National Heritage Areas are not national park units, but are a public-private partnership aimed preserving and promoting a local historical or cultural context, while providing an opportunity for heritage tourism.

National Heritage Areas (NHAs) are designated by Congress as places where natural, cultural, and historic resources combine to form a cohesive, nationally important landscape. Through their resources, NHAs tell nationally important stories that celebrate our nation’s diverse heritage. NHAs are lived-in landscapes. Consequently, NHA entities collaborate with communities to determine how to make heritage relevant to local interests and needs.

– What is a National Heritage Area? (via NPS)

Here’s an interactive map showing NHA boundaries. As you’ll see, many of them include rather large areas (the entire state of Tennessee is one big NHA!), so “what counts as a visit” is a bit more unclear than with many other quests.

Completed (61)

1. Abraham Lincoln NHA
2. Alabama Black Belt NHA
3. Appalachian Forest NHA
4. Arabia Mountain NHA
5. Atchafalaya NHA
6. Augusta Canal NHA
7. Baltimore NHA
8. Blue Ridge NHA
9. Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area
10. Cache la Poudre River NHA
11. Cane River NHA
12. Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership
13. Crossroads of the American Revolution NHA
14. Delaware and Lehigh NHC
15. Downeast Maine National Heritage Area
16. Erie Canalway NHC
17. Essex NHA
18. Freedom’s Frontier NHA
19. Freedom’s Way NHA
20. Great Basin NHA
21. Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
22. Illinois and Michigan Canal NHC
23. John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley NHC
24. Journey Through Hallowed Ground NHA
25. Kenai Mountains – Turnagain Arm NHA
26. Lackawanna Heritage Valley NHA
27. Last Green Valley NHC
28. Maritime Washington NHA
29. Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley NHA
30. Mississippi Delta NHA
31. Mississippi Gulf Coast NHA
32. Mississippi Hills NHA
33. Mormon Pioneer NHA
34. Mountains to Sound Greenway NHA
35. MotorCities NHA
36. Muscle Shoals NHA
37. National Aviation Heritage Area
38. National Coal Heritage Area
39. Niagara Falls NHA
40. Northern Neck National Heritage Area
41. Northern Plains NHA
42. Northern Rio Grande NHA
43. Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Canalway
44. Oil Region NHA
45. Path of Progress National Heritage Tour Route
46. Rivers of Steel NHA
47. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta NHA
48. Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District
49. Sangre de Cristo NHA
50. Santa Cruz Valley NHA
51. Schuylkill River Valley NHA
52. Silos and Smokestacks NHA
53. South Carolina NHC
54. South Park NHA
55. Southern Campaign of the Revolution NHC
56. Southern Maryland NHA
57. St. Croix NHA
58. Susquehanna NHA
59. Tennessee Civil War NHA
60. Upper Housatonic Valley NHA
61. Wheeling NHA

Remaining (1)

1. Yuma Crossing NHA

Quest adopted: May 2021
Last updated: April 21, 2025