How many of the 411 national parks have you been to? A checklist.
Published 12:15 pm Monday, May 2, 2016
Courtesy of the National Park Service, here’s a list of every unit — from nature preserves to historical sites to memorials to seashores — that the Park Service administers.
The National Park Travelers Club has honored 37 people who have been to every single one of them, and 30-year-old Mikah Meyer is trying to replicate the feat right now on a three-year nonstop trip around the country that he started on Friday in the District.
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How many have you been to? Take a look at the list below, and let us know in the comments how you’re doing. Here’s a tip: They’re divided into categories, so it may be easier to count up how many you’ve checked off in each section, then add up the total.
You may just find yourself inspired to hit the road.
NATIONAL BATTLEFIELDS (11)
1. Antietam, Maryland
2. Big Hole, Montana
3. Cowpens, South Carolina
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4. Fort Donelson, Tennessee-Kentucky
5. Fort Necessity, Pennsylvania
6. Monocacy, Maryland
7. Moores Creek, North Carolina
8. Petersburg, Virginia
9. Stones River, Tennessee
10. Tupelo, Mississippi
11. Wilson’s Creek, Missouri
NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARKS (4)
1. Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
2. Manassas, Virginia
3. Richmond, Virginia
4. River Raisin, Michigan
NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD SITE (1)
1. Brices Cross Roads, Mississippi
NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS (9)
1. Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Georgia-Tennessee
2. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial, Virginia
3. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
4. Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina
5. Horseshoe Bend, Alabama
6. Kings Mountain, South Carolina
7. Pea Ridge, Arkansas
8. Shiloh, Tennessee
9. Vicksburg, Mississippi
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARKS (50)
1. Abraham Lincoln Birthplace, Kentucky
2. Adams, Massachusetts
3. Appomattox Court House, Virginia
4. Blackstone River Valley, Rhode Island
5. Boston, Massachusetts
6. Cane River Creole, Louisiana
7. Cedar Creek and Belle Grove, Virginia
8. Chaco Culture, New Mexico
9. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Maryland-West Virginia-District of Columbia
10. Colonial, Virginia
11. Cumberland Gap, Kentucky-Tennessee-Virginia
12. Dayton Aviation Heritage, Ohio
13. First State, Delaware
14. George Rogers Clark, Indiana
15. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia-Maryland
16. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad, Maryland
17. Hopewell Culture, Ohio
18. Independence, Pennsylvania
19. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Louisiana
20. Kalaupapa, Hawaii
21. Kaloko-Honokōhau, Hawaii
22. Keweenaw, Michigan
23. Klondike Gold Rush, Alaska-Washington
24. Lewis and Clark, Oregon-Washington
25. Lowell, Massachusetts
26. Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas
27. Manhattan Project, New Mexico-Washington-Tennessee
28. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller, Vermont
29. Minute Man, Massachusetts
30. Morristown, New Jersey
31. Natchez, Mississippi
32. New Bedford Whaling, Massachusetts
33. New Orleans Jazz, Louisiana
34. Nez Perce, Idaho
35. Palo Alto Battlefield, Texas
36. Paterson Great Falls, New Jersey
37. Pecos, New Mexico
38. Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau, Hawaii
39. Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front, California
40. Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, Virgin Islands
41. San Antonio Missions, Texas
42. San Francisco Maritime, California
43. San Juan Island, Washington
44. Saratoga, New York
45. Sitka, Alaska
46. Thomas Edison, New Jersey
47. Tumacacori, Arizona
48. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
49. War in the Pacific, Guam
50. Women’s Rights, New York
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES (78)
1. Allegheny Portage Railroad, Pennsylvania
2. Andersonville, Georgia
