NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS in USA

National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. The NHL program is coordinated by the National Park Service (www.nps.gov).

There were 2,603 National Historic Landmarks as of April 2016.

48.2 Landmarks By State

As of July 2016, the number of NHLs by state were as follows:

Alabama: 39 • Mississippi: 39

Alaska: 49 • Missouri: 37

Arizona: 45 • Montana: 29

Arkansas: 16 • Nebraska: 20

California: 145 • Nevada: 8

Colorado: 26 • New Hampshire: 23

Connecticut: 61 • New Jersey: 58

Delaware: 13 • New Mexico: 46

District of Columbia: 74 • New York: 268

Florida: 45 • North Carolina: 38

Georgia: 50 • North Dakota: 6

Hawaii: 33 • Ohio: 72

Idaho: 10 • Oklahoma: 22

Illinois: 89 • Oregon: 17

Indiana: 40 • Pennsylvania: 167

Iowa: 25 • Rhode Island: 45

Kansas: 25 • South Carolina: 76

Kentucky: 32 • South Dakota: 16

Louisiana: 56 • Tennessee: 30

Maine: 44 • Texas: 46

Maryland: 73 • Utah: 14

Massachusetts: 189 • Vermont: 18

Michigan: 42 • Virginia: 122

Minnesota: 25 • Washington: 25

• West Virginia: 16 • Wyoming: 25

• Wisconsin: 42 • U.S. Territories: 23

48.3 Market Resources

NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS in USA

The National Scenic Byways Program is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov). Established under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, the program is an effort established to help recognize, preserve and enhance selected roads throughout the United States. The program was reauthorized and expanded significantly in 1998 under TEA-21 and again under SAFETEA-LU in 2005.

The U.S. Secretary of Transportation recognizes certain roads as National Scenic Byways based on one or more archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and scenic qualities.

Criteria for the designation of National Scenic Byways were published in the Federal Register on May 18, 1995 (www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/scenic byways/fedreg.pdf).

49.2 List Of National Scenic Byways

The following is a list of National Scenic Byways:

• A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway (Florida)

• Acadia All-American Road (Maine)

• Alabama’s Coastal Connection (Alabama)

• Alaska’s Marine Highway (Alaska)

• Amish Country Byway (Ohio)

• Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway – Route 110 (California)

• Ashley River Road (South Carolina)

• Baltimore’s Historic Charles Street (Maryland)

• Beartooth Highway (Montana, Wyoming)

• Big Bend Scenic Byway (Florida)

• Billy the Kid T rail (New Mexico)

• Blue Ridge Parkway (North Carolina, Virginia)

• Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway (Delaware)

• Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway (Oregon)

• Cherohala Skyway (North Carolina, Tennessee)

• Cherokee Hills Byway (Oklahoma)

• Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway (Maryland)

• Chinook Scenic Byway (Washington)

• City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard National Scenic Byway (Nevada)

• Coal Heritage Trail (West Virginia)

• Colonial Parkway (Virginia)

• Colorado River Headwaters Byway (Colorado)

• Connecticut River Byway (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont)

• Connecticut State Route 169 (Connecticut)

• Copper Country Trail (Michigan)

• Coronado Trail Scenic Byway (Arizona)

• Coulee Corridor Scenic Byway (Washington)

• Country Music Highway (Kentucky)

• Creole Nature Trail (Louisiana)

• Crowley’s Ridge Parkway (Arkansas, Missouri)

• Death Valley Scenic Byway (California)

• Delaware River Scenic Byway (New Jersey)

• Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway (Colorado, Utah)

• East Tennessee Crossing (Tennessee)

• Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway (California)

• Edge of the Wilderness (Minnesota)

• Edisto Island National Scenic Byway (South Carolina)

• El Camino Real (New Mexico)

• Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byway (Utah)

• Flaming Gorge-Uintas National Scenic Byway (Utah)

• Flint Hills Scenic Byway (Kansas)

• Florida Black Bear Scenic Byway (Florida)

• Florida Keys Scenic Highway (Florida)

• Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway (North Carolina)

• Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byway (Colorado)

• George Parks Highway Scenic Byway (Alaska)

• George Washington Memorial Parkway (Virginia)

• Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway (New Mexico)

• Glenn Highway (Alaska)

• Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway (Colorado)

• Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway (Colorado)

• Grand Rounds Scenic Byway (Minnesota)

• Great Lakes Seaway Trail (New York, Pennsylvania)

• Great River Road (Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Wisconsin)

