Atlas of the National Park Service: Ocean and Coastal Parks
Atlas of the National Park Service: Ocean and Coastal Parks
The Ocean and Coastal Resources Branch (OCRB) was established in 2007 to provide leadership and coordination in ocean, coastal, and Great Lake resource stewardship for National Park Service (NPS) units. At the time of completion, there were 88 ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes spanning across 22 states and four territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands). The goal of this project was to estimate and update the cumulative marine/estuarine/Great Lakes area and length of shoreline managed by the NPS using a geographic information systems (GIS) framework. Different estimates of these statistics have been published in the past and vary significantly. The inconsistencies are due to multiple factors, including the scale, methodology, accuracy and timeframe of the source data, and the specific parks included in the analysis. Several shoreline datasets were examined park-by-park to identify the ones that most accurately reflect the shoreline as depicted in recent aerial or satellite imagery. For most parks, reference imagery was obtained from the ESRI image service within ESRI’s ArcMap application. Shoreline data included several National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration datasets, U.S. Geological Survey’s National Hydrography Dataset, National Park Service boundary files, and others. This project developed a shoreline dataset for ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes units and estimated statistics for the shoreline miles and marine/estuarine/Great Lakes water area managed by NPS that are more accurate than those previously published. there will never be a consistent and definitive set of statistics for shoreline miles and water area for all of the ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes parks and this is caused by many factors, including the dynamic nature of park shorelines and boundaries, and the timing and methods of data collection. Statistics for shoreline length and water area will be updated periodically as NPS boundary and shoreline datasets are updated or improved and as resources permit. Shoreline miles and water acreages were taken from: Curdts, Thom. 2011. Shoreline length and water area in the ocean, coastal and Great Lakes parks: Updated statistics for shoreline miles and water acres. Natural Resource Report NPS/WASO/NRR—2011/282, rev1a. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. The report can be downloaded at https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2180595.
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- Acadia National Park, Maine: Shoreline Map
- Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Alaska: Shoreline Map
- Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin: Shoreline Map
- Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland: Shoreline Map
- Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Alaska: Shoreline Map
- Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida: Shoreline Map
- Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas: Shoreline Map
- Biscayne National Park, Florida: Shoreline Map
- Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, Massachusetts: Shoreline Map
- Boston National Historical Park, Massachusetts: Shoreline Map
- Buck Island Reef National Monument, U.S. Virgin Islands: Shoreline Map
- Cabrillo National Monument, California: Shoreline Map
- Canaveral National Seashore, Florida: Shoreline Map
- Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts: Shoreline Map
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina: Shoreline Map
- Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska: Shoreline Map
- Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina: Shoreline Map
- Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida: Shoreline Map
- Channel Islands National Park, California: Shoreline Map
- Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, South Carolina: Shoreline Map
- Christiansted National Historic Site, U.S. Virgin Islands: Shoreline Map
- Colonial National Historic Park, Virginia: Shoreline Map
- Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia: Shoreline Map
- De Soto National Monument, Florida: Shoreline Map
- Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida: Shoreline Map
- Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, Washington: Shoreline Map
- Everglades National Park, Florida: Shoreline Map
- Fire Island National Seashore, New York: Shoreline Map
- Fort Caroline National Memorial, Florida: Shoreline Map
- Fort Frederica National Monument, Georgia: Shoreline Map
- Fort Matanzas National Monument, Florida: Shoreline Map
- Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Maryland: Shoreline Map
- Fort Monroe National Monument, Virginia: Shoreline Map
- Fort Point National Historic Site, California: Shoreline Map
- Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia: Shoreline Map
- Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, North Carolina: Shoreline Map
- Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina: Shoreline Map
- Gateway National Recreation Area, New Jersey, New York: Shoreline Map
- George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia: Shoreline Map
- Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Shoreline Map
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California: Shoreline Map
- Governors Island National Monument, New York: Shoreline Map
- Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota: Shoreline Map
- Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida, Mississippi: Shoreline Map
- Haleakala National Park, Hawaii: Shoreline Map
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument, Maryland: Shoreline Map
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii: Shoreline Map
- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana: Shoreline Map
- Isle Royale National Park, Michigan: Shoreline Map
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, New Orleans: Shoreline Map
- Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Hawaii: Shoreline Map
- Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawaii: Shoreline Map
- Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Shoreline Map
- Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska: Shoreline Map
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Alaska: Shoreline Map
- Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Shoreline Map
- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Oregon: Shoreline Map
- Minidoka National Historic Site, Idaho: Shoreline Map
- National Park of American Samoa, America Samoa: Shoreline Map
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, Massachusetts: Shoreline Map
- Olympic National Park, Washington: Shoreline Map
- Padre Island National Seashore, Texas: Shoreline Map
- Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, Ohio: Shoreline Map
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan: Shoreline Map
- Point Reyes National Seashore, California: Shoreline Map
- Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, California: Shoreline Map
- Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Hawaii: Shoreline Map
- Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Hawaii: Shoreline Map
- Redwood National Park, California: Shoreline Map
- Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park, California: Shoreline Map
- Sagamore Hill National Historical Site, New York: Shoreline Map
- Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, Maine: Shoreline Map
- Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Massachusetts: Shoreline Map
- Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, U.S. Virgin Islands: Shoreline Map
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, California: Shoreline Map
- San Juan Island National Historical Park, Washington: Shoreline Map
- San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico: Shoreline Map
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California: Shoreline Map
- Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Massachusetts: Shoreline Map
- Sitka National Historical Park, Alaska: Shoreline Map
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan: Shoreline Map
- Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York: Shoreline Map
- Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve, Florida: Shoreline Map
- Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, U.S. Virgin Islands: Shoreline Map
- Virgin Islands National Park, U.S. Virgin Islands: Shoreline Map
- War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam: Shoreline Map
- World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Hawaii: Shoreline Map
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Shoreline Map