Geologic Resources

For the more information about the geologic resources of the National Park Service, please visit http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/.

Tour of Park Geology

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All National Park units are listed here - if they're on earth, they must have geology! Links are provided for all parks currently on the Park Geology Tour. For information about the parks not on the geology tour, go to the Park List on the main National Park website. If you would like to contribute images or materials for Park Geology pages, please contact us.

AL Alabama: Horseshoe Bend NMP; Little River Canyon Npres; Natchez Trace Parkway; Russell Cave NM; Tuskegee Institute NHS

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AK Alaska: Alagnak Wild River; Aniakchak NM; Aniakchak NPres; Bering Land Bridge Npres; Cape Krusenstern NM; Denali NP&Pres; Gates of the Arctic NP&Pres; Glacier Bay NP&Pres; Katmai NP&Pres; Kenai Fjords NP; Klondike Gold Rush NHP; Kobuk Valley NP; Lake Clark NP&Pres; Noatak Npres; Sitka NHP; Wrangell-St Elias NP&Pres; Yukon-Charley Rivers Npres

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American Samoa: National Park of American Samoa

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AZ Arizona: Canyon de Chelly NM; Casa Grande Ruins NM; Chiricahua NM; Coronado Nmem; Fort Bowie NHS; Glen Canyon NRA; Grand Canyon NP; Lake Mead NRA; Hubbell Trading Post NHS; Montezuma Castle NM; Navajo NM; Organ Pipe Cactus NM; Parashant NM; Petrified Forest NP; Pipe Spring NM; Saguaro NP; Sunset Crater Volcano NM; Tonto NM; Tumacacori NHP; Tuzigoot NM; Walnut Canyon NM; Wupatki NM

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AR Arkansas: Arkansas Post NMem; Buffalo NR; Fort Smith NHS; Hot Springs NP; Pea Ridge NMP

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CA California: Cabrillo NM; Channel Islands NP; Death Valley NP; Devils Postpile National Monument; Eugene O'Neill NHS; Fort Point NHS; Golden Gate NRA; John Muir NHS; Joshua Tree NP; Kings Canyon NP; Lassen Volcanic NP; Lava Beds NM; Manzanar NHS; Mojave Npres; Muir Woods NM; Pinnacles NM; Point Reyes NS; Presidio of San Francisco; Redwood N&SP; San Francisco Maritime NHP; Santa Monica Mountains NRA; Sequoia National Park; Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity NRA; Yosemite NP

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CO Colorado: Bent's Old Fort NHS; Black Canyon of the Gunnison NM; Colorado NM; Curecanti NRA; Dinosaur NM; Florissant Fossil Beds NM; Great Sand Dunes NM; Hovenweep NM; Mesa Verde NP; Rocky Mountain NP; Yucca House NM

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CT Connecticut: Weir Farm NHS

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DC District of Columbia: Constitution Gardens; Ford's Theatre NHS; Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial; Frederick Douglass NHS; George Washington Memorial Parkway; Korean War Veterans Memorial; Lincoln Memorial; Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Patomac; Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS; National Capitol Parks; National Mall; Pennsylvania Avenue NHS; Rock Creek Park; Theodore Roosevelt Island; Thomas Jefferson Memorial; Vietam Veterans Memorial; Washington Monument; White House

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DE Delaware

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FL Florida: Big Cypress Npres; Biscayne NP; Canaveral NS; Castillo de San Marcos NM; De Soto Nmem; Dry Tortugas NP; Everglades NP; Fort Caroline NMem; Fort Matanzas NM; Gulf Islands NS; Timucuan Ecological & Hist Preserve

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GA Georgia: Andersonville NHS; Chattahoochee River NRA; Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMP; Cumberland Island NS; Fort Frederica NM; Fort Pulaski NM; Jimmy Carter NHS; Kennesaw Mountain NBP; Martin Luther King Jr NHS; Ocmulgee NM; Overmountain Victory NHT; Tuskegee Airmen NHS

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GU Guam: War in the Pacific NHP

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HI Hawaii: Haleakala NP; Hawaii Volcanoes NP; Kalaupapa NHP; Kaloko-Honokohau NHP; Pu'uhonua o Honaunau NHP; Puukohola Heiau NHS; USS Arizona Memorial

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ID Idaho: City of Rocks N RES; Craters of the Moon NM; Hagerman Fossil Beds NM; Nez Perce NHP; Yellowstone National Park

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IL Illinois: Chicago Portage NHS; Lincoln Home NHS

