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The U.S. National Park Service preserves 58 national parks, 390 parks, historic sites, memorials, and recreation areas that attract nearly 300 million visitors every year. Our U.S. national parks are repositories of the nation’s biological diversity and contain some of the last ecosystem remnants that are found nowhere else in the world. Explore US Parks Online
Shenandoah National Park is a beautiful, historic national treasure which includes the 105-mile long Skyline Drive, a National Scenic Byway. The Park covers the crest of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains for over seventy-five miles. The Appalachian Trail roughly parallels the Skyline Drive and 101 miles of this trail run through the Park. (more…)
US National Recreation Areas
There are 18 national recreation areas administered by the National Park Service.
| Name | Location |
|---|---|
| Amistad National Recreation Area | Texas |
| Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area | Montana, Wyoming |
| Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area | Massachusetts |
| Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | Georgia |
| Chickasaw National Recreation Area | Oklahoma |
| Curecanti National Recreation Area | Colorado |
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
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New Jersey, Pennsylvania |
| Gateway National Recreation Area | New York, New Jersey |
| Gauley River National Recreation Area | West Virginia |
| Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | Utah, Arizona |
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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California |
| Lake Chelan National Recreation Area | Washington |
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
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Nevada, Arizona |
| Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | Texas |
| Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | Washington |
| Ross Lake National Recreation Area | Washington |
| Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | California |
| Whiskeytown National Recreation Area | California |
Disbanded national recreation areas[edit]
| Name | Established | Disbanded | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area | December 27, 1974 | October 11, 2000 | Redesignated as Cuyahoga Valley National Park. |
| Shasta Lake Recreation Area | May 22, 1945 | July 1, 1948 | Transferred to U.S. Forest Service |
| Lake Texoma Recreation Area | April 18, 1946 | June 30, 1949 | returned to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| Millerton Lake Recreation Area | May 22, 1945 | November 1, 1957 | Transferred to state of California; currently operated by the California Department of Water Resources |
| Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area | July 22, 1963 | October 1, 1968 | Transferred to U.S. Forest Service |
| Shadow Mountain National Recreation Area | June 27, 1952 | March 1, 1979 | Transferred to U.S. Forest Service |