Activator Tips & Site-Specific Guidelines from NPS
This page contains a list of helpful suggestions on NPOTA activity at specific units, as reported by NPOTA Activators themselves.
It also houses official NPOTA regulations and application forms from specific NPS units, if available.
Did you find a great place to set up in a park? Discover an NPS employee who really helped you with your activation? Share this info with other NPOTA activators and help make things easier for them!
Fill out the Activator Tips Form here.
-
-
AA01: Aleutian World War II National Historic Area, Alaska
AA02: American Memorial Park, Saipan
AA03: Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, Pennsylvania
AA04: Chicago Portage National Historic Site, Illinois
AA05: Chimney Rock National Historic Site, Nebraska
AA06: Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site, Ohio
AA07: Father Marquette National Memorial, Michigan
AA08: Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic Site, Pennsylvania
AA09: Green Springs National Historic Landmark District, Virginia
AA10: Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site, South Carolina
AA11: Ice Age National Scientific Reserve, Wisconsin
AA12: International Peace Garden, North Dakota-Manitoba
AA13: Inupiat Heritage Center, Alaska
AA14: Jamestown National Historic Site, Virginia
AA15: Kate Mullany National Historic Site, New York
AA16: Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site, New York
AA17: New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route
AA18: Oklahoma City National Memorial
AA19: Pinelands National Reserve, New Jersey
AA20: Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial, Virginia
AA21: Roosevelt Campobello International Park, New Brunswick, Canada
AA22: Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site, District of Columbia
AA23: Thomas Cole National Historic Site, New York
AA24: Touro Synagogue National Historic Site, Rhode Island
AA25: Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience -
National Battlefields - BF (11)+
BF01: Antietam, Maryland
BF02: Big Hole, Montana
BF03: Cowpens, South Carolina
BF04: Fort Donelson, Tennessee-Kentucky
BF05: Fort Necessity, Pennsylvania
BF06: Monocacy, Maryland
BF07: Moores Creek, North Carolina
BF08: Petersburg, Virginia
BF09: Stones River, Tennessee
BF10: Tupelo, Mississippi
BF11: Wilson's Creek, Missouri -
National Battlefield Parks - BP (4)+
BP01: Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
BP02: Manassas, Virginia
BP03: Richmond, Virginia
BP04: River Raisin, Michigan -
National Battlefield Sites - BS (1)+
BS01: Brices Cross Roads, Mississippi
-
Other Designations - DZ (11) +
DZ01: Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland
DZ02: Constitution Gardens, District of Columbia
DZ03: Fort Washington Park, Maryland
DZ04: Greenbelt Park, Maryland
DZ05: National Capital Parks, District of Columbia
DZ06: National Mall, District of Columbia
DZ07: Piscataway Park, Maryland
DZ08: Prince William Forest Park, Virginia
DZ09: Rock Creek Park, District of Columbia
DZ10: White House, District of Columbia
DZ11: Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Virginia -
National Historical Parks - HP (49) +
HP01: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace, Kentucky
HP02: Adams, Massachusetts
HP03: Appomattox Court House, Virginia
HP04: Boston, Massachusetts
HP05: Cane River Creole NHP and Heritage Area, Louisiana
HP06: Cedar Creek & Belle Grove, Virginia
HP07: Chaco Culture, New Mexico
HP08: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Maryland-West Virginia-District of Columbia
HP09: Colonial, Virginia
HP10: Cumberland Gap, Kentucky-Tennessee-Virginia
HP11: Dayton Aviation Heritage, Ohio
HP12: First State, Delaware
HP13: George Rogers Clark, Indiana
HP14: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia-Maryland
HP15: Hopewell Culture, Ohio
HP16: Independence, Pennsylvania
