The Treasured Places list includes every national park unit, national monument, and national conservation area—491 in total.
The list is sorted by place name, with additional fields for designation type (see below for an abbreviations guide ), and which state(s) it is located in. You can also download a spreadsheet that you can use to track your visits (coming soon).
The Complete List
PLACE NAME TYPE STATE(S) Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHP KY Acadia NP ME Adams NHP MA Admiralty Island NM AK African Burial Ground NM NY Agate Fossil Beds NM NE Agua Fria NM AZ Alagnak WR AK Aleutian Islands World War II [note ]NM AK Alibates Flint Quarries NM TX Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS PA Amache NHS CO American Samoa, National Park of NP AS Amistad NRA TX Andersonville NHS GA Andrew Johnson NHS TN Aniakchak NM AK Aniakchak NPRES AK Antietam NB MD Apostle Islands NL WI Appalachian NST ME to GA Appomattox Court House NHP VA Arches NP UT Arkansas Post NMEM AR Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial NMEM VA Assateague Island NS MD, VA Avi Kwa Ame NM NV Aztec Ruins NM NM Badlands NP SD Bandelier NM NM Basin and Range NM NV Bears Ears NM UT Beaver Dam Wash NCA UT Belmont-Paul Womens Equality NM DC Bent’s Old Fort NHS CO Bering Land Bridge NPRES AK Berryessa Snow Mountain NM CA Big Bend NP TX Big Cypress NPRES FL Big Hole NB MT Big South Fork NRRA TN, KY Big Thicket NPRES TX Bighorn Canyon NRA WY, MT Birmingham Civil Rights NM AL Biscayne NP FL Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP CO Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails NCA NV Blackstone River Valley NHP MA, RI Blackwell School NHS TX Blue Ridge PKWY VA, NC Bluestone NSR WV Booker T. Washington NM VA Boston NHP MA Boston African American NHS MA Boston Harbor Islands NRA MA Brices Cross Roads NBS MS Brown v. Board of Education NHS KS Browns Canyon NM CO Bryce Canyon NP UT Buck Island Reef NM VI Buffalo NR AR Cabrillo NM CA California Coastal NM CA Camp Hale-Continental Divide NM CO Camp Nelson NM KY Canaveral NS FL Cane River Creole NHP LA Canyon de Chelly NM AZ Canyonlands NP UT Canyons of the Ancients NM CO Cape Cod NS MA Cape Hatteras NS NC Cape Krusenstern NM AK Cape Lookout NS NC Capitol Reef NP UT Capulin Volcano NM NM Carl Sandburg Home NHS NC Carlsbad Caverns NP NM Carrizo Plain NM CA Carter G. Woodson Home NHS DC Casa Grande Ruins NM AZ Cascade–Siskiyou NM OR Castner Range [note ] NM TX Castillo de San Marcos NM FL Castle Clinton NM NY Castle Mountains NM CA Catoctin Mountain P MD Cedar Breaks NM UT Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NHP VA César E. Chávez NM CA Chaco Culture NHP NM Chamizal NMEM TX Channel Islands NP CA Charles Pinckney NHS SC Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers NM OH Chattahoochee River NRA GA Chesapeake & Ohio Canal NHP MD, DC Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMP GA, TN Chickasaw NRA OK Chimney Rock NM CO Chiricahua NM AZ Christiansted NHS VI City of Rocks NRES ID Clara Barton NHS MD Colonial NHP VA Colorado NM CO Congaree NP SC Constitution Gardens – DC Coronado NMEM AZ Cowpens NB SC Crater Lake NP OR Craters of the Moon (NPS)NM ID Craters of the Moon NPRES ID Craters of the Moon (BLM)NM ID Cumberland Gap NHP KY, VA, TN Cumberland Island NS GA Curecanti NRA CO Cuyahoga Valley NP OH Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP OH De Soto NMEM