National Park Service Designations
U.S. national historical places come in many designations, such as national historical park, national historic site, national military park, national battlefield, national battlefield park, national battlefield site, national heritage area, and national heritage corridor, plus some national parks, national monuments, national trails, and national memorials.
Note, the list below only contains places within the National Park Service. Many nationally significant historic places are not part of the National Park Service.
National Park Service Historic Places
Northwest
Alaska
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- Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (Alaskan Native History)
- Katmai National Park and Preserve (Alaskan Native History)
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve
- Kobuk Valley National Park (Alaskan Native History)
- Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (Alaskan Native History)
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park – Skagway
- Sitka National Historical Park (Alaskan Native History)
- Aleutian Islands World War II National Monument
- Cape Krusenstern National Monument (Alaskan Native History)
- Aleutian World War II National Historic Area
- Inupiat Heritage Center (Alaskan Native History)
- Iditarod National Historic Trail
- Kenai Mountains – Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area
Washington
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- Olympic National Park (Native History)
- North Cascades National Park (Native History)
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park – Seattle
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park – Hanford
- Hanford Reach National Monument
- San Juan Island National Historical Park
- San Juan Islands National Monument
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (Military History)
- Whitman Mission National Historic Site (Native History)
- Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve
- Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area (Native History)
Oregon
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- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (Native History)
- Oregon National Historic Trail
Idaho
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- Nez Perce National Historical Park (Native History)
- Minidoka National Historic Site (internment camp)
- Nez Perce National Historic Trail
Montana
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- Glacier National Park (Native History)
- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Native History) (Military History)
- Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
- Big Hole National Battlefield (Native History) (Military History)
- Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (Native History)
Mid-Pacific
California
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- Yosemite National Park (Native History)
- Redwood National Park (Native History)
- Rosie The Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park (near San Francisco) (Women’s History)
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
- Cabrillo National Monument (Native History)
- Tule Lake National Monument (internment camp)
- Fort Ord National Monument (Military History)
- César E. Chávez National Monument
- Lava Beds National Monument (Native History)
- Mojave National Preserve (Native History)
- Point Reyes National Seashore (Native History)
- Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site
- Fort Point National Historic Site (San Francisco) (Military History)
- John Muir National Historic Site
- Manzanar National Historic Site (internment camp)
- Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial (Black American History) (Military History)
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Native History)
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (Native History)
- Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area (Native History)
- Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
- Los Angeles Coast (pending study)
Hawaii
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- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Native Hawaiian History)
- Haleakala National Park (Native Hawaiian History)
- Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Native Hawaiian History)
- Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park (Native Hawaiian History)
- Pu`uhonua O Hōnaunau National Historical Park (Native Hawaiian History)
- Pearl Harbor National Memorial (Military History)
- Pu`ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site (Native Hawaiian History)
- Honouliuli National Historic Site (internment camp)
- Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail (Native Hawaiian History)
- Ka’ena Point National Heritage Area (pending study) (Native Hawaiian History)
Guam
(U.S. Territory)
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- War in the Pacific National Historical Park (Military History)
- Guam National Heritage Area (pending study)
Northern Mariana Islands
(U.S. Territory)
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- Rota (pending study)
Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
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- Yellowstone National Park (Native History)
- Grand Teton National Park (Native History)
- Devils Tower National Monument (Native History)
- Fort Laramie National Historic Site (Native History) (Military History)
Colorado
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- Mesa Verde National Park (Native History)
- Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Native History)
- Dinosaur National Monument (Native History)
- Yucca House National Monument (Native History)
- Hovenweep National Monument (Native History)
- Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (Native History)
- Chimney Rock National Monument (Native History)
- Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument (Native History)
- Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site (Native History) (Military History)
- Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site (Native History)
- Amache National Historic Site (internment camp)
- Cache La Poudre River Corridor National Heritage Area
- Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area
- South Park National Heritage Area
- Dearfield Homestead (Black homesteading settlement – pending study)
Utah
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- Arches National Park (Native History)
- Capitol Reef National Park (Native History)
- Canyonlands National Park (Native History)
- Golden Spike National Historical Park
- Natural Bridges National Monument (Native History)
- Bears Ears National Monument (Native History)
- Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
- Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area (including Salt Lake City)
Nevada
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- Basin and Range National Monument (Native History)
- Gold Butte National Monument (Native History)
- Avi Kwa Ame National Monument (Native History)
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Native History)
- Great Basin National Heritage Area (Native History)
Southwest
Arizona
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- Grand Canyon National Park (Native History)
