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National Park System Units by state

Arches National Park  The National Park System includes 391 units, each of which is designated as an International Historic Site (1), National Battlefield (11), National Battlefield Park (3), National Battlefield Site (1), National Historical Park (40), National Historic Site (79), National Lakeshore (4), National Monument (74), National Memorial (28), National Military Park (9), National Park (58), National Parkway (4), National Preserve (18), National Reserve (2), National River (5), National Recreation Area (18), National Seashore (10), National Scenic Trail (3), Wild and Scenic River (10), or simply a Unit without Designation (11). Here is a list of all 390 units, the state(s) or territory where they are located, and their designation.

Alabama | Alaska | American Samoa | Arizona | Arkansas | California Colorado | Connecticut | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia
Guam | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky
Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota 
Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire
 
New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota
Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Puerto Rico
Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas 
Utah | Vermont | Virgin Islands | Virginia | Washington
West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming

Alabama (6 park units)

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Little River Canyon National Preserve
Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
Russell Cave National Monument
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site

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Alaska (16)

Alagnak Wild River
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Denali National Park and Preserve
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Katmai National Park and Preserve
Kenai Fjords National Park
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Kobuk Valley National Park
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Noatak National Preserve
Sitka National Historical Park
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

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American Samoa (1)

National Park of American Samoa

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Arizona (22)

Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Chiricahua National Monument
Coronado National Memorial
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park
Hohokam Pina National Monument
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Navajo National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Petrified Forest National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument
Saguaro National Park
Sunset Crater National Monument
Tonto National Monument
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Tuzigoot National Monument
Walnut Canyon National Monument
Wupatki National Monument

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Arkansas (6)

Arkansas Post National Memorial
Buffalo National River
Central High School National Historic Site
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Hot Springs National Park
Pea Ridge National Military Park

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California (24)

Cabrillo National Monument
Channel Islands National Park
Death Valley National Park
Devils Postpile National Monument
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
Fort Point National Historic Site
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
John Muir National Historic Site
Joshua Tree National Park
Kings Canyon National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lava Beds National Monument
Manzanar National Historic Site
Mojave National Preserve
Muir Woods National Monument
Pinnacles National Monument
Point Reyes National Seashore
Redwood National Park
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Sequoia National Park
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
Yosemite National Park

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Colorado (12)

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Colorado National Monument
Curecanti National Recreation Area
Dinosaur National Monument
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Hovenweep National Monument
Mesa Verde National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Yucca House National Monument

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Connecticut (2)

Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Weir Farm National Historic Site

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District of Columbia (21)

Carter G. Woodson Home
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Constitution Gardens
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Korean War Veterans Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
National Capital Parks (Central Area)
National Mall
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
Rock Creek Park
Theodore Roosevelt Island
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Washington Monument
White House (President's Park)
World War II Memorial

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Florida (11)

Big Cypress National Preserve
Biscayne National Park
Canaveral National Seashore
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
De Soto National Memorial
Dry Tortugas National Park
Everglades National Park
Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Matanzas National Monument
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve

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Georgia (11)

Andersonville National Historic Site
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore
Fort Frederica National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site
Ocmulgee National Monument

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Guam (1)

War in the Pacific National Historical Park

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Hawaii (7)

Haleakala National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Kalaupapa National Historical Park
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
USS Arizona Memorial

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Idaho (7)

City of Rocks National Reserve
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Minidoka Internment National Monument
Nez Perce National Historical Park
Yellowstone National Park

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Illinois (2)

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
Lincoln Home National Historic Site

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Indiana (3)
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

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Iowa (2)

Effigy Mounds National Monument
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site

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Kansas (5)

Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site
Fort Larned National Historic Site
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Nicodemus National Historic Site
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

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Kentucky (4)

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Mammoth Cave National Park

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Louisiana (4)

Cane River Creole National Historical Park and Heritage Area
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Poverty Point National Monument

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Maine (3)

Acadia National Park
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

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Maryland (15)

Antietam National Battlefield
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Assateague Island National Seashore
Catoctin Mountain Park
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Clara Barton National Historic Site
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
Fort Washington Park
Greenbelt Park
Hampton National Historic Site
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Monocacy National Battlefield
Piscataway Park
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
Thomas Stone National Historic Site

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Massachusetts (15)

