UNESCO World Heritage for United States of America

UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 22 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for United States of America to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available).


1978 - Yellowstone National Park Natural site
1978 - Mesa Verde National Park Cultural site
1979 - Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek Natural site
1979 - Grand Canyon National Park Natural site
1979 - Everglades National Park Natural site
1979 - Independence Hall Cultural site
1980 - Redwood National and State Parks Natural site
1981 - Olympic National Park Natural site
1981 - Mammoth Cave National Park Natural site
1982 - Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Cultural site
1983 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Natural site
1984 - Yosemite National Park Natural site
1984 - Statue of Liberty Cultural site
1987 - Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville Cultural site
1987 - Chaco Culture Cultural site
1987 - Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Natural site
1992 - Pueblo de Taos Cultural site
1995 - Carlsbad Caverns National Park Natural site
1995 - Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Natural site
2010 - Papahanaumokuakea Mixed site
2014 - Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point Cultural site
2015 - San Antonio Missions Cultural site


Grand Canyon National Park