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 nameImageDate established[2][3]LocationCountyDescription
*Gateway National Recreation Area October 27, 1972
*Fire Island National Seashore September 11, 1964
*Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
*North Country National Scenic Trail
*Castle Clinton National Monument August 12, 1946New YorkNew YorkCircular sandstone fort in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City
*Statue of Liberty National Monument October 15, 1924Liberty IslandNew YorkMonument presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886
*Saratoga National Historical ParkJune 1, 1938Stillwater, Schuylerville and VictorySaratogaSite of the 1777 Battle of Saratoga, the first significant American military victory of the American Revolutionary War
*Women's Rights National Historical Park December 8, 1980Seneca Falls and WaterlooSenecaEstablished in 1980 in Seneca Falls and nearby Waterloo, New York; includes the Wesleyan Chapel, site of the Seneca Falls Convention, which was the first women's rights convention, and the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House
*Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site May 27, 1977Hyde ParkDutchessEleanor 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 January 15, 1944Hyde ParkDutchessBirthplace, lifelong home, and burial place of the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
*Sagamore Hill National Historic Site July 25, 1962Cove NeckNassauHome of the 26th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt from 1886 until his death in 1919
*Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site July 5, 1943Mount VernonWestchesterColonial church used as a military hospital during the American Revolutionary War
*Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site July 25, 1962New YorkNew YorkTheodore Roosevelt born on this site on October 27, 1858
*Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site November 2, 1966BuffaloErieSite of Theodore Roosevelt's oath of office as President of the United States on September 14, 1901
*Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site December 18, 1940Hyde ParkDutchessIncludes 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 May 26, 1939New YorkNew YorkFirst capitol of the United States of America; site of George Washington's first inauguration in 1789; place where the United States Bill of Rights passed; original building was demolished in the nineteenth century; replaced by the current structure, that served as the first United States customs house
*General Grant National Memorial April 27, 1897New YorkNew YorkMausoleum 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
June 23, 1965Catskill 42°13′35″N 73°51′43″W / 42.226372°N 73.862007°W / 42.226372; -73.862007 (Thomas Cole House Site)GreeneHome and studio of painter Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American painting
*Fort Stanwix

Fort Stanwix National Monument
November 23, 1962Rome 43°13′07″N 75°27′32″W / 43.218611°N 75.458889°W / 43.218611; -75.458889 (Fort Stanwix)OneidaModern reconstruction of colonial fort on original site
*Lindenwald

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
July 4, 1961Kinderhook 42°22′11″N 73°42′15″W / 42.369706°N 73.704206°W / 42.369706; -73.704206 (Lindenwald)ColumbiaHome of U.S. President Martin Van Buren; designed in part by Richard Upjohn
*Kate Mullany House April 1, 1998Troy 42°44′24″N 73°40′54″W / 42.7399°N 73.681803°W / 42.7399; -73.681803 (Kate Mullany House)RensselaerHome of Kate Mullany, early female labor organizer andfounder of Collar Laundry Union
*African Burial Ground

African Burial Ground National Monument
Apr 19, 1993Manhattan 40°42′52″N 74°00′16″W / 40.714558°N 74.004384°W / 40.714558; -74.004384 (African Burial Ground)New YorkDedicated 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, 1985ManhattanNew YorkIsland 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 Dec 19, 1960ManhattanNew YorkHome of Alexander Hamilton: military officer, lawyer, member of the United States Constitutional Convention, American statesman, first United States Secretary of the Treasury, and Founding Father; facade is oldest surviving structure in Manhattan

Former NPS areas

There are some former designations in New York. (development needed)

See also

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