National parks I’ve visited
Starting in July 1999, Kim and I purchased our first NPS Passport book and started collecting stamps. The same year, we decided to forgo celebrating our anniversary—July 15—with traditional gifts, and instead opted to start a new tradition: taking a national park/monument vacation. Since then, we make it a point to visit as many NPS sites as possible, continuing to collect stamps from each. We’ve filled up several sections from one book and have moved on to another.
I’ve finally posted scanned images of our park stamp collection. You can also check out the highlighted map below or just read through the list of the 218 NPS units I’ve been to below.
National Parks
- Arches National Park
- Badlands National Park
- Big Bend National Park
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Canyonlands National Park
- Channel Islands National Park
- Crater Lake National Park
- Death Valley National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Grand Teton National Park
- Great Basin National Park
- Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
- Joshua Tree National Park
- King’s Canyon National Park
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Lewis & Clark National Historic Park
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Mount Rainier National Park
- Nez Perce National Historic Park
- Olympic National Park
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Redwood National and State Parks
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park
- Saguaro National Park
- Sequoia National Park
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park (north & south units)
- Wind Cave National Park
- Yellowstone National Park
- Yosemite National Park
- Zion National Park
- Point Pelee National Park (Canada)
- Waterton Lakes National Park (Canada)
National Monuments
- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
- Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
- Aztec Ruins National Monument
- Bandelier National Monument
- Cabrillo National Monument
- Canyon De Chelly National Monument
- Capulin Volcano National Monument
- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
- Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
- Chiricahua National Monument
- Cedar Breaks National Monument
- Colorado National Monument
- Craters of the Moon National Monument
- Devils Postpile National Monument
- Devils Tower National Monument
- Dinosaur National Monument
- El Malpais National Monument
- El Morro National Monument
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
- Fort Frederica National Monument
- Fort Matanzas National Monument
- Fort Pulaski National Monument
- Fort Sumter National Monument
- Fort Union National Monument
- Fossil Butte National Monument
- George Washington Carver National Monument
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
- Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
- Homestead National Monument of America
- Hovenweep National Monument
- Jewel Cave National Monument
- Lava Beds National Monument
- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
- Minidoka Internment National Monument
- Montezuma Castle National Monument
- Muir Woods National Monument
- Natural Bridges National Monument
- Navajo National Monument
- Newberry National Volcanic Monument
- Oregon Caves National Monument
- Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
- Petroglyph National Monument
- Pinnacles National Monument
- Pipestone National Monument
- Rainbow Bridge National Monument
- Scott’s Bluff National Monument
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument
- Tonto National Monument
- Tuzigoot National Monument
- Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (Abo, Gran Quivira, Quarai)
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
- Walnut Canyon National Monument
- White Sands National Monument
- Wupatki National Monument
- WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument (Tule Lake unit)
- Agua Fria National Monument (BLM)
- California Coastal National Monument (BLM)
- Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (BLM)
- Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (BLM)
- Craters of the Moon National Monument (BLM section)
- Giant Sequoia National Monument (USFS)
- Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument (BLM/NPS)
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (BLM)
- Ironwood Forest National Monument (BLM)
- Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument (BLM)
- Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument (USFS)
- Pompeys Pillar National Monument (BLM)
- Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument (BLM)
- Sonoran Desert National Monument (BLM)
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument (BLM)
Other units
- Amistad National Recreation Area
- Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
- Big Hole National Battlefield
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
- C & O Canal National Historic Park
- California National Historic Trail
- Canaveral National Seashore
- Chamizal National Memorial
- Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
- Chimney Rock National Historic Site
- City of Rocks National Preserve
- Constitution Gardens
- Continental Divide National Scenic Trail
- Coronado National Memorial
- Cumberland National Seashore
- El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail
- El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
- Federal Hall National Memorial
- Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
- Fort Carline National Memorial
- Fort Davis National Historic Site
- Fort Laramie National Historic Site
- Fort Point National Historic Site
- Fort Scott National Historic Site
- Fort Smith National Historic Site
- Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
- Ford’s Theater National Historic Site
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
- Frederick Douglas National Historic Site
- George Washington Memorial Parkway
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area
- Golden Spike National Historic Site
- Grant-Kohrs National Historic Site
- Gulf Islands National Seashore
- Harry S. Truman National Historic Site
- Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
- John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway
- John Ericsson Memorial
- John Muir National Historic Site
- Juan Bautista de Anza National Hist Trail
- Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
- Korean War Veterans Memorial
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area
- Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
- Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
- Lincoln Memorial
- Lyndon B Johnson National Historic Site
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
- Manzanar National Historic Site
- Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
- Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
- Mississippi National River & Recreation Area
- Missouri National Recreational River
- Mojave National Preserve
- Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial
- National Mall
- Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail
- Oklahoma City National Memorial
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail
- Oregon National Historic Trail
- Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail
- Padre Island National Seashore
- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site
- Pea Ridge National Military Park
- Pecos National Historic Park
- Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
- Point Reyes National Seashore
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
- Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
- Rock Creek Park
- San Antonio Missions National Historic Park
- San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park
- Santa Fe National Historic Trail
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
- Silver Plume National Historic Landmark
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial
- Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
- Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
- Tumacacori National Historic Site
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Washington Monument
- Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
- Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
- White House
- Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
- World War II Memorial

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