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National Parks, Monuments, and Seashores,  United States

The Ultimate National Park Bucket List

October 30, 2021 / 1 Comment

I’ve had a National Park Bucket List for as long as I can remember.  My National Park Bucket list is a lofty goal of visiting all the National Parks.  Over the last century, the number of parks has grown from 35 National Parks to 63.  If you include all of the National Monuments, Military Parks, Battlefields, Historic Sites, National Preserves, National Seashores, etc, there are more than 420 sites!

The article breaks down the National Park sites into various categories.  The sites in bold are the ones we have visited.

How Many National Parks Sites are There in the USA?

As of the most recent update to this article, there are 424 national park units in the United States.

National park units must meet certain criteria to be considered by  Congress.

There are different types of national park units such as National Battlefield Parks, National Seashores, National Preserves, National Monuments, National Historical Parks, etc.

And then, there’s the Mack Daddy of all titles, the National Park.

What Does it Take to Be a National Park?

National Parks are generally an area of natural and/or cultural significance.  The land in National Parks is protected and there are many restrictions that dictate how the land can be used.  In most National Parks, hunting, mining, drilling, and other such practices are forbidden.

National Preserves are similar to National Parks in that they protect certain resources.  However, there are fewer restrictions on how the land can be used.  You may also find hunting, fishing, and mining, at these locations.

A National Monument is generally smaller than a National Park or Preserve, and it only protects on specific source.

The Ultimate National Park Bucket List

The 63 National Parks in Alphabetical Order

◽Acadia National Park, Maine
◽Arches National Park, Utah
◽Badlands National Park, South Dakota
◽Big Bend National Park, Texas
◽Biscayne National Park, Florida
◽Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado
◽Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
◽Canyonlands National Park, Utah
◽Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
◽Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico
◽Channel Islands National Park, California
◽Congaree National Park, South Carolina
◽Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
◽Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio
◽Death Valley National Park, California and Nevada
◽Denali National Park, Alaska
◽Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
◽Everglades National Park, Florida
◽Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska
◽Gateway Arch National Park, Missouri
◽Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
◽Glacier National Park, Montana
◽Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
◽Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
◽Great Basin National Park, Nevada
◽Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
◽Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee
◽Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas
◽Haleakala National Park, Hawaii
◽Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
◽Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
◽Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana
◽Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
◽Joshua Tree National Park, California
◽Katmai National Park, Alaska
◽Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
◽Kings Canyon National Park, California
◽Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska
◽Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
◽Lassen Volcanic National Park, California
◽Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
◽Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
◽Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
◽National Park of American Samoa, American Samoa
◽New River Gorge National Park, West Virginia
◽North Cascades National Park, Washington
◽Olympic National Park, Washington
◽Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
◽Pinnacles National Park, California
◽Redwood National Park, California
◽Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
◽Saguaro National Park, Arizona
◽Sequoia National Park, California
◽Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
◽Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
◽Virgin Islands National Park, Virgin Islands
◽Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota
◽White Sands National Park, New Mexico
◽Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota
◽Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska
◽Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming
◽Yosemite National Park, California
◽Zion National Park, Utah

–  Elle 9/63,  The Adventure Kids 4/63

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National Parks, Monuments, Battlefields, Historic Sites, etc. by State

Alabama

  1. ◽  Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
  2. ◽  Freedom Riders National Monument
  3. ◽  Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
  4. ◽  Little River Canyon National Preserve
  5. ◽  Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area
  6. ◽  Russell Cave National Monument
  7. ◽  Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
  8. ◽  Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site

 

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Airplane at Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