3. Andrew Johnson, Tennessee
4. Bent’s Old Fort, Colorado
5. Boston African American, Massachusetts
6. Brown v. Board of Education, Kansas
7. Carl Sandburg Home, North Carolina
8. Carter G. Woodson Home, District of Columbia
9. Charles Pinckney, South Carolina
10. Christiansted, Virgin Islands
11. Clara Barton, Maryland
12. Edgar Allan Poe, Pennsylvania
13. Eisenhower, Pennsylvania
14. Eleanor Roosevelt, New York
15. Eugene O’Neill, California
16. First Ladies, Ohio
17. Ford’s Theatre, District of Columbia
18. Fort Bowie, Arizona
19. Fort Davis, Texas
20. Fort Laramie, Wyoming
21. Fort Larned, Kansas
22. Fort Point, California
23. Fort Raleigh, North Carolina
24. Fort Scott, Kansas
25. Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma
26. Fort Union Trading Post, Montana-North Dakota
27. Fort Vancouver, Washington
28. Frederick Douglass, District of Columbia
29. Frederick Law Olmsted, Massachusetts
30. Friendship Hill, Pennsylvania
31. Golden Spike, Utah
32. Grant-Kohrs Ranch, Montana
33. Hampton, Maryland
34. Harry S Truman, Missouri
35. Herbert Hoover, Iowa
36. Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, New York
37. Hopewell Furnace, Pennsylvania
38. Hubbell Trading Post, Arizona
39. James A. Garfield, Ohio
40. Jimmy Carter, Georgia
41. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Massachusetts
42. John Muir, California
43. Knife River Indian Villages, North Dakota
44. Lincoln Home, Illinois
45. Little Rock Central High School, Arkansas
46. Longfellow House — Washington’s Headquarters, Massachusetts
47. Maggie L. Walker, Virginia
48. Manzanar, California
49. Martin Luther King, Jr., Georgia
50. Martin Van Buren, New York
51. Mary McLeod Bethune Council House, District of Columbia
52. Minidoka, Idaho
53. Minuteman Missile, South Dakota
54. Nicodemus, Kansas
55. Ninety Six, South Carolina
56. Pennsylvania Avenue, District of Columbia
57. President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home, Arkansas
58. Pu’ukoholā Heiau, Hawaii
59. Sagamore Hill, New York
60. Saint-Gaudens, New Hampshire
61. Saint Paul’s Church, New York
62. Salem Maritime, Massachusetts
63. San Juan, Puerto Rico
64. Sand Creek Massacre, Colorado
65. Saugus Iron Works, Massachusetts
66. Springfield Armory, Massachusetts
67. Steamtown, Pennsylvania
68. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace, New York
69. Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural, New York
70. Thomas Stone, Maryland
71. Tuskegee Airmen, Alabama
72. Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
73. Ulysses S. Grant, Missouri
74. Vanderbilt Mansion, New York
75. Washita Battlefield, Oklahoma
76. Weir Farm, Connecticut
77. Whitman Mission, Washington
78. William Howard Taft, Ohio
INTERNATIONAL HISTORIC SITES (1)
1. Saint Croix Island, Maine
NATIONAL LAKESHORES (4)
1. Apostle Islands, Wisconsin
2. Indiana Dunes, Indiana
3. Pictured Rocks, Michigan
4. Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan
NATIONAL MEMORIALS (30)
1. Arkansas Post, Arkansas
2. Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Virginia
3. Chamizal, Texas
4. Coronado, Arizona
5. De Soto, Florida
6. Federal Hall, New York
7. Flight 93, Pennsylvania
8. Fort Caroline, Florida
9. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, District of Columbia
10. General Grant, New York
11. Hamilton Grange, New York
12. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Illinois-Missouri
13. Korean War Veterans, District of Columbia
14. Johnstown Flood, Pennsylvania
15. Lincoln Boyhood, Indiana
16. Lincoln Memorial, District of Columbia
17. Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, District of Columbia
18. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, District of Columbia
19. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
20. Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial, Ohio
21. Port Chicago Naval Magazine, California
22. Roger Williams, Rhode Island
23. Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Pennsylvania
24. Theodore Roosevelt Island, District of Columbia
25. Thomas Jefferson Memorial, District of Columbia
26. Vietnam Veterans Memorial, District of Columbia
27. Washington Monument, District of Columbia
