The United States Mint has released the full register of sites that will be featured on the upcoming America the Beautiful Quarters Program. This program will feature rotating reverse designs which feature the National Parks and National Sites in the 50 States, District of Columbia, and United States Territories. A total of 56 different designs will be released over the course of 12 years, beginning in 2010.
US Mint Director Edmund Moy said:
These new quarters will honor some of our most revered, treasured and beautiful national sites - majestic and historic places located throughout the United States and its territories that truly make us "America the Beautiful." The designs will help reinvigorate interest in our national parks, forests, fish and wildlife refuges, and other national sites, as well as educate the public about their importance to us and our history.
The first five sites to be featured on the 2010 Quarters include Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas, Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Yosemite National Park in California, Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, and Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon.
The obverse design for the entire series will feature a portrait of George Washington. This will be the original version used on the 1932 Washington Quarter. There had briefly been speculation that Washington's portrait might be removed in favor of Theodore Roosevelt.
The release schedule for the duration of the program is included below. The sites will be featured in the order first recognized as national sites.
| Year | Location | Site |
| 2010 | Arkansas | Hot Springs National Park |
| 2010 | Wyoming | Yellowstone National Park |
| 2010 | California | Yosemite National Park |
| 2010 | Arizona | Grand Canyon National Park |
| 2010 | Oregon | Mt. Hood National Forest |
| 2011 | Pennsylvania | Gettysburg National Military Park |
| 2011 | Montana | Glacier National Park |
| 2011 | Washington | Olympic National Park |
| 2011 | Mississippi | Vicksburg National Military Park |
| 2011 | Oklahoma | Chickasaw National Recreation Area |
| 2012 | Puerto Rico | El Yunque National Forest |
| 2012 | New Mexico | Chaco Culture National Historical Park |
| 2012 | Maine | Acadia National Park |
| 2012 | Hawaii | Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park |
| 2012 | Alaska | Denali National Park |
| 2013 | New Hampshire | White Mountain National Forest |
| 2013 | Ohio | Perryâs Victory and International Peace Memorial |
| 2013 | Nevada | Great Basin National Park |
| 2013 | Maryland | Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine |
| 2013 | South Dakota | Mount Rushmore National Memorial |
| 2014 | Tennessee | Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
| 2014 | Virginia | Shenandoah National Park |
| 2014 | Utah | Arches National Park |
| 2014 | Colorado | Great Sand Dunes National Park |
| 2014 | Florida | Everglades National Park |
| 2015 | Nebraska | Homestead National Monument of America |
| 2015 | Louisiana | Kisatchie National Forest |
| 2015 | North Carolina | Blue Ridge Parkway |
| 2015 | Delaware | Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge |
| 2015 | New York | Saratoga National Historical Park |
| 2016 | Illinois | Shawnee National Forest |
| 2016 | Kentucky | Cumberland Gap National Historical Park |
| 2016 | West Virginia | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |
| 2016 | North Dakota | Theodore Roosevelt National Park |
| 2016 | South Carolina | Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) |
| 2017 | Iowa | Effigy Mounds National Monument |
| 2017 | District of Columbia | Frederick Douglass National Historic Site |
| 2017 | Missouri | Ozark National Scenic Riverways |
| 2017 | New Jersey | Ellis Island National Monument (Statue of Liberty) |
| 2017 | Indiana | George Rogers Clark National Historical Park |
| 2018 | Michigan | Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore |
| 2018 | Wisconsin | Apostle Islands National Lakeshore |
| 2018 | Minnesota | Voyageurs National Park |
| 2018 | Georgia | Cumberland Island National Seashore |
| 2018 | Rhode Island | Block Island National Wildlife Refuge |
| 2019 | Massachusetts | Lowell National Historical Park |
| 2019 | Northern Mariana Islands | American Memorial Park |
| 2019 | Guam | War in the Pacific National Historical Park |
| 2019 | Texas | San Antonio Missions National Historical Park |
| 2019 | Idaho | Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness |
| 2020 | American Samoa | National Park of American Samoa |
| 2020 | Connecticut | Weir Farm National Historic Site |
| 2020 | U.S. Virgin Islands | Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve |
| 2020 | Vermont | Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park |
| 2020 | Kansas | Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve |
| 2021 | Alabama | Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site |
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