Alaska

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Denali National Park
  1. ◽  Alagnak Wild River
  2. ◽  Aleutian Islands World War II National Historic Area
  3. ◽  Aniakchak National Monument
  4. ◽  Aniakchak National Preserve
  5. ◽  Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
  6. ◽  Cape Krusenstern National Monument
  7. ◽  Denali National Park
  8. ◽  Denali National Preserve
  9. ◽ Gates of the Arctic National Park
  10. ◽  Gates of the Arctic National Preserve
  11. ◽  Glacier Bay National Park
  12. ◽  Glacier Bay National Preserve
  13. ◽ Katmai National Park
  14. ◽  Katmai National Preserve
  15. ◽  Kenai Fjords National Park 
  16. ◽  Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (also WA)
  17. ◽  Kobuk Valley National Park
  18. ◽  Lake Clark National Park
  19. ◽  Lake Clark National Preserve
  20. ◽  Noatak National Preserve
  21. ◽  Sitka National Historical Park
  22. ◽  Wragell-St Elias National Park
  23. ◽  Wrangell-St Elias National Preserve
  24. ◽  Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

     

Arizona

  1. ◽  Canyon De Chelly National Monument
  2. ◽  Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
  3. ◽  Chiricahua National Monument
  4. ◽  Coronado National Memorial
  5. ◽  Fort Bowie National Historic Site
  6. ◽  Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (also UT)
  7. ◽  Grand Canyon National Park
  8. ◽  Hohokam Pima National Monument
  9. ◽  Hubbel Trading Post National Historic Site
  10. ◽  Montezuma Castle National Monument
  11. ◽  Navajo National Monument
  12. ◽  Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
  13. ◽  Petrified Forest National Park
  14. ◽  Pipe Spring National Monument
  15. ◽ Saguro National Park
  16. ◽ Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
  17. ◽  Tonto National Monument
  18. ◽  Tumacacori National Historical Park
  19. ◽  Tuzigoot National Monument
  20. ◽  Walnut Canyon National Monument
  21. ◽  Wupatki National Monument

 

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Grand Canyon National Park

Arkansas

  1. ◽  Arkansas Post National Memorial
  2. ◽  Buffalo National River
  3. ◽  Fort Smith National Historic Site
  4. ◽  Hot Springs National Park 
  5. ◽  Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
  6. ◽  Pea Ridge National Military Park
  7. ◽  President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

California

  1. ◽  Cabrillo National Monument
  2. ◽  Castle Mountains National Monument
  3. ◽  César E Chávez National Monument
  4. ◽ Channel Islands National Park
  5. Death Valley National Park
  6. ◽  Devils Postpile National Monument
  7. ◽  Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site
  8. ◽  Fort Point National Historic Site
  9. ◽ Golden Gate National Recreation Area
    1. ◽ Alcatraz Island
    2. ◽ Point Bonita Lighthouse
  10. ◽  John Muir National Historic Site
  11. ◽  Joshua Tree National Park
  12. ◽ Kings Canyon National Park
  13. ◽  Lassen Volcanic National Park
  14. ◽  Lava Beds National Monument
  15. ◽  Manzanar National Historic Site
  16. ◽  Mojave National Preserve
  17. ◽ Muir Woods National Monument
  18. ◽ Pinncales National Park  
  19. ◽  Point Reyes National Seashore
  20. ◽  Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
  21. ◽ Redwood National Park  
  22. ◽  Rosie the Riveter / World War II Home Front National Historic Park
  23. ◽  San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
  24. ◽  Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
  25. ◽ Sequoia National Park  
  26. ◽  Tule Lake National Monument
  27. ◽  Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
  28. ◽ Yosemite National Park
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Yosemite National Park

Colorado

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Great Sand Dunes National Park
  1. ◽  Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
  2. ◽  Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
  3. ◽  Colorado National Monument
  4. ◽  Curecanti National Recreation Area
  5. ◽  Dinosaur National Monument (also UT)
  6. ◽  Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
  7. ◽  Great Sand Dunes National Park 
  8. ◽  Great Sand Dunes National Preserve
  9. ◽  Hovenweep National Monument
  10. ◽  Mesa Verde National Park
  11. ◽  Rocky Mountain National Park
  12. ◽  Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
  13. ◽  Yucca House National Monument

Connecticut

Delaware

  1. ◽  Weir Farm National Historic Site
  1. ◽  First State National Historical Park (also PA)

