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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United States, by year of inscription: 27 sites.
- Mesa Verde National Park Mesa Verde National Park, in south-western Colorado at over 2,600 m, has a great concentration of ancestral Pueblo dwellings built from the 6th to the 12th century. Some 4,400 sites have been recorded, the best known being the cliff dwellings.
- Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park covers nearly 9,000 sq km, mostly in Wyoming with parts in Montana and Idaho. It contains about half of the world's known geothermal features, including geysers and hot springs, and is an important habitat for large mammals.
- Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek This property is made up of Kluane, Wrangell-St. Elias, Glacier Bay and Tatshenshini-Alsek parks, a complex of glaciers and high peaks on both sides of the border between Canada (Yukon and British Columbia) and the United States (Alaska). It supports many grizzly bears, caribou and Dall's sheep, and contains the largest non-polar icefield in the world.
- Grand Canyon National Park Grand Canyon National Park, in Arizona, protects the gorge cut by the Colorado River to a depth of nearly 1,500 m. Its horizontal strata expose a long sequence of geological history and are important for the study of the Earth's evolution.
- Everglades National Park Everglades National Park, at the southern tip of Florida, has been called a river of grass flowing imperceptibly from the interior to the sea. Its varied water habitats shelter many birds and threatened animals.
- Independence Hall Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is where the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Constitution of the United States (1787) were signed. The principles of freedom and democracy set out in these documents have influenced legislation around the world.
- Redwood National and State Parks Redwood National and State Parks lie on the Pacific coast of northern California, north of San Francisco, and are covered with coastal redwood forest, the tallest trees in the world. The parks also include coastline, rivers and varied wildlife habitat.
- Mammoth Cave National Park Mammoth Cave National Park, in Kentucky, contains the longest known cave system in the world and is a characteristic example of limestone cave formation. It also shelters rich cave-adapted fauna and evidence of human use of the caves.
- Olympic National Park Olympic National Park, in north-western Washington State, is known for the diversity of its ecosystems: glacier-clad peaks, alpine meadows, temperate rainforest and an undeveloped Pacific coastline. It preserves extensive old-growth forest.
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Cahokia Mounds, about 13 km north-east of St Louis across the river in Illinois, is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. It flourished in the Mississippian period (800 to 1400) and retains many earthen mounds.
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park Great Smoky Mountains National Park, on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, covers over 200,000 ha and has more than 3,500 plant species, including about 130 native tree species, nearly as many as all of Europe. It is one of the most biologically diverse areas of the Appalachians.
- La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico Located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, this property includes La Fortaleza, El Morro, San Cristóbal and other defences built between the 16th and 20th centuries to protect the city and bay at a strategic point in the Caribbean. They are a fine display of European military architecture in the Americas.
- Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. Designed by the French sculptor Bartholdi, with an iron framework by Gustave Eiffel, it was a gift from France on the centenary of American independence and has become a symbol of liberty and democracy.
- Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park lies in the Sierra Nevada of central California. Its hanging valleys, waterfalls, cirque lakes, polished domes, moraines and U-shaped valleys provide an excellent overview of granite landscapes, and it also has groves of giant sequoias.
- Chaco Culture Chaco Culture, in Chaco Canyon in north-western New Mexico, was a major centre of ancestral Pueblo culture between 850 and 1250, a focus for ceremony, trade and political activity. It has large masonry building complexes and a network of ancient roads.
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, on the island of Hawaii, contains Mauna Loa and Kilauea, two of the most active volcanoes in the world. Eruptions continually reshape the landscape, and the park is an important place for studying volcanic processes.
- Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville This property in Charlottesville, Virginia, includes Monticello (1769 to 1809), the estate designed by Thomas Jefferson, and the University of Virginia he also designed. Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, was also an accomplished neoclassical architect.
- Taos Pueblo Taos Pueblo, in northern New Mexico, lies in the valley of a small tributary of the Rio Grande and consists of adobe dwellings and ceremonial buildings. It represents Pueblo Indian culture and is still inhabited.
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Waterton Glacier International Peace Park was formed in 1932 by combining Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, with Glacier National Park in Montana, United States, as the world's first International Peace Park. It straddles the border, with outstanding scenery and rich plant and mammal life across prairie, forest, alpine and glacial landscapes.
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park Carlsbad Caverns National Park, in New Mexico, is a karst landscape with over 80 recognised caves, notable for their size and the profusion and diversity of their mineral formations. Lechuguilla Cave is among the deepest caves in the world.
- Papahānaumokuākea Papahānaumokuākea is a vast, remote chain of low-lying islands and atolls with surrounding ocean, about 250 km north-west of the main Hawaiian Islands. It has deep cultural and spiritual significance in Native Hawaiian tradition and supports a wealth of marine life and seabirds.
- Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point Poverty Point, in the Lower Mississippi Valley of north-eastern Louisiana, comprises five mounds and a series of curved ridges built roughly between 1700 and 1100 BC. It is a very large settlement and ceremonial centre built by a hunter-gatherer society, exceptional for its time in North America.
- San Antonio Missions The San Antonio Missions are five frontier mission complexes along the San Antonio River in southern Texas, together with a ranch 37 km to the south. They show the blending of Spanish colonial and Indigenous cultures under the mission system.
- Moravian Church Settlements This serial site consists of four Moravian Church settlements in Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, including Herrnhut and Christiansfeld, reflecting the church's global network.
- The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright This property consists of eight buildings in the United States designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the first half of the 20th century, including Fallingwater in Pennsylvania and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. They express his ideas of organic architecture, which had a wide influence on modern architecture.
- Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are eight monumental earthen enclosure complexes along tributaries of the Ohio River in Ohio, built 2,000 to 1,600 years ago. They are the most representative surviving expressions of Hopewell culture, with precise geometric designs.
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, in south-eastern Georgia and north-eastern Florida, protects the Okefenokee Swamp, the largest lowland freshwater peatland in the subtropical zone and one of the largest intact ecosystems of its kind.