National Battlefields & Military Parks

Compare 25 National Park Service battlefield and military park sites across four exact NPS designation labels. The individual designation is preserved for every site below, while this family view answers the broader “national battlefields” and “military parks” list intent.

25 battlefield / military park sites
4 exact designation labels
15 states represented

How the NPS Designations Differ

The National Park Service uses several exact designation labels for battlefield-related units. This page groups four closely related labels for comparison without rewriting those source designations. A site listed as a National Military Park, National Battlefield Park, or National Battlefield Site remains labeled that way throughout National Park Directory.

National Battlefield 11 sites
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National Battlefield Park 4 sites
National Battlefield Site 1 site
National Military Park 9 sites

Complete List of National Battlefields & Military Parks

The list is alphabetical. State and territory membership uses NPD's canonical NPS-derived park relationships; multi-state units can appear in more than one jurisdiction.

Site Exact designation State / territory membership
Antietam National Battlefield National Battlefield Maryland
Big Hole National Battlefield National Battlefield Montana
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site National Battlefield Site Mississippi
Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park National Military Park Georgia, Tennessee
Cowpens National Battlefield National Battlefield South Carolina
Fort Donelson National Battlefield National Battlefield Kentucky, Tennessee
Fort Necessity National Battlefield National Battlefield Pennsylvania
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park National Military Park Virginia
Gettysburg National Military Park National Military Park Pennsylvania
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park National Military Park North Carolina
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park National Military Park Alabama
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park National Battlefield Park Georgia
Kings Mountain National Military Park National Military Park South Carolina
Manassas National Battlefield Park National Battlefield Park Virginia
Monocacy National Battlefield National Battlefield Maryland
Moores Creek National Battlefield National Battlefield North Carolina
Pea Ridge National Military Park National Military Park Arkansas
Petersburg National Battlefield National Battlefield Virginia
Richmond National Battlefield Park National Battlefield Park Virginia
River Raisin National Battlefield Park National Battlefield Park Michigan
Shiloh National Military Park National Military Park Mississippi, Tennessee
Stones River National Battlefield National Battlefield Tennessee
Tupelo National Battlefield National Battlefield Mississippi
Vicksburg National Military Park National Military Park Louisiana, Mississippi
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield National Battlefield Missouri

Source and Scope

This family view is an NPD organizational layer built from the existing park-type taxonomy and canonical park/state relationships. It does not change any park's exact NPS designation or canonical park record.

Latest park-source refresh represented in this family: Sep 26, 2026.

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