FL Death Valley NP CA, NV Delaware Water Gap NRA PA, NJ Denali NP AK Denali NPRES AK Devil’s Postpile NM CA Devil’s Tower NM WY Dinosaur NM UT, CO Dominguez-Escalante NCA CO Dry Tortugas NP FL Dwight D Eisenhower Memorial NMEM DC Ebey’s Landing NHRES WA Edgar Allen Poe NHS PA Effigy Mounds NM IA Eisenhower NHS PA El Malpais NM NM El Malpais NCA NM El Morro NM NM Eleanor Roosevelt NHS NY Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley NM IL, MS Eugene O’Neill NHS CA Everglades NP FL Federal Hall NMEM NY Fire Island NS NY First Ladies NHS OH First State NHP DE Flight 93 NMEM PA Florissant Fossil Beds NM CO Ford’s Theatre NHS DC Fort Bowie NHS AZ Fort Caroline NMEM FL Fort Davis NHS TX Fort Donelson NB TN, KY Fort Frederica NM GA Fort Laramie NHS WY Fort Larned NHS KS Fort Matanzas NM FL Fort McHenry NM&HisShr MD Fort Monroe NM VA Fort Necessity NB PA Fort Ord NM CA Fort Point NHS CA Fort Pulaski NM GA Fort Raleigh NHS NC Fort Scott NHS KS Fort Smith NHS AR Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave NCA NM Fort Stanwix NM NY Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie NHP SC Fort Union NM NM Fort Union Trading Post NHS ND Fort Vancouver NHS WA, OR Fort Washington P MD Fossil Butte NM WY Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial NMEM DC Frederick Douglass NHS DC Frederick Law Olmsted NHS MA Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial NMP VA Freedom Riders NM AL Friendship Hill NHS PA Gates of the Arctic NP AK Gates of the Arctic NPRES AK Gateway NRA NY, NJ Gateway Arch NP MO Gauley River NRA WV General Grant NMEM NY George Rogers Clark NHP IN George Washington Birthplace NM VA George Washington Carver NM MO George Washington Memorial PKWY VA, MD, DC Gettysburg NMP PA Giant Sequoia NM CA Gila Box Riparian NCA AZ Gila Cliff Dwellings NM NM Glacier NP MT Glacier Bay NP AK Glacier Bay NPRES AK Glen Canyon NRA AZ, UT Gold Butte NM NV Golden Gate NRA CA Golden Spike NHP UT Governor’s Island NM NY Grand Canyon NP AZ Grand Canyon-Parashant NM AZ Grand Portage NM MN Grand Staircase-Escalante NM UT Grand Teton NP WY Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS MT Great Basin NP NV Great Egg Harbor S&RR NJ Great Sand Dunes NP CO Great Sand Dunes NPRES CO Great Smoky Mountains NP TN, NC Greenbelt P MD Guadalupe Mountains NP TX Guilford Courthouse NMP NC Gulf Islands NS MS, FL Gunnison Gorge NCA CO Hagerman Fossil Beds NM ID Haleakalā NP HI Hamilton Grange NMEM NY Hampton NHS MD Hanford Reach NM WA Harpers Ferry NHP WV, MD, VA Harriet Tubman NHP NY Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad NM MD Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad NHP MD Harry S Truman NHS MO Hawaii Volcanoes NP HI Herbet Hoover NHS IA Hohokam Pim a [note ]NM AZ Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS NY Homestead National Monument of America NM NE Honouliuli [note ]NHS HI Hopewell Culture NHP OH Hopewell Furnace NHS PA Horseshoe Bend NMP AL Hot Springs NP AR Hovenweep NM UT Hubbell Trading Post NHS AZ Ice Age NST WI Independence NHP PA Indiana Dunes NP IN Ironwood Forest NM AZ Isle Royale NP MI James A. Garfield NHS OH Jean Lafitte NHP&P LA Jewel Cave NM SD Jimmy Carter NHS GA John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial PKWY WY John Day Fossil Beds NM OR John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS MA John Muir NHS CA John Wesley Powell NCA UT Johnstown Flood NMEM PA Joshua