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The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government's Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various protection_title=* designations.

This wiki page attempts to document the status of units controlled wholly or partially by the National Park Service. Most of these are within the National Park System, of which there are 419 units.

Tagging

Main article: United_States/Public_lands#National_Park_Service
Tagging of National Park Service (NPS) Areas
NPS

protection_title=*

protect_class=* Other Tags
National Park Service
Wilderness Area 1b
  • leisure=nature_reserve (if applicable because of human-allowed recreation)
  • note=Part of the National Wilderness Preservation System
National Park 2
National Monument 22 For small park-like monuments in an (often urban) landscaped/maintained area
3 For national monuments created from federal lands to protect significant natural, cultural, or scientific features
National Monument and Historic Shrine
  • National Recreation Area
  • National Seashore
  • National Lakeshore
  • National Wild and Scenic River
  • National Reserve
  • National Parkway
5
  • National Historical Park
  • National Historic Site
  • International Historic Site

One of these (depending on type of site):

National Preserve 6
  • National Battlefield
  • National Battlefield Site
  • National Military Park
  • National Battlefield Park
National Memorial

One or both of these (depending on type of site):

  • National Trail
  • National Historic Trail
  • National Scenic Trail
  • National Recreation Trail
5 The full route of a National Trails should tagged with a route relation as described below. The tagging in this row is applied only to federal land that is dedicated to the trail, its immediate right of way, or trail-specific features along the route. Protected area tagging should not be applied to areas where the trail is routed over non-federal land, trails, and/or highways.
  • leisure=park for maintained/manicured dedicate federal park land

So for example, for a National Park, "adding together" the tags from the correct three segments of this wiki yields:

The important priority for tagging OSM's NPS administered relations is standardization. While this wiki comprehensively denotes NPS units grouped by protection_title=*, it defers tagging to the standardization at the Main article.

There is also US National Park Service Tagging, early in the process of being harmonized with the Main article. As a sub-wiki to that, US_National_Park_Service_Tagging:_Boundaries was created to recommend tagging for national parks, but that page was never updated from 2013, is now (2020) superfluous and should be deleted, having been superceded by (draft) tagging recommendations in the above-noted Main article.

National parks

There are 63 national parks in the United States. 62 of them are finished in OSM.

National ParkLocationBoundary status
relation AcadiaMaine
relation American SamoaAmerican Samoa
relation ArchesUtah
relation BadlandsNebraska
relation Big BendTexas
relation BiscayneFlorida
relation Black Canyon of the GunnisonColorado
relation Bryce CanyonUtah
relation CanyonlandsUtah
relation Capitol ReefUtah
relation Carlsbad CavernsNew Mexico
relation Channel IslandsCalifornia
relation CongareeSouth Carolina
relation Crater LakeOregon
relation Cuyahoga ValleyOhio
relation Death ValleyCalifornia
relation DenaliAlaska
relation Dry TortugasFlorida
relation EvergladesFlorida
relation Gates of the ArcticAlaska
way Gateway ArchMissouri
relation GlacierMontana
relation Glacier BayAlaska
relation Grand CanyonArizona
relation Grand TetonWyoming
relation Great BasinNevada
relation Great Sand DunesColorado
relation Great Smoky MountainsNorth Carolina, Tennessee
relation Guadalupe MountainsTexas
relation HaleakalāHawaii
relation Hawai'i VolcanoesHawaii
relation Hot SpringsArkansas
relation Indiana DunesIndiana
relation Isle RoyaleMichigan
relation Joshua TreeCalifornia
relation KatmaiAlaska
relation Kenai FjordsAlaska
relation Kings CanyonCalifornia
relation Kobuk ValleyAlaska
relation Lake ClarkAlaska
relation Lassen VolcanicCalifornia
relation Mammoth CaveKentucky
relation Mesa VerdeColorado
relation Mount RainierWashington
relation North CascadesWashington
relation New River Gorge West Virginia
relation OlympicWashington
relation Petrified ForestArizona
relation PinnaclesCalifornia
relation RedwoodCalifornia
relation Rocky MountainColorado
relation SaguaroArizona
relation SequoiaCalifornia
relation ShenandoahVirginia
relation Theodore RooseveltNorth Dakota
relation Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands
relation VoyageursMinnesota
relation White SandsNew Mexico  Boundary needs to be updated according to fixme
relation Wind CaveSouth Dakota
relation Wrangell–St. EliasAlaska
relation YellowstoneWyoming, Montana, Idaho
relation YosemiteCalifornia
relation ZionUtah

National monuments

This is for national monuments administered by the National Park Service. There are other national monuments administered by other agencies. I will create a wiki page just for national monuments in the future. All NPS national monument boundaries are done! However, this does not mean that trails, amenities, and other POIs are finished.