• Gunflint Trail Scenic Byway (Minnesota)

• Haines Highway – Valley of the Eagles (Alaska)

• Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway (Maryland)

• Hells Canyon Scenic Byway (Oregon)

• Highland Scenic Highway (West Virginia)

• Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway (Minnesota)

• Historic Columbia River Highway (Oregon)

• Historic National Road (Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)

• Historic Route 66 (Arizona, Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma)

• Illinois River Road (Illinois)

• Indian River Lagoon National Scenic Byway (Florida)

• Indiana’s Historic Pathways (Indiana)

• International Selkirk Loop (Idaho, Washington)

• Jemez Mountain Trail (New Mexico)

• Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway (Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia)

• Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway (Arizona)

• Kancamagus Scenic Byway (New Hampshire)

• Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail (Ohio)

• Lake Tahoe – Eastshore Drive (Nevada)

• Lakes to Locks Passage (New York)

• Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway (Colorado)

• Las Vegas Strip (Nevada)

• Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway (Kentucky)

• Lincoln Highway (Illinois)

• Loess Hills Scenic Byway (Iowa)

• Logan Canyon Scenic Byway (Utah)

• McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass Scenic Byway (Oregon)

• Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route (Illinois)

• Merritt Parkway (Connecticut)

• Midland Trail (West Virginia)

• Millstone Valley Scenic Byway (New Jersey)

• Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway (Minnesota)

• Mohawk Towpath Byway (New York)

• Mountains to Sound Greenway – I-90 (Washington)

• Mt. Hood Scenic Byway (Oregon)

• Natchez Trace Parkway (Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee)

• Native American Scenic Byway (North Dakota, South Dakota)

• Nebo Loop Scenic Byway (Utah)

• North Shore Scenic Drive (Minnesota)

• Northwest Passage Scenic Byway (Idaho)

• Ohio & Erie Canalway (Ohio)

• Ohio River Scenic Byway (Illinois, Indiana, Ohio)

• Old Canada Road Scenic Byway (Maine)

• Ormond Scenic Loop & Trail (Florida)

• Outback Scenic Byway (Oregon)

• Outer Banks Scenic Byway (North Carolina)

• Pacific Coast Scenic Byway – Oregon (Oregon)

• Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway (Minnesota)

• Payette River Scenic Byway (Idaho)

• Pend Oreille Scenic Byway (Idaho)

• Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway (South Dakota)

• Pioneer Historic Byway (Idaho)

• Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway (Nevada)

• Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway (Maine)

• Red River Gorge Scenic Byway (Kentucky)

• Red Rock Scenic Byway (Arizona)

• Religious Freedom Byway (Maryland)

• River Road Scenic Byway (Michigan)

• Rogue-Umpqua Scenic Byway (Oregon)

• Route 1 – Big Sur Coast Highway (California)

• Route 1 – San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway (California)

• Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway (Georgia)

• San Juan Skyway (Colorado)

• Santa Fe Trail (Colorado, New Mexico)

• Savannah River Scenic Byway (South Carolina)

• Scenic Byway 12 (Utah)

• Scenic Byway 143 – Utah’s Patchwork Parkway (Utah)

• Schoodic Scenic Byway (Maine)

• Selma to Montgomery March Byway (Alabama)

• Seward Highway (Alaska)

• Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway (North Dakota)

• Sky Island Scenic Byway (Arizona)

• Skyline Drive (Virginia)

• Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike (West Virginia)

• Stevens Pass Greenway (Washington)

• Strait of Juan de Fuca Highway – SR 112 (Washington)

• Talimena Scenic Drive (Arkansas, Oklahoma)

• Talladega Scenic Drive (Alabama)

• Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road (California)

• Top of the Rockies (Colorado)

• Trail of the Ancients (Colorado, Utah)

• Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway (New Mexico)

• Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road (Colorado)

• Turquoise Trail (New Mexico)

• Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway (California, Oregon)

• Washington Heritage Trail (West Virginia)

• West Cascades Scenic Byway (Oregon)

• Western Heritage Historic Byway (Idaho)

• Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway (Kansas)

• White Mountain Trail (New Hampshire)

• White Pass Scenic Byway (Washington)

• Wichita Mountains Byway (Oklahoma)

• Wilderness Road Heritage Highway (Kentucky)

• Woodlands Trace (Kentucky, Tennessee)

• Woodward Avenue (M-1) – Automotive Heritage Trail (Michigan)

49.3 Market Resources

National Scenic Byways Program, Federal Highway Administration. (www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/scenic byways/)

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