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Table 1.14--National Park Service national parks and monuments in the South. (Source: U.S. Department of the Interior 2000a)

State	Mgt.	National Park Service property	Total acres
AL	Park	Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	2,040
		Little River Canyon National Preserve	13,633
		Tuskegee Airman National Historic Site (Private)	87
		Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site	58
	Monument	Russell Cave National Monument	310
	TOTAL		16,128
AR	Park	Arkansas Post National Memorial	749
		Buffalo National River	94,328
		Fort Smith National Historic Site	75
		Hot Springs National Park	5,549
		Little Rock Central HS National Historic Site	18
		Pea Ridge National Military Park	4,300
	TOTAL		105,019
FL	Park	Big Cypress National Preserve	720,573
		Biscayne National Park	172,924
		Canaveral National Seashore	57,662
		De Soto National Memorial	27
		Dry Tortugas National Park	64,700
		Everglades National Park	1,508,607
		Gulf Islands National Seashore	135,607
		Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	46,000
	Monument	Castillo de San Marcos National Monument	21
		Fort Caroline National Memorial	138
		Fort Matanzas National Monument	228
	TOTAL		2,706,487
GA	Park	Andersonville National Historic Site	495
		Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	9,206
		Chickamouga and Chattanooga National Military Park	8,119
		Cumberland Island National Seashore	36,415
		Jimmy Carter National Historic Site	71
		Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	2,884
		Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site	34
	Monument	Fort Frederica National Monument	241
		Fort Pulaski National Monument	5,623
		Ocmulgee National Monument	702
	TOTAL		63,790
KY	Park	Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site	337
		Cumberland Gap National Historic Park	20,454
		Mammoth Cave National Park	52,830
	TOTAL		73,621
LA	Park	Cane River Creole National Historic Park	207
		Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve	20,020
		New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park	4
	Monument	Poverty Point National Monument	911
	TOTAL		21,142
MS	Park	Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site	1
		Gulf Islands National Seashore	135,458
		Natchez National Historic Park	108
		Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail	10,995
		Natchez Trace Parkway	51,747
		Tupelo National Battlefield	1
		Vicksburg National Military Park	1,736
	TOTAL		200,046
NC	Park	Blue Ridge Parkway	88,734
		Cape Hatteras National Seashore	30,319
		Cape Lookout National Seashore	28,243
		Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	264
		Fort Raleigh National Historic Site	513
		Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	220
		Moores Creek National Battlefield	88
		Wright Brothers National Memorial	428
	TOTAL		148,809
OK	Park	Chickasaw National Recreation Area	9,889
		Oklahoma City National Memorial	6
		Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	315
	TOTAL		10,210
SC	Park	Charles Pinckney National Historic Site	28
		Cowpens National Battlefield	842
		Kings Mountain National Miliary Park	3,945
		Ninety Six National Historic Site	989
	Monument	Congaree Swamp National Monument	21,867
		Fort Sumter National Monument	195
	TOTAL		27,866
TN	Park	Andrew Johnson National Historic Site	17
		Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	125,242
		Fort Donelson National Battlefield	552
		Great Smokey Mountains National Park	521,621
		Obed Wild and Scenic River	5,173
		Shiloh National Military Park	3,997
		Stones River National Battlefield	708
	TOTAL		657,310
TX	Park	Amistad National Recreation Area	58,500
		Big Bend National Park	801,163
		Big Thicket National Preserve	97,191
		Chamizal National Memorial	55
		Fort Davis National Historic Site	474
		Guadalupe Mountains National Park	86,416
		Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	44,978
		Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park	1,570
		Padre Island National Seashore	130,434
		Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site	3,357
		Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River	9,600
		San Antonio Missions National Historic Park	819
	Monument	Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument	1,371
	TOTAL		1,235,928
VA	Park	Appomattox Court House National Historic Park	1,775
		Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial	28
		Colonial National Historic Park	9,349
		Fredericksburg National Military Park	7,787
		George Washington Memorial Parkway	7,248
		Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site	1
		Petersburg National Battlefield	2,659
		Manassas National Battlefield Park	5,212
		Prince William Forest Park	18,661
		Richmond National Battlefield Park	1,078
		Shenandoah National Park	198,182
		Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts	130
	Monument	Booker T. Washington National Monument	224
		George Washington Birthplace National Monument	550
	TOTAL		252,884
GRAND TOTAL			5,519,240

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