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Canoeing the
cool waters of the Delaware River, following the silhouette
of a bald eagle soaring against the sky, crossing the fields
of Pickett's Charge, standing in the hall where Frederick
Douglass spoke against the enslavement of Africans, listening
to the American flag snapping briskly in a stiff breeze at
Fort McHenry, or gazing up at Lady Liberty - visitors come
to these special places compelled by the power of place to
understand who we are.
The Northeast Regional
Office’s employees have the
privilege and responsibility to
work with such places every day.
The Northeast Region of the
National Park Service is composed of complex
and varied natural, cultural, and recreational resources
that include the rock-bound shores of Maine, the eastern deciduous
forests of the
Appalachian Mountains, coastal
barrier islands, and sub-alpine
summits. The states within
the region are: Connecticut,
Delaware, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The Northeast is
the most
densely-populated area of
the United States (approximately
288 persons per square mile),
with almost a quarter of the nation’s population and
two of the ten largest U.S. cities (New York and Philadelphia).This
highly urbanized and ethnically
diverse area of the National Park Service hosts 51.2 million
visitors at 76 parks, more than 20 percent of all park units
in the entire National Park System
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