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Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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NPS Sites Authorized this Decade: 76
Sites Deauthorized/Incorporated: 14
NPS Sites Authorized to Date: 322


Additional Information...

Sites Deauthorized/Incorporated: 15
National Cemeteries: 9 (all incorporated)
Other Sites: 5

 

1970 through 1979
January 1, 1970 - Theodore Roosevelt Island, DC (authorized May 21, 1932; transferred from Office of Public Buildings & Public Parks of the National Capital Aug 10, 1933)
September 26, 1970 - Apostle Islands NL, WI
October 16, 1970 - Andersonville NHS, GA
October 16, 1970 - Fort Point NHS, CA
October 21, 1970 - Sleeping Bear Dunes NL, MI (authorized; established Oct 21, 1997)
January 8, 1971 - Gulf Islands NS, FL-MS
January 8, 1971 - Voyageurs NP, MN (authorized; established Apr 8, 1975)
August 18, 1971 - Lincoln Home NHS, IL
March 1, 1972 - Buffalo NR, AR
June 16, 1972 - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, DC (date acquired; transferred to Kennedy Center Trustees Oct 16, 1994)
August 17, 1972 - Puukohola Heiau NHS, HI
August 25, 1972 - Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS, MT
August 25, 1972 - John D. Rockefeller Junior Memorial Parkway, WY
October 9, 1972 - Longfellow NHS, MA
October 21, 1972 - Hohokam Pima NM, AZ
October 21, 1972 - Thaddeus Kosciuszko NMem, PA
October 23, 1972 - Cumberland Island NS, GA
October 23, 1972 - Fossil Butte NM, WY
October 25, 1972 - Lower Saint Croix NSR, MN-WI (combined with Saint Croix NSR Feb 1993)
October 25, 1972 - Benjamin Franklin NM, PA (designated; owned and administered by the Franklin Institute)
October 27, 1972 - Gateway NRA, NY-NJ
October 27, 1972 - Golden Gate NRA, CA
March 7, 1974 - Big South Fork NR and Recreation Area, KY-TN (authorized; under NPS management Oct 22,1976)
October 1, 1974 - Boston NHP, MA
October 11, 1974 - Big Cypress NPres, FL
October 11, 1974 - Big Thicket NPRes, TX
October 26, 1974 - Clara Barton NHS, MD
October 26, 1974 - John Day Fossil Beds NM, OR
October 26, 1974 - Knife River Indian Villages NHS, ND
October 26, 1974 - Martin Van Buren NHS, NY
October 26, 1974 - Springfield Armory NHS, MA
October 26, 1974 - Tuskegee Institute NHS, AL
October 26, 1974 - Sewall-Belmont House NHS, DC (affiliated site)
December 27, 1974 - Cuyahoga Valley NP, OH (established Jun 26, 1975; redesignated a NP in Nov 2000)
January 1, 1975 - Fort Washington Park, MD (transfer from War Department was authorized May 29, 1930... effective Aug 12, 1940; not previously counted as indiv area)
January 1, 1975 - National Mall, DC (transfer from Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital Aug 10, 1933; not previously counted as indiv area)
January 1, 1975 - Rock Creek Park, DC (auth. Sep 27, 1890; transfer from Ofc of Bldg & Public Parks of the Natl Captial Aug 10, 1933; not previously counted as indiv area)
January 1, 1975 - Greenbelt Park, MD (transfer from Public Housing Authority Aug 3, 1950; not previously counted as individual area)
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, DC (authorized Dec 28, 1973; not previously countaed as individual area)
January 3, 1975 - Canaveral NS, FL
December 20, 1975 - Father Marquette NM, MI (affiliated area)
June 30, 1976 - Klondike Gold Rush NHP, AK-WA
July 4, 1976 - Valley Forge NHP, PA
August 19, 1976 - Ninety Six NHS, SC
October 12, 1976 - Obed WSR, TN
October 12, 1976 - Eugene O'Neill NHS, CA
October 18, 1976 - Congaree Swamp NM, SC
October 21, 1976 - Monocacy NB, MD (transfer from War Department as Aug 10, 1933; authorized as NMP Jun 21, 1934 - not activated until 1976 but as NB)
May 26, 1977 - Eleanor Roosevelt NHS, NY
April 17, 1978 - Constitution Gardens, DC
June 5, 1978 - Lowell NHP, MA
August 15, 1978 - Chattahoochee NRA, GA
August 18, 1978 - War in the Pacific NHP, Guam
October 19, 1978 - Fort Scott NHS, Kansas
November 10, 1978 - Edgar Allan Poe NHS, PA
November 10, 1978 - Friendship Hill NHS, PA
November 10, 1978 - Kaloko-Honokohau NHP, HI
November 10, 1978 - Maggie L. Walker NHS, VA
November 10, 1978 - Delaware NSR, PA-NJ
November 10, 1978 - Missouri National Recreational River, NE-SD
November 10, 1978 - New River Gorge NR, WV
November 10, 1978 - Palo Alto Battlefield NHS, TX
November 10, 1978 - Rio Grande WSR, TX
November 10, 1978 - Saint Paul's Church NHS, NY (authorized; designated Jul 5, 1943)
November 10, 1978 - San Antonio Missions NHP, TX (authorized; established Apr 1, 1983)
November 10, 1978 - Santa Monica Mountains NRA, CA
November 10, 1978 - Thomas Stone NHS, MD
November 10, 1978 - Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, Pennsylvania and New York
December 1, 1978 - Aniakchak NM & NPres, AK (proclaimed as NM; established as National Monument and Preserve Dec 2, 1980 by ANILCA)
December 1, 1978 - Bering Land Bridge NPres, AK (proclaimed as NM; established as National Monument and Preserve Dec 2, 1980 by ANILCA)
December 1, 1978 - Cape Krusenstern NM, AK (proclaimed; established Dec 2, 1980 by ANILCA)
December 1, 1978 - Gates of the Arctic NP, AK (proclaimed as NM; established as National Park and Preserve Dec 2, 1980 by ANILCA)
December 1, 1978 - Kenai Fjords NP, AK (proclaimed as NM; redesignated a NP by ANILCA Dec 2, 1980)
December 1, 1978 - Kobuk Valley NP, AK (proclaimed as NM; redesignated a NP by ANILCA Dec 2, 1980)
December 1, 1978 - Lake Clark NP & NPres, AK (proclaimed as NM; redesignated a NP & Pres by ANILCA Dec 2, 1980)
December 1, 1978 - Noatak NPres, AK (proclaimed as NM; redesignated a NPres by ANILCA Dec 2, 1980)
December 1, 1978 - Wrangell-St. Elias NP, AK (proclaimed as NM; redesignated a NP & Pres by ANILCA Dec 2, 1980)
December 1, 1978 - Yukon-Charley NPres, AK (proclaimed as NM; redesignated a NPres by ANILCA Dec 2, 1980)
October 12, 1979 - Frederick Law Olmsted NHS, MA