National Parks

From my first visit in 1952 to today, this is a list of the National Parks, Forests and Memorials I have visited.  Obviously I have a lot more to visit!
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There are approximately 175,000 square miles of old growth and mature forests on US Government land.  That is an area larger than the state of California.  That doesn't include to desserts, rock formations and more that have also been protected.

National Parks  

• Arches (UT) 1971
• Badlands (SD) 1978 
• Bryce Canyon (UT) 1928
• Crater Lake (OR) 22 May 1902 (5)
• Death Valley (CA) 1994
• Glacier (MT) 1910 (8)
• Grand Canyon  (AZ) 1919
• Great Basin (NV)
• Great Smoky Mountains (NC, TN) 1934
• Joshua Tree (CA) 1994
• Kings Canyon (CA) 1940
• Lassen Volcanic (CA) 9 Aug 1916 (12) 
• Mount Rainier (WA) 2 Mar 1899 (4) 
• Olympic (WA) 1938
• Petrified Forest  1962
• Pinnacles (CA) 
• Redwood  (CA
• Sequoia (CA) 25 Sep 1890 (2)
• Wind Cave (SD) 9 Jan 1903 (6)
• Yellowstone (ID, WY) 1 March 1872 (1 Grant)
• Yosemite (CA) 1 Oct 1890 (3)
• Zion (UT) 1919

The National Parks - America's Best Idea -  The Film
The National Parks - America's Best Idea -  The Book
Records of the National Parks - NARA
Mapping the National Parks - LOC

Treasured Lands - QT Luong
Isaiah West Taber: A Photographic Legacy 

Parks: US National Park Service Maps from the Collection of Brian Kelley

https://www.nationalparks.org/ 

National Recreation Areas and Wildlife Refuges                          (Just those visited are listed)

• Don Edwards San Francisco Bay Wildlife Refuge
• Golden Gate 
• San Luis Wildlife Refuge

National Monuments, Memorials, Landmarks, Historic Parks & Sites  (Just those visited are listed)

• The Ahwahnee at Yosemite
• Alcatraz Island
• Aquatic Park Historic District (SF)
• Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial  (WA)
• Bank of America Bldg (SF)
• Casa Grande Ruins (AZ)
• Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge (CA)
• Coloma (CA)
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  Colorado (CO)
• Coso Rock Art District (China Lake CA)
• Donnor Camp (CA)
• Fort Ord (CA)
• Fort Point (CA)
• Fort Sumter (SC)
• Fort Winfield Scott (CA)
• Gettysburg National Military Park (PA) 
• Klondike Gold Rush (AK)
• Knife River Indian Villages (ND)
• Little Bighorn Battlefield (MT)
• Marin County Civic Center (CA)
• Minuteman Missile  (SD)
• Mount Rushmore (SD)
• Mount St. Helen's (WA)
• Muir Woods (CA)
  
• Nez Perce (ID, OR, MT, WA)
• Old Sacramento
• Oregon Caves (OR)
• Presidio of San Francisco (CA)
• Rosie the Riveter (CA)
• Statue of Liberty (NY, NJ)
• Vicksburg National Military Park (MS)

 National Forests

• Humboldt Toiybee
• Lassen
• Plumas
• Redwood
• Sequoia
• Shasta-Trinity
• Siuslaw
  
• Tahoe
• Tongass (AK)

1891 Forest Reserves Act.