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 areas included in the United States' National Park Service (NPS) system. The NPS administers the nation's flagship national parks, none of which are in New York, and additional natural or historic parks and other sites.

Current NPS areas

Landmark name
 Image Date established[1][2] Location County Description
* 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, 1946 New York New York Circular sandstone fort in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City
* Statue of Liberty National Monument October 15, 1924 Liberty Island New York 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
* Women's Rights National Historical Park December 8, 1980 Seneca Falls and Waterloo Seneca Established 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, 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 January 15, 1944 Hyde Park Dutchess Birthplace, lifelong home, and burial place of the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
* Sagamore Hill National Historic Site 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 July 5, 1943 Mount Vernon Westchester Colonial church used as a military hospital during the American Revolutionary War
* Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site July 25, 1962 New York New York Theodore Roosevelt born on this site on October 27, 1858
* Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site 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 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 May 26, 1939 New York New York First 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, 1897 New York New York 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		 June 23, 1965 Catskill 42°13′35″N 73°51′43″W / 42.226372°N 73.862007°W / 42.226372; -73.862007 (Thomas Cole House Site) Greene Home and studio of painter Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American painting
* Fort Stanwix

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

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

African Burial Ground National Monument 		Apr 19, 1993 Manhattan 40°42′52″N 74°00′16″W / 40.714558°N 74.004384°W / 40.714558; -74.004384 (African Burial Ground) New York 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 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 Dec 19, 1960 Manhattan New York Home 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

References

  1. ↑ 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..
  2. ↑ National Park Service (2008). "Antiquities Act monuments list". National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
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