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National Historic Landmark points

Every National Historic Landmark with coordinates as a compact JSON array of points: name, slug, city, state, year built, a Wikimedia Commons image URL, and a public-access flag. Park Atlas and Campsite Atlas read this file at build time to show landmarks near a park or campground.

Download nhl_points.json2,433 records · snapshot October 17, 2026 · refreshed weekly

Fields

ref
NRHP reference number
slug
URL slug on Register Atlas; the page is at /places/{slug}/
name
Name as it appears in the Register
city
City or town
state
Two-letter state or territory code
lat
Decimal degrees, WGS84
lon
Decimal degrees, WGS84
built
Year of construction or inception where Wikidata records one; empty string otherwise
image
Wikimedia Commons file URL for the lead photograph; empty string when there is none
access
Public access as read from Wikidata and Wikipedia: open, likely, private, or empty when nothing is on record

Source, license and citation

Sources: National Park Service National Register of Historic Places spatial layer, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons for the photograph. The file is regenerated by the weekly pipeline that rebuilds this site, so it is never older than the pages that cite it. Method notes are on the methodology page.

License: CC0 1.0. Use it for anything, no permission or attribution needed. A link back helps other people find the source. The underlying Register records are United States government work in the public domain; the Wikidata fields are CC0 at the source.

Suggested citation: "Register Atlas open data, National Historic Landmark points (October 17, 2026 snapshot), derived from National Park Service and Wikidata sources, registeratlas.com/data/nhl_points/."

Other files: National Register listings · National Historic Landmarks