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National Parks:
Acadia National Park:
Acadia National Park protects Mount Desert Island and other areas on the central Maine coast.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park:
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park protects a section of the Gunnison River as it flows through a rugged gorge in western Colorado.
Congaree National Park:
Congaree National Park protects the floodplain forest along Congaree River in central South Carolina and is home to many champion trees.
Death Valley National Park:
Death Valley National Park on the California-Nevada border is the largest National Park in the contiguous United States and one of the hottest and driest places on earth.
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve:
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve protects the largest dunes in North America in southern Colorado.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park protects the Great Smoky Mountains along the North Carolina-Tennessee state line.
Joshua Tree National Park protects a unique landscape where the Mojave and Colorado deserts meet in southeast California.
Joshua Tree National Park:
Joshua Tree National Park protects a unique landscape where the Mojave and Colorado deserts meet in southeast California.
Olympic National Park:
Olympic National Park protects the interior of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve:
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve protects 56 miles of the rugged New River gorge in southern West Virginia.
Rocky Mountain National Park:
Rocky Mountain National Park protects a portion of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in north central Colorado.
Shenandoah National Park:
Shenandoah National Park protects a portion of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northwest Virginia.
Zion National Park:
Zion National Park protects a beautiful canyon on Virgin River in southwest Utah.
National Battlefields:
Cowpens National Battlefield:
Cowpens National Battlefield protects the site of the pivotal American victory over the British in South Carolina.
Moores Creek National Battlefield:
Moores Creek National Battlefield commemorates a significant Patriot victory over British loyalists preceding the Revolutionary War.
National Historic Sites:
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site:
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site preserves the site of the Lost Colony on Roanoke Island in North Carolina, the first English settlement in what would become the United States.
National Historical Parks:
First State National Historical Park:
First State National Historical Park in northern Delaware consists of six units that showcase the role the state played in the nation's founding.
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve:
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve protects the natural and cultural heritage of southern Louisiana.
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park:
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park preserves the conservation legacy and historical farm in Woodstock, Vermont.
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park:
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park protects Great Falls of the Passaic in downtown Paterson, New Jersey.
National Lakeshores:
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore:
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore protects the scenic Lake Superior shoreline in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore:
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore protects the dunes and forests along the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
National Memorials:
Wright Brothers National Memorial:
Wright Brothers National Memorial commemorates the first heavier-than-air flight by Wilbur and Orville Wright in Kill Devil Hills in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
National Military Parks:
Kings Mountain National Military Park:
Kings Mountain National Military Park commemorates the pre-Revolutionary War battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina.
National Monuments:
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument:
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument protects an area with a large number of plant and insect fossils in central Colorado.
Fort Pulaski National Monument protects a Civil War era fort at the mouth of the Savannah River in Georgia.
National Parkways:
Blue Ridge Parkway:
Blue Ridge Parkway runs 467 mile along the Blue Ridge Escarpment from Virginia to North Carolina and is one of the most scenic drives in the country.
National Preserves:
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve:
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas is one of the largest protected tallgrass prairies left in the United States.
National Recreation Areas:
Chickasaw National Recreation Area:
Chickasaw National Recreation Area protects an area of natural springs and travertine creeks in the Arbuckle Mountains of Oklahoma.
Curecanti National Recreation Area:
Curecanti National Recreation Area protects the Upper Gunnison River and three large lakes in western Colorado.
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area:
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area protects a section of the Middle Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
National Rivers:
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area:
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area protects the Big South Fork of Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Bluestone National Scenic River:
Bluestone National Scenic River protects 10 miles of the river upstream of Bluestone Dam in southern West Virginia.
National Seashores:
Cape Hatteras National Seashore:
Cape Hatteras National Seashore protects a portion of the Outer Banks in North Carolina and contains two historical lighthouses.
Other National Park Service Units:
Catoctin Mountain Park:
Catoctin Mountain Park is a National Park unit in the Appalachian Mountains in western Maryland.
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