64 places · National Historical Park

National Historical Parks

This site has 64 pages designated National Historical Park, spread across 38 states and territories. 62 are units of the National Park System and 2 are related areas. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park draws more people than any of them, 4.6 million in 2025. Most of them are free to enter.

Where they are

Free to enter Charges an entrance feePoints are the Park Service reference point for each unit, not a boundary.

Ranked by 2025 visits

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No. 1 · 4,579,704 visits · DC, MD, WV
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Entrance fee37 campgrounds
No. 2 · 2,944,483 visits · CA
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Free to enter4 alerts
No. 3 · 2,383,812 visits · MA
Boston National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 4 · 1,926,580 visits · PA
Independence National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 5 · 1,819,086 visits · PA
Valley Forge National Historical Park
Free to enter3 alerts
No. 6 · 1,582,994 visits · VA
Colonial National Historical Park
Entrance fee1 alert
No. 7 · 1,552,510 visits · TX
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 8 · 1,489,935 visits · AK
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Free to enter5 campgrounds
No. 9 · 993,124 visits · MA
Minute Man National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 10 · 814,658 visits · SC
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
Entrance fee4 alerts
No. 11 · 765,010 visits · KY, TN, VA
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Free to enter1 campground
No. 12 · 647,349 visits · GA
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 13 · 569,839 visits · MA
Salem Maritime National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 14 · 537,876 visits · WV, VA, MD
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Entrance fee2 alerts
No. 15 · 420,922 visits · WA
San Juan Island National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 16 · 397,733 visits · GU
War In The Pacific National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 17 · 371,957 visits · HI
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
Entrance fee2 alerts
No. 18 · 360,084 visits · HI
Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 19 · 343,910 visits · ID, MT, OR, WA
Nez Perce National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 20 · 332,964 visits · AK
Sitka National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 21 · 244,195 visits · OR, WA
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Entrance feeNo alerts
No. 22 · 212,899 visits · KY
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 23 · 200,173 visits · DE, PA
First State National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 24 · 189,721 visits · NJ
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
Free to enter3 alerts
No. 25 · 183,001 visits · NJ
Morristown National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 26 · 168,550 visits · TX
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 27 · 119,249 visits · NY
Saratoga National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 28 · 113,397 visits · IN
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 29 · 112,071 visits · GA
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Free to enter2 alerts
No. 30 · 102,540 visits · MA
Lowell National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 31 · 79,760 visits · OH
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 32 · 79,564 visits · WA
Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 33 · 77,524 visits · VT
Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 34 · 77,496 visits · VA
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 35 · 56,390 visits · NM, WA, TN
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 36 · 53,696 visits · UT
Golden Spike National Historical Park
Entrance feeNo alerts
No. 37 · 51,969 visits · OH
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 38 · 51,065 visits · LA
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 39 · 48,726 visits · MA
Adams National Historical Park
Entrance fee5 alerts
No. 40 · 43,099 visits · NE
Homestead National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 41 · 41,356 visits · MS
Natchez National Historical Park
Free to enter4 alerts
No. 42 · 39,101 visits · GA
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 43 · 38,456 visits · TX
Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 44 · 37,083 visits · NM
Pecos National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 45 · 35,489 visits · MI
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 46 · 33,689 visits · CA
Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 47 · 30,339 visits · CT
Weir Farm National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 48 · 29,816 visits · NM
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Entrance fee1 campground
No. 49 · 28,451 visits · NH
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
Entrance fee2 alerts
No. 50 · 28,449 visits · AZ
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Entrance feeNo alerts
No. 51 · 27,346 visits · NY
Women's Rights National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 52 · 23,206 visits · SC
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 53 · 22,370 visits · NJ
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Entrance fee1 alert
No. 54 · 22,367 visits · IL
Pullman National Historical Park
Free to enter1 alert
No. 55 · 17,860 visits · KS
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
Free to enter2 alerts
No. 56 · 16,525 visits · MO
Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 57 · 16,089 visits · MA
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 58 · 15,348 visits · MD
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 59 · 15,335 visits · HI
Kalaupapa National Historical Park
Free to enter4 alerts
No. 60 · 11,203 visits · LA
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Free to enter2 alerts
No. 61 · 941 visits · NY
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No 2025 count · RI, MA
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No 2025 count · VA
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
Free to enterNo alerts
No 2025 count · CT
Coltsville National Historical Park
Free to enter2 alerts

States with this designation

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Visit counts are from the NPS Visitor Use Statistics system. Designations, fees, alerts and campgrounds are from the NPS API. Data refreshed October 14, 2026. Other unit types.