Project 418
After visiting all 59 U.S. National Parks, we decided to expand our goal to include every site the NPS protects, including national monuments, seashores, lakeshores, historic sites, historical parks, battlefields and more.
The naming system of the NPS usually indicates how the land can be used or what it protects; some parks, like Denali and Katmai, include within their boundaries preserves, where people can hunt and fish. In the case of these preserves, the park counts as two separate sections.
Not every national monument, historic site, etc. is administered by the NPS—some are run by Fish and Game or by the BLM—so those are not included on this list, though we will certainly try to visit them whenever we can!
1. Cuyahoga Valley National Park
3. Mt. Rushmore National Memorial
5. Devil’s Tower National Monument
6. Lassen Volcanic National Park
11. North Cascades National Park
12 & 13. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve
14. Kenai Fjords National Park
16. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
17 & 18. Katmai National Park & Preserve
19 & 20. Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
21 & 22. Denali National Park & Preserve
26. John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway
28. Theodore Roosevelt National Park
34. Great Smoky Mountains National Park
35. Mammoth Cave National Park
38. Virgin Islands National Park
39. Dry Tortugas National Park
42. Big Cypress National Preserve
44. Grand Canyon National Park
45. Petrified Forest National Park
46. Death Valley National Park
49. Guadalupe Mountains National Park
50. Carlsbad Caverns National Park
52. Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
53. White Sands National Monument
56. National Park of American Samoa
57. Channel Islands National Park
60. Kings Canyon National Park
62. Bryce Canyon National Park
63. Rocky Mountain National Park
64 & 65. Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
67. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
68. Capitol Reef National Park
69. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
70 & 71. Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
72 & 73. Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve
74. Kobuk Valley National Park
75. Golden Spike National Historic Site
76. Dinosaur National Monument
77. Cedar Breaks National Monument
78. Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
79. Gateway Arch National Park
80. Federal Hall National Memorial