An asterisk denotes national monuments administered as part of another area. For example, Oregon Caves National Monument is listed as Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve on the NPS website.

National monumentLocationBoundary status
relation African Burial GroundNew York
relation Agate Fossil BedsNebraska
relation Alibates Flint QuarriesTexas
relation Aniakchak*Alaska
relation Aztec RuinsNew Mexico
relation BandelierNew Mexico
relation Belmont-Paul Women's EqualityDistrict of Columbia
relation Birmingham Civil RightsAlabama
relation Booker T. WashingtonVirginia
relation Buck Island ReefU.S. Virgin Islands
relation CabrilloCalifornia
relation Camp Nelson HeritageKentucky
relation Canyon de ChellyArizona
relation Cape KrusensternAlaska
relation Capulin VolcanoNew Mexico
relation Casa Grande RuinsArizona
relation Castillo de San MarcosFlorida
relation Castle ClintonNew York
relation Castle MountainsCalifornia
relation Cedar BreaksUtah
relation César E. ChávezCalifornia
relation Charles Young Buffalo SoldiersOhio
relation ChiricahuaArizona
relation ColoradoColorado
relation Craters of the MoonIdaho
relation Devils PostpileCalifornia
relation Devils TowerWyoming
relation DinosaurUtah, Colorado
relation Effigy MoundsIowa
relation El MalpaisNew Mexico
relation El MorroNew Mexico
relation Florissant Fossil BedsColorado
relation Fort FredericaGeorgia
relation Fort MatanzasFlorida
relation Fort McHenryMaryland
relation Fort MonroeVirginia
relation Fort PulaskiGeorgia
relation Fort StanwixNew York
relation Fort UnionNew Mexico
relation Fossil ButteWyoming
relation Freedom RidersAlabama
relation George Washington BirthplaceVirginia
relation George Washington CarverMissouri
relation Gila Cliff DwellingsNew Mexico
relation Governors IslandNew York
relation Grand Canyon–ParashantArizona
relation Grand PortageMinnesota
relation Hagerman Fossil BedsIdaho
relation Hohokam PimaArizona (note: closed to the public)
relation HomesteadNebraska
relation HovenweepColorado, Utah
relation Jewel CaveSouth Dakota
relation John Day Fossil BedsOregon
relation Katahdin Woods and WatersMaine
relation Lava BedsCalifornia
relation Little Bighorn BattlefieldMontana
relation Montezuma CastleArizona
relation Muir WoodsCalifornia
relation Natural BridgesUtah
relation NavajoArizona
relation Oregon CavesOregon
relation Organ Pipe CactusArizona
relation PetroglyphNew Mexico
relation Pipe SpringArizona
relation PipestoneMinnesota
relation Poverty PointLouisiana
relation PullmanIllinois
relation Rainbow BridgeUtah
relation Russell CaveAlabama
relation Salinas Pueblo MissionsNew Mexico
relation Scotts BluffNebraska
relation Statue of LibertyNew Jersey, New York
relation StonewallNew York
relation Sunset Crater VolcanoArizona
relation Timpanogos CaveUtah
relation TontoArizona
relation Tule LakeCalifornia
relation Tule Springs Fossil BedsNevada
relation TuzigootArizona
relation Virgin Islands Coral ReefU.S. Virgin Islands
relation Waco MammothTexas
relation Walnut CanyonArizona
relation WupatkiArizona
relation Yucca HouseColorado

National preserves

National preserve on Wikipedia

National preserveLocationBoundary status
relation AniakchakAlaska
relation Bering Land BridgeAlaska
relation Big CypressFlorida
relation Big ThicketTexas
relation Craters of the MoonIdaho
relation DenaliAlaska
relation Gates of the ArcticAlaska
relation Glacier BayAlaska
relation Great Sand DunesColorado
relation KatmaiAlaska
relation Lake ClarkAlaska
relation Little River CanyonAlabama
relation MojaveCalifornia
relation NoatakAlaska
relation New River Gorge West Virginia
relation Tallgrass PrairieKansas
relation Timucuan Ecological and Historic PreserveFlorida
relation Valles CalderaNew Mexico
relation Wrangell–St. EliasAlaska
relation Yukon-Charley RiversAlaska

