National Park Service Boundaries
Metadata from the RGIS Metadata Repository
Identification Information
- Title National Park Service Boundaries
- Date 2018-10-04
- Date Type Publication
- Cited Responsible Party
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- Organization Name National Park Service
- Role identify
- Presentation Form vector digital data
- Abstract National Park Service unit boundaries.
- Purpose Service wide boundary set for display and general analysis purposes.
- Data Set Credit National Park Service
- Status In work
- Point of Contact
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- Individual Name
- Organization Name National Park Service
- Position Name Chief Cartographer
- Role Point of contact
- Voice Unknown
- Facsimile
- Address
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- Delivery Point 301 S. Howes St. Suite 208
- City Fort Collins
- Administrative Area CO
- Postal Code 80522
- Country USA
- Electronic Mail Address roger_m_johnson@nps.gov
- Maintenance and Update Frequency Daily
- Descriptive Keywords National Park Service, Boundary, National Parks, NPS, Boundary, Boundaries
- Access Constraints None
- Use Constraints The data is intended for use as a tool for display and general GIS analysis
purposes only. It is in no way intended for engineering or legal purposes. The data
accuracy is checked against best available sources which may be dated. NPS assumes no
liability for use of this data. Boundaries from the Land Resources Division have
separate polygons for each type of unit. For example Denali National Park and Denali
National Preserve are separate individual polygons.
- Language English
- Topic Category
- Extent
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- Geographic Bounding Box
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- West Bound -170.72848129
- East Bound 145.728386698
- North Bound 68.655384858
- South Bound -14.285582058
- Temporal Extent
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- Beginning Position 2002-02-01
- Ending Position Present
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Distribution Information
- Distributor
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- Individual Name
- Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
- Position Name Clearinghouse Manager
- Role Point of contact
- Voice 505-277-3622 ext. 230
- Facsimile 505-277-3614
- Address
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- Delivery Point MSC01 1110
- Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
- City Albuquerque
- Administrative Area NM
- Postal Code 87131-0001
- Country USA
- Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
- Transfer Options
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- Online Resource ZIP
- Online Resource ESRI Shapefile (shp)
- Online Resource GML
- Online Resource KML
- Online Resource GeoJSON
- Online Resource JSON
- Online Resource Comma Separated Values (csv)
- Online Resource MS Excel format (xls)
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Spatial Reference Information
- Spatial References
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- Spatial Reference North American Datum of 1983
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- Online Reference EPSG:4269
- Spatial Reference Geodetic Reference System of 1980
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- Online Reference EPSG:7019
- Indirect Spatial Reference Unknown
- Geometric Object Type G-polygon
- Geometric Object Count 510
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Data Quality Information
- Attribute Accuracy Report
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- Report The data is being regularly updated with verified boundaries from NPS Land
Resources Division.
- Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment
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- Attribute Accuracy Value
- Attribute Accuracy Explanation
- Logical Consistency Report Polygon topology present.
- Completeness Report The data set is complete but subject to continual updates to reflect boundary
amendments, legislation, and acquisitions, and improved processing techniques. The data
is being regularly updated with verified boundaries from NPS Land Resources Division.
Please contact the data originator with corrections and update suggestions.
- Lineage
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- Source Information
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- Source Citation
- Source Scale Denominator 9999
- Type of Source Media paper
- Source Time Period of Content
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- DateTime 2000-01-01
- Source Currentness Reference Publication Date
- Source Citation Abbreviation
- Source Contribution Source map
- Source Information
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- Source Citation
- Source Scale Denominator 9999
- Type of Source Media Paper
- Source Time Period of Content
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- DateTime 2000-01-01
- Source Currentness Reference Publication Date
- Source Citation Abbreviation Unknown
- Source Contribution Unknown
- Source Information
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- Source Citation
- Source Scale Denominator 9999
- Type of Source Media onLine
- Source Time Period of Content
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- DateTime 2001-01-01
- Source Currentness Reference Most current data available within the stated time period.