- Petrified Forest National Park (Native History)
- Tumacacori National Historical Park (Native History)
- Montezuma Castle National Monument (Native History)
- Tonto National Monument (Native History)
- Navajo National Monument (Native History)
- Walnut Canyon National Monument (Native History)
- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument (Native History)
- Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Native History)
- Rainbow Bridge National Monument (Native History)
- Pipe Spring National Monument (Native History)
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument (Native History)
- Chiricahua National Monument (Native History)
- Wupatki National Monument (Native History)
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Native History)
- Tuzigoot National Monument (Native History)
- Hohokam Pima National Monument (Native History)
- Agua Fria National Monument (Native History)
- Ironwood Forest National Monument (Native History)
- Sonoran Desert National Monument (Native History)
- Fort Bowie National Historic Site (Native History) (Military History)
- Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site (Native History)
- Coronado National Memorial (Native History)
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Native History)
- Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area
New Mexico
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- Chaco Culture National Historical Park (a World Heritage Site) (Native History)
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park – Los Alamos
- Pecos National Historical Park (Native History)
- El Malpais National Monument (Native History)
- El Morro National Monument (Native History)
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (Native History)
- Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (Native History)
- Bandelier National Monument (Native History)
- Aztec Ruins National Monument (Native History)
- Fort Union National Monument (Native History) (Military History)
- Petroglyph National Monument (Native History)
- Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument (Native History)
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail
- El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
- Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area
- Zuni-Cibola Complex National Historic Landmark (not a National Park Service unit, but meritorious to be a national historical park) (Native History)
Texas
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- Big Bend National Park (Native History)
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park (Native History)
- Big Thicket National Preserve (Native History)
- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park (Military History) (Military History)
- San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (a World Heritage Site) (Native History)
- Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
- Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (Native History)
- Fort Davis National Historic Site (Black American History) (Military History)
- Chamizal National Memorial
- El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail
- Emancipation National Historic Trail (pending study)
- Blackwell School National Historic Site (in Marfa – to be established)
- George W. Bush Childhood Home (pending study)
Oklahoma
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- Washita Battlefield National Historic Site (Native History) (Military History)
- Oklahoma City National Memorial
Great Plains
North Dakota
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- Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (Native History) (Military History)
- Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site (Native History)
- Northern Plains National Heritage Area (Native History)
South Dakota
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- Badlands National Park (Native History)
- Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
Nebraska
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- Homestead National Historical Park (Native History)
- Scotts Bluff National Monument
- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (Native History)
- Chimney Rock National Historic Site
- Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- California Trail
Kansas
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- Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park (Black American History)
- Fort Larned National Historic Site (Native History) (Military History)
- Fort Scott National Historic Site (Black American History) (Military History)
- Nicodemus National Historic Site (Black American History)
- Santa Fe National Historic Trail (Native History)
- Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area (Black American History)
Iowa
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- Effigy Mounds National Monument (Native History)
- Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
- Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area
Missouri
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- Gateway Arch National Park (Native History)
- Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park
- George Washington Carver National Monument (Black American History)
- Harry S Truman National Historic Site
- Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (Saint Louis)
- Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield (Military History)
- Trail of Tears National Historic Trail (Native History) (Military History)
- Pike National Historic Trail (pending study)
Great Lakes
Michigan
Wisconsin
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- Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Native History)
Minnesota
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- Voyageurs National Park (Native History)
- Pipestone National Monument (Native History)
- Grand Portage National Monument (Native History)
Illinois
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- Chicago Portage National Historic Site
- Lincoln Home National Historic Site (Land of Lincoln)
- Pullman National Historical Park
- Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument – Illinois Unit
- New Philadelphia National Historic Site
- Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
- Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area
- Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (in Dixon – to be established)
- 1908 Springfield Race Riot (pending study)
- Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools (pending study)
Indiana
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- Indiana Dunes National Park
- George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
- Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Ohio
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- Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Native History)
- Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park (World Heritage Tentative List)
- Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (World Heritage Tentative List) (Native History)
- Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial (Black American History) (Military History)
- Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument (Black American History) (Military History)
- First Ladies National Historic Site (Women’s History)
- Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site (Military History)
- James A. Garfield National Historic Site
- William Howard Taft National Historic Site
- National Aviation Heritage Area
- Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canal Way
- John Parker Underground Railroad House (pending study) (Black American History)
Northeast
Maine
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- Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
New Hampshire
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- Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
- Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area
Vermont
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- Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
- Champlain Valley National Heritage Area
Massachusetts
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- Adams National Historical Park (Boston area) (Women’s History)
- Boston National Historical Park (Boston)
- Lowell National Historical Park (Women’s History)
- Minute Man National Historical Park (Military History)
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
- Boston African American National Historic Site (Boston) (Black American History)
- Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (Boston area)
- John F. Kennedy National Historic Site (Boston area)
- Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site (Boston area)
- (Military History)
- Salem Maritime National Historic Site
- Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site (Boston area)
- Springfield Armory National Historic Site
- Cape Cod National Seashore
- Essex National Heritage Area
Rhode Island
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- Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
- Touro Synagogue National Historic Site (Newport)
- Roger Williams National Memorial (Native History)
- Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
Connecticut
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- Coltsville National Historical Park (in Hartford – to be established)
- Weir Farm National Historical Park
- Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor
- Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area
New York
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- Harriet Tubman National Historical Park (Black American History) (Women’s History)
- Saratoga National Historical Park (Military History)
- Women’s Rights National Historical Park (Native History) (Women’s History)
- Statue of Liberty National Monument
- Fort Stanwix National Monument (Native History) (Military History)
- Castle Clinton National Monument (Military History)
- Governors Island National Monument
- African Burial Ground National Monument (Black American History)
- Stonewall National Monument
- Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (Women’s History)
- Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
- Kate Mullany National Historic Site (Women’s History)
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site (New York City)
- Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
- Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
- Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
- Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
- Thomas Cole National Historic Site
- Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
- Federal Hall National Memorial
- General Grant National Memorial
- Hamilton Grange National Memorial
- Gateway National Recreation Area (Native History)
- Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River (Native History)
- Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
- Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
- Niagara Falls National Heritage Area
- Finger Lakes National Heritage Area (pending study)
- Flushing Remonstrance (pending study)
- Fort Ontario and the Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum (pending study) (Military History)
Canada
NEW BRUNSWICK
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- Roosevelt Campobello International Park (affiliated area of Parks Canada and the National Park Service; managed together by treaty)
Mid-Atlantic
Pennsylvania
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- Independence National Historical Park (Philadelphia)
- Valley Forge National Historical Park (Military History)
- Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
- Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site (Philadelphia)
- Eisenhower National Historic Site
- Friendship Hill National Historic Site
- Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church National Historic Site (Philadelphia)
- Grey Towers National Historic Site (USFS)
- Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
- Steamtown National Historic Site
- Fort Necessity National Battlefield (Military History)
- Gettysburg National Military Park (Military History)
- Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
- Johnstown Flood National Memorial
- Flight 93 National Memorial
- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (Native History)
- Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
- Lackawanna Heritage Valley National and State Heritage Area
- Oil Region National Heritage Area
- Path of Progress National Heritage Tour Route
- Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area
- Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area
New Jersey
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- Morristown National Historical Park (Military History)
- Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
- Thomas Edison National Historical Park
- Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area
Delaware
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- First State National Historical Park
Maryland
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- Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park (Women’s History)
- Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (Military History)
- Clara Barton National Historic Site (Women’s History)
- Hampton National Historic Site (Black American History)
- Thomas Stone National Historic Site
- Antietam National Battlefield (Military History)
- Monocacy National Battlefield (Military History)
- Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
- Baltimore National Heritage Area
- Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area (Military History)
- President Street Station (in Baltimore – pending study)
- Thurgood Marshall School (PS 103) (pending study)
Washington DC
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- Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument (Women’s History)
- President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home
- Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
- Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (Black American History)
- Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site (Black American History) (Women’s History)
- Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
Virginia
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- Appomattox Court House National Historical Park (Military History)
- Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park (Black American History)
- Colonial National Historical Park (Native History) (Black American History) (Military History)
- George Washington Birthplace National Monument
