U.S. World Heritage

World Heritage Sites and
World Heritage Tentative List
in the United States

Northwest

Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek – Yukon, British Columbia, and Alaska (a World Heritage Site)

Olympic National Park – Washington (a World Heritage Site)

Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park – Montana and Alberta (a World Heritage Site)


Mid-Pacific

Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park – California (a World Heritage Site)

Redwood National and State Parks – California (a World Heritage Site)

Harbor seals in Monterey
Harbor seals in Monterey, California Coastal National Monument/Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Central California Current (Greater Farallones [Fort Ross State Historic Park coast area], Cordell Bank [Point Reyes offshore area], and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries [Monterey Peninsula coast area]; marine waters and certain coastal areas of Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area [San Francisco coast area]; Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge; and California Coastal National Monument) – California (World Heritage Tentative List)

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House – Los Angeles, California (part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings listing on World Heritage Tentative List)

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Marin County Civic Center – San Rafael, San Francisco Bay, California (part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings listing on World Heritage Tentative List)

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park – Hawaii (a World Heritage Site)

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument – Hawaii and US Minor Outlying Islands (a World Heritage Site)

Marine Protected Areas of American Samoa (National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa – formerly known as the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and Rose Atoll Marine National Monument and Wildlife Refuge) – American Samoa (World Heritage Tentative List)

Marianas Trench National Monument – Northern Mariana Islands (World Heritage Tentative List)

Pacific Remote Islands National Monument – U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (World Heritage Tentative List)


Rocky Mountains

Grand Prismatic Spring
Grand Prismatic Spring

Yellowstone National Park – Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho (a World Heritage Site)

Square Tower House, Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park
Square Tower House, Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park

Mesa Verde National Park – Colorado (a World Heritage Site)


Southwest

Grand Canyon National Park
Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park – Arizona (a World Heritage Site)

Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park

Petrified Forest National Park – Arizona (World Heritage Tentative List)

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West – Scottsdale, Arizona (part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings listing on World Heritage Tentative List)

Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Carlsbad Caverns National Park – New Mexico (a World Heritage Site)

Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Chaco Culture National Historical Park – New Mexico (a World Heritage Site)

Taos Pueblo – New Mexico (a World Heritage Site)

White Sands National Park – New Mexico (World Heritage Tentative List)

The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio Missions – Antonio Missions National Historical Park, San Antonio, Texas (a World Heritage Site)

Big Bend National Park – Texas (World Heritage Tentative List)


Great Plains

(Currently, there are not any World Heritage Sites or locations on the World Heritage Tentative List in the Great Plains)


Great Lakes

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin – Spring Green, Wisconsin (part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings listing on the World Heritage Tentative List)

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House – Madison, Wisconsin (part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings listing on World Heritage Tentative List)

Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site – Illinois (a World Heritage Site)

Chicago Early Skyscrapers – Chicago, Illinois (World Heritage Tentative List)

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Frederick C. Robie House – Chicago, Illinois (part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings listing on World Heritage Tentative List)

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple – Oak Park, Illinois (part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings listing on World Heritage Tentative List)

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park – Ohio (World Heritage Tentative List)

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks – Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Fort Ancient State Memorial, and Newark Earthworks State Historic Site, Ohio (World Heritage Tentative List)

Serpent Mound, Serpent Mound State Memorial
Serpent Mound State Memorial, Ohio

Serpent Mound State Memorial – Ohio (World Heritage Tentative List)


Northeast

Statue of Liberty – Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York City, New York (a World Heritage Site)

Ellis Island – Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York City, New York (World Heritage Tentative List)

Brooklyn Bridge – New York City, New York (World Heritage Tentative List)

Central Park – New York City, New York (World Heritage Tentative List)

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York City, New York (part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings listing on World Heritage Tentative List)


Mid-Atlantic

Independence Hall – Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (a World Heritage Site)

Moravian Bethlehem District – Pennsylvania (World Heritage Tentative List) (an extension to Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement, Denmark)

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania – Organic Prairie School architecture

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater – Mill Run, Pennsylvania (part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings listing on World Heritage Tentative List)

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and the University of Virginia – Virginia (a World Heritage Site)

Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest and the Virginia State Capitol – Virginia (World Heritage Tentative List)

George Washington's Mount Vernon
George Washington’s Mount Vernon

George Washington’s Mount Vernon – Virginia (World Heritage Tentative List)


South Central

Mammoth Cave Natural Entrance, Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave Natural Entrance, Mammoth Cave National Park

Mammoth Cave National Park – Kentucky (a World Heritage Site)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Tennessee and North Carolina (a World Heritage Site)

Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point – Poverty Point National Monument and State Historic Site, Louisiana (a World Heritage Site)

Civil Rights Movement Sites – Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama (World Heritage Tentative List)

Civil Rights Movement Sites – Bethel Baptist Church and 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama (World Heritage Tentative List)


Southeast

Everglades National Park – Florida (a World Heritage Site)

La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site – Puerto Rico (a World Heritage Site)

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge – Georgia (World Heritage Tentative List)


World Heritage Sites in Canada

Western Canada

Rideau Canal – Ontario (a World Heritage Site)

Dinosaur Provincial Park – Alberta (a World Heritage Site)

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump – Alberta (a World Heritage Site)

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks – Alberta and British Columbia (a World Heritage Site)

SGang Gwaay – British Columbia (a World Heritage Site)


Eastern Canada

Château Frontenac, Quebec City
Château Frontenac, Quebec City

Historic District of Old Quebec – Quebec (a World Heritage Site)

Miguasha National Park – Quebec (a World Heritage Site)

Lunenburg
Old Town Lunenburg Waterfront, Nova Scotia

Old Town Lunenburg – Nova Scotia (a World Heritage Site)

Joggins Fossil Cliffs – Nova Scotia (a World Heritage Site)

Landscape of Grand Pré – Nova Scotia (a World Heritage Site)

L’Anse aux Meadows – Newfoundland and Labrador (a World Heritage Site)

Gros Morne National Park – Newfoundland and Labrador (a World Heritage Site)

Red Bay Basque Whaling Station – Newfoundland and Labrador (a World Heritage Site)


Northern Territories

Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek – Yukon, British Columbia, and Alaska (a World Heritage Site)

Nahanni National Park – Northwest Territories (a World Heritage Site)

Wood Buffalo National Park – Northwest Territories and Alberta (a World Heritage Site)