Map - Discover NHAs

Find a National Heritage Area Near You

There are 62 designated National Heritage Areas in 36 states across the country that support a diversity of conservation, recreation, education, and preservation activities.

ALABAMA

Alabma Black Belt National Heritage Area

Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area

ALASKA

Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area

ARIZONA

Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area

CALIFORNIA

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area

COLORADO

Cache La Poudre River National Heritage Area
Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area
South Park National Heritage Area

CONNECTICUT

The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor (CT, MA)
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area (CT, MA)

FLORIDA

Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor (FL, GA, NC, SC)

GEORGIA

Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area
Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor (FL, GA, NC, SC)

IOWA

Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area

ILLINOIS

Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area
Bronzeville–Black Metropolis National Heritage Area
Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor

KANSAS

Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area (KS, MO)

LOUISIANA

Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
Cane River National Heritage Area

MAINE

Downeast Maine National Heritage Area

MARYLAND

Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area (MD, WV)
Baltimore National Heritage Area
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area (MD, PA, VA, WV)
Southern Maryland National Heritage Area

MASSACHUSETTS

Essex National Heritage Area
Freedom's Way National Heritage Area (MA, NH)
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor (MA, RI)
The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor (CT, MA)
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area (CT, MA)

MICHIGAN

MotorCities National Heritage Area

MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area
Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area
Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area

MISSOURI

Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area (KS, MO)

NEVADA

Great Basin National Heritage Area (NV, UT)

NEW JERSEY

Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Freedom's Way National Heritage Area (MA, NH)

NEW MEXICO

Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area

NEW YORK

Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (NY, VT)
Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
Niagara Falls National Heritage Area

NORTH CAROLINA

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor (FL, GA, NC, SC)
Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor (NC, SC)

NORTH DAKOTA

Northern Plains National Heritage Area

OHIO

Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway
National Aviation Heritage Area

PENNSYLVANIA

Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area (MD, PA, VA, WV)
Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area
Oil Region National Heritage Area
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area
Schuylkill River Greenways National Heritage Area
Susquehanna National Heritage Area
Path of Progress National Heritage Tour Route (inactive)

RHODE ISLAND

John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor (MA, RI)

SOUTH CAROLINA

Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor (FL, GA, NC, SC)
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor
Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor (NC, SC)

TENNESSEE

Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

St. Croix


UTAH

Great Basin National Heritage Area (NV, UT)
Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area

VERMONT

Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (NY, VT)

VIRGINIA

Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area (MD, PA, VA, WV)
Northern Neck National Heritage Area
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District

WASHINGTON

Maritime Washington National Heritage Area
Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area

WEST VIRGINIA

Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area (MD, WV)
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area (MD, PA, VA, WV)
National Coal Heritage Area
Wheeling National Heritage Area

Last updated: September 11, 2023