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The NPS Federal Lands to Parks (NPS-FLP) program helps communities to acquire, reuse and protect surplus Federal properties for local parks and recreation. States, counties, and local government may acquire federal land and buildings no longer needed by the Federal government at no cost on condition they are protected for public parks and recreation in perpetuity. Since its inception in 1949, this program has transferred about 184,000 acres of land to state and local governments for public parks and recreation use.

Base Realignment and Closure – BRAC

The National Park Service’s Federal Lands to Parks program helps communities to convert former military bases, closed under Base Realignment and Closure Acts (BRAC), for public parks and recreation areas. These public parks help revitalize communities impacted by the closure of the military bases, providing close to home recreation, protecting natural and cultural resources, and potentially attracting businesses and increasing property values.

The Federal Lands to Parks program assists in planning and negotiating reuse of appropriate lands and facilities for recreational areas. States and communities may apply to the program to acquire lands and facilities. Upon approval by the National Park Service and the military service, the Federal Lands to Parks program transfers this land to the community, most at no cost, for use in perpetuity for public parks and recreation.

The National Park Service has helped 92 communities in 27 states, Puerto Rico and Guam, to gain former military base properties closed under BRAC laws, resulting in over 18,448 acres of land for new public parks and recreational areas.

Please contact Federal Lands to Parks regional program coordinators for additional information about current military base closure properties that are in process or of interest.The list of properties that NPS transferred from former military bases closed under BRAC, to states and communities for parks and recreation areas, follows. You may also select a particular state from the Index below. (No park name listed? Feel free to email us with the information.)