Park Anniversaries

The National Park Service manages more than 400 individual units, from national parks to national battlefields to national lakeshores and more, all commonly referred to simply as “parks.” Some current parks were set aside for the benefit of the public or preservation before the National Park Service was created in 1916. Others were eventually transferred from another agency.

This table lists the dates parks were created and when they became part of the National Park System.

Year

Date

Park Name and Location

1790

July 16

National Mall & Memorial Parks, District of Columbia

1792

October 10

The White House and President's Park, District of Columbia (transferred to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933)

1832

April 20

Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas (proclaimed Hot Springs Reservation; redesignated 1921)

1866

April 7

Ford's Theatre, District of Columbia (acquisition authorized; designated a national historic site in 1970)

1872

March 1

Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming

1876

August 2

Washington Monument, District of Columbia (accepted; dedicated in1885)

1877

March 3

Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York (accepted; dedicated 1886; designated a national monument in1924)

1886

December 7

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana (renamed from Custer Battlefield National Monument 1991; redesignated 1946 from a national cemetery of Custer's Battlefield Reservation)

1889

March 2

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Arizona (authorized as Casa Grande Ruin Reservation; redesignated in 1918)

1890

August 19

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee

1890

August 30

Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland (transferred to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933; redesignated from a national battlefield site in 1978)

1890

September 25

Sequoia National Park, California

1890

September 27

Rock Creek Park, District of Columbia

1890

October 1

Kings Canyon National Park, California (incorporated General Grant National Park in 1940)

1890

October 1

Yosemite National Park, California (incorporated Yosemite State Park in 1906)

1894

December 27

Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee

1895

February 11

Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania

1899

February 21

Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi

1899

March 2

Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

1902

May 22

Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

1902

July 1

Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma (incorporated Platt National Park and Arbuckle National Recreation Area on March 17, 1976)

1903

January 9

Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota

1906

June 29

Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

1906

September 24

Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming

1906

December 8

El Morro National Monument, New Mexico

1906

December 8

Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona

1906

December 8

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona (redesignated from a national monument in 1962)

1907

March 4

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Louisiana (incorporated Chalmette National Historical Park in 1978)

1907

May 6

Lassen Volcanic National Park, California (incorporated Cinder Cone and Lassen Peak national monuments on August 9, 1916)

1907

November 16

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico

1907

December 19

Tonto National Monument, Arizona

1907

March 11

Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico (incorporated Chaco Canyon National Monument on Dec. 19, 1980)

1908

January 9

Muir Woods National Monument, California

1908

January 16

Pinnacles National Park, California (redesignated from a national monument in 2013)

1908

February 7

Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dakota

1908

April 16

Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah

1908

September 15

Tumacacori National Historical Park, Arizona (incorporated National Monument 1990)

1909

March 2

Olympic National Park, Washington (incorporated Mount Olympus National Monument)

1909

March 20

Navajo National Monument, Arizona

1909

July 12

Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, Oregon

1909

July 31

Zion National Park, Utah (incorporated Zion National Monument in 1956; incorporated Mukuntuweap National Monument in 1918)

1910

March 23

Sitka National Historical Park, Alaska (redesignated from a national monument in 1972)

1910

May 11

Glacier National Park, Montana

1910

May 30

Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Utah

1910

June 23

Big Hole Battlefield National Battlefield, Montana (set aside as a military reserve in 1883; redesignated from a national monument in 1963)

1911

February 9

Lincoln Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated in 1922)

1911

May 24

Colorado National Monument, Colorado

1911

July 6

Devils Postpile National Monument, California

1913

October 14

Cabrillo National Monument, California

1915

January 26

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

1915

October 4

Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado

1915

November 30

Walnut Canyon National Monument, Arizona

1916

February 11

Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico

1916

July 8

Acadia National Park, Maine (originally Sieur de Monts National Monument; redesignated Lafayette National Park in 1919; redesignated Acadia National Park in 1919)

1916

July 17

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, Kentucky (originally Abraham Lincoln National Park; redesignated a National Historic Site in 1939; renamed and redesignated in 1959; redesignated a national historical park in 2009)

1916

August 1

Haleakalā National Park, Hawaii (detached from Hawaii National Park in 1960)

1916

August 1

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii (split into Haleakala National Park and Hawaii National Park in 1960; redesignated Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park in 1961)

1916

August 9

Capulin Volcano National Monument, New Mexico (redesignated from Capulin Mountain National Monument in 1987)