28. World War I Memorial, District of Columbia
29. World War II Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia
30. Wright Brothers, North Carolina
NATIONAL MONUMENTS (82)
1. African Burial Ground, New York
2. Agate Fossil Beds, Nebraska
3. Alibates Flint Quarries, Texas
4. Aniakchak, Alaska
5. Aztec Ruins, New Mexico
6. Bandelier, New Mexico
7. Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality, District of Columbia
8. Booker T. Washington, Virginia
9. Buck Island Reef, Virgin Islands
10. Cabrillo, California
11. Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
12. Cape Krusenstern, Alaska
13. Capulin Volcano, New Mexico
14. Casa Grande Ruins, Arizona
15. Castillo de San Marcos, Florida
16. Castle Clinton, New York
17. Castle Mountains, New Mexico
18. Cedar Breaks, Utah
19. Cesar E. Chavez, California
20. Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers, Ohio
21. Chiricahua, Arizona
22. Colorado, Colorado
23. Craters of the Moon, Idaho
24. Devils Postpile, California
25. Devils Tower, Wyoming
26. Dinosaur, Colorado-Utah
27. Effigy Mounds, Iowa
28. El Malpais, New Mexico
29. El Morro, New Mexico
30. Florissant Fossil Beds, Colorado
31. Fort Frederica, Georgia
32. Fort Matanzas, Florida
33. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Maryland
34. Fort Monroe, Virginia
35. Fort Pulaski, Georgia
36. Fort Stanwix, New York
37. Fort Sumter, South Carolina
38. Fort Union, New Mexico
39. Fossil Butte, Wyoming
40. George Washington Birthplace, Virginia
41. George Washington Carver, Missouri
42. Gila Cliff Dwellings, New Mexico
43. Governors Island, New York
44. Grand Portage, Minnesota
45. Hagerman Fossil Beds, Idaho
46. Hohokam Pima, Arizona
47. Homestead NM of America, Nebraska
48. Honouliuli National Monument, Hawaii
49. Hovenweep, Colorado-Utah
50. Jewel Cave, South Dakota
51. John Day Fossil Beds, Oregon
52. Lava Beds, California
53. Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
54. Montezuma Castle, Arizona
55. Muir Woods, California
56. Natural Bridges, Utah
57. Navajo, Arizona
58. Ocmulgee, Georgia
59. Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, Oregon
60. Organ Pipe Cactus, Arizona
61. Petroglyph, New Mexico
62. Pipe Spring, Arizona
63. Pipestone, Minnesota
64. Poverty Point, Louisiana
65. Pullman National Monument, Illinois
66. Rainbow Bridge, Utah
67. Russell Cave, Alabama
68. Salinas Pueblo Missions, New Mexico
69. Scotts Bluff, Nebraska
70. Statue of Liberty, New York-New Jersey
71. Sunset Crater Volcano, Arizona
72. Timpanogos Cave, Utah
73. Tonto, Arizona
74. Tule Springs Fossil Beds, Nevada
75. Tuzigoot, Arizona
76. Virgin Islands Coral Reef, Virgin Islands
77. Waco Mammoth, Texas
78. Walnut Canyon, Arizona
79. White Sands, New Mexico
80. World War II Valor in the Pacific, Alaska-California-Hawaii
81. Wupatki, Arizona
82. Yucca House, Colorado
NATIONAL PARKS (59)
1. Acadia, Maine
2. Arches, Utah
3. Badlands, South Dakota
4. Big Bend, Texas
5. Biscayne, Florida
6. Black Canyon of the Gunnison
7. Bryce Canyon, Utah
8. Canyonlands, Utah
9. Capitol Reef, Utah
10. Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
11. Channel Islands, California
12. Congaree, South Carolina
13. Crater Lake, Oregon
14. Cuyahoga Valley, Ohio
15. Death Valley, California-Nevada
16. Denali, Alaska
17. Dry Tortugas, Florida
18. Everglades, Florida
19. Gates of the Arctic, Alaska
20. Glacier Bay, Alaska
21. Glacier, Montana
22. Grand Canyon, Arizona
23. Grand Teton, Wyoming
24. Great Basin, Nevada
25. Great Sand Dunes, Colorado
26. Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee-North Carolina
27. Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
28. Haleakalā, Hawaii
29. Hawai’i Volcanoes, Hawaii
30. Hot Springs, Arkansas
31. Isle Royale, Michigan
32. Joshua Tree, California
33. Katmai, Alaska
34. Kenai Fjords, Alaska
35. Kings Canyon, California
36. Kobuk Valley, Alaska
37. Lake Clark, Alaska
38. Lassen Volcanic, California
39. Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
40. Mesa Verde, Colorado
41. Mount Rainier, Washington
42. National Park of American Samoa, American Samoa
43. North Cascades, Washington
44. Olympic, Washington