Florida

Dry Tortugas National Park
  1. ◽ Big Cypress National Preserve
  2. ◽ Biscayne National Park 
  3. ◽ Canaveral National Seashore
  4. ◽  Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
  5. ◽  De Soto National Memorial
  6. ◽ Dry Tortugas National Park
  7. ◽ Everglades National Park
  8. ◽  Fort Caroline National Memorial
  9. ◽ Fort Matanzas National Monument
  10. ◽ Gulf Islands National Seashore (also MS)
  11. ◽ Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve

Related Post:  11 Awesome National Parks in Florida

Georgia

  1. ◽  Andersonville National Historic Site
  2. ◽  Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
  3. ◽  Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (also TN)
  4. ◽  Cumberland Island National Seashore
  5. ◽  Fort Frederica National Monument
  6. ◽  Fort Pulaski National Monument
  7. ◽  Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
  8. ◽  Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
  9. ◽  Martin Luther King Jr National Historical Park
  10. ◽  Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

Related Post:  11 Extraordinary National Parks in Georgia

Martin Luther King, Jr's Birth Home

Hawaii

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Pearl Harbor
  1. ◽ Haleakala National Park  
  2. ◽  Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 
  3. ◽  Honouliuli National Historic Site
  4. ◽  Kalaupapa National Historical Park
  5. ◽  Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
  6. ◽  Pearl Harbor National Memorial
  7. ◽  Pu’uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park
  8. ◽  Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site

Idaho

  1. ◽  City of Rocks National Reserve
  2. ◽ Craters of the Moon National Monument
  3. ◽ Craters of the Moon National Preserve
  4. ◽  Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
  5. ◽  Minidoka National Historic Site
  6. ◽  Nez Perce National Historical Park
  7. ◽ Yellowstone National Park (also MT, WY)
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Yellowstone National Park

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

  1. ◽  Lincoln Home National Historic Site
  2. ◽  Pullman National Monument
  1. ◽  George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
  2. ◽  Indiana Dunes National Park 
  3. ◽  Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
  1. ◽  Effigy Mounds National Monument
  2. ◽  Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
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Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Kansas

Kentucky

  1. ◽  Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site
  2. ◽  Fort Larned National Historic Site
  3. ◽  Fort Scott National Historic Site
  4. ◽  Nicodemus National Historic Site
  5. ◽  Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
  1. ◽  Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
  2. ◽  Camp Nelson National Monument
  3. ◽  Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (also TN, VA)
  4. ◽  Fort Donelson National Battlefield (also TN)
  5. ◽  Mammoth Cave National Park 
  6. ◽  Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
Mammoth Cave National Park
The kids deep inside Mammoth Cave at Mammoth Cave National Park

Louisiana

Maine

  1. ◽  Cane River Creole National Historical Park
  2. ◽  Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
  3. ◽  New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
  4. ◽  Poverty Point National Monument
  5. ◽  Vicksburg National Military Park (also MS)
  1. ◽ Acadia National Park  
  2. ◽  Appalachian National Scenic Trail (Maine to Georgia)
  3. ◽  Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
  4. ◽  Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

Maryland

  1. ◽  Antietam National Battlefield
  2. ◽  Assateague Island National Seashore (also VA)
  3. ◽  Catoctin Mountain Park
  4. ◽  C&O Canal National Historical Park (also Washington, DC)
  5. ◽  Clara Barton National Historic Site
  6. ◽  Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
  7. ◽  Fort Washington Park
  8. ◽  Greenbelt Park
  9. ◽  Hampton National Historic Site
  10. ◽  Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
  11. ◽  Monocacy National Battlefield
  12. ◽  Piscataway Park
  13. ◽  Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
  14. ◽  Thomas Stone National Historic Site

Massachusetts

  1. ◽  Adams National Historical Park
  2. ◽  Boston African American National Historic Site
  3. ◽  Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
  4. ◽  Boston National Historical Park
  5. ◽  Cape Cod National Seashore
  6. ◽  Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
  7. ◽  John F Kennedy National Historic Site
  8. ◽  Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
  9. ◽  Lowell National Historical Park
  10. ◽  Minute Man National Historical Park
  11. ◽  New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
  12. ◽  Salem Maritime National Historic Site
  13. ◽  Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
  14. ◽  Springfield Armory National Historic Site
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Mississippi River

