Illinois
Parks
By The Numbers
- 2 National Parks
- 139,123 Visitors to National Parks
- $20,800,000 Economic Benefit from National Park Tourism »
- $186,170,100 of Land & Water Conservation Fund Appropriated for Projects (since 1965) »
- 84 Certified Local Governments »
- 90 Community Conservation & Recreation Projects (since 1987) »
- 3 National Heritage Areas »
- 1 Wild & Scenic Rivers Managed by NPS »
- 3 National Trails Administered by NPS »
- 1,955 National Register of Historic Places Listings »
- 89 National Historic Landmarks »
- 18 National Natural Landmarks »
- 3 World Heritage Sites »
- 1,009 Places Recorded by Heritage Documentation Programs »
- 339,725 Objects in National Park Museum Collections »
- 20 Archeological Sites in National Parks »
- 5 Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plans »
- 13 Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itineraries »
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These numbers are just a sample of the National Park Service's work. Figures are for the fiscal year that ended 9/30/2020.