List of National Park System areas in New York
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This is a list of National Park System areas in New York.
New York has 24 service areas included in the United States' National Park Service (NPS) system.[1]
Current NPS areas
| Landmark name | Image | Date established[2][3] | Location | County | Description | |
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| * | 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 |
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June 23, 1965 | Catskill 42.226372°N 73.862007°W | Greene | Home and studio of painter Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American painting |
| * | Fort Stanwix Fort Stanwix National Monument |
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November 23, 1962 | Rome 43.218611°N 75.458889°W | Oneida | Modern reconstruction of colonial fort on original site |
| * | Lindenwald Martin Van Buren National Historic Site |
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July 4, 1961 | Kinderhook 42.369706°N 73.704206°W | Columbia | Home of U.S. President Martin Van Buren; designed in part by Richard Upjohn |
| * | Kate Mullany House |  |
April 1, 1998 | Troy 42.7399°N 73.681803°W | Rensselaer | Home of Kate Mullany, early female labor organizer andfounder of Collar Laundry Union |
| * | African Burial Ground African Burial Ground National Monument |
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Apr 19, 1993 | Manhattan 40.714558°N 74.004384°W | 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)