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IN Indiana: George Rogers Clark NHP; Indiana Dunes NL; Lincoln Boyhood NMem

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IA Iowa: Effigy Mounds NM; Herbert Hoover NHS

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KS Kansas: Brown v. Board of Education NHS; Fort Larned NHS; Fort Scott NHS; Nicodemus NHS; Tallgrass Prairie NPres

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KY Kentucky: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHS; Big South Fork National River& Recreation Area; Cumberland Gap NHP; Mammoth Cave NP

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LA Louisiana: Cane River Creole NHP; Jean Lafitte NHP & PRES; New Orleans Jazz NHP; Poverty Point NM; Vicksburg National Military Park

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ME Maine: Acadia NP; Roosevelt Campobello International Park; Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

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MD Maryland: Antietam NB; Assateague Island NS; Baltimore-Washington Parkway; Catoctin Mountain Park; Chesapeake & Ohio Canal NHP; Fort McHenry NM & Historic Shrine; George Washington Memorial Parkway; Greenbelt Park; Hampton NHS; Harpers Ferry National Historical Park; Monocacy NB; Piscataway Park; Thomas Stone National Historic Site

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MA Massachusetts: Adams NHS; Boston African-American NHS; Boston Harbor Islands NRA; Boston NHP; Cape Cod NS; Frederick Law Olmsted NHS; John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS; Longfellow NHS; Lowell NHP; Minute Man NHP; New Bedford Whaling NHP; Salem Maritime NHS; Saugus Iron Works NHS; Springfield Armory NHS

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MI Michigan: Father Marquette NM; Isle Royale NP; Keweenaw NHP; Pictured Rocks NL; Sleeping Bear Dunes NL

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MN Minnesota: Grand Portage NM; Mississippi NRRA; Pipestone NM; Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway; Voyageurs NP; TOP OF PAGE
MS Mississippi: Brices Cross Roads NBS; Gulf Islands National Seashore; Natchez NHP; Natchez Trace NST; Natchez Trace Parkway; Tupelo NB; Vicksburg NMP

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MO Missouri: George Washington Carver NM; Harry S Truman NHS; Jefferson National Expansion Memorial; Ozark National Scenic Riverway; Ulysses S. Grant NHS; Wilson's Creek NB

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MT Montana: Big Hole NB; Bighorn Canyon NRA; Glacier NP; Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS; Little Bighorn Battlefield NM; Nez Perce NHP; Yellowstone NP

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NE Nebraska: Agate Fossil Beds NM; Chimney Rock NHS; Homestead NM of America; Missouri National Recreational River; Niobrara National Scenic Riverway; Scotts Bluff NM

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NV Nevada: Death Valley National Park; Great Basin NP; Lake Mead NRA

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NH New Hampshire: Saint-Gaudens NHS

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NJ New Jersey: Deleware Water Gap National Recreation Area; Edison NHS; Gateway National Recreation Area; Morristown NHP

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NM New Mexico: Aztec Ruins NM; Bandelier NM; Capulin Volcano NM; Carlsbad Caverns NP; Chaco Culture NHP; El Malpais NM; El Morro NM; Fort Union NM; Gila Cliff Dwellings NM; Pecos NHP; Petroglyph NM; Salinas Pueblo Missions NM; White Sands NM

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NY New York: Castle Clinton NM; Eleanor Roosevelt NHS; Ellis Island Immigration Museum; Federal Hall NMem; Fire Island NS; Fort Stanwix NM; Gateway NRA; General Grant NMem; Governors Island NM; Hamilton Grange NMem; Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS; Martin Van Buren NHS; Sagamore Hill NHS; Saint Paul's Church NHS; Saratoga NHP; Statue of Liberty NM; Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS; Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS; Vanderbilt Mansion NHS; Women's Rights NHP

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NC North Carolina: Blue Ridge Parkway; Cape Hatteras NS; Cape Lookout NS; Carl Sandburg Home NHS; Fort Raleigh NHS; Great Smoky Mountains NP; Guilford Courthouse NMP; Moores Creek NB; Wright Brothers NMem

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ND North Dakota: Fort Union Trading Post NHS; Knife River Indian Village NHS; Theodore Roosevelt NP

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OH Ohio: Cuyahoga Valley NRA; Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP; Hopewell Culture NHP; James A. Garfield NHS; Perry's Victory & Internatl Peace Mem.; William Howard Taft NHS

