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Cultural landscapes reveal our relationship with place and strengthen our understanding of historic events, significant people, and patterns in American history. This is your guide to cultural landscapes in the National Park System.

Cars move around a traffic circle and bridge over a river, toward a city with trees and monuments
Find a Cultural Landscape

Where are cultural landscapes around the National Park System? Explore more by map, view a list of landscapes, or browse articles.

A view through two rows of fruit trees in a sunny orchard toward a white house.
Cultural Landscape Basics

Looking for a Cultural Landscapes 101? Start here.

A team of NPS staff stands along a wooden fence on a winter farm landscape.
Reference Library

In search of cultural landscape documentation or preservation guidance? Start here.

Two people kneel on a mound of soil to plant a slender young tree in an orchard.
What's Happening?

Recent publications, news, projects, and articles about cultural landscape preservation around the NPS.

Cover of The Stone Cottage Historic Structure Report, Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Explore the Report Collection

Travel behind the scenes and through the years with NPS preservation documents.

White flowers cover the branches of rows of apple trees, in front of steep, snow-covered mountains.
Orchards in National Parks

A guide to historic orchards and fruit trees in national parks.

Last updated: November 8, 2024

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