All the different U.S. park units explained

[2gypsies]

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2022/08/whats-all-these-different-park-units-anyway

[Kirk W]

And that is only the places managed by the NPS. There are also parks and attractions managed by the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureay of Land Management, Bureau of Reclaimation, National Forest Service, and probably several other federal agencies. Then we could start to list the state parks, county parks, city parks, and on an on. This country should be very proud of the parks that it has.

[trailertraveler]

11 hours ago, Kirk W said:

And that is only the places managed by the NPS. There are also parks and attractions managed by the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureay of Land Management, Bureau of Reclaimation, National Forest Service, and probably several other federal agencies.

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Tennessee Valley Authority are two of them that are popular with RVers.

11 hours ago, Kirk W said:

Then we could start to list the state parks, county parks, city parks, and on an on.

In addition to parks and historic sites; many states have state forests, wildlife management areas and state fishing lakes that are open to public recreation. There are even private organizations like The Nature Conservancy and Audubon Society that manage lands open to the public. At the county and local level there are many historical organizations both private and public that manage a wide variety of sites.

11 hours ago, Kirk W said:

This country should be very proud of the parks that it has.

I agree!!

[sandsys]

The old Northern States Power company had recreational land as well. I'm not sure what its status is now.

Linda