Michigan

Minnesota

  1. ◽  Isle Royale National Park 
  2. ◽  Keweenaw National Historical Park
  3. ◽  Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
  4. ◽  River Raisin National Battlefield Park
  5. ◽  Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
  1. ◽  Grand Portage National Monument
  2. ◽  Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
  3. ◽  Pipestone National Monument
  4. ◽  Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway (also WI)
  5. ◽ Voyageurs National Park  
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Gulf Island National Seashore

Mississippi

Missouri

  1. ◽  Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
  2. ◽  Gulf Island National Seashore (also FL)
  3. ◽  Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
  4. ◽  Natchez National Historical Park
  5. ◽  Natchez Trace Parkway (also AL, TN)
  6. ◽  Natchez Trace National Trail (also AL, TN)
  7. ◽  Shiloh Military Park (also TN)
  8. ◽  Tupelo National Battlefield
  9. ◽  Vicksburg National Military Park (also LA)
  1. ◽  Gateway Arch National Park 
  2. ◽  George Washington Carver National Monument
  3. ◽  Harry S Truman National Historic Site
  4. ◽  Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
  5. ◽  Ozark National Scenic Riverways
  6. ◽  Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park
  7. ◽  Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
  8. ◽  Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield

Montana

  1. ◽  Big Hole National Battlefield
  2. ◽  Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
  3. ◽  Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (also ND)
  4. ◽ Glacier National Park    
  5. ◽  Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
  6. ◽  Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
  7. ◽ Yellowstone National Park   (also ID, WY)
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Yellowstone National Park

Nebraska

Nevada

  1. ◽  Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
  2. ◽  Homestead National Monument of America
  3. ◽  Missouri National Recreational River (also SD)
  4. ◽  Niobrara National Scenic River
  5. ◽  Scotts Bluff National Monument
  1. ◽ Death Valley National Park (also CA)
  2. ◽  Great Basin National Park
  3. ◽  Lake Mead National Recreation Area (also AZ)
  4. ◽  Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

New Hampshire

New Jersey

  1. ◽  Saint-Gaudens National Historic Park
  1. ◽  Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (also PA)
  2. ◽  Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River
  3. ◽  Morristown National Historical Park
  4. ◽  Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
  5. ◽  Thomas Edison National Historical Park

New Mexico

  1. ◽  Aztec Ruins National Monument
  2. ◽  Bandelier National Monument
  3. ◽  Capulin Volcano National Monument
  4. ◽  Carlsbad Caverns National Park
  5. ◽  Chaco Culture National Historical Park
  6. ◽  El Malpais National Monument
  7. ◽  El Morro National Monument
  8. ◽  Fort Union National Monument
  9. ◽  Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
  10. ◽  Manhattan Project National Historical Park (also TN, WA)
  11. ◽  Pecos National Historical Park
  12. ◽  Petroglyph National Monument
  13. ◽  Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
  14.  ◽ Valles Caldera National Preserve
  15. ◽ White Sands National Parks 

New York

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Statue of Liberty National Monument
  1. ◽  African Burial Ground National Monument
  2. ◽  Castle Clinton National Monument
  3. ◽  Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
  4. ◽  Federal Hall National Memorial
  5. ◽  Fire Island National Seashore
  6. ◽  Fort Stanwix National Monument
  7. ◽  Gateway National Recreation Area (also NJ)
  8. ◽  General Grant National Memorial
  9. ◽  Governors Island National Monument
  10. ◽  Hamilton Grange National Memorial
  11. ◽  Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
  12. ◽  Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
  13. ◽  Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
  14. ◽  Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
  15. ◽  Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
  16. ◽  Saratoga National Historical Park
  17. ◽  Statue of Liberty National Monument
  18. ◽  Stonewall National Monument
  19. ◽  Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
  20. ◽  Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
  21. ◽  Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
  22. ◽  Women’s Rights National Historical Park