- Source Citation Abbreviation Shapefile
- Source Contribution Unknown
- Process Step
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- Process Description Boundary polygons for several units were verified data from the Lands
Resources Division (LRD) according to the procedures defined in the Lands
Acquisition Procedures Manual Chapter 5. Boundary data from LRD has separate
polygons for individual types of units like Denali National Park and Denali
National Preserve. Lands records in the dataset that can be identified by
querying for [GIS_Notes] = "Lands" in the attribute table. These parks include:
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site (ABLI), African Burial Ground
National Monument (AFBG), Alagnak Wild River (ALAG), Alibates Flint Quarries
National Monument (ALFL), Andrew Johnson National Historic Site (ANJO),
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve (ANIA), Antietam National Battlefield
(ANTI), Appomattox Court House National Historical Park (APCO), Arches National
Park (ARCH), Arlington House - Robert E. Lee Memorial (ARHO), Aztec Ruins
National Monument (AZRU), Badlands National Park (BADL), Bering Land Bridge
National Preserve (BELA), Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (BLCA),
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (BOHA), Bryce Canyon National
Park (BRCA), Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site (BRCR), Brown v Board
of Education National Historic Site (BRVB), Buck Island Reef National Monument
(BUIS). Buffalo National River (BUFF), Cabrillo National Monument (CABR),
Canaveral National Seashore (CANA), Cane River Creole National Historical Park
(CARI), Carl Sandburg Home (CARL), Cape Krusenstern National Monument (CAKR),
Capulin Volcano National Monument (CAVO), Carlsbad Caverns National Park (CAVE),
Carter G. Woodson National Historic Site (CAWO), Castillo de San Marcos National
Monument (CASA), Castle Clinton Monument (CACL), Catoctin Mountain Park (CATO),
Cedar Breaks National Monument (CEBR), Cedar Creek and Belle Grove (CEBE),
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site (CHPI), Chiricahua National Monument
(CHIR), Chamizal National Memorial (CHAM), Channel Islands National Park (CHIS),
Christiansted National Historic Site (CHRI), Clara Barton National Historic Site
(CLBA), Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (CUGA), Cuyahoga Valley National
Park (CUVA), Denali National Park (DENA), De Soto National Memorial (DESO),
Devils Postpile National Monument (DEPO), Devils Tower National Monument (DETO),
Dry Tortugas National Park (DRTO), Effigy Mounds National Monument (EFMO), El
Morro National Mounment (ELMO), Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (ELRO),
Federal Hall National Memorial (FEHA), First Ladies National Historic Site
(FILA), Flight 93 National Memorial (FLNI), Florissant Fossil Beds (FLFO),
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site (FOTH), Fort Bowie National Historic Site
(FOBO), Fort Davis National Historic Site (FODA), Fort Frederica National
Monument (FOFR), Fort Smith National Historic Site (FOSM), Fort Sumter National
Monument (FOSU), Fort Union National Monument (FOUN), Fort Union Trading Post
National Historic Site (FOUS), Fort Washington Park (FOWA), Fossil Butte
National Monument (FOBU), Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (FRDO),
Gates of the Arctic National Park (GAAR), General Grant National Memorial
(GEGR), George Washington Carver National Monument (GWCA), Greenbelt Park
(GREE),George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP), Gila Cliff Dwellings National
Monument (GICL), Glacier Bay National Park (GLBA), Golden Gate National
Recreation Area (GOGA), Governors Island National Monument (GOIS), Grant-Kohrs
Ranch National Historic Site (GRKO), Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
(GRSA), Hamilton Grange National Memorial (HAGR), Harpers Ferry National
Historical Park (HAFE), Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park (HAVO), Herbert Hoover
National Historic Site (HEHO), Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic
Site (HOFR), Homestead National Monument (HOME), Hot Springs National Park
(HOSP), Hovenweep National Monument (HOVE), Hubbell Trading Post National
Historic Site (HUTR), Ice Age National Scenic Trail (IATR), Indiana Dunes
National Lakeshore (INDU), James A Garfield National Historic Site (JAGA), Jean
Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (JELA), Jimmy Carter National
Historic Site (JICA), John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway (JODR), Joshua
Tree National Park (JOTR), Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park (KAHO),
Katmai National Park (KATM), Kenai Fjords National Park (KEFJ), Kennesaw
Mountain National Battlefield Park (KEMO), Keweenaw National Historical Park
(KEWE), Kings Canyon National Park (KICA), Klondike Gold Rush National
Historical Park (KLGO), Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
(KNRI), Kobuk Valley National Park (KOVA), Lake Clark National Park (LACL), Lake
Mead National Recreation Area (LAME), Lassen Volcanic National Park (LAVO),
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (LIBO), Lincoln Home National Historic Site
(LIHO), Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site (CHSC), Lava Bed
National Monument (LABE), Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (LIBI),
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove (LYBA), Mammoth Cave National Park (MACA),
Manassas National Battlefield Park (MANA), Manzanar National Historic Site
(MANZ), Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site (MALU), Mesa Verde
National Park (MEVE), Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
(MABE), Minute Man National Historical Park (MIMA), Minuteman Missile National
Historic Site (MIMI), Mojave National Preserve (MOJA), Monocacy National
Battlefield (MONO), Montezuma Castle National Monument (MOCA), Mount Rushmore