HP17: Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve, Louisiana
HP18: Kalaupapa, Hawaii
HP19: Kaloko-Honokohau, Hawaii
HP20: Keweenaw, Michigan
HP21: Klondike Gold Rush, Alaska-Washington
HP22: Klondike Gold Rush, Seattle Unit
HP23: Lewis & Clark, Oregon, Washington
HP24: Lowell, Massachusetts
HP25: Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas
HP26: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller, Vermont
HP27: Minute Man, Massachusetts: Open sunrise-sunset. No entrance fee. No camping. During the winter there are building closures, which may mean no restrooms. - KC1AJT Jan 19
HP28: Morristown, New Jersey
HP29: Natchez, Mississippi
HP30: New Bedford Whaling, Massachusetts
HP31: New Orleans Jazz, Louisiana
HP32: Nez Perce, Idaho
HP33: Palo Alto Battlefield, Texas
HP34: Paterson Great Falls, New Jersey
HP35: Pecos, New Mexico
HP36: Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau, Hawaii (formerly, City of Refuge)
HP37: Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front, Richmond, California
HP38: Salt River Bay NHP & Ecological Preserve, St. Croix, Virgin Islands
HP39: San Antonio Missions, Texas
HP40: San Francisco Maritime, California
HP41: San Juan Island, Washington
HP42: Saratoga, New York
HP43: Sitka, Alaska
HP44: Thomas Edison, New Jersey
HP45: Tumacacori, Arizona
HP46: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
HP47: War in the Pacific, Guam
HP48: Women's Rights, New York
HP49: Blackstone River Valley -
International Historic Sites - HS (1)+
HS01: Saint Croix Island, Maine
-
LK01: Apostle Islands, Wisconsin
LK02: Indiana Dunes, Indiana
LK03: Pictured Rocks, Michigan
LK04: Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan -
National Monuments - MN (79) +
MN01: African Burial Ground, New York
MN02: Agate Fossil Beds, Nebraska
MN03: Alibates Flint Quarries, Texas
MN04: Aniakchak, Alaska
MN05: Aztec Ruins, New Mexico
MN06: Bandelier, New Mexico
MN07: Booker T. Washington, Virginia
MN08: Buck Island Reef, Virgin Islands
MN09: Cabrillo, California
MN10: Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
MN11: Cape Krusenstern, Alaska
MN12: Capulin Volcano, New Mexico
MN13: Casa Grande Ruins, Arizona
MN14: Castillo de San Marcos, Florida
MN15: Castle Clinton, New York
MN16: Cedar Breaks, Utah
MN17: Cesar E. Chavez, California
MN18: Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers, Ohio
MN19: Chiricahua, Arizona
MN20: Colorado, Colorado
MN21: Craters of the Moon, Idaho
MN22: Devils Postpile, California
MN23: Devils Tower, Wyoming
MN24: Dinosaur, Colorado-Utah
MN25: Effigy Mounds, Iowa
MN26: El Malpais, New Mexico
MN27: El Morro, New Mexico
MN28: Florissant Fossil Beds, Colorado
MN29: Fort Frederica, Georgia
MN30: Fort Matanzas, Florida
MN31: Fort McHenry NM and Historic Shrine, Maryland
MN32: Fort Monroe, Virginia
MN33: Fort Pulaski, Georgia
MN34: Fort Stanwix, New York
MN35: Fort Sumter, South Carolina
MN36: Fort Union, New Mexico
MN37: Fossil Butte, Wyoming
MN38: George Washington Birthplace, Virginia
MN39: George Washington Carver, Missouri
MN40: Gila Cliff Dwellings, New Mexico: Hugh (monument manager), his staff and volunteers were extremely accommodating. The topography is challenging. We set up in the SE corner of the parking lot to provide the best chance for working towards the east and northeast. - N2IC Jan 8
MN41: Governors Island, Governors Island, New York
MN42: Grand Portage, Minnesota
MN43: Hagerman Fossil Beds, Idaho
MN44: Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad, Maryland
MN45: Hohokam Pima, Arizona (NO PUBLIC ACCESS)
MN46: Homestead NM of America, Nebraska
MN47: Hovenweep, Colorado-Utah
MN48: Jewel Cave, South Dakota
MN49: John Day Fossil Beds, Oregon
MN50: Lava Beds, California
MN51: Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
MN52: Montezuma Castle, Arizona
MN53: Muir Woods, California
MN54: Natural Bridges, Utah
MN55: Navajo, Arizona
