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National Parks in New York.

New York's NPS network at a glance — units, designations, visit totals, and what shapes the visiting season.

By Nicholas Major · Last updated

New York has an unusually dense corridor of urban-adjacent and Founding Era NPS units, including the Statue of Liberty (jointly with New Jersey), Ellis Island, Federal Hall, Castle Clinton, African Burial Ground, General Grant National Memorial, Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace, Sagamore Hill, Fire Island National Seashore, Saratoga National Historical Park, Women's Rights, Saint Paul's Church, and the Martin Van Buren and Eleanor Roosevelt sites. NYC's three major airports (JFK, LGA, EWR) and Albany (ALB) anchor the network. New York has no official National Parks in the strict designation sense — its NPS footprint is heavily concentrated in National Historic Sites and Memorials. Most units operate year-round; the seasonal exceptions are the lighthouse and shoreline units on Long Island, which run reduced winter hours.

Every NPS unit in New York.

New York's 32 NPS units: 10 National Historic Sites · 6 National Monuments · 3 National Memorials · 3 National Historical Parks · 2 National Scenic Trails · 2 National Historic Trails · 2 Others · 1 Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument · 1 National Seashore · 1 National Recreation Area · 1 Scenic & Recreational River. Combined 5-year-average annual visits: 24,091,976 (multi-state units count their full visits in every state they touch — see methodology). The most-visited unit is Gateway National Recreation Area at about 8.62M annual visits.

UnitDesignation5-yr avg visitsBusiest month
Gateway National Recreation Area National Recreation AreaGATE 8,624,080 July
Appalachian National Scenic Trail National Scenic TrailAPPA 6,215,118 July
Castle Clinton National Monument National MonumentCACL 3,309,236 July
Statue Of Liberty National Monument National MonumentSTLI 3,139,512 July
Stonewall National Monument National MonumentSTON 1,017,066 June
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site National Historic SiteVAMA 339,719 July
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River Scenic & Recreational RiverUPDE 325,020 July
Fire Island National Seashore National SeashoreFIIS 305,376 July
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site National Historic SiteSAHI 136,497 July
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site National Historic SiteHOFR 98,121 August
Saratoga National Historical Park National Historical ParkSARA 95,831 July
General Grant National Memorial National MemorialGEGR 89,587 September
Governors Island National Monument National MonumentGOIS 77,912 July
Fort Stanwix National Monument National MonumentFOST 71,602 July
Hamilton Grange National Memorial National MemorialHAGR 56,774 June
Federal Hall National Memorial National MemorialFEHA 50,220 July
Women's Rights National Historical Park National Historical ParkWORI 30,822 July
African Burial Ground National Monument National MonumentAFBG 29,640 June
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site National Historic SiteTHRI 22,628 October
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site National Historic SiteELRO 17,193 October
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site National Historic SiteTHRB 16,302 November
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site National Historic SiteMAVA 13,496 August
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site National Historic SiteSAPA 9,283 October
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park National Historical ParkHART 941 June
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail National Historic TrailCAJO
Chesapeake Bay CBPO
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument Part of Statue of Liberty National MonumentELIS
Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site National Historic SiteLOEA
North Country National Scenic Trail National Scenic TrailNOCO
National Parks of New York Harbor NPNH
Thomas Cole National Historic Site National Historic SiteTHCO
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail National Historic TrailWARO

Methodology

Unit list and per-unit visit counts come from the official NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025. The "5-year average visits" column is the mean of 2021-2025 Recreation Visits. Multi-state NPS units (Yellowstone, Death Valley, Great Smoky Mountains and others) are listed under every state they touch; the per-unit visit count is the unit's total, not a per-state share. Independent site, not affiliated with the National Park Service.

Independence

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Last updated · 2026-05-19