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OK Oklahoma: Chickasaw NRA; Fort Smith National Historic Site; Oklahoma City National Memorial; Washita Battlefield NHS

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OR Oregon: Crater Lake NP; Fort Clatsop NMem; John Day Fossil Beds NM; Lewis and Clark National Historical Park; Nez Perce NHP; Oregon Caves NM

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PA Pennsylvania: Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS; Delaware Water Gap NRA; Edgar Allan Poe NHS; Eisenhower NHS; Fort Necessity NB; Friendship Hill NHS; Gettysburg NMP; Hopewell Furnace NHS; Independence NHP; Johnstown Flood NMem; Steamtown NHS; Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River; Valley Forge NHP

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PR Puerto Rico: San Juan National Historic Site

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RI Rhode Island: Roger Williams Nmem

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SC South Carolina: Charles Pinckney NHS; Congaree Swamp NM; Cowpens NB; Fort Moultrie NM; Fort Sumter NM; Kings Mountain National Military Park; Ninety Six NHS

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SD South Dakota: Badlands NP; Jewel Cave NM; Missouri National Recreational River; Mount Rushmore Nmem; Wind Cave NP

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TN Tennessee: Andrew Johnson NHS; Big South Fork NRRA; Chickamauga and Chatanooga National Military Park; Cumberland Gap National Historical Park; Fort Donelson NB; Great Smoky Mountains NP; Obed Wild and Scenic River; Shiloh NMP; Stones River NB

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TX Texas: Alibates Flint Quarries NM; Amistad NRA; Big Bend NP; Big Thicket Npres; Chamizal NMem; Fort Davis NHS; Guadalupe Mountains NP; Lake Meredith NRA; Lyndon B. Johnson NHP; Padre Island NS; Palo Alto Battlefield NHS; Rio Grande WSR; San Antonio Missions NHP

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UT Utah: Arches NP; Bryce Canyon NP; Canyonlands NP; Capitol Reef NP; Cedar Breaks NM; Dinosaur National Monument; Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; Golden Spike NHS; Hovenweep National Monument; Natural Bridges NM; Rainbow Bridge NM; Timpanogos Cave NM; Zion NP

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VT Vermont: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP

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VA Virginia: Appomattox Court House NHP; Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Mem; Assateague Island National Seashore; Blue Ridge Parkway; Booker T. Washington NM; Colonial NHP; Cumberland Gap National Historical Park; Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania Battlefields Memorial NMP; George Washington Birthplace NM; George Washington Memorial Parkway; Harpers Ferry National Historical Park; Jamestown National Historic Site; Manassas NBP; Petersburg NB; Potomac Heritage NST; Prince William Forest Park; Richmond NBP; Shenandoah NP; Wolf Trap Farm Park

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VI Virgin Islands: Buck Island Reef National Monument; Christiansted National Historic Site; Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Reserve; Virgin Islands National Park; Virgin Islands Coral Reef NM

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WA Washington: Ebey's Landing NH Reserve; Fort Vancouver NHS; Klondike Gold Rush--Seattle Unit; Lake Chelan NRA; Lake Roosevelt NRA; Lewis and Clark National Historical Park; Mount Rainier NP; Nez Perce National Historical Park; North Cascades NP; Olympic NP; Ross Lake NRA; San Juan Island NHP; Whitman Mission NHS

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DC Washington, DC: Battleground National Cemetery; Constitution Gardens; Ford's Theatre NHS; Fort Washington Park; Francis Scott Key Memorial; Franklin Delanor Roosevelt Memorial Park; Frederick Douglass NHS; Korean War Veterans Memorial; Lincoln Memorial; Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NH; National Capital Parks-Central; National Capital Parks-East; National Mall; Old Post Office Observation Tower; Pennsylvania Avenue NHS; Piscataway Park; President's Park; Rock Creek Park; Sewall-Belmont House NHS; Thomas Jefferson Memorial; U.S. Navy Memorial; United States Park Police; Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Vietnam Womens Memorial; Washington Monument; White House Liaison, Office of

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WV West Virginia: Bluestone NSR; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park; Gauley River NRA; Harpers Ferry NHP; New River Gorge NR

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WI Wisconsin: Apostle Islands NL; Ice Age NST; Ice Age National Scientific Preserve; Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

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WY Wyoming: Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area; Devils Tower NM; Fort Laramie NHS; Fossil Butte NM; Grand Teton NP; John D. Rockefeller Jr. Mem. Parkway; Yellowstone NP

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Last Updated: June 20, 2012