MN56: Ocmulgee, Georgia
MN57: Oregon Caves, Oregon
MN58: Organ Pipe Cactus, Arizona
MN59: Petroglyph, New Mexico
MN60: Pipe Spring, Arizona
MN61: Pipestone, Minnesota
MN62: Poverty Point, Louisiana
MN63: Rainbow Bridge, Utah
MN64: Russell Cave, Alabama
MN65: Salinas Pueblo Missions, New Mexico
MN66: Scotts Bluff, Nebraska
MN67: Statue of Liberty, New York-New Jersey
MN68: Sunset Crater Volcano, Arizona
MN69: Timpanogos Cave, Utah
MN70: Tonto, Arizona
MN71: Tuzigoot, Arizona
MN72: Virgin Islands Coral Reef, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
MN73: Walnut Canyon, Arizona
MN74: White Sands, New Mexico
MN75: World War II Valor in the Pacific
MN76: Wupatki, Arizona
MN77: Yucca House, Colorado
MN78: Pullman National Monument, Illinois
MN79: Honouliuli National Monument, Hawaii -
National Military Parks - MP (9)+
MP01: Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Georgia-Tennessee
MP02: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial, Virginia
MP03: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
MP04: Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina
MP05: Horseshoe Bend, Alabama
MP06: Kings Mountain, South Carolina
MP07: Pea Ridge, Arkansas
MP08: Shiloh, Tennessee
MP09: Vicksburg, Mississippi -
NM01: Arkansas Post, Arkansas
NM02: Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Virginia
NM03: Chamizal, Texas
NM04: Coronado, Arizona
NM05: De Soto, Florida
NM06: Federal Hall, New York
NM07: Flight 93, Pennsylvania
NM08: Fort Caroline, Florida
NM09: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, District of Columbia
NM10: General Grant, New York
NM11: Hamilton Grange, New York
NM12: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Illinois-Missouri
NM13: Korean War Veterans, District of Columbia
NM14: Johnstown Flood, Pennsylvania
NM15: Lincoln Boyhood, Indiana
NM16: Lincoln Memorial, District of Columbia
NM17: Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, District of Columbia
NM18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, District of Columbia
NM19: Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
NM20: Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, Ohio
NM21: Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, California
KS6M reported Amateur Radio will not be permitted at NM21 due to military concerns.
NM22: Roger Williams, Rhode Island
NM23: Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Pennsylvania
NM24: Theodore Roosevelt Island, District of Columbia
NM25: Thomas Jefferson Memorial, District of Columbia
NM26: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, District of Columbia
NM27: Washington Monument, District of Columbia
NM28: World War II Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia
NM29: Wright Brothers, North Carolina
NM30: World War I Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia -
NP01: Acadia, Maine
NP02: Arches, Utah
NP03: Badlands, South Dakota
NP04: Big Bend, Texas
NP05: Biscayne, Florida
NP06: Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado
NP07: Bryce Canyon, Utah
NP08: Canyonlands, Utah
NP09: Capitol Reef, Utah
NP10: Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
NP11: Channel Islands, California
NP12: Congaree, South Carolina
NP13: Crater Lake, Oregon
NP14: Cuyahoga Valley, Ohio
NP15: Death Valley, California-Nevada
NP16: Denali, Alaska
NP17: Dry Tortugas, Florida
NP18: Everglades, Florida
NP19: Gates of the Arctic, Alaska
NP20: Glacier Bay, Alaska
NP21: Glacier, Montana
NP22: Grand Canyon, Arizona
NP23: Grand Teton, Wyoming
NP24: Great Basin, Nevada
NP25: Great Sand Dunes NP & Preserve, Colorado
NP26: Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee-North Carolina
NP27: Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
NP28: Haleakala, Hawaii
NP29: Hawai‘i Volcanoes, Hawaii
NP30: Hot Springs, Arkansas
NP31: Isle Royale, Michigan
NP32: Joshua Tree, California
NP33: Katmai, Alaska