1917

February 18

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia (originally a national battlefiled site; redesignated in 1935)

1917

February 26

Denali National Park and Denali National Preserve, Alaska (incorporated Mount McKinley National Park and Denali National Monument by ANILCA in 1980)

1917

March 2

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, North Carolina

1918

September 24

Katmai National Park and Katmai National Preserve, Alaska (originally a National Monument, redesignated by ANILCA 1980)

1919

February 26

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (incorporated 1908 Grand Canyon National Monument)

1919

December 12

Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska

1919

December 19

Yucca House National Monument, Colorado

1922

January 24

Great Basin National Park, Nevada (incorporated Lehman Caves National Monument in 1986)

1922

October 14

Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah

1923

January 21

Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico (redesignated in 1928)

1923

March 2

Hovenweep National Monument, Utah

1923

May 31

Pipe Spring National Monument, Arizona

1923

June 8

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah (redesignated Utah National Park in 1924; redesignated from Bryce Canyon National Monument in 1928)

1923

October 25

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico (redesignated from Carlsbad Cave National Monument in 1930)

1923

March 2

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Ohio (incorporated Mound City Group National Monument in 1992)

1924

April 18

Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona

1924

May 2

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Craters of the Moon National Preserve, Idaho (preserve designated on August 21, 2002)

1924

October 15

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida (redesignated from Fort Marion National Monument in 1942)

1924

October 15

Fort Matanzas National Monument, Florida

1924

October 15

Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia

1924

December 9

Wupatki National Monument, Arizona

1925

February 26

Glacier Bay National Park and Glacier Bay National Preserve, Alaska (originally a national monument; redesignated by ANILCA in 1980)

1925

March 3

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Maryland (redesignated from Fort McHenry National Park in 1939)

1925

March 4

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Virginia (date restoration authorized; designated Custis-Lee Mansion in 1955; redesignated in 1972)

1925

November 21

Lava Beds National Monument, California

1925

March 3

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota (acquired 1939)

1926

May 22

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

1926

May 22

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee

1926

May 25

Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky

1926

June 2

Moores Creek National Battlefield, North Carolina (originally a National Military Park; redesignated 1980)

1926

July 3

Petersburg National Military Park, Virginia (redesignated a National Battlefield 1962)

1927

February 14

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park, Virginia

1927

March 2

Wright Brothers National Memorial, North Carolina (originally Kill Devil Hill Monument, redesignated 1953)

1927

March 3

Stones River National Battlefield, Tennessee (originally a National Military Park; redesignated 1980)

1929

February 21

Brices Cross Roads NBS, Mississippi

1929

February 26

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (incorporated 1929 National Park and Jackson Hole National Monument)

1929

March 4

Cowpens National Battlefield, South Carolina (transferred to NPS August 10, 1933; redesignated from a national battlefield site in 1972)

1929

April 12

Arches National Park, Utah (redesignated from a National Monument 1978)

1930

January 23

George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia

1930

May 26

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona (redesignated from Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument 1990)

1930

May 29

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia (incorporated Mount Vernon Memorial Highway May 23, 1928)

1930

June 18

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Virginia (authorized as a national historical monument 1935; redesignated 1954)

1930

December 30

Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia (authorized July 3, 1930; redesignated from a National Monument 1936)

1931

February 14

Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona

1931

March 3

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan

1931

March 4

Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Pennsylvania (redesignated from a NBS 1961)

1932

March 17

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Great Sand Dunes National Preserve, Colorado (National Preserve authorized 2000; redesignated from a National Monument 2004)

1932

May 21

Theodore Roosevelt Island, District of Columbia

1933

January 18

White Sands National Park, New Mexico (redesignated from White Sands National Monument 2019)

1933

February 11

Death Valley National Park, California (incorporated Death Valley National Monument)

1933

March 1

Saguaro National Park, Arizona (redesignated from a National Monument 1994)

1933

March 2

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado (redesignated from a National Monument 1999)

1933

June 16

Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina and Virginia

1933

August 22

Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah

1933

March 2

Morristown National Historical Park, New Jersey

1933

August 10

Fort Donelson National Battlefield, Tennessee

1933

August 10

Kings Mountain National Military Park, South Carolina

1933

August 10

Tupelo National Battlefield, Mississippi

1933

August 10

National Capital Parks, District of Columbia (incorporated Baltimore-Washington Parkway 1975)

