225 parks for Self-Guided Tours - Walking
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National Memorial
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
Pennsylvania
Visit the house where wounded Polish freedom fighter Thaddeus Kosciuszko lived and hear how this brilliant military engineer designed successful fortifications durin…
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National Park Service site
The White House and President's Park
District of Columbia
The White House is owned by the American people and stewarded by the National Park Service. It is more than the President's residence; it is a site for protests and…
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National Historic Site
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
New York
As president, Theodore Roosevelt created protections for ordinary citizens, began regulation of big business, and made the US a major force in international affairs.…
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National Park Service site
Theodore Roosevelt Island
District of Columbia
In the 1930s, landscape architects transformed Mason’s Island from neglected, overgrown farmland into Theodore Roosevelt Island, a memorial to America’s 26th preside…
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National Park
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
North Dakota
When Theodore Roosevelt came to Dakota Territory to hunt bison in 1883, he was a skinny, young, spectacled dude from New York. He could not have imagined how his adv…
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National Historic Site
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
New York
In 1825, America was still a new nation, just forming its own unique identity and traditions. Thomas Cole invented a new style of art, one that Americans could call…
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National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
New Jersey
Today, the brick buildings on Main Street in West Orange, NJ seem quiet, betraying little evidence of the research, development, and innovation of their heyday. Visi…
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National Park Service site
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
District of Columbia
Author of the Declaration of Independence, statesman and visionary for the founding of a nation.
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Ecological & Historic Preserve
Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve
Florida
Visit one of the last unspoiled coastal wetlands on the Atlantic Coast. Discover 6,000 years of human history and experience the beauty of salt marshes, coastal dune…
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National Monument
Tule Lake National Monument
California
Tule Lake National Monument includes both Tule Lake Segregation Center, the largest and most controversial of the sites where Japanese Americans were incarcerated du…
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National Historical Park
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Arizona
Tumacácori sits at a cultural crossroads in the Santa Cruz River valley. Here O’odham, Yaqui, and Apache people met and mingled with European Jesuit and Franciscan m…
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National Battlefield
Tupelo National Battlefield
Mississippi
In July, 1864, federal forces, including men from the United States Colored Troops, marched into Tupelo, Mississippi. Disorganized Confederate soldiers fought fierce…
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National Historic Site
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Alabama
Before the first African American military pilots became known as the "Red Tails" they wore striped tails as they began their flight training in the Army's PT-17 Ste…
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National Monument
Tuzigoot National Monument
Arizona
Water flows under and through this landscape, feeding the growth of people and towns. The Verde Valley is watered by snowmelt, summer monsoons, and springs that well…
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National Historic Site
Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
Missouri
Ulysses S. Grant is known as the victorious Civil War general who saved the Union and the 18th President of the United States. He first met Julia Dent, his future wi…
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National Preserve
Valles Caldera National Preserve
New Mexico
About 1.2 million years ago, a spectacular volcanic eruption created a 14-mile-wide circular depression in the earth now known as Valles Caldera. The preserve is kno…
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National Historical Park
Valley Forge National Historical Park
Pennsylvania
Valley Forge is the place where George Washington and the Continental Army took refuge during the winter of 1777-1778. Today the park protects 3,500 acres of meadows…
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National Park Service site
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
District of Columbia
Honoring the men and women who served in the controversial Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial chronologically lists the names of 58,318 Americans who gave th…
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National Park
Virgin Islands National Park
U.S. Virgin Islands
Go beyond Virgin Islands National Park's stunning white-sand beaches. Hike to historic plantation sites to learn about a challenging past when sugar and enslaved lab…
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National Park
Voyageurs National Park
Minnesota
Voyageurs National Park spans 218,000 acres of lakes, forests, and streams in northern Minnesota. Established in 1975, the park is named after the French-Canadian Vo…
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National Monument
Walnut Canyon National Monument
Arizona
Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have lived and traveled throughout Walnut Canyon’s dynamic landscape. Vibrant communities built their homes in the cliffs a…
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National Park Service site
Washington Monument
District of Columbia
Built to honor George Washington, the United States' first president, the 555-foot marble obelisk towers over Washington, D.C.
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National Historic Site
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Oklahoma
On November 27, 1868, Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer led the 7th US Cavalry on a surprise dawn attack on a Cheyenne village led by Peace Chief Black Kettle. The…
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National Historic Site
Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Washington
One moment can change the fate of many nations. After thousands of years of habitation by the Cayuse Nation, life in the Columbia River Plateau begins to change rapi…