National historical parks

National historical parkLocationBoundary status
relation Abraham Lincoln BirthplaceKentucky
relation AdamsMassachussetts
relation Appomattox Court HouseVirginia
Blackstone River ValleyMassachusetts, Rhode Island Boundary data not available
BostonMassachusettsUnknown
relation Cane River CreoleLouisiana
Cedar Creek and Belle GroveVirginia Boundary data not available
relation Chaco CultureNew Mexico
Chesapeake and Ohio CanalVirginia, Washington DC Boundary data not available
relation ColonialVirginia
relation Cumberland GapKentucky, Tennessee, Virginia
relation Dayton Aviation HeritageOhio
relation First StateDelaware, Pennsylvania
relation Fort Sumter and Fort MoultrieSouth Carolina
node George Rogers ClarkIndiana Boundary is missing
way Golden Spike National Historical ParkUtah
relation Harpers FerryWest Virginia
way Harriet TubmanNew York Boundary is approximate according to note
Harriet Tubman Underground RailroadMaryland
Hopewell CultureOhio
relation IndependencePennsylvania
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and PreserveLouisiana(counted as one unit despite double designation)
KalaupapaHawaii
Kaloko-HonokōhauHawaii
KeweenawMichigan
Klondike Gold Rush (part of Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park)Alaska, Washington
Lewis and ClarkOregon, Washington
LowellMassachusetts
Lyndon B. JohnsonTexas
Manhattan ProjectNew Mexico, Tennessee, Washington
Marsh-Billings-RockefellerVermont
Martin Luther King Jr.Georgia
Minute ManMassachusetts
relation MorristownNew Jerseymissing Jockey Hollow Area
NatchezMississippi
New Bedford WhalingMassachusetts
New Orleans JazzLouisiana
Nez PerceIdaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Ocmulgee MoundsGeorgia
Palo Alto BattlefieldTexas
Paterson Great FallsNew Jersey
PecosNew Mexico
Puʻuhonua o HōnaunaHawaii
Reconstruction EraSouth Carolina
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home FrontCalifornia
Saint-GaudensNew Hampshire
Salt River BayU.S. Virgin Islands
San Antonio MissionsNew Mexico
San Francisco MaritimeCalifornia
San Juan IslandWashington
SaratogaNew York
SitkaAlaska
Thomas EdisonNew Jersey
TumacácoriArizona
relation Valley ForgePennsylvania
War in the PacificGuam
relation Women's RightsNew York

National historic sites

National historic siteLocationBoundary status
Aleutian World War IIAlaska
relation Allegheny Portage RailroadPennsylvania
AndersonvilleGeorgia
Andrew JohnsonTennessee
Bent's Old FortColorado
Boston African AmericanMassachusetts
Brown v. Board of EducationKansas
Carl Sandburg HomeNorth Carolina
Carter G. Woodson HomeWashington DC
Charles PinckneySouth Carolina
Chicago PortageIllinois
Chimney RockNebraska
ChristianstedU.S. Virgin Islands
Clara BartonMaryland
way Edgar Allan PoePennsylvania
relation EisenhowerPennsylvania
Eleanor RooseveltNew York
Eugene O'NeillCalifornia
Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort MiamisOhio
First LadiesOhio
Ford's TheatreWashington DC
Fort BowieArizona
Fort DavisTexas
Fort LaramieWyoming
Fort LarnedKansas
Fort PointCalifornia
Fort RaleighNorth Carolina
Fort ScottKansas
Fort SmithArkansas, Oklahoma
Fort Union Trading PostMontana, North Dakota
Fort VancouverWashington, Oregon
Frederick DouglassWashington DC
Frederick Law OlmstedMassachusetts
way Friendship HillPennsylvania
way Gloria Dei ChurchPennsylvania
Grant-Kohrs RanchMontana
HamptonMaryland
Harry S TrumanMissouri
Herbert HooverIowa
Historic Camden Revolutionary War SiteSouth Carolina
Home of Franklin D. RooseveltNew York
HonouliuliHawaii
way Hopewell FurnacePennsylvaniaupdate tags, check boundaries
Hubbell Trading PostArizona
James A. GarfieldOhio
JamestownVirginia
Jimmy CarterGeorgia
John Fitzgerald KennedyMassachusetts
John MuirCalifornia
Kate MullanyNew York
Knife River Indian VillagesNorth Dakota
Lincoln HomeIllinois
Little Rock Central High SchoolArkansas
Longfellow House–Washington's HeadquartersMassachusetts
Lower East Side TenementNew York
Maggie L. WalkerVirginia
ManzanarCalifornia
Martin Van BurenNew York
Mary McLeod Bethune Council HouseWashington DC
MinidokaIdaho
Minuteman MissileSouth Dakota
NicodemusKansas
Ninety SixSouth Carolina
Pennsylvania AvenueWashington DC
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace HomeArkansas
Puʻukoholā HeiauHawaii
Sagamore HillNew York
Saint Paul's ChurchNew York
Salem MaritimeMassachusetts
San JuanPuerto Rico
Sand Creek MassacreColorado
Saugus Iron WorksMassachusetts
Springfield ArmoryMassachusetts
way SteamtownPennsylvania
Theodore Roosevelt BirthplaceNew York
Theodore Roosevelt InauguralNew York
Thomas ColeNew York
Thomas StoneMaryland
Touro SynagogueRhode Island
Tuskegee AirmenAlabama
Tuskegee InstituteAlabama
Ulysses S. GrantMissouri
Vanderbilt MansionNew York
Washita BattlefieldOklahoma
Weir FarmConnecticut
Whitman MissionWashington
William Howard TaftOhio