1934

May 30

Everglades National Park, Florida

1934

June 19

Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi (incorporated Ackia Battleground National Monument and Meriwether Lewis National Monument 1961)

1934

June 21

Monocacy National Battlefield, Maryland (reauthorized and redesignated from a National Military Park Oct. 21, 1976)

1934

June 26

Thomas Jefferson Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1943)

1934

June 14

Ocmulgee National Monument, Georgia

1935

June 20

Big Bend National Park, Texas

1935

August 21

Fort Stanwix National Monument, New York (acquired 1973)

1935

August 29

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, Tennessee (redesignated from a National Monument 1963)

1935

December 21

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Missouri (Gateway Arch authorized 1954)

1936

March 2

Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia

1936

March 19

Homestead National Monument of America, Nebraska (redesignated from Homestead National Monument of America in 2021)

1936

May 26

Fort Frederica National Monument, Georgia

1936

June 2

Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, Ohio (redesignated 1972)

1936

June 29

Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Washington (redesignated from Whitman National Monument 1963)

1936

August 10

Joshua Tree National Park, California (incorporated Joshua Tree National Monument 1994)

1936

November 14

Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland (renamed from Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area 1954)

1936

November 14

Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia (redesignated from Bull Run Recreational Demonstration Area May 10, 1940)

1936

November 14

Prince William Forest Park, Virginia (redesignated from Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area 1948)

1937

April 13

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona

1937

August 2

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah (redesignated from a National Monument 1971)

1937

August 17

Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina

1937

August 25

Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota

1938

March 17

Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Massachusetts

1938

April 26

Channel Islands National Park, California (incorporated Channel Islands National Monument 1980)

1938

June 1

Saratoga National Historical Park, New York

1938

July 16

Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Wyoming (redesignated from a National Monument 1960)

1938

August 3

Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Pennsylvania (redesignated from Hopewell Village National Historic Site 1985)

1938

September 23

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, District of Columbia, Maryland, and West Virginia (date acquired; designated a National Monument 1961; incorporated in Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park 1971)

1939

May 26

Federal Hall National Memorial, New York (redesignated from Federal Hall Memorial National Historic Site 1955)

1939

July 25

Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona

1939

January 25

Badlands National Park, South Dakota (redesignated from a National Monument 1978)

1940

June 11

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia

1940

December 18

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, New York

1940

August 12

Fort Washington Park, Maryland (transferred from War Dept. 1940)

1941

April 5

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, North Carolina

1943

July 14

George Washington Carver National Monument, Missouri

1944

January 15

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, New York

1944

June 30

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, West Virginia (redesignated from a National Monument 1963)

1946

August 12

Castle Clinton National Monument, New York

1946

December 9

Adams National Historical Park, Massachusetts (originally Adams Mansion National Historic Site; redesignated Adams National Historic Site 1952; redesignated National Historical Park 1998)

1946

December 18

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, Washington (administered under cooparative agreement starting 1990; redesignated from Coulee Dam National Recreation Area 1997)

1947

April 25

Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota (authorized Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, redesignated 1978)

1948

April 28

Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina

1948

June 22

Hampton National Historic Site, Maryland

1948

June 28

Independence National Historical Park, Pennsylvania (incorporated Independence Hall National Historic Site, designated 1943)

1948

March 11

De Soto National Memorial, Florida

1948

June 19

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Washington (redesignated from a National Monument 1961)

1949

February 14

San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico

1949

June 8

Saint Croix Island National Monument, Maine (redesignated an International Historic Site 1984)

1949

October 25

Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa

1950

August 3

Greenbelt Park, Maryland

1950

September 21

Fort Caroline National Memorial, Florida

1952

March 4

Christiansted National Historic Site, Virgin Islands (redesignated from Virgin Islands National Historic Site 1961)

1952

July 9

Coronado National Memorial, Arizona

1954

June 28

Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico

1955

July 26

Pu’uhonua o HÅ,naunau National Historical Park, Hawaii (redesignated from City of Refuge National Historical Park 1978)

1955

December 6

Thomas Edison National Historical Park, New Jersey (originally Edison Home National Historic Site; incorporated in Edison National Historic Site 1962; redesignated 2009)

1956

April 2

Booker T. Washington National Monument, Virginia

1956

July 20

Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas

1956

July 25

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Alabama

1956

August 2

Virgin Islands National Park, Virgin Islands

1958

April 18

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah

1958

May 29

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Oregon (incorporated Fort Clatsop National Monument October 30, 2004)