- Booker T. Washington National Monument (Black American History)
- Fort Monroe National Monument (Black American History) (Military History)
- Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial (Black American History)
- Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site (Black American History) (Women’s History)
- Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park (Military History)
- Manassas National Battlefield Park (Military History)
- Petersburg National Battlefield (Black American History) (Military History)
- Richmond National Battlefield Park (Black American History) (Military History)
- Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
- Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail (Military History)
- Green Springs National Historic Landmark District
- Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District (Military History)
- Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area (pending study)
West Virginia
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- New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
- National Coal Heritage Area
- Wheeling National Heritage Area
- Battle of Matewan (pending study)
South Central
Kentucky
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- Mammoth Cave National Park (Native History)
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
- Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
- Camp Nelson National Monument
- Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument (Military History)
- Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area (pending study)
Tennessee
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- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Native History)
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park – Oak Ridge
- Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
- Fort Donelson National Battlefield (Military History)
- Shiloh National Military Park (Native History) (Military History)
- Stones River National Battlefield (Military History)
- Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area (Military History)
- James K. Polk Presidential Home (pending study)
- Memphis Area Lynching Sites (pending study) (Black American History)
Arkansas
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- Hot Springs National Park
- Fort Smith National Historic Site (Native History) (Military History)
- Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site (Black American History) (Women’s History)
- President W. J. Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
- Pea Ridge National Military Park (Native History) (Military History)
- Arkansas Post National Memorial (Native History)
- Buffalo National River (Native History)
Louisiana
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- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (Native History) (Black American History) (Military History)
- New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park (Black American History)
- Cane River Creole National Historical Park (Black American History)
- Poverty Point National Monument
- Cane River National Heritage Area
- Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
Mississippi
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- Natchez National Historical Park (Black American History)
- Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site (Military History)
- Tupelo National Battlefield (Military History)
- Vicksburg National Military Park (Military History)
- Medgar Evers National Monument (Black American History)
- Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument – Mississippi Unit (Black American History)
- Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
- Natchez Trace Parkway (Native History)
- Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area (Black American History)
- Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area
- Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area
Alabama
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- Russell Cave National Monument (Native History)
- Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument (see: Civil Rights Movement Sites in Alabama) (Black American History)
- Freedom Riders National Monument (Black American History)
- Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (Black American History)
- Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site (Black American History)
- Horseshoe Bend National Military Park (Native History) (Military History)
- Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail (Black American History)
- Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area
Southeast
North Carolina
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- Wright Brothers National Memorial
- Fort Raleigh National Historic Site (Native History) (Military History)
- Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
- Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
- Moores Creek National Battlefield (Military History)
- Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
South Carolina
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- Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park (Charleston) (Native History) (Military History)
- Reconstruction Era National Historical Park (Black American History)
- Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
- Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site (Military History)
- Ninety Six National Historic Site (Military History)
- Cowpens National Battlefield (Military History)
- Kings Mountain National Military Park (Military History)
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (Military History)
- Gullah, Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor (Black American History)
- South Carolina National Heritage Corridor
Georgia
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- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park (Atlanta) (Black American History)
- Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (Native History)
- Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
- Fort Pulaski National Monument (Military History)
- Andersonville National Historic Site (Military History)
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Military History)
- Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (Military History)
- Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area
- Augusta Canal National Heritage Area
Florida
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- Everglades National Park (Native History)
- Dry Tortugas National Park (Military History)
- Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (Native History) (Military History)
- Fort Matanzas National Monument (Military History)
- De Soto National Memorial (Native History) (Military History)
- Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (Native History) (Black American History)
- Fort Caroline National Memorial (Native History) (Military History)
- Canaveral National Seashore (Native History)
Puerto Rico
(U.S. Territory)
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- San Juan National Historic Site (a World Heritage Site) (Native History) (Military History)
U.S. Virgin Islands
(U.S. Territory)
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- Virgin Islands National Park (Black American History)
- Salt River Bay National Historical Park & Ecological Preserve
- Christiansted National Historic Site