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Southeast Region

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Alabama

Not yet: Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
Visited: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Visited: Little River Canyon National Preserve
Visited: Russell Cave National Monument
Not yet: Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Visited: Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Visited: Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site

Florida

Visited: Big Cypress National Preserve
Visited: Biscayne National Park
Not yet: Canaveral National Seashore
Visited: Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Visited: De Soto National Memorial
Visited: Dry Tortugas National Park
Visited: Everglades National Park
Visited: Fort Caroline National Memorial
Not yet: Fort Matanzas National Monument
Visited: Gulf Islands National Seashore
Visited: Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve

Georgia

Visited: Andersonville National Historic Site
Visited: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Visited: Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park
Visited: Cumberland Island National Seashore
Not yet: Fort Frederica National Monument
Visited: Fort Pulaski National Monument
Visited: Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
Visited: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Visited: Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Visited: Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
Visited: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park - Ebenezer Baptist Church

Kentucky

Visited: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace
Visited: Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Visited: Mammoth Cave National Park

Mississippi

Visited: Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
Not yet: Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
Visited: Natchez National Historical Park
Visited: Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
Visited: Tupelo National Battlefield
Visited: Vicksburg National Military Park

North Carolina

Not yet: Blue Ridge Parkway
Visited: Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Visited: Cape Lookout National Seashore
Visited: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Visited: Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Visited: Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Visited: Moores Creek National Battlefield
Visited: Wright Brothers National Memorial

Puerto Rico

Visited: San Juan National Historic Site

South Carolina

Visited: Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
Visited: Congaree National Park
Visited: Cowpens National Battlefield
Visited: Fort Sumter
Visited: Kings Mountain National Military Park
Visited: Ninety Six National Historic Site
Not yet: Reconstruction Era National Historical Park

Tennessee

Visited: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Visited: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Visited: Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Visited: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Not yet: Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Visited: Obed Wild & Scenic River
Visited: Shiloh National Military Park
Visited: Stones River National Battlefield

U.S. Virgin Islands

Visited: Buck Island Reef National Monument
Visited: Christiansted National Historic Site
Visited: Salt River Bay National Historical Park
Visited: Virgin Islands National Park
Not yet: Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument

Recent Posts

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

Castillo de San Marcos stands along the western shore of Matanzas Bay in St. Augustine. Constructed by the Spanish between 1672 and 1695, it protected the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States and guarded Spain’s interests in Florida. St. Augustine was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in 1565. For more […]

St. Augustine, Florida

Little River Canyon National Preserve

Little River flows for most of its length across the top of Lookout Mountain in northeastern Alabama. Rather than beginning in a valley, the river travels across the Appalachian Plateau before cutting deeply into layers of sandstone and forming the dramatic landscape of Little River Canyon. The canyon contains forested cliffs, rocky overlooks, pools, rapids […]

Fort Payne, Alabama

Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area

The free-flowing Big South Fork of the Cumberland River and its tributaries pass through approximately 90 miles of scenic gorges and valleys in southeastern Kentucky and northeastern Tennessee. The protected landscape encompasses about 125,000 acres of forested plateaus, sandstone cliffs, natural arches, rock shelters and river corridors. Water and erosion have shaped the region over […]

Oneida, Tennessee

Fort Caroline National Memorial

Fort Caroline National Memorial preserves the story of France’s attempt to establish a permanent colony in Florida during the 16th century. In 1564, an expedition led by René Goulaine de Laudonnière constructed a triangular fort near the St. Johns River. The settlement was named La Caroline in honor of France’s King Charles IX. Many of […]

Jacksonville, Florida

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

Visiting Horseshoe Bend brought us to the site of one of the most consequential and devastating battles in the history of the Creek Nation. On March 27, 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson led approximately 3,300 soldiers and allied Cherokee and Lower Creek warriors against Chief Menawa and about 1,000 Red Stick Creek warriors. Menawa’s people […]

Daviston, Alabama

Andersonville National Historic Site

Visiting Andersonville was one of those experiences that remained with me long after we left. The peaceful landscape seen today stands in stark contrast to what happened here during the final fourteen months of the Civil War. The site was originally Camp Sumter, one of the largest Confederate military prisons. More than 45,000 captured Union […]

Andersonville, Georgia

Jimmy Carter National Historical Park

I loved visiting Plains, Georgia, the hometown of Jimmy Carter. The town seemed almost suspended in time. Walking along its streets and visiting the places associated with Carter’s life, we could see how closely the story of the community remained connected to the man who became the 39th president of the United States. The Plains […]

Plains, Georgia

Vicksburg National Military Park

The campaign for Vicksburg was one of the most decisive military operations of the Civil War. Perched high above a bend in the Mississippi River, Vicksburg controlled movement along the nation’s most important waterway. Its formidable defenses earned it the name “Gibraltar of the Confederacy”. As long as the city remained in Confederate hands, the […]

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Gulf Islands National Seashore

Gulf Islands National Seashore protects a remarkable coastal landscape extending approximately 160 miles from Cat Island in Mississippi to the eastern end of Santa Rosa Island in Florida. More than 80 percent of the national seashore lies underwater, preserving bays, sounds, and marine habitats as well as the visible shoreline. Its most prominent features are […]

Gulf Breeze, Florida

Moores Creek National Battlefield

One of the pleasures of visiting our National Parks is discovering places that most Americans have never heard of yetplayed an important role in the nation’s history. Moores Creek National Battlefield in southeastern North Carolina is one of those places. At first glance, it is simply a peaceful stream winding through a forest. It is difficult to imagine […]

Currie, North Carolina

Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

The National Park Service protects places where history unfolded over thousands of years as well as places where a single dramatic event occurred. Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, near Jacksonville, Florida, is one of those places. Established in 1988, the preserve encompasses more than 46,000 acres of salt marshes, tidal creeks, rivers, hardwood hammocks, and […]