The United States has one of the world’s largest National Park systems. Currently, there are 408 official Parks in the park systems. These units are located throughout the 50 states and several territories. Of these 408 parks, 59 are National Parks and 80 are National Monuments. My current goal is to visit all 59 National Parks before I turn 30. While touring National Parks, I try to stop at all nearby other national lands. The ultimate goal is to visit all 408 National Lands. Although it would help if Congres and the President would stop adding more parks it would help. (I am not really upset by more parks). Join my adventure with #59USNP. In later months once I’ve completed the 59 National Parks I plan on going to visit Mols Bjerge National Park which is located in Northern Europe and offers stunning views to complete the journey.

Alabama

• Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
• Little River Canyon National Preserve
• Russell Cave National Monument
• Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
• Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
• Natchez Trace Parkway
• Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail

Alaska

• Alagnak Wild River
• Aniakchak National Monument
• Aniakchak National Preserve
• Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
• Cape Krusenstern National Monument
• Denali National Park
• Denali National Preserve
• Gates of the Arctic National Park
• Gates of the Arctic National Preserve
• Glacier Bay National Park
• Glacier Bay National Preserve
• Katmai National Park
• Katmai National Preserve
• Kenai Fjords National Park
• Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
• Kobuk Valley National Park
• Lake Clark National Park
• Lake Clark National Preserve
• Noatak National Preserve
• Sitka National Historical Park
• World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
• Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
• Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve
• Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

American Samoa

• National Park of American Samoa

Arizona

• Canyon De Chelly National Monument
• Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
• Chiricahua National Monument
• Coronado National Memorial
• Fort Bowie National Historic Site
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Hohokam Pima National Monument
• Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
• Montezuma Castle National Monument
• Navajo National Monument
• Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
• Petrified Forest National Park
  • A Night Camping in painted Desert Wilderness
• Pipe Spring National Monument
• Saguaro National Park
• Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
• Tonto National Monument
• Tumacacori National Historical Park
• Tuzigoot National Monument
• Walnut Canyon National Monument
• Wupatki National Monument
• Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Arkansas

• Arkansas Post National Memorial
• Buffalo National River
• Fort Smith National Historic Site
• Hot Springs National Park
• Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
• Pea Ridge National Military Park
• President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

California

• Cabrillo National Monument
• César E. Chávez National Monument
• Channel Islands National Park
• Death Valley National Park
• Devils Postpile National Monument
• Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site
• Fort Point National Historic Site
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area
• John Muir National Historic Site
• Joshua Tree National Park
• Kings Canyon National Park
• Lassen Volcanic National Park
• Lava Beds National Monument
• Manzanar National Historic Site
• Mojave National Preserve
• Muir Woods National Monument
• Pinnacles National Park
• Point Reyes National Seashore
• Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
• Redwood National Park
• Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
• San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
• Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
• Sequoia National Park
• Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
• Yosemite National Park

Colorado

• Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
• Colorado National Monument
• Curecanti National Recreation Area
• Dinosaur National Monument
• Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
• Great Sand Dunes National Park
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• Great Sand Dunes National Preserve
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• Hovenweep National Monument
• Mesa Verde National Park
• Rocky Mountain National Park
• Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
• Yucca House National Monument

Connecticut

• Weir Farm National Historic Site

Delaware

• First State National Historical Park

Florida

• Big Cypress National Preserve
• Biscayne National Park
• Canaveral National Seashore
• Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
• De Soto National Memorial
• Dry Tortugas National Park
• Everglades National Park
  • Paddling the Nine Mile Pond Canoe Trail
• Fort Caroline National Memorial
• Fort Matanzas National Monument
• Gulf Islands National Seashore
• Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

Georgia

• Andersonville National Historic Site
• Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
• Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
• Cumberland Island National Seashore
• Fort Frederica National Monument
• Fort Pulaski National Monument
• Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
• Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
• Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site
• Ocmulgee National Monument

Guam

• War in the Pacific National Historical Park

Hawaii

• World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
• Haleakala National Park
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
• Honouliuli National Monument
• Kalaupapa National Historical Park
• Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
• Pu’uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park
• Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site