1958

August 14

General Grant National Memorial, New York

1958

September 2

Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota (designated a National Historic Site 1951)

1959

April 14

Minute Man National Historic Site, Massachusetts (redesignated a National Historical Park Sept. 21, 1959)

1959

September 5

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1997)

1960

April 22

Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Missouri (redesignated from a National Park 1970)

1960

June 3

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, Colorado

1960

July 6

Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas

1961

May 11

Russell Cave National Monument, Alabama

1961

August 7

Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts

1961

September 8

Fort Davis National Historic Site, Texas

1961

September 13

Fort Smith National Historic Site, Arkansas

1961

October 4

Piscataway Park, Maryland

1961

December 28

Buck Island Reef National Monument, Virgin Islands

1962

February 19

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Indiana

1962

April 27

Hamilton Grange National Memorial, New York

1962

July 25

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, New York

1962

July 25

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, New York

1962

September 5

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, District of Columbia (redesignated from Frederick Douglass Home 1988)

1962

September 13

Point Reyes National Seashore, California

1962

September 28

Padre Island National Seashore, Texas

1964

August 27

Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri

1964

August 30

Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Arizona

1964

August 31

Fort Larned National Historic Site, Kansas

1964

August 31

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Pennsylvania

1964

August 31

Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Pennsylvania

1964

August 31

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, New Hampshire

1964

August 31

John Muir National Historic Site, California

1964

September 11

Fire Island National Seashore, New York

1964

September 12

Canyonlands National Park, Utah

1964

October 8

Lake Mead National Recreation Area

1965

February 11

Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado

1965

March 15

Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Texas (name changed from Sanford National Recreation Area, 1972; redesignated Nov. 28, 1990)

1965

May 15

Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho

1965

June 5

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska

1965

June 28

Pecos National Historical Park, New Mexico (incorporated Pecos National Monument June 27, 1990)

1965

July 30

Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah (designated 1957)

1965

August 12

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Iowa

1965

August 21

Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, Texas (formerly Alibates Flint Quarries and Texas Panhandle Pueblo Culture National Monument, redesignated 1978)

1965

August 28

Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Arizona

1965

September 1

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania

1965

September 21

Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland

1965

October 22

Roger Williams National Memorial, Rhode Island

1965

November 11

Amistad National Recreation Area, Texas (redesignated 1990)

1965

November 8

Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, California (Whiskeytown Unit)

1966

March 10

Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina

1966

June 20

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, Montana and North Dakota

1966

June 30

Chamizal National Memorial, Texas

1966

July 23

George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, Indiana

1966

September 9

San Juan Island National Historical Park, Washington

1966

October 15

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Montana and Wyoming

1966

October 15

Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas

1966

October 15

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan

1966

October 15

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Virginia

1966

November 2

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site, New York

1966

November 5

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana

1967

May 26

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Massachusetts

1967

November 27

Eisenhower National Historic Site, Pennsylvania

1968

April 5

Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Massachusetts

1968

October 2

Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Wisconsin

1968

October 2

Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Maine

1968

October 2

Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Washington

1968

October 2

North Cascades National Park, Washington

1968

October 2

Redwood National Park, California

1968

October 2

Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Washington

1968

October 17

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, North Carolina

1968

October 18

Biscayne National Park, Florida (incorporated Biscayne National Monument 1980)

1969

August 20

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado

1969

December 2

Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Texas (redesignated from a National Historic Site 1980)

1969

December 2

William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Ohio

1970

September 26

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin

1970

October 16

Fort Point National Historic Site, California

1970

October 16

Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia

1970

October 21

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan

1971

January 8

Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota

1971

January 8

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, District of Columbia, Maryland, and West Virginia (incorporated Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Monument)

1971

January 8

Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida and Mississippi

1971

August 18

Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Illinois

1972

March 1

Buffalo National River, Arkansas

1972

August 17

Pu`ukoholÄ, Heiau National Historic Site, Hawaii

1972

August 25

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Montana

1972

August 25

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, Wyoming

1972

October 9

Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, Massachusetts (redesignated from Longfellow National Historic Site 2010)