National military parks

National military parkLocationBoundary status
relation Chickamauga and ChattanoogaGeorgia, Tennessee combine features; improve boundary accuracy
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields MemorialVirginiaWork in Progress
relation GettysburgPennsylvania
relation Guilford CourthouseNorth Carolina
way Horseshoe BendAlabama
relation Kings MountainSouth Carolina
relation Pea RidgeArkansas
relation ShilohTennessee, Mississippi 
relation VicksburgMississippi, Louisiana

National battlefield parks

National battlefield parkLocationBoundary status
Kennesaw MountainGeorgia
ManassasVirginia
RichmondVirginia
River RaisinMichigan

National battlefields

National battlefieldLocationBoundary status
way AntietamMaryland
Big HoleMontana
CowpensSouth Carolina
Fort DonelsonTennessee  
relation Fort NecessityPennsylvaniafix interfacing with Forbes SF
MonocacyMaryland
Moores CreekNorth Carolina
PetersburgVirginia
Stones RiverTennessee
TupeloMississippi
Wilson's CreekMissouri

National battlefield site

There is only 1 national battlefield site remaining. Most have been redesignated as national battlefields/battlefield parks.

National memorials

National memorialLocationStatus
American Memorial Park
Arkansas Post National MemorialArkansas
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee MemorialVirginia
way Benjamin Franklin National MemorialPennsylvania
Chamizal National MemorialTexas
Coronado National MemorialArizona
De Soto National MemorialFlorida
Father Marquette National MemorialMichigan
Federal Hall National MemorialNew York
way Flight 93 National MemorialPennsylvania update boundary and tags
Fort Caroline National MemorialFlorida
Franklin Delano Roosevelt MemorialDistrict of Columbia
General Grant National MemorialNew York
Hamilton Grange National MemorialNew York
relation Johnstown Flood National MemorialPennsylvania
Korean War Veterans MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Lincoln Boyhood National MemorialIndiana
Lincoln MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the PotomacDistrict of Columbia
Martin Luther King, Jr. MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Mount Rushmore National MemorialSouth Dakota
Oklahoma City National MemorialOklahoma
Pearl Harbor National MemorialHawaii
Perry's Victory and International Peace MemorialOhio
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National MemorialCalifornia
Red Hill Patrick Henry National MemorialVirginia
Roger Williams National MemorialRhode Island
way Thaddeus Kosciuszko National MemorialPennsylvania
Theodore Roosevelt Island National MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Thomas Jefferson MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Vietnam Veterans MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Washington MonumentDistrict of Columbia
World War I MemorialDistrict of Columbia
World War II MemorialDistrict of Columbia
Wright Brothers National MemorialNorth Carolina

