National Park Service Designations
U.S. national historical places come in many designations – here are a few: national historical park, national historic site, national military park, national battlefield, national battlefield park, national battlefield site, national heritage area, and national heritage corridor. Please note that many of the top historic places in the United States are designated as national monuments and a few are designated as national parks or other designations. Note, the list below only contains places within the National Park Service. Many nationally significant historic places are not part of the National Park Service.
Note: National historical parks and other national historic places included on the U.S. Travel Wish List are in bold to highlight their importance (82 places in bold – not recounting multiple places in the same city or city area).
National Park Service Historic Places
Northwest
Alaska
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park – Skagway
Sitka National Historical Park
Aleutian World War II National Historic Area
Inupiat Heritage Center
Kenai Mountains – Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area
Washington
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park – Seattle
Manhattan Project National Historical Park – Hanford
San Juan Island National Historical Park
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve
Oregon
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Idaho
Nez Perce National Historical Park
Minidoka National Historic Site
Montana
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Big Hole National Battlefield
Mid-Pacific
California
Rosie The Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park (near San Francisco)
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site
Fort Point National Historic Site (San Francisco)
John Muir National Historic Site
Manzanar National Historic Site
Hawaii
Kalaupapa National Historical Park
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park (archaeological site of traditional mountain-to-sea land divisions)
Pu`uhonua O Hōnaunau National Historical Park (historic place of refuge for Hawaiians who broke a kapu ancient law)
Pu`ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site (Ancient Hawaiian temple ruins)
Honouliuli National Historic Site
Guam
(U.S. Territory)
War in the Pacific National Historical Park
Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Colorado
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Cache La Poudre River Corridor National Heritage Area
Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area
South Park National Heritage Area
Utah
Golden Spike National Historical Park
Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area (including Salt Lake City)
Nevada
Great Basin National Heritage Area
Southwest
Arizona
Tumacacori National Historical Park
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area
New Mexico
Chaco Culture National Historical Park (a World Heritage Site)
Manhattan Project National Historical Park – Los Alamos
Pecos National Historical Park
Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area
Zuni-Cibola Complex National Historic Landmark (not a National Park Service unit, but meritorious to be a national historical park)
Texas
Oklahoma
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Great Plains
North Dakota
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Northern Plains National Heritage Area
South Dakota
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
Nebraska
Chimney Rock National Historic Site
Homestead National Historical Park
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park
Harry S Truman National Historic Site
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (Saint Louis)
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Great Lakes
Michigan
Keweenaw National Historical Park
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
MotorCities National Heritage Area (Detroit; Flint)
Wisconsin
(There are not any National Park Service units dedicated to national historic places in this state.)
Minnesota
(There are not any National Park Service units dedicated to national historic places in this state.)
Illinois
Chicago Portage National Historic Site/Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
Land of Lincoln: Lincoln Home National Historic Site/Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area
Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (to be established)
Indiana
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
Ohio
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park (World Heritage Tentative List)/National Aviation Heritage Area
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (World Heritage Tentative List)
First Ladies National Historic Site
Fort Miamis National Historic Site
James A. Garfield National Historic Site
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
Fallen Timbers Battlefield
Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canal Way
Northeast
Maine
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
New Hampshire
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area
Vermont
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Champlain Valley National Heritage Area
Massachusetts
Adams National Historical Park (Boston area)
Boston National Historical Park (Boston)
Lowell National Historical Park
Minute Man National Historical Park
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Boston African American National Historic Site (Boston)
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (Boston area)
John F. Kennedy National Historic Site (Boston area)
Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site (Boston area)
Salem Maritime National Historic Site/Essex National Heritage Area
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site (Boston area)
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Rhode Island
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park/Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site (Newport)
Connecticut
Coltsville National Historical Park (to be established) (Hartford)
Weir Farm National Historical Park
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area
New York
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
Saratoga National Historical Park
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Kate Mullany National Historic Site
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site (New York City)
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
Niagara Falls National Heritage Area
Canada
NEW BRUNSWICK
Roosevelt Campobello International Park (affiliated area of Parks Canada and the National Park Service; managed together by treaty)
Mid-Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Independence National Historical Park (Philadelphia)
Valley Forge National Historical Park
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site (Philadelphia)
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church National Historic Site (Philadelphia)
Grey Towers National Historic Site (USFS)
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Steamtown National Historic Site
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Gettysburg National Military Park
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Lackawanna Heritage Valley National and State Heritage Area
Oil Region National Heritage Area
Path of Progress National Heritage Tour Route
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area
Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area
New Jersey
Morristown National Historical Park
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area
Delaware
First State National Historical Park
Maryland
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
Clara Barton National Historic Site
Hampton National Historic Site
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Antietam National Battlefield
Monocacy National Battlefield
Baltimore National Heritage Area
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area
Washington DC
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
Virginia
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
Colonial National Historical Park
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Petersburg National Battlefield
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Green Springs National Historic Landmark District
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District
West Virginia
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Coal Heritage Area
Wheeling National Heritage Area
South Central
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Tennessee
Manhattan Project National Historical Park – Oak Ridge
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Shiloh National Military Park
Stones River National Battlefield
Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area
Arkansas
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
President W. J. Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
Pea Ridge National Military Park
Louisiana
Cane River Creole National Historical Park/Cane River National Heritage Area
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
Mississippi
Natchez National Historical Park
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
Tupelo National Battlefield
Vicksburg National Military Park
Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area
Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area
Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area
Alabama
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (see: Civil Rights Movement Sites in Alabama)
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site (see: Civil Rights Movement Sites in Alabama)
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area
Southeast
North Carolina
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
South Carolina
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park (Charleston)
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Cowpens National Battlefield
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Gullah, Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor
Georgia
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park (Atlanta)
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Andersonville National Historic Site
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area
Florida
(There are not any National Park Service units dedicated to national historic places in this state.)
Puerto Rico
(U.S. Territory)
San Juan National Historic Site (San Juan – a World Heritage Site)
U.S. Virgin Islands
(U.S. Territory)
Salt River Bay National Historical Park & Ecological Preserve
Christiansted National Historic Site