1972

October 21

Hohokam Pima National Monument, Arizona

1972

October 21

Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, Pennsylvania

1972

October 23

Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming

1972

October 23

Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia

1972

October 27

Gateway National Recreation Area, New York

1972

October 27

Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California

1973

December 28

Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, District of Columbia

1974

March 7

Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee

1974

August 1

Constitution Gardens, District of Columbia

1974

October 1

Boston National Historical Park, Massachusetts

1974

October 11

Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas

1974

October 11

Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida

1974

October 26

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, North Dakota

1974

October 26

Clara Barton National Historic Site, Maryland

1974

October 26

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, New York

1974

October 26

Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Massachusetts

1974

October 26

Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, Alabama

1975

October 8

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon

1975

January 3

Canaveral National Seashore, Florida

1975

June 26

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio (redesignated from a National Recreation Area 2000)

1976

June 30

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Alaska and Washington

1976

July 4

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Pennsylvania

1976

August 19

Ninety Six National Historic Site, South Carolina

1976

October 12

Obed WSR, Tennessee

1976

October 18

Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site, California

1976

October 18

Congaree National Park, South Carolina (redesignated from a National Monument 2003)

1977

May 26

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, New York

1978

June 5

Lowell National Historical Park, Massachusetts

1978

August 15

War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam

1978

August 15

Chattahoochee National Recreation Area, Georgia

1978

October 19

Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kansas

1978

November 10

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park, Texas (redesignated from a National Historic Site 2009)

1978

November 10

Rio Grande WSR, Texas

1978

November 10

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Texas

1978

November 10

Missouri National Recreational River, Nebraska

1978

November 10

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Pennsylvania

1978

November 10

Friendship Hill National Historic Site, Pennsylvania

1978

November 10

Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Virginia

1978

November 10

Middle Delaware National Scenic River, Pennsylvania

1978

November 10

New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, West Virginia (redesignated from New River Gorge National River in 2021)

1978

November 10

Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site, New York (designated 1943)

1978

November 10

Thomas Stone National Historic Site, Maryland

1978

November 10

Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, Pennsylvania

1978

November 10

Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, Washington

1978

November 10

Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawaii

1978

November 10

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California

1978

December 1

Aniakchak National Monument and Aniakchak National Preserve, Alaska (originally Aniakchak National Monument; designated National Monument and National Preserve by ANILCA 1980)

1978

December 1

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Alaska (redesignated from a National Monument by ANILCA 1980)

1978

December 1

Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska

1978

December 1

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Gates of the Arctic National Preserve, Alaska (originally a National Monument; redesignated by ANILCA 1980)

1978

December 1

Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska (redesignated from a National Monument by ANILCA 1980)

1978

December 1

Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska (redesignated from a National Park by ANILCA 1980)

1978

December 1

Lake Clark National Park and Lake Clark National Preserve, Alaska (originally a National Monument; redesignated by ANILCA 1980)

1978

December 1

Noatak National Preserve, Alaska (incorporated Noatak National Monument by ANILCA 1980)

1978

December 1

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve, Alaska (incorporated Wrangell-St. Elias National Monument by ANILCA 1980)

1978

December 1

Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Alaska (redesignated from Yukon-Charley National Monument by ANILCA 1980)

1979

October 12

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Massachusetts

1980

September 9

World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Hawaii (incorp. USS Arizona Memorial 2008)

1980

July 1

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1982)

1980

October 10

Boston African American National Historic Site, Massachusetts

1980

October 10

Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site, Georgia

1980

December 2

Alagnak Wild River, Alaska

1980

December 19

Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, New Mexico (proclaimed Gran Quivira National Monument 1909; renamed Salinas National Monument 1980, renamed 1988)

1980

December 22

Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Hawaii

1980

December 28

James A. Garfield National Historic Site, Ohio

1980

December 28

Women's Rights National Historical Park, New York

1983

March 28

Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia

1983

March 28

Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, Mississippi

1983

May 23

Harry S Truman National Historic Site, Missouri (designated 1982)

1986

October 28

Korean War Veterans Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1995)

1986

October 30

Steamtown National Historic Site, Pennsylvania

1987

September 30

Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site, District of Columbia (designated 1965)

1987

December 23

Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, Georgia (redesignated from Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in 2021)

1987

December 31

El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico

1988

February 16

Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida

1988

June 27

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, California (formerly part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area)

