In addition to areas of the National Park System, the National Park Service also provides technical and financial assistance to several "affiliated areas" authorized by Congress. Affiliated areas are marked on the lists below.
The National Register Of Historic Places is administered by the Park Service (with nearly 79,000 entries) and automatically includes all National Park System areas designated due to their historic significance. This includes all National Historical Parks/Historic Sites, National Battlefields/Military Parks, National Memorials, and some National Monuments.
NATIONAL PARKS
As of 2005, there are 58 officially-designated National Parks in the United States and its dependent areas.
There are also various administrative groups of listed parks, such as Manhattan Sites, National Parks of New York Harbor, and Western Arctic National Parklands. The NPS also owns Conservation Easement s (but not the land itself) for part of the area called the Green Springs National Historic Landmark District .
Disbanded Other Areas
National Visitor Center, Washington, DC, March 12 , 1968 - December 29 , 1981 , transferred to Department of Transportation.
