Tour of Park Geology - Shoreline Geology

The National Park Service has at least 97 coastal park units including National: Historic Preserves, Historic Sites, Historical Parks, International Parks, Lakeshores, Parks, Seashores, Recreational Areas, Memorials, Monuments, and Preserves. These coastal parks contain more than 7,300 miles of shoreline, and a wide diversity of geological, biological, and cultural resources.

Increasing pressures and environmental factors such as coastal population growth, pollution, habitat encroachment, and human modifications have dramatically impacted these vital coastal areas. To protect and preserve our national coastal parks, we must have broad and effective partnerships for coastal zone management. Parks below which do not have links associated with them do not currently have geology related National Park Service web pages.

Shoreline Geology--Oceanic

• Acadia National Park, Maine
• Amistad National Recreation Area, Texas
• Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Alaska
• Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland, Virginia
• Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Alaska
• Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
• Biscayne National Park, Florida
• Boston National Historic Park, Massachusetts
• Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Massachusetts
• Buck Island Reef National Monument, Virgin Islands
• Cabrillo National Monument, California
• Canaveral National Seashore, Florida
• Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts
• Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
• Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska
• Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina
• Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida
• Castle Clinton National Memorial, New York
• Channel Islands National Park, California
• Colonial National Historic Park, Virginia
• Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
• De Soto National Memorial, Florida
• Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
• Everglades National Park, Florida
• Fire Island National Seashore, New York
• Fort Caroline National Memorial, Florida
• Fort Frederica National Monument, Georgia
• Fort Matanzas National Monument, Flordia
• Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Maryland
• Fort Moultrie National Monument, South Carolina
• Fort Point National Historic Site, California
• Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia
• Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, North Carolina
• Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina
• Gateway National Recreation Area, New Jersey and New York
• Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California
• Governors Island National Monument, New York
• Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi and Florida
• Haleakala National Park, Hawaii
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
• Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Louisiana
• Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Hawaii
• Kaloko Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawaii
• Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
• Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
• Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Alaska
• Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska
• Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Oregon and Washington
• National Park of the American Samoa, American Samoa
• New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park, Massachusetts
• Olympic National Park, Washington
• Padre Island National Seashore, Texas
• Point Reyes National Seashore, California
• Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park, Hawaii
• Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Hawaii
• Redwood National Park, California
• Roosevelt Campobello International Park, Maine
• Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, New York
• Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, New Hampshire
• Saint Croix International Historic Site, Maine
• Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Massachusetts
• Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve, Virgin Islands
• San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico
• Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
• Sitka National Historical Park, Alaska
• Statue of Liberty National Memorial, New York
• Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida
• Virgin Islands National Park, Virgin Islands
• Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, Virgin Islands
• War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam
• World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Hawaii
• Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska
• Wright Brothers National Memorial, North Carolina

Shoreline Geology--Other Tidal/Estuary

• Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, Washington
• George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia
• Governors Island National Monument, New York
• Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Alaska
• Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, California
• San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, California
• San Juan Island National Historical Park, Washington
• Thomas Stone National Historic Site, Maryland

Shoreline Geology--Lakes

• Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin
• Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
• Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana
• Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
• Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial National Memorial, Ohio
• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan
• Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan
• Voyaguers National Park, Minnesota
• Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, California
• Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana
• Yosemite National Park, California

Shoreline Geology--Reservoirs

• Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Montana and Wyoming
• Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma
• Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah
• Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Washington
• Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada
• Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Texas
• Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, Washington
• Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Washington

  Assateague Island National Seashore, MD & VA