Best National Parks for Living History

108 parks offer living history

Showing 1–20 of 108 parks with living history

The Birthplaces of Presidents John Adams (right) and John Quincy Adams (left)

Adams National Historical Park

National Historical Park · MA

Engine House and tavern

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site

National Historic Site · PA

Large lawn in front of the memorial.

American Memorial Park

Park · MP

A cannon sits out in front of a replica of part of the wooden stockade walls once at Andersonville

Andersonville National Historic Site

National Historic Site · GA

luminaries placed by Maryland Monument with dramatic orange red clouds

Antietam National Battlefield

National Battlefield · MD

This is the home where Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant on April 9, 1865

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

National Historical Park · VA

confluence of two rivers

Arkansas Post National Memorial

National Memorial · AR

Two animals are tied to a wooden frame in the interior of a large adobe structure.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

National Historic Site · CO

Tobacco field being plowed by man with two draft horses

Booker T Washington National Monument

National Monument · VA

A child dancing on the beach at dusk

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · MA

Tidepools at Cabrillo

Cabrillo National Monument

National Monument · CA

Wingate Sandstone cliffs behind historic barn and farmhouse

Capitol Reef National Park

National Park · UT

Drawbridge entrance to the Castillo de San Marcos

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

National Monument · FL

Kelley Cabin

Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park

National Military Park · GA, TN

Snow dusted granite formations jut up from a mountainous juniper covered landscape.

City Of Rocks National Reserve

National Reserve · ID

Historic Fort Davis

Civil War Defenses of Washington

National Park · DC, MD, VA

The sun is coming up on the battlefield in the direction that the Americans would have been facing.

Cowpens National Battlefield

National Battlefield · SC

People in bright orange kayaks paddle around a bend in a river, past green trees and a rocky shore.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

National Park · OH

Snowcapped mountains surrounded by bright blue skies and frames by gold wildflowers on a valley floo

Death Valley National Park

National Park · CA, NV

Reenactor Bill Boston on his horse Dixie in front of the De Soto Monument.

De Soto National Memorial

National Memorial · FL

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