Tree NP CA Jurassic NM UT Kalaupapa [note ]NHP HI Kaloko-Honokōhau NHP HI Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks NM NM Katahdin Woods and Waters NM ME Katmai NP AK Katmai NPRES AK Kenai Fjords NP AK Kennesaw Mountain NBP GA Keweenaw NHP MI King Range NCA CA King’s Mountain NMP SC Kings Canyon NP CA Klondike Gold Rush NHP AK, WA Knife River Indian Villages NHS ND Kobuk Valley NP AK Korean War Veterans NMEM DC Lake Chelan NRA WA Lake Clark NP AK Lake Clark NPRES AK Lake Mead NRA NV, AZ Lake Meredith NRA TX Lake Roosevelt NRA WA Las Cienegas NCA AZ Lassen Volcanic NP CA Lava Beds NM CA Lewis and Clark NHP OR, WA Lincoln Boyhood NMEM IN Lincoln Home NHS IL Lincoln Memorial NMEM DC Little Bighorn Battlefield NM MT Little River Canyon NPRES AL Little Rock Central High School NHS AR Longfellow – Washington’s Headquarters NHS MA Lowell NHP MA Lyndon B. Johnson NHP TX Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac NMEM VA Maggie L. Walker NHS VA Mammoth Cave NP KY Manassas NBP VA Manhattan Project NHP TN, NM, WA Manzanar NHS CA Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP VT Martin Luther King, Jr. NMEM DC Martin Luther King, Jr. NHS GA Martin Van Buren NHS NY Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS DC McInnis Canyons NCA CO Mesa Verde NP CO Middle Delaware NSR PA, NJ Military Working Dog Teams NM TX Mill Springs Battlefield NM KY Minidoka NHS ID, WA Minute Man NHP MA Minuteman Missile NHS SD Mississippi NRRA MN Missouri NRR SD, NE Misty Fjords NM AK Mojave NPRES CA Mojave Trails NM CA Monocacy NB MD Montezuma Castle NM AZ Moores Creek NB NC Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey NCA ID Morristown NHP NJ Mount Rainier NP WA Mount Rushmore NMEM SD Mount St. Helens NVM WA Muir Woods NM CA Natchez NHP MS Natchez Trace NST MS, AL, TN Natchez Trace PKWY MS, AL, TN National Capital Parks P DC, MD National Mall – DC Natural Bridges NM UT Navajo NM AZ New Bedford Whaling NHP MA New England NST MA, CT New Orleans Jazz NHP LA New Philadelphia NHS IL New River Gorge NR WV Newberry NVM OR Nez Perce NHP ID, MT, OR, WA Nicodemus NHS KS Ninety-Six NHS SC Niobrara NSR NE Noatak NPRES AK North Cascades NP WA North Country NST VT, NY, PA, OH, MI, WI, MN, ND Obed WSR TN Ocmulgee Mounds NHP GA Olympic NP WA Oregon Caves NM OR Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks NM NM Organ Pipe Cactus NM AZ Ozark NSRW MO Padre Island NS TX Palo Alto Battlefield NHP TX Paterson Great Falls NHP NJ Pea Ridge NMP AR Pearl Harbor NMEM HI Pecos NHP NM Pennsylvania Avenue NHS DC Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial NMEM OH Petersburg NB VA Petrified Forest NP AZ Petroglyph NM NM Pictured Rocks NL MI Pinnacles NP CA Pipe Spring NM AZ Pipestone NM MN Piscataway P MD Point Reyes NS CA Pompeys Pillar NM MT Port Chicago NMEM CA Potomac Heritage NST MD, DC, VA, PA Poverty Point NM LA Prehistoric Trackways NM NM President Lincoln and Soldiers’ Home NM DC President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home NHS AR Prince William Forest P VA Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau NHP HI Pu’ukoholā Heiau NHS HI Pullman NHP IL Rainbow Bridge NM UT Reconstruction Era NHP SC Red Cliffs NCA UT Red Rock Canyon NCA NV Redwood NP CA Richmond NBP VA Rio Grande WSR TX Río Grande del Norte NM NM River Raisin NBP MI Rock Creek P DC Rocky Mountain NP CO Roger Williams NMEM RI Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front