List of the United States National Park System official units
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The Official Units of the National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service.
As of August 2016, there are 413 official units of the National Park System. However, this number can be misleading. For example, Denali National Park and Preserve are 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. Elsewhere, Fort Moultrie National Monument is not counted as a separate unit because it is considered a feature of the larger Fort Sumter National Monument. Furthermore, the NPS contributes resources to "affiliated areas" which do not fall under its administration, and these do not count toward the official list number. An example is Oklahoma City National Memorial.
These units are a subset of the List of areas in the National Park System of the United States, and nearly all participate in the national park passport stamps program. Until 2013, Delaware was the only state without an official unit (President Barack Obama designated First State National Monument under the Antiquities Act on March 25, 2013. It was subsequently redesignated a national historical park.) National park system units are also found in Washington, D.C., Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
Type | Number |
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National Park (List of National Parks of the United States) | 59 |
National Monument (List of national monuments of the United States) | 84 |
National Preserve | 19 |
National Historical Park | 50 |
National Historic Site | 78 |
International Historic Site | 1 |
National Battlefield Park | 4 |
National Military Park | 9 |
National Battlefield | 11 |
National Battlefield Site | 1 |
National Memorial (List of national memorials of the United States) | 30 |
National Recreation Area | 18 |
National Seashore (List of United States national lakeshores and seashores) | 10 |
National Lakeshore (List of United States national lakeshores and seashores) | 4 |
National River | 15 |
National Reserve | 2 |
National Parkway | 4 |
National Trail | 3 |
Other | 11 |
Total | 413 |
Bold indicates national parks.
See also
- List of areas in the United States National Park System
- List of all national parks of the world
- List of U.S. state parks
- National Park Passport Stamps
- National Park Travelers Club
References
- National Park Service Office of Public Affairs (2006). "Units in the National Park System". Last Updated March 6, 2006.
External links
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- National Park Service
- Alphabetical list at National Park Service
- Former National Park System Units: An Analysis
- The 411 NPS units, by classification. Official document from the NPS dated April 2016
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- National Park Service areas
- Lists of national parks in the United States
- National Battlefields and Military Parks of the United States
- National Historic Sites of the United States
- National Historical Parks of the United States
- National Lakeshores of the United States
- National Memorials of the United States
- National Park Service National Recreation Areas
- National Seashores of the United States
- National Park Service National Monuments
- Parkways in the United States
- National Preserves of the United States
- National Park Service