U.S. National Heritage Area

U.S. National Heritage Areas are designated areas in the United States, authorized by the U.S. Congress to encourage the preservation of history in areas of distinctive human impact on the landscape. Sometimes variations of the name are used but National Heritage Area is the name of the classification. National Heritage Areas do not preserve or control any land but seek to promote tourism and to conserve natural, cultural, historic, and scenic features and preserve the traditions, customs, beliefs, and folk life that are a valuable part of the national story. The National Park Service provides assistance in establishing the areas but has no ongoing role.

* America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership (Silos and Smokestacks)
* Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area
* Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
* Augusta Canal National Heritage Area
* Automobile National Heritage Area (MotorCities)
* Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
* Cache La Poudre River Corridor
* Cane River National Heritage Area
* Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership
* Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area
* Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
* Erie Canalway National Corridor
* Essex National Heritage Area
* Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area
* Great Basin National Heritage Route
* Gullah/Geechee Heritage Corridor
* Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
* Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
* John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
* Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area
* Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area
* Mississippi Gulf National Heritage Area
* Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area
* National Aviation Heritage Area
* National Coal Heritage Area
* Niagara Falls Nationa Heritage Area
* Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area
* Ohio and Erie National Heritage Corridor (Ohio and Erie CanalWay)
* Oil Region National Heritage Area
* Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor
* Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area
* Schuykill River Valley National Heritage Area
* Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District
* South Carolina National Heritage Corridor
* Southwestern Pennsylvania Industrial Heritage Route (Path of Progress)
* Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area
* Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area
* Wheeling National Heritage Area
* Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/history/heritageareas/ National Park Service's National Heritage Areas website]