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Map of National scenic areas in the United States

This article lists scenic areas in the United States National Park System: national preserves, national recreation areas, national seashores, national lakeshores, national rivers, national wild and scenic rivers, national reserves, and a few miscellaneous protected areas. This designation is for the purposes of this list and should not be confused with the official type of protected area administered primarily by the US Forest Service; see National Scenic Area

This article doesn't contain all the natural areas in the National Park System. See also United States national parks and United States national monuments, together constituting the most spectacular destinations in the system, as well as United States national parkways and the National Trails System.

New England[edit]

Massachusetts[edit]

Vermont[edit]

Mid-Atlantic[edit]

Delaware[edit]

Maryland[edit]

Assateague Island National Seashore

New Jersey[edit]

New York[edit]

Pennsylvania[edit]

  • 13 Allegheny National Recreation Area (USFS), near Warren

Washington, D.C.[edit]

  • 14 Anacostia Park, Anacostia
  • 15 East Potomac Park, Waterfront
  • 16 Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Anacostia
  • 17 Meridian Hill
  • 18 Rock Creek Park (Meridian Hill Park, Old Stone House, Peirce Mill, Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway)

South[edit]

Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area

Alabama[edit]

Arkansas[edit]

Georgia[edit]

Mississippi[edit]

North Carolina[edit]

Tennessee[edit]

Virginia[edit]

  • 29 Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (USFS)
  • 30 Prince William Forest Park, Triangle

West Virginia[edit]

Florida[edit]

Midwest[edit]

Michigan[edit]

Minnesota[edit]

  • 42 Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, St. Paul

Missouri[edit]

Wisconsin[edit]

Texas[edit]

Great Plains[edit]

Kansas[edit]

  • 50 Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Strong City

Nebraska[edit]

  • 51 Niobrara National Scenic River Niobrara National Scenic River on Wikipedia
  • 52 Pine Ridge National Recreation Area (USFS)

Oklahoma[edit]

Chickasaw National Recreation Area

Rocky Mountains[edit]

Colorado[edit]

Idaho[edit]

Sawtooth National Recreation Area

Montana[edit]

  • 60 Rattlesnake National Recreation Area (USFS)

Southwest[edit]

Nevada[edit]

  • 63 Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (USFS)

New Mexico[edit]

Utah[edit]

California[edit]

Alcatraz Island

Pacific Northwest[edit]

Oregon[edit]

Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

Washington[edit]

Alaska[edit]

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