• Samoan youth in traditional clothing.

    National Park of American Samoa

    American Samoa

Management

Park Signage

Park signage

NPS

The National Park of American Samoa is managed by a small professional staff located near the village of Pago Pago, past McDonald's and across from Pago Way Service Station. Studies conducted to determine the feasibility of establishing national park areas in American Samoa:

  • 1965. A Park Program for American Samoa Proposed by the American Samoa Study Team, National Park Service. (Click on tan text to go to view report in htm version or in the pdf version).

  • 1988. National Park Feasibility Study, American Samoa. Prepared by the National Park Service and the American Samoan Government (click on tan text to go to view report in the htm version or in the pdf version).

Did You Know?

Diverse species of lobe corals in crystal clear Pacific waters

Coral reefs in American Samoa and Guam (with more than 200 coral species and 890 species of fish) have the greatest coral biodiversity of any United States park.