Find a National Heritage Area Near You
There are 62 designated National Heritage Areas in 36 states across the country that support a diversity of conservation, recreation, education, and preservation activities.
ALABAMA
Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area
Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area
ALASKA
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area
ARIZONA
Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area
CALIFORNIA
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area
COLORADO
Cache La Poudre River National Heritage Area
Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area
South Park National Heritage Area
CONNECTICUT
The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor (CT, MA)
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area (CT, MA)
FLORIDA
Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor (FL, GA, NC, SC)
GEORGIA
Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area
Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor (FL, GA, NC, SC)
IOWA
Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area
ILLINOIS
Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area
Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area
Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
KANSAS
Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area (KS, MO)
LOUISIANA
Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
Cane River National Heritage Area
MARYLAND
Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area (MD, WV)
Baltimore National Heritage Area
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area (MD, PA, VA, WV)
Southern Maryland National Heritage Area
MAINE
Downeast Maine National Heritage Area
MASSACHUSETTS
Essex National Heritage Area
Freedom's Way National Heritage Area (MA, NH)
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor (MA, RI)
The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor (CT, MA)
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area (CT, MA)
MICHIGAN
MotorCities National Heritage Area
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area
Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area
Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area
MISSOURI
Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area (KS, MO)
NEVADA
Great Basin National Heritage Area (NV, UT)
NEW JERSEY
Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Freedom's Way National Heritage Area (MA, NH)
NEW MEXICO
Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area
NEW YORK
Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (NY, VT)
Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
Niagara Falls National Heritage Area
NORTH CAROLINA
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor (FL, GA, NC, SC)
Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor (NC, SC)
NORTH DAKOTA
Northern Plains National Heritage Area
OHIO
Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway
National Aviation Heritage Area
PENNSYLVANIA
Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area (MD, PA, VA, WV)
Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area
Oil Region National Heritage Area
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area
Schuylkill River Greenways National Heritage Area
Susquehanna National Heritage Area
Path of Progress National Heritage Tour Route (inactive)
RHODE ISLAND
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor (MA, RI)
SOUTH CAROLINA
Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor (FL, GA, NC, SC)
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor
Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor (NC, SC)
TENNESSEE
Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area
U.S. Virgin Islands
St. Croix National Heritage Area
UTAH
Great Basin National Heritage Area (NV, UT)
Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area
VERMONT
Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (VT, NY)
VIRGINIA
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area (MD, PA, VA, WV)
Northern Neck National Heritage Area
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District
WASHINGTON
Maritime Washington National Heritage Area
Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area
WEST VIRGINIA
Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area (MD, WV)
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area (MD, PA, VA, WV)
National Coal Heritage Area
Wheeling National Heritage Area
Last updated: September 30, 2024