Life List Of Visits - The National Park System
Parks, Monuments, Preserves, Historic Sites, Battlefields, Memorials, Lakeshores, Seashores, Parkways, and More...
On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the National Park Service, a new federal bureau responsible for protecting the 35 national parks and monuments then managed by the Department of the Interior. This “Organic Act” states the parks’ purpose is “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”
Today this National Park System has grown to 429 Units.
Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve
The Aniakchak crater, covering some 30 square miles, is one of the great dry calderas in the world.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The Smokies preserve exquisite plants and animals and structures representing southern Appalachian mountain culture.
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Greatest of the world’s natural bridges, this symmetrical, salmon-pink sandstone span rises over 290 feet above the waters of Lake Powell.
Wright Brothers National Memorial
The first sustained flight in a heavier-than-air machine was made near Kitty Hawk by Wilbur and Orville on Dec. 17, 1903.
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
After moving to Auburn, New York, in 1859, Tubman continued to fight for human rights and dignity until her death in 1913.
Ross Lake National Recreation Area
Ringed by mountains, Ross Lake offers outdoor activities along the upper Skagit River, between the north and south units of North Cascades National Park.