List of National Park System areas in New York
This is a list of National Park System areas in New York.
New York has 24 service areas included in the United States' National Park Service (NPS) system.[1]
Current NPS areas
| Landmark name | Image | Date established[2][3] | Location | County | Description | |
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| * | Gateway National Recreation Area | 
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October 27, 1972 | |||
| * | Fire Island National Seashore | 
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September 11, 1964 | |||
| * | Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River | |||||
| * | North Country National Scenic Trail
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| * | Castle Clinton National Monument
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August 12, 1946 | New York
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New York
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Circular sandstone Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan , New York City
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| * | Statue of Liberty National Monument | 
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October 15, 1924 | Liberty Island | New York
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Monument presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886 |
| * | Saratoga National Historical Park | June 1, 1938 | Stillwater, Schuylerville and Victory | Saratoga | Site of the 1777 Battle of Saratoga, the first significant American military victory of the American Revolutionary War
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| * | Women's Rights National Historical Park | 
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December 8, 1980 | Seneca Falls and Waterloo
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Seneca | Established in 1980 in Elizabeth Cady Stanton House
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| * | Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site | 
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May 27, 1977 | Hyde Park | Dutchess | Eleanor Roosevelt developed property; place that she could develop some of her ideas for work with winter jobs for rural workers and women; includes a large two-story stuccoed building that housed Val-Kill Industries; would become Eleanor's home after Franklin's death |
| * | Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site | 
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January 15, 1944 | Hyde Park | Dutchess | Birthplace, lifelong home, and burial place of the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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| * | Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
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July 25, 1962 | Cove Neck | Nassau | Home of the 26th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt from 1886 until his death in 1919 |
| * | Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site | 
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July 5, 1943 | Mount Vernon | Westchester | Colonial church used as a military hospital during the American Revolutionary War |
| * | Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site | 
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July 25, 1962 | New York
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New York
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Theodore Roosevelt born on this site on October 27, 1858 |
| * | Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site | 
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November 2, 1966 | Buffalo | Erie | Site of Theodore Roosevelt's oath of office as President of the United States on September 14, 1901 |
| * | Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site | 
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December 18, 1940 | Hyde Park | Dutchess | Includes pleasure grounds with views of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains, formal gardens, natural woodlands, and numerous support structures as well as a 54-room mansion; completed in 1898; perfect example of the Beaux-Arts architecture style |
| * | Federal Hall National Memorial
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May 26, 1939 | New York
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New York
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First capitol of the United States of America; site of customs house
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| * | General Grant National Memorial
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April 27, 1897 | New York
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New York
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Mausoleum containing the bodies of Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), an American Civil War General and the 18th President of the United States, and his wife, Julia Dent Grant (1826–1902) |
| * | Thomas Cole House Thomas Cole National Historic Site |
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June 23, 1965 | Catskill 42°13′35″N 73°51′43″W / 42.226372°N 73.862007°W | Greene | Home and studio of painter Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American painting |
| * | Fort Stanwix Fort Stanwix National Monument |
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November 23, 1962 | Rome 43°13′07″N 75°27′32″W / 43.218611°N 75.458889°W | Oneida | Modern reconstruction of colonial fort on original site |
| * | Lindenwald Martin Van Buren National Historic Site |
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July 4, 1961 | Kinderhook 42°22′11″N 73°42′15″W / 42.369706°N 73.704206°W | Columbia | Home of U.S. President Martin Van Buren; designed in part by Richard Upjohn |
| * | Kate Mullany House | 
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April 1, 1998 | Troy 42°44′24″N 73°40′54″W / 42.7399°N 73.681803°W | Rensselaer | Home of Kate Mullany, early female labor organizer andfounder of Collar Laundry Union |
| * | African Burial Ground African Burial Ground National Monument |
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Apr 19, 1993 | Manhattan 40°42′52″N 74°00′16″W / 40.714558°N 74.004384°W | New York
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Dedicated as National Monument on October 5, 2007; burial site in Lower Manhattan of over 400 Africans from the 17th and 18th centuries |
| * | Governors Island Governors Island National Monument |
Feb 4, 1985 | Manhattan | New York
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Island in NY Harbor which served various branches of the US Military from 1783 until the late 1990s; future uses are still being decided | |
| * | Hamilton Grange National Memorial | 
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Dec 19, 1960 | Manhattan | New York
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Home of facade is oldest surviving structure in Manhattan
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Former NPS areas
There are some former designations in New York. (development needed)
See also
References
- ^ "New York - List View". National Park Service. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 10 Jan 2019.
This figure is based on the number of official National Park Service units in the state. The sites shown on this page may also include sites affiliated with or managed by the National Park Service.
- ^ National Park Service (June 27, 2005). "National Park System Areas Listed in Chronological Order of Date Authorized Under DOI" (PDF). National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-08-27..
- ^ National Park Service (2008). "Antiquities Act monuments list". National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-08-27.