Adams National Historical Park
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Boston African-American National Historic Site
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Boston National Historical Park
Cape Cod National Seashore
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
Longfellow National Historic Site
Lowell National Historical Park
Minute Man National Historical Park
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Springfield Armory National Historic Site

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Michigan (4)

Isle Royale National Park
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

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Minnesota (5)

Grand Portage National Monument
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
Pipestone National Monument
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Voyageurs National Park

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Mississippi (7)

Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Natchez National Historical Park
Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
Natchez Trace Parkway
Tupelo National Battlefield
Vicksburg National Military Park

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Missouri (6)

George Washington Carver National Monument
Harry S Truman National Historic Site
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield

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Montana (7)

Big Hole National Battlefield
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Fort Union Trading Post
Glacier National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Yellowstone National Park

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Nebraska(5)

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Homestead National Monument of America
Missouri National Recreational River
Niobrara National Scenic River
Scotts Bluff National Monument

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Nevada (3)

Death Valley National Park
Great Basin National Park
Lake Mead National Recreation Area

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New Hampshire (2)

Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

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New Jersey (8)

Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Delaware National Scenic River
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Edison National Historic Site
Gateway National Recreation Area
Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River
Morristown National Historical Park
National Recreation Area

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New Mexico (13)

Aztec Ruins National Monument
Bandelier National Monument
Capulin Volcano National Monument
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
El Malpais National Monument
El Morro National Monument
Fort Union National Monument
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Pecos National Historical Park
Petroglyph National Monument
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
White Sands National Monument

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New York (23)

African Burial Ground
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Castle Clinton National Monument
Delaware National Scenic River
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Federal Hall National Memorial
Fire Island National Seashore
Fort Stanwix National Monument
Gateway National Recreation Area
General Grant National Memorial
Governor's Island National Monument
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site
Saratoga National Historical Park
Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Women's Rights National Historical Park

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North Carolina (10)

Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Blue Ridge Parkway
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Wright Brothers National Memorial

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North Dakota (3)

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Theodore Roosevelt National Park

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Ohio (6)

Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
First Ladies National Historic Site
James A. Garfield National Historic Site
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
William Howard Taft National Historic Site

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Oklahoma (2)

Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site

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Oregon (4)

Crater Lake National Park
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Lewis & Clark National Historical Park
Oregon Caves National Monument

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Pennsylvania (19)

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Delaware National Scenic River
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Flight 93 National Memorial
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gettysburg National Military Park
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic Site
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Independence National Historical Park
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
Steamtown National Historic Site
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park

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Puerto Rico (1)

San Juan National Historic Site

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Rhode Island (1)

Roger Williams National Memorial

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South Carolina (6)

Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
Congaree Swamp National Monument
Cowpens National Battlefield
Fort Sumter National Monument
Ninety Six National Historic Site

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South Dakota (7)

Badlands National Park
Jewel Cave National Monument
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
Missouri National Recreational River
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Niobrara National Scenic River
Wind Cave National Park

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Tennessee (11)

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Natchez Trace Parkway
Obed Wild and Scenic River
Shiloh National Military Park
Stones River National Battlefield

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Texas (13)

Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
Amistad National Recreation Area
Big Bend National Park
Big Thicket National Preserve
Chamizal National Memorial
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Padre Island National Seashore
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

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Utah (12)

Arches National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park
Canyonlands National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Spike National Historic Site
Natural Bridges National Monument
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Zion National Park

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Vermont (2)

Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park

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Virgin Islands (5)

Buck Island Reef National Monument
Christiansted National Historic Site
Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument
Virgin Islands National Park

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Virginia (20)

Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Assateague Island National Seashore
Blue Ridge Parkway
Booker T. Washington National Monument
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
Colonial National Historical Park
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Petersburg National Battlefield
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
Prince William Forest Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park
< Shenandoah National Park
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

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Washington (12)
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lewis & Clark National Historical Park
Mount Rainier National Park
North Cascades National Park
Olympic National Park
Ross Lake National Recreation Area
San Juan Island National Historical Park
Whitman Mission National Historic Site

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West Virginia (6)

Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Bluestone National Scenic River
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Gauley River National Recreation Area
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
New River Gorge National River

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Wisconsin (2)

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

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Wyoming (7)

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Devils Tower National Monument
Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fossil Butte National Monument
Grand Teton National Park
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway
Yellowstone National Park

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