiliated area)
|
Michigan
|
Federal Hall National Memorial
|
New York
|
69994500000000000000.45 acres (0.0018 km2)
|
Flight 93 National Memorial
|
Pennsylvania
|
70032319960000000002,319.96 acres (9.3885 km2)
|
Fort Caroline National Memorial
|
Florida
|
7002138389999999999138.39 acres (0.5600 km2)
|
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
|
Washington, D.C.
|
70008140000000000008.14 acres (0.0329 km2)
|
General Grant National Memorial
|
New York
|
6999760000000000000.76 acres (0.0031 km2)
|
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
|
New York
|
70001040000000000001.04 acres (0.0042 km2)
|
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
|
Missouri
|
7002192830000000000192.83 acres (0.7804 km2)
|
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
|
Pennsylvania
|
7002177760000000000177.76 acres (0.7194 km2)
|
Korean War Veterans Memorial
|
Washington, D.C.
|
70001560000000000001.56 acres (0.0063 km2)
|
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
|
Indiana
|
7002199650000000000199.65 acres (0.8080 km2)
|
Lincoln Memorial
|
Washington, D.C.
|
70007290000000000007.29 acres (0.0295 km2)
|
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
|
Washington, D.C.
|
70031570150000000001,570.15 acres (6.3542 km2)
|
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
|
Washington DC
|
70002740000000000002.74 acres (0.0111 km2)
|
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
|
South Dakota
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70031278450000000001,278.45 acres (5.1737 km2)
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Oklahoma City National Memorial (affiliated area)
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Oklahoma
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Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
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Ohio
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700125380000000000025.38 acres (0.1027 km2)
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Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
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California
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70005000000000000005.00 acres (0.0202 km2)
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Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial (affiliated area)
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Virginia
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Roger Williams National Memorial
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Rhode Island
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70004559999999999994.56 acres (0.0185 km2)
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Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
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Pennsylvania
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6998200000000000000.02 acres (8.1×10−5 km2)
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Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
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Washington, D.C.
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700188500000000000088.5 acres (0.358 km2)
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial
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Washington, D.C.
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700118360000000000018.36 acres (0.0743 km2)
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Washington, D.C.
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70002180000000000002.18 acres (0.0088 km2)
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Washington Monument
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Washington, D.C.
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7002106010000000000106.01 acres (0.4290 km2)
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World War II Memorial
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Washington, D.C.
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70008250000000000008.25 acres (0.0334 km2)
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Wright Brothers National Memorial
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North Carolina
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7002428440000000000428.44 acres (1.7338 km2)
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There are 18 national recreation areas administered by the National Park Service.
There are 10 national seashores.
There are four national lakeshores, located in Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
The National Park Service provides limited assistance to national heritage areas, but does not administer them.
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 and some are also national historic sites.
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.