1988

September 8

Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, South Carolina

1988

October 7

Natchez National Historical Park, Mississippi

1988

October 31

National Park of American Samoa, American Samoa

1988

October 31

Poverty Point National Monument, Louisiana

1988

November 18

Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, Minnesota

1988

November 18

City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho

1988

November 18

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho

1988

December 26

Bluestone National Scenic River, West Virginia

1988

December 26

Gauley River National Recreation Area, West Virginia

1989

October 2

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Missouri

1990

June 27

Petroglyph National Monument, New Mexico

1990

October 31

Weir Farm National Historical Park, Connecticut (redesignated from Weir Farm National Historic Site in 2021)

1991

May 24

Niobrara National Scenic River, Nebraska

1991

December 11

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, District of Columbia (designated 1982)

1992

February 24

Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, Virgin Islands

1992

March 3

Manzanar National Historic Site, California

1992

August 26

Marsh-Billings National Historical Park, Vermont (redesignated Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park 1998)

1992

October 16

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Ohio

1992

October 21

Little River Canyon National Preserve, Alabama

1992

October 26

Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park, Kansas

1992

October 27

Keweenaw National Historical Park, Michigan

1992

October 27

Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River, New Jersey

1992

October 26

Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida (proclaimed Fort Jefferson National Monument 1935)

1994

October 31

Mojave National Preserve, California

1994

October 31

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, Louisiana

1994

November 2

Cane River Creole National Historical Park, Louisiana

1996

November 12

Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, Oklahoma

1996

November 12

Nicodemus National Historic Site, Kansas

1996

November 12

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas

1996

November 12

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Massachusetts

1996

November 12

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, Massachusetts

1998

November 6

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, Arkansas

1998

November 6

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Alabama

1999

November 29

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, South Dakota

2000

October 11

First Ladies National Historic Site, Ohio

2000

October 24

Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, California

2001

January 17

Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, Virgin Islands

2001

January 19

Governors Island National Monument, New York

2001

September 19

Minidoka National Historic Site, Idaho (established Minidoka Internment National Monument August 1942; redesignated Minidoka National Historic Site 2008

2002

September 24

Flight 93 National Memorial, Pennsylvania

2002

December 19

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park, Virginia

2004

May 29

World War II Memorial, District of Columbia (authorized May 25, 1993)

2006

February 27

Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site, District of Columbia

2006

February 27

African Burial Ground National Monument, New York

2007

April 27

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, Colorado

2009

October 28

Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, California

2010

October 22

River Raisin National Battlefield Park, Michigan

2010

December 14

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site, Arkansas

2011

August 28

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, District of Columbia

2011

November 1

Fort Monroe National Monument, Virginia

2011

November 7

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, New Jersey

2012

October 8

Caesar Chavez National Monument, California

2013

March 25

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument, Ohio

2013

March 25

First State National Historical Park, Delaware (originally a National Monument; rededicated a National Historical Park in 2014)

2013

March 25

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, Maryland (originally a National Monument; rededicated a National Historical Park in 2014)

2014

December 19

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, Massachusetts and Rhode Island

2014

December 19

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, Nevada

2014

December 19

Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico

2014

December 19

World War I Memorial, District of Columbia

2015

February 19

Pullman National Monument, Illinois

2015

February 24

Honouliuli National Monument, Hawaii

2015

July 10

Waco Mammoth National Monument, Texas

2015

November 10

Manhattan Project National Historical Park, New Mexico, Washington, and Tennesee

2016

February 12

Castle Mountains National Monument, California

2016

April 12

Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument, District of Columbia

2016

June 24

Stonewall National Monument, New York

2016

August 24

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine

2017

January 10

Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, New York

2017

January 13

Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, Alabama

2017

January 13

Freedom Riders National Monument, Alabama

2017

January 13

Reconstruction Era National Monument, South Carolina

2018

October 26

Camp Nelson National Monument, Kentucky

2019

March 12

Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Hawaii

2019

March 12

Tule Lake National Monument, California

2020

September 18

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, District of Columbia

2020

September 22

Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument, Kentucky

2020

October 30

Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park, Missouri

2020

November 9

Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, Mississippi

2022

December 29

New Philadelphia National Historic Site, Illinois

2023

July 25

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, Illinois and Mississippi

2023

December 7

Ice Age National Scenic Trail, Wisconsin

2023

December 7

New England National Scenic Trail, Massachusetts to Connecticut

2023

December 7

North Country National Scenic Trail, New York to North Dakota

2024

February 15

Amache National Historic Site, Colorado

2024

July 17

Blackwell School National Historic Site, Texas

2024

August 16

Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument, Illinois

Last updated: August 16, 2024