North Carolina

  1. ◽ Blue Ridge Parkway (also VA)
  2. ◽ Cape Hatteras National Seashore
  3. ◽  Cape Lookout National Seashore
  4. ◽  Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
  5. ◽  Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
  6. ◽ Great Smoky Mountains National Park (also TN)
  7. ◽  Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
  8. ◽  Moores Creek National Battlefield
  9. ◽Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (also VA, SC, and TN)
  10. ◽  Wright Brothers National Memorial
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Blue Ridge Parkway

North Dakota

  1. ◽  Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (also MT)
  2. ◽  Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
  3. ◽  Theodore Roosevelt National Park 

Ohio

  1. ◽  Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
  2. ◽  Cuyahoga Valley National Park 
  3. ◽  David Berger National Memorial
  4. ◽  Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
  5. ◽  Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site
  6. ◽  First Ladies National Historic Site
  7. ◽  Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
  8. ◽  James A Garfield National Historic Site
  9. ◽  Perry’s Victory and International Peace Museum
  10. ◽  William Howard Taft National Historic Site
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Crater Lake National Park

Oklahoma

Oregon

  1. ◽  Chickasaw National Recreation Area
  2. ◽  Oklahoma City National Memorial
  3. ◽  Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
  1. ◽  Crater Lake National Park 
  2. ◽  John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
  3. ◽  Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (also WA)
  4. ◽  Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve

Pennsylvania

  1. ◽  Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
  2. ◽  Edgar Allen Poe National Historic Site
  3. ◽  Eisenhower National Historic Site
  4. ◽  Flight 93 National Memorial
  5. ◽  Fort Necessity National Battlefield
  6. ◽  Friendship Hill National Historic Site
  7. ◽  Gettysburg National Military Park
  8. ◽  Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
  9. ◽  Independence National Historical Park
  10. ◽  Johnstown Flood National Memorial
  11. ◽  Lower Delaware National Scenic River
  12. ◽  Steamtown National Historic Site
  13. ◽  Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
  14. ◽  Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
  15. ◽  Valley Forge National Historical Park

Rhode Island

  1. ◽  Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park (also MA)
  2. ◽  Roger Williams National Memorial
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial

South Carolina

South Dakota

  1. ◽  Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
  2. ◽  Congaree National Park 
  3. ◽  Cowpens National Battlefield
  4. ◽  Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
  5. ◽  Kings Mountain National Military Park
  6. ◽  Ninety-Six National Historic Site
  7. ◽Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (also NC, TN, and VA)
  8. ◽  Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
  1. ◽  Badlands National Park  
  2. ◽  Jewel Cave National Monument
  3. ◽  Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
  4. ◽  Mount Rushmore National Memorial
  5. ◽  Wind Cave National Park

Tennessee

  1. ◽  Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
  2. ◽  Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (also KY)
  3. ◽  Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park (also GA)
  4. ◽  Fort Donelson National Battlefield (also KY)
  5. ◽  Great Smoky Mountains National Park (also NC)
  6. ◽  Obed Wild and Scenic River
  7. ◽Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (also NC, SC, VA)
  8. ◽  Shiloh National Military Park (also MS)
  9. ◽  Stone River National Battlefield
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Arches National Park

Texas

Utah

  1. ◽  Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
  2. ◽  Amistad National Recreation Area
  3. ◽  Big Ben National Park
  4. ◽  Big Thicket National Preserve
  5. ◽  Chamizal National Memorial
  6. ◽  Fort Davis National Historic Site
  7. ◽  Guadalupe Mountains National Park
  8. ◽  Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
  9. ◽  Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
  10. ◽  Padre Island National Seashore
  11. ◽  Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
  12. ◽  Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
  13. ◽  San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
  14. ◽  Waco Mammoth National Monument
  1. ◽ Arches National Park  
  2. ◽  Bryce Canyon National Park 
  3. ◽ Canyonlands National Park  
  4. ◽  Capitol Reef National Park
  5. ◽  Cedar Breaks National Monument
  6. ◽  Dinosaur National Monument (also CO)
  7. ◽  Golden Spike National Historical Park
  8. ◽  Natural Bridges National Monument
  9. ◽  Rainbow Bridge National Monument
  10. ◽  Timpanogos Cave National Monument
  11. ◽ Zion National Park  