NP34: Kenai Fjords, Alaska
NP35: Kings Canyon, California
NP36: Kobuk Valley, Alaska
NP37: Lake Clark, Alaska
NP38: Lassen Volcanic, California
NP39: Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
NP40: Mesa Verde, Colorado
NP41: Mount Rainier, Washington
NP42: National Park of American Samoa, American Samoa
NP43: North Cascades, Washington
NP44: Olympic, Washington
NP45: Petrified Forest, Arizona
NP46: Pinnacles, California
NP47: Redwood, California
NP48: Rocky Mountain, Colorado
NP49: Saguaro, Arizona
NP50: Sequoia, California
NP51: Shenandoah, Virginia
NP52: Theodore Roosevelt, North Dakota
NP53: Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands
NP54: Voyageurs, Minnesota
NP55: Wind Cave, South Dakota
NP56: Wrangell-St. Elias, Alaska
NP57: Yellowstone, Wyoming-Montana-Idaho
NP58: Yosemite, California - Official Yosemite NPOTA Document
NP59: Zion, Utah -
National Historic Sites - NS (78)+
NS01: Allegheny Portage Railroad, Pennsylvania
NS02: Andersonville, Georgia
NS03: Andrew Johnson, Tennessee
NS04: Bent's Old Fort, Colorado
NS05: Boston African American, Massachusetts
NS06: Brown v. Board of Education, Kansas
NS07: Carl Sandburg Home, North Carolina
NS08: Carter G. Woodson Home, District of Columbia
NS09: Charles Pinckney, South Carolina
NS10: Christiansted, Virgin Islands
NS11: Clara Barton, Maryland
NS12: Edgar Allan Poe, Pennsylvania
NS13: Eisenhower, Pennsylvania
NS14: Eleanor Roosevelt, New York
NS15: Eugene O'Neill, California
NS16: First Ladies, Canton, Ohio
NS17: Ford's Theatre, District of Columbia
NS18: Fort Bowie, Arizona
NS19: Fort Davis, Texas
NS20: Fort Laramie, Wyoming
NS21: Fort Larned, Kansas
NS22: Fort Point, California
NS23: Fort Raleigh, North Carolina
NS24: Fort Scott, Kansas
NS25: Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma
NS26: Fort Union Trading Post, Montana-North Dakota
NS27: Fort Vancouver, Washington
NS28: Frederick Douglass, District of Columbia
NS29: Frederick Law Olmsted, Massachusetts
NS30: Friendship Hill, Pennsylvania
NS31: Golden Spike, Utah
NS32: Grant-Kohrs Ranch, Montana
NS33: Hampton, Maryland
NS34: Harry S Truman, Missouri
NS35: Herbert Hoover, Iowa
NS36: Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, New York
NS37: Hopewell Furnace, Pennsylvania
NS38: Hubbell Trading Post, Arizona
NS39: James A. Garfield, Ohio
NS40: Jimmy Carter, Georgia
NS41: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Massachusetts
NS42: John Muir, California
NS43: Knife River Indian Villages, North Dakota
NS44: Lincoln Home, Illinois
NS45: Little Rock Central High School, Arkansas
NS46: Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters, Massachusetts
NS47: Maggie L. Walker, Virginia
NS48: Manzanar, California
NS49: Martin Luther King, Jr., Georgia
NS50: Martin Van Buren, New York
NS51: Mary McLeod Bethune Council House, District of Columbia
NS52: Minidoka, S. Central, Idaho
NS53: Minuteman Missile, South Dakota
NS54: Nicodemus, Kansas
NS55: Ninety Six, South Carolina
NS56: Pennsylvania Avenue, District of Columbia
NS57: President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home
NS58: Puukohola Heiau, Hawaii
NS59: Sagamore Hill, New York
NS60: Saint-Gaudens, New Hampshire
NS61: Saint Paul's Church, New York
NS62: Salem Maritime, Massachusetts
NS63: San Juan, Puerto Rico
NS64: Sand Creek Massacre, Colorado
NS65: Saugus Iron Works, Massachusetts
NS66: Springfield Armory, Massachusetts
NS67: Steamtown, Pennsylvania
NS68: Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace, New York
NS69: Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural, New York
NS70: Thomas Stone, Maryland
NS71: Tuskegee Airmen, Alabama
NS72: Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
NS73: Ulysses S. Grant, Missouri
NS74: Vanderbilt Mansion, New York
NS75: Washita Battlefield, Oklahoma
NS76: Weir Farm, Connecticut - MONDAYS ONLY 8A-12p ET. Advance registration with KX9X required.
