Never Ending Life List...

On March 12, 2007, twenty years after finally getting serious about visiting all of the units of the National Park System, Woody Harrell finished his Life List of Parks with a trip to the National Park of American Samoa.

However, as new parks are added to the system, his quest must be continually renewed/repeated. This section follows the five or six repeat completions since 2007. 

Honouliuli National Monument, Hawaii,

[2/24/2015 – NPS Unit #407]

New England National Scenic Trail, Massachusetts to Connecticut

[12/2023 – NPS Unit #427]

Blackwell School NHS, TX

[July 17, 2024 – NPS Unit #430]

Springfield 1908 Race Riot NM, IL

[August 16, 2024 – NPS Unit #431]

Visited Prior to Addition of Park to the System, December 7, 2023

Life List of Parks #423

Visited Prior to Addition of Park to the System, December 7, 2023

Life List of Parks #422

Visited June 1, 2021

Life List of Parks #421

Visited March 3, 2021

Life List of Parks #420

Visited November 13, 2021

Life List of Parks #419

Visited Prior to Park's Establishment on October 30, 2020

Life List of Parks #418

Visited October 7, 2020

Life List of Parks #417

Visited May 24, 2018

Life List of Parks #416

 Park #Date Visited  
Stonewall National Monument, New York4159/19/17 
Reconstruction Era National Monument, South Carolina4147/26/17 
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine4137/5/17 
Pullman National Monument, Illinois4123/3/17 
Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico4113/2/17 
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, Nevada4102/26/17 
Castle Mountains National Monument, California4092/26/17 
Freedom Riders National Monument, Alabama4082/2/17 
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, Alabama4072/2/17 
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, District of Columbia40611/19/16 
World War I Memorial, District of Columbia40511/19/16 
Waco Mammoth National Monument, Texas40410/7/16 
Manhattan Project National Historical Park, New Mexico, Tennessee, & Washington4039/15/16 
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, Massachusetts & Rhode Island4024/15/16 
César E. Chávez National Monument, California4018/13/13*
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument, Maryland 4006/25/13 
First State National Monument, Delaware3996/25/13 
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument, Ohio3984/18/13 
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, New Jersey3978/31/11 
Fort Monroe National Monument, Virginia39611/1/11 
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, District of Columbia3958/28/11 
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site, Arkansas394  
River Raisin National Battlefield Park, Michigan393  
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, California3923/17/10 
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, Colorado 3914/1/07*
National Park of American Samoa3903/12/07*

Never Ending Life List...

On March 12, 2007, twenty years after finally getting serious about visiting all of the units of the National Park System, Woody Harrell finished his Life List of Parks with a trip to the National Park of American Samoa.

However, as new parks are added to the system, his quest must be continually repeated. This section follows the five or six repeat completions since 2007. One of the four parks currently remaining is not open to the public…

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