Vermont

  1. ◽  Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park

Virginia

Washington

  1. ◽ Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
  2. ◽ Arlington House, The Robert E Lee Memorial
  3. ◽ Blue Ridge Parkway (also NC)
  4. ◽  Booker T Washington National Monument
  5. ◽  Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
  6. ◽  Colonial National Historical Park
  7. ◽  Fort Monroe National Monument
  8. ◽  Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
  9. ◽  George Washington Birthplace National Monument
  10. ◽  George Washington Memorial Parkway (also MD, DC)
  11. ◽  Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
  12. ◽  Manassas National Battlefield Park
  13. ◽Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (also NC, SC, and TN)
  14. ◽  Petersburg National Battlefield Park
  15. ◽  Prince William Forest Park
  16. ◽  Richmond National Battlefield Park
  17. ◽ Shenandoah National Park  
  18. ◽  Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
  1. ◽   Ebbey’s Landing National Historical Reserve
  2. ◽  Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (also OR)
  3. ◽   Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
  4. ◽  Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
  5. ◽ Mount Rainier National Park
  6. ◽ North Cascades National Park
  7. ◽ Olympic National Park    
  8. ◽ Ross Lake National Recreation Area
  9. ◽ San Juan Island National Historical Park
  10. ◽  Whitman Mission National Historic Site

Washington DC

  1. ◽  Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
  2. ◽  Carter G Woodson Home National Historic Site
  3. ◽  Constitution Gardens
  4. ◽ Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
  5. ◽  Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
  6. ◽ Franklin D Roosevelt Memorial
  7. ◽  Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
  8. ◽ Jefferson Memorial
  9. ◽ Korean War Veterans Memorial
  10. ◽   Lincoln Memorial
  11. ◽  Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
  12. ◽ Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
  13. ◽  Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
  14. ◽  National Capital Parks
  15. ◽   National Mall
  16. ◽  Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
  17. ◽  Rock Creek Park
  18. ◽  Theodore Roosevelt Island
  19. ◽ Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  20. ◽ Washington Monument
  21. ◽  White House and President’s Park
  22. ◽  World War I Memorial
  23. ◽ World War II Memorial
National Parks in Washington DC

West Virginia

Wisconsin

  1. ◽  Bluestone National Scenic River
  2. ◽  Gauley River National Recreation Area
  3. ◽  Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
  4. ◽  New River Gorge National Park 
  1. ◽  Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
  2. ◽  Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway (also MN)
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Grand Teton National Park

Wyoming

  1. ◽  Devils Tower National Monument
  2. ◽  Fort Laramie National Historic Site
  3. ◽  Fossil Butte National Monument
  4. ◽ Grand Teton National Park
  5. ◽    John D Rockefeller Memorial Parkway
  6. ◽ Yellowstone National Park  (also ID, MT)
Trunk Bay, St. John
Virgin Islands National Park

Virgin Islands

  1. ◽  Buck Island Reef National Monument
  2. ◽  Christiansted National Historic Site
  3. ◽  Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
  4. ◽  Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument
  5. ◽  Virgin Islands National Park 

American Territories

  1. ◽  National Park of America Samoa- American Samoa
  2. ◽  San Juan National Historic Site- Puerto Rico
  3. ◽  War in the Pacific National Historical Park- Guam

Junior Ranger Program

National Park Junior Rangers

The Junior Ranger Program invites visitors to explore, learn about, and protect national parks. Participants complete activities in a special Junior Ranger booklet, then take an official pledge and receive a Junior Ranger badge or patch.

🗺️ How It Works

  1. Visit a National Park
    Head to a participating national park, monument, historic site, or recreation area. You can ask a ranger at the visitor center for a Junior Ranger activity book.

  2. Complete Activities
    Activities vary by location and are tailored to the park’s unique features. Common tasks include:

  3. Meet a Park Ranger
    After completing the booklet, kids (and adults!) show their work to a ranger. They may ask a few questions or have a quick chat.

  4. Take the Junior Ranger Pledge
    Participants promise to protect parks, learn about nature, and share what they’ve learned.

  5. Earn a Badge or Patch
    Every park has a unique Junior Ranger badge, making it a fun collectible!

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