NHP CA Ross Lake NRA WA Russel Cave NM AL Sagamore Hill NHS NY Saguaro NP AZ Saint Croix NSR WI Saint Croix Island IHS ME Saint Paul’s Church NHS NY Saint-Gaudens NHP NH Sainte Geneviève NHP MO Salem Maritime NHS MA Salinas Pueblo Missions NM NM Salt River Bay NHP& EP VI San Antonio Missions NHP TX San Francisco Maritime NHP CA San Gabriel Mountains NM CA San Juan NHS PR San Juan Island NHP WA San Juan Islands NM WA San Pedro Riparian NCA AZ Sand Creek Massacre NHS CO Sand to Snow NM CA Santa Monica Mountains NRA CA Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains NM CA Saratoga NHP NY Saugus Iron Works NHS MA Scotts Bluff NM NE Sequoia NP CA Shenandoah NP VA Shiloh NMP TN, MS Sitka NHP AK Sleeping Bear Dunes NL MI Sloan Canyon NCA NV Sonoran Desert NM AZ Springfield 1908 Race Riot NM IL Springfield Armory NHS MA St Francis Dam Disaster NM CA Statue of Liberty NM NY, NJ Steamtown NHS PA Steese NCA AK Stones River NB TN Stonewall NM NY Sunset Crater Volcano NM AZ Tallgrass Prairie NPRES KS Thaddeus Kosciuszko NMEM PA The White House – DC Theodore Roosevelt NP ND Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS NY Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS NY Theodore Roosevelt Island NMEM DC Thomas Edison NHP NJ Thomas Jefferson Memorial NMEM DC Thomas Stone NHS MD Timpanogos Cave NM UT Timucuan EHP FL Tonto NM AZ Tule Lake NM CA Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM NV Tumacácori NHP AZ Tupelo NB MS Tuskegee Airmen NHS AL Tuskegee Institute NHS AL Tuzigoot NM AZ Ulysses S. Grant NHS MO Upper Delaware S&RR PA, NY Upper Missouri River Breaks NM MT Valles Caldera NPRES NM Valley Forge NHP PA Vanderbilt Mansion NHS NY Vermilion Cliffs NM AZ Vicksburg NMP MS, LA Vietnam Veterans NMEM DC Virgin Islands NP VI Virgin Islands Coral Reef NM VI Voyageurs NP MN Waco Mammoth NM TX Walnut Canyon NM AZ War in the Pacific NHP GU Washington Monument NMEM DC Washita Battlefield NHS OK Weir Farm NHS CT Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity NRA CA White Sands NP NM Whitman Mission NHS WA William Howard Taft NHS OH Wilson’s Creek NB MO Wind Cave NP SD Wolf Trap Farm P VA Women’s Rights NHP NY World War I NMEM DC World War II NMEM DC Wrangell-St. Elias NP AK Wrangell-St. Elias NPRES AK Wright Brothers NMEM NC Wupatki NM AZ Yellowstone NP WY, MT, ID Yosemite NP CA Yucca House NM CO Yukon-Charley Rivers NPRES AK Zion NP UT
Updated July 17, 2024 to reflect the addition of Blackwell School NHS.
Type Abbreviations
EHP Ecological and Historic Preserve IHS International Historic Site NB National Battlefield NBP National Battlefield Park NBS National Battlefield Site NCA National Conservation Area NHP National Historical Park NHP& EP National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve NHP&P National Historical Park and Preserve NHRES National Historical Reserve NHS National Historic Site NL National Lakeshore NM National Monument NM&HisShr National Monument & Historic Shrine NMEM National Memorial NMP National Military Park NP National Park NPRES National Preserve NR National River NRA National Recreation Area NRES National Reserve NRRA National River and Recreation Area NS National Seashore NSR National Scenic River NSRW National Scenic Riverways NST National Scenic Trail NVM National Volcanic Monument P Park PKWY Parkway S&RR Scenic and Recreational River WR Wild River WSR Wild and Scenic River