National recreation areas

National recreation areaLocationBoundary status
relation AmistadTexas
relation Bighorn CanyonMontana, Wyoming
relation Boston Harbor IslandsMassachusettsverify all islands are included
relation Chattahoochee RiverGeorgia
way ChickasawOklahoma
relation CurecantiColorado
relation Delaware Water GapNew Jersey, Pennsylvania
relation GatewayNew Jersey, New York
way Gauley RiverWest Virginia
relation Glen CanyonArizona, Utah
relation Golden GateCalifornia
relation Lake ChelanWashington
relation Lake MeadArizona, Nevada
relation Lake MeredithTexas
relation Lake RooseveltWashington
relation Ross LakeWashington
relation Santa Monica MountainsCalifornia
relation WhiskeytownCalifornia

National seashores

National SeashoreLocationBoundary status
relation Assateague IslandDelaware
way CanaveralFlorida 
relation Cape CodMassachusetts
relation Cape HatterasNorth Carolina
relation Cape LookoutNorth Carolina
relation Cumberland IslandGeorgia
relation Fire IslandNew York
relation Gulf IslandsFlorida
way Padre IslandTexas
relation Point ReyesCalifornia

National lakeshores

National lakeshoreLocationBoundary status
relation Apostle IslandsWisconsin
relation Pictured RocksMichigan super relation consisting of Federal Unit and Inner Buffer Zone. Should be recombined.
relation Sleeping Bear DunesMichigan

National (Wild & Scenic) Rivers

National riverLocationBoundary status
relation Alagnak Wild RiverAlaska
way Au Sable National Scenic RiverMichigan
relation Big South Fork National River and Recreation AreaTennessee
relation Bluestone National Scenic RiverWest Virginia
relation Buffalo National RiverArkansas
Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational RiverNew Jersey  Boundary data not available
Middle Delaware National Scenic RiverNew Jersey, Pennsylvania Boundary data not available
relation Mississippi National River and Recreation AreaMinnesota
relation Missouri National Recreational RiverSouth Dakota, Nebraska
relation Niobrara National Scenic RiverNebraska
relation Obed Wild and Scenic RiverTennessee
relation Ozark National Scenic RiverwaysMissouri
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic RiverTexas  
relation Saint Croix National Scenic RiverwayWisconsin, Minnesota
relation Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational RiverNew York, Pennsylvania

National reserves

National reserveLocationBoundary status
relation Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve Washington
relation City of Rocks National Reserve Idaho
relation New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve New Jersey

National parkways

National parkway (boundary) National parkway (route)LocationBoundary status
Baltimore-Washington Parkway relation Baltimore-Washington Parkway Maryland
relation Blue Ridge Parkway relation Blue Ridge Parkway North Carolina, Virginia
Colonial Parkway Virginia Boundary is part of Colonial National Historic Park
Foothills Parkway Tennessee   Right away is part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and has not been seperated. Also, Parkway is not physically complete, and there are not current plans to complete it.
George Washington Memorial Parkway Virginia   Road exists. but boundary and route relation do not.
relation John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway Wyoming
relation Natchez Trace Parkway relation Natchez Trace Parkway Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi
Oxon Run Parkway Washington DC, Maryland   Legal Status unkown
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Washington DC   Road exists on map, but boundary and route relation do not
Suitland Parkway Maryland   Boundary is partial, and only attributed to National Capital Parks

National historic and scenic trails

Main article: United States/National Trails System

Other areas

NameLocationNotes/status
relation Catoctin Mountain ParkMaryland
Historic CamdenSouth Carolina
Ice Age National Scientific ReserveWisconsin
International Peace Garden
Inupiat Heritage CenterAlaska
Maine Acadian Cultural CenterMaine
National Capital ParksMaryland,District of Columbia
Prince William Forest ParkVirginia
Roosevelt Campobello International ParkNew Brunswick (Canada)  Appears as if the buildings are mapped, but the boundary is not.
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American ExperienceWashington
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing ArtsVirginia

Resources

The National Park Service creates wonderful PDF maps of the parks. Harper's Ferry Center is a one-stop source for maps and park documentation. Some of those PDF documents are geospatial (geopdf) PDFs. Once they are converted into geotiff format, they can be used as a layer in JOSM to assist entering data. Use the US National Park Service Tagging as a guide when using National Park Service PDF maps to enter points of interest (POIs) into OpenStreetMap.

National Park Service GIS Data is available for download. GIS data from the NPS is public domain. However, any large-scale import of data should follow the Import/Guidelines.

http://npmaps.com/ provides hundreds of maps published by the National Park Service.

See also

  1. See Talk:United States/Public lands#national_park_vs_protected_area
  2. See Talk:United States/Public lands#national_park_vs_protected_area
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