45. Petrified Forest, Arizona
46. Pinnacles, California
47. Redwood, California
48. Rocky Mountain, Colorado
49. Saguaro, Arizona
50. Sequoia, California
51. Shenandoah, Virginia
52. Theodore Roosevelt, North Dakota
53. Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands
54. Voyageurs, Minnesota
55. Wind Cave, South Dakota
56. Wrangell-St. Elias, Alaska
57. Yellowstone, Wyoming-Montana-Idaho
58. Yosemite, California
59. Zion, Utah
PARKWAYS (4)
1. Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina
2. George Washington Memorial Parkway, Maryland-Virginia
3. John D. Rockefeller Jr., Memorial Parkway, Wyoming
4. Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi
NATIONAL PRESERVES (19)
1. Aniakchak, Alaska
2. Bering Land Bridge, Alaska
3. Big Cypress, Florida
4. Big Thicket, Texas
5. Craters of the Moon, Idaho
6. Denali, Alaska
7. Gates of the Arctic, Alaska
8. Glacier Bay, Alaska
9. Great Sand Dunes, Colorado
10. Katmai, Alaska
11. Lake Clark, Alaska
12. Little River Canyon, Alabama
13. Mojave, California
14. Noatak, Alaska
15. Tallgrass Prairie, Kansas
16. Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida
17. Valles Caldera, New Mexico
18. Wrangell-St. Elias, Alaska
19. Yukon-Charley Rivers, Alaska
NATIONAL RESERVES (2)
1. City of Rocks, Idaho
2. Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve, Washington
NATIONAL RECREATION AREAS (18)
1. Amistad, Texas
2. Bighorn Canyon, Montana-Wyoming
3. Boston Harbor Islands, Massachusetts
4. Chattahoochee River, Georgia
5. Chickasaw, Oklahoma
6. Curecanti, Colorado
7. Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania-New Jersey
8. Gateway, New York-New Jersey
9. Gauley River, West Virginia
10. Glen Canyon, Arizona-Utah
11. Golden Gate, California
12. Lake Chelan, Washington
13. Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona
14. Lake Meredith, Texas
15. Lake Roosevelt (formerly Coulee Dam)
16. Ross Lake, Washington
17. Santa Monica Mountains, California
18. Whiskeytown Unit, Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity, California
NATIONAL RIVERS (5)
1. Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee-Kentucky
2. Buffalo National River, Arkansas
3. New River Gorge National River, West Virginia
4. Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas, Minnesota
5. Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri
NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS (10)
1. Alagnak Wild River, Alaska
2. Bluestone National Scenic River, West Virginia
3. Delaware National Scenic River, Pennsylvania-New Jersey-New York
4. Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational River, New Jersey
5. Missouri National Recreational River, Nebraska-South Dakota
6. Niobrara National Scenic River, Nebraska
7. Obed Wild and Scenic River, Tennessee
8. Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, Texas
9. Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Minnesota-Wisconsin
10. Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreation River, New York-Pennsylvania
NATIONAL SCENIC TRAILS (3)
1. Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Maine to Georgia
2. Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, Mississippi-Tennessee
3. Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, Virginia-Pennsylvania
NATIONAL SEASHORES (10)
1. Assateague Island, Maryland-Virginia
2. Canaveral, Florida
3. Cape Cod, Massachusetts
4. Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
5. Cape Lookout, North Carolina
6. Cumberland Island, Georgia
7. Fire Island, New York
8. Gulf Islands, Florida-Mississippi
9. Padre Island, Texas
10. Point Reyes, California
OTHER DESIGNATIONS (11)
1. Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland
2. Constitution Gardens, District of Columbia
3. Fort Washington Park, Maryland
4. Greenbelt Park, Maryland
5. National Capital Parks, District of Columbia
6. National Mall, District of Columbia
7. Piscataway Park, Maryland
8. Prince William Forest Park, Virginia
9. Rock Creek Park, District of Columbia
10. White House, District of Columbia
11. Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Virginia
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