Idaho

• City of Rocks National Reserve
• Craters of the Moon National Monument
• Craters of the Moon National Preserve
• Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
• Minidoka National Historic Site
• Nez Perce National Historical Park
• Yellowstone National Park
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Illinois

• Lincoln Home National Historic Site
• Pullman National Monument

Indiana

• George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
• Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

Iowa

• Effigy Mounds National Monument
• Herbert Hoover National Historic Site

Kansas

• Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site
• Fort Larned National Historic Site
• Fort Scott National Historic Site
• Nicodemus National Historic Site
• Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Kentucky

• Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
• Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
• Mammoth Cave National Park
• Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
• Fort Donelson National Battlefield

Louisiana

• Cane River Creole National Historical Park
• Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
• New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
• Poverty Point National Monument
• Vicksburg National Military Park

Maine

• Acadia National Park
• Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

Maryland

• Antietam National Battlefield
• Assateague Island National Seashore
• Catoctin Mountain Park
• C & O Canal National Historical Park
• Clara Barton National Historic Site
• Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
• Fort Washington Park
• Greenbelt Park
• Hampton National Historic Site
• Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
• Monocacy National Battlefield
• Piscataway Park
• Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
• Thomas Stone National Historic Site
• George Washington Memorial Parkway

Massachusetts

• Adams National Historical Park
• Boston African American National Historic Site
• Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
• Boston National Historical Park
• Cape Cod National Seashore
• Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
• John F. Kennedy National Historic Site
• Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
• Lowell National Historical Park
• Minute Man National Historical Park
• New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
• Salem Maritime National Historic Site
• Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
• Springfield Armory National Historic Site
• Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park

Michigan

• Isle Royale National Park
• Keweenaw National Historical Park
• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
• River Raisin National Battlefield Park
• Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Minnesota

• Grand Portage National Monument
• Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
• Pipestone National Monument
• Voyageurs National Park
• Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

Mississippi

• Gulf Islands National Seashore
• Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
• Natchez National Historical Park
• Natchez Trace Parkway
• Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
• Tupelo National Battlefield
• Vicksburg National Military Park
• Shiloh National Military Park

Missouri

• George Washington Carver National Monument
• Harry S Truman National Historic Site
• Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
• Ozark National Scenic Riverways
• Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
• Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield

Montana

• Big Hole National Battlefield
• Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
• Glacier National Park
• Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
• Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
• Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
• Yellowstone National Park
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Nebraska

• Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
• Homestead National Monument of America
• Missouri National Recreational River
• Niobrara National Scenic River
• Scotts Bluff National Monument

Nevada

• Death Valley National Park
• Great Basin National Park
• Lake Mead National Recreation Area
• Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

New Hampshire

• Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

New Jersey

• Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River
• Morristown National Historical Park
• Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
• Thomas Edison National Historical Park
• Gateway National Recreation Area
• Statue of Liberty National Monument

New Mexico

• Aztec Ruins National Monument
• Bandelier National Monument
• Capulin Volcano National Monument
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
  • Photo Thursday – exploring Carlsbad Caverns
• Chaco Culture National Historical Park
• El Malpais National Monument
• El Morro National Monument
• Fort Union National Monument
• Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
• Pecos National Historical Park
• Petroglyph National Monument
• Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
• Valles Caldera National Preserve
• White Sands National Monument

New York

• African Burial Ground National Monument
• Castle Clinton National Monument
• Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
• Federal Hall National Memorial
• Fire Island National Seashore
• Fort Stanwix National Monument
• Gateway National Recreation Area
• General Grant National Memorial
• Governors Island National Monument
• Hamilton Grange National Memorial
• Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
• Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
• Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
• Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
• Saratoga National Historical Park
• Statue of Liberty National Monument
• Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
• Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
• Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
• Women’s Rights National Historical Park

North Carolina

• Blue Ridge Parkway
• Cape Hatteras National Seashore
• Cape Lookout National Seashore
• Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
• Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
• Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
• Moores Creek National Battlefield
• Wright Brothers National Memorial
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park

North Dakota

• Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
• Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
• Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Ohio

• Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
• Cuyahoga Valley National Park
• Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
• First Ladies National Historic Site
• Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
• James A. Garfield National Historic Site
• Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial
• William Howard Taft National Historic Site

Oklahoma

• Chickasaw National Recreation Area
• Washita Battlefield National Historic Site

Oregon

• Crater Lake National Park
• Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
• John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
• Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve
• Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Pennsylvania

• First State National Historical Park
• Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
• Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
• Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
• Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
• Eisenhower National Historic Site
• Flight 93 National Memorial
• Fort Necessity National Battlefield
• Friendship Hill National Historic Site
• Gettysburg National Military Park
• Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
• Independence National Historical Park
• Johnstown Flood National Memorial
• Middle Delaware National Scenic River
• Steamtown National Historic Site
• Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
• Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
• Valley Forge National Historical Park

Puerto Rico

• San Juan National Historic Site

Rhode Island

• Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
• Roger Williams National Memorial

South Carolina

• Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
• Congaree National Park
• Cowpens National Battlefield
• Fort Sumter National Monument
• Kings Mountain National Military Park
• Ninety Six National Historic Site

South Dakota

• Missouri National Recreational River
• Badlands National Park
• Jewel Cave National Monument
  • Spotlight Thursday – Jewel Cave National Monument
• Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
  • Mutually Assured Destruction ~ Minuteman National Historic Site
• Mount Rushmore National Memorial
• Wind Cave National Park

Tennessee

• Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
• Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
• Natchez Trace Parkway
• Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
• Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
• Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
• Fort Donelson National Battlefield
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Obed Wild and Scenic River
• Shiloh National Military Park
• Stones River National Battlefield

Texas

• Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
• Amistad National Recreation Area
• Big Bend National Park
• Big Thicket National Preserve
• Chamizal National Memorial
• Fort Davis National Historic Site
• Guadalupe Mountains National Park
• Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
• Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
• Padre Island National Seashore
• Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
• Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
• San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
• Waco Mammoth National Monument

U.S. Virgin Islands

• Buck Island Reef National Monument
• Christiansted National Historic Site
• Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
• Virgin Islands National Park
• Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument

Utah

• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
• Dinosaur National Monument
• Hovenweep National Monument
• Arches National Park
• Bryce Canyon National Park
  • Completing the Hike the Hoodoos Challenge
• Canyonlands National Park
• Capitol Reef National Park
• Cedar Breaks National Monument
• Golden Spike National Historic Site
• Natural Bridges National Monument
• Rainbow Bridge National Monument
• Timpanogos Cave National Monument
• Zion National Park
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Vermont

• Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park

Virginia

• Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
• Assateague Island National Seashore
• Blue Ridge Parkway
• Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
• Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
• Booker T. Washington National Monument
• Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
• Colonial National Historical Park
• Fort Monroe National Monument
• Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
• George Washington Birthplace National Monument
• George Washington Memorial Parkway
• Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
• Manassas National Battlefield Park
• Petersburg National Battlefield Park
• Prince William Forest Park
• Richmond National Battlefield Park
• Shenandoah National Park
• Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

Washington

• Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
• Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
• Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve
• Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
• Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
• Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
• Mount Rainier National Park
• North Cascades National Park
• Olympic National Park
• Ross Lake National Recreation Area
• San Juan Island National Historical Park
• Whitman Mission National Historic Site

Washington, D.C.

• C & O Canal National Historical Park
• George Washington Memorial Parkway
• Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
• Constitution Gardens
• Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
• Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
• Korean War Veterans Memorial
• Lincoln Memorial
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
• Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
• National Capital Parks
• National Mall
• Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
• Rock Creek Park
• Theodore Roosevelt Island
• Thomas Jefferson Memorial
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• Washington Monument
• White House
• World War I Memorial
• World War II Memorial

West Virginia

• Bluestone National Scenic River
• Gauley River National Recreation Area
• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
• New River Gorge National River

Wisconsin

• Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
• Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

Wyoming

• Devils Tower National Monument
• Fort Laramie National Historic Site
• Fossil Butte National Monument
• Grand Teton National Park
• John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway
• Yellowstone National Park