National Memorial (MORU), Natchez National Historical Park (NATC), National
Capital Parks (NACA), Nicodemus National Historic Site (NICO), Ninety Six
National Historic Site (NISI), Noatak National Preserve (NOAT), Organ Pipe
Cactus National Monument (ORPI), Ozark National Scenic Riverway (OZAR), Padre
Island National Seashore (PAIS), Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site
(PAAL), Petrified Forest National Park (PEFO), Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
(PIRO), Pipe Spring Nationam Monument (PISP), Pipestone National Monument
(PIPE), Piscataway Park (PISC), Point Reyes National Seashore (PORE), Pu'uhonua
o Honaunau National Historical Park (PUHO), Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic
Site (PUHE), Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (RRBH), Salt
River Bay National Historical Park (SARI), Saint Paul's Church National Historic
Site (SAPA), Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SAMO), Sand Creek
Massacre National Historic Site (SAND), Scotts Bluff National Mounment (SCBL),
Sequoia National Park (SEQU), Sitka National Historical Park (SITK), Sunset
Crater Volcano National Monument (SUCR), Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
(TAPR), Theodore Roosevelt National Park (THRO), Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
National Historic Site (THRB), Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
(THIS), Timpanogos Cave National Monument (TICA), Tonto National Monument
(TONT), Tumacacori National Historical Park (TUMA), Tupelo National Battlefield
(TUPE), Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (TUAI), Tuzigoot National
Monument (TUZI), Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (ULSG), Valley Forge
National Historical Park (VAFO), Virgin Islands Coral Reef National
Monument(VICR), Voyageurs National Park (VOYA), Walnut Canyon National Monument
(WACA). War in the Pacific National Historical Park (WAPA), Washita Battlefield
National Historic Site (WABA), White Sands National Monument (WHSA), Whitman
Mission National Historic Site (WHMI), Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National
Recreation Area (WHIS), Wilson's Creek National Battlefield (WICR), Wind Cave
National Park (WICA), Wolf Trap Farm Park (WOTR), Wrangell-St. Elias National
Park (WRST), Wupatki National Monument (WUPA), Yellowstone National Park (YELL),
Yosemite National Park (YOSE), Yucca House National Monument (YUHO),
Yukon-Charley Rivers (YUCH), Zion National Park (ZION)
- Process Date 2005-06-01
- Process Time
- Process Contact
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- Individual Name
- Organization Name National Park Service
- Position Name Land Resources Division Chief Cartographer
- Role Point of contact
- Voice Unknown
- Facsimile
- Address
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- Delivery Point 301 S. Howes St. Suite 208
- City Fort Collins
- Administrative Area CO
- Postal Code 80522
- Country USA
- Electronic Mail Address PPFL_LandsNET@NPS.GOV
- Process Step
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- Process Description Two sets of boundaries were collected and compared. The main set was
obtained from David Duran, who collected boundaries from each region in the
summer of 2001. The second set was obtained from Dean Tucker, who digitized
boundaries for the Horizon Project. The main set from David Duran was determined
to contain the most recent boundary information. Parks missing from David's set
were added from Deans set. Those parks are..........Antietam NB Arlington
House,Benjamin Franklin NMEM, Big Hole NB, Catoctin Mountain Park, Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal NHP, Chimney Rock NHS, Fort Point NHS, Fredericksburg NC, George
Washington Memorial Parkway, Green Springs, Harpers Ferry NHP, International
Peace Garden, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Kalaupapa NHP,
Manassas NBP, McLoughlin House NHS, Monocacy NB, National Capital Parks -
Central and East, Olympic NP, Prince William Forest Park, Rock Creek Park, San
Francisco Maritime NHP, Thaddeus Kosciuszko NMEM, and Wolf Trap Farm Park for
the Performing Arts. Park/Region staff were consulted for parks with major
differences between the two sets.
- Process Date 2002
- Process Time
- Process Contact
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- Individual Name
- Organization Name National Park Service
- Position Name GIS Specialist/Cooperator
- Role Point of contact
- Voice Unknown
- Facsimile
- Address
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- Delivery Point 1201 Oakridge Drive Suite 200
- City Fort Collins
- Administrative Area CO
- Postal Code 80525
- Country USA
- Electronic Mail Address waso-nrpc_nrgis@nps.gov
- Process Step
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- Process Description Dataset copied.
- Process Date Unknown
- Process Time
- Process Contact
- Process Step
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- Process Description Boundaries were updated with data provided by National Parks or Regional
Offices.
- Process Date Unknown
- Process Time
- Process Contact
- Cloud Cover Unknown
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Metadata Reference Information
- File Identifier 558fe3fb-5a6a-4728-bdfa-53f40543d7e8
- Metadata Language English
- Hierarchy Level Dataset
- Date Stamp 2025-08-03
- Metadata Standard Name ISO 19115:2003
- Metadata Standard Version 1.0
- Metadata Contact
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- Individual Name
- Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
- Position Name Clearinghouse Manager
- Role Point of contact
- Voice 505-277-3622 ext. 230
- Facsimile 505-277-3614
- Address
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- Delivery Point MSC01 1110
- Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
- City Albuquerque
- Administrative Area NM
- Postal Code 87131-0001
- Country USA
- Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
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