NS77: Whitman Mission, Washington
NS78: William Howard Taft, Ohio -
PK01: Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina
PK02: George Washington Memorial Parkway, Maryland-Virginia
PK03: John D. Rockefeller Jr., Memorial Parkway, Wyoming
PK04: Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi -
National Preserves - PV (19) +
PV01: Aniakchak, Alaska
PV02: Bering Land Bridge, Alaska
PV03: Big Cypress, Florida
PV04: Big Thicket, Texas
PV05: Craters of the Moon, Idaho
PV06: Denali, Alaska
PV07: Gates of the Arctic, Alaska
PV08: Glacier Bay, Alaska
PV09: Great Sand Dunes, Colorado
PV10: Katmai, Alaska
PV11: Lake Clark, Alaska
PV12: Little River Canyon, Alabama
PV13: Mojave, California
PV14: Noatak, Alaska
PV15: Tallgrass Prairie, Kansas
PV16: Timucuan Ecological and Historic, Florida
PV17: Wrangell-St. Elias, Alaska
PV18: Yukon-Charley Rivers, Alaska
PV19: Valles Caldera -
National Recreation Areas - RC (18) +
RC01: Amistad, Texas
RC02: Bighorn Canyon, Montana-Wyoming
RC03: Boston Harbor Islands, Massachusetts
RC04: Chattahoochee River, Georgia
RC05: Chickasaw, Oklahoma
RC06: Curecanti, Colorado
RC07: Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania-New Jersey
RC08: Gateway, New York-New Jersey
RC09: Gauley River, West Virginia
RC10: Glen Canyon, Arizona-Utah
RC11: Golden Gate, California
RC12: Lake Chelan, Washington
RC13: Lake Mead, Nevada-Arizona
RC14: Lake Meredith, Texas
RC15: Lake Roosevelt (formerly Coulee Dam), Washington
RC16: Ross Lake, Washington
RC17: Santa Monica Mountains, California
RC18: Whiskeytown Unit*, Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity, California
(*Administered under cooperative agreements with other Federal agencies; remaining units managed by US Forest Service) -
RS01: City of Rocks, Idaho
RS02: Ebey's Landing NH Reserve, Washington -
RV01: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee-Kentucky
RV02: Buffalo National River, Arkansas
RV03: New River Gorge National River, West Virginia
RV04: Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas, Minnesota
RV05: Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri -
SS01: Assateague Island, Maryland-Virginia
SS02: Canaveral, Florida
SS03: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
SS04: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
SS05: Cape Lookout, North Carolina
SS06: Cumberland Island, Georgia
SS07: Fire Island, New York
SS08: Gulf Islands, Florida-Mississippi
SS09: Padre Island, Texas
SS10: Point Reyes, California -
National Scenic Trails - TR (3)+
TR01: Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Maine to Georgia
TR02: Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, Mississippi-Tennessee
TR03: Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, Virginia-Pennsylvania -
National Wild and Scenic Rivers - WR (10)+
WR01: Alagnak Wild River, Alaska
WR02: Bluestone National Scenic River, West Virginia
WR03: Delaware National Scenic River, Pennsylvania-New Jersey-New York
WR04: Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational River, New Jersey
WR05: Missouri National Recreational River, Nebraska-South Dakota
WR06: Niobrara National Scenic River, Nebraska-South Dakota
WR07: Obed Wild and Scenic River, Tennessee
WR08: Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, Texas
WR09: Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Minnesota-Wisconsin
WR10: Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreation River, New York-Pennsylvania
.jpg)
