National Parks

Entries

• 1. Acadia

  Located in Maine, featuring rugged coastline, granite peaks, and Atlantic views

• 2. Arches

  Located in Utah, known for natural sandstone arches and desert landscapes

• 3. Badlands

  Located in South Dakota, featuring layered rock formations and prairie wildlife

• 4. Big Bend

  Located in Texas, known for desert landscapes and the Rio Grande canyon

• 5. Biscayne

  Located in Florida, protecting coral reefs, islands, and coastal waters

• 6. Black Canyon of the Gunnison

  Located in Colorado, featuring steep canyon walls carved by the Gunnison River

• 7. Bryce Canyon

  Located in Utah, known for its hoodoos and amphitheater-shaped formations

• 8. Canyonlands

  Located in Utah, featuring deep canyons carved by the Colorado River

• 9. Capitol Reef

  Located in Utah, known for cliffs, domes, and historic orchards

• 10. Carlsbad Caverns

  Located in New Mexico, featuring extensive underground limestone caves

• 11. Channel Islands

  Located in California, known for rugged islands and marine ecosystems

• 12. Congaree

  Located in South Carolina, protecting old-growth bottomland hardwood forest

• 13. Crater Lake

  Located in Oregon, featuring a deep blue lake formed by a collapsed volcano

• 14. Cuyahoga Valley

  Located in Ohio, known for river valleys, forests, and historic canals

• 15. Death Valley

  Located in California and Nevada, known for extreme heat and desert terrain

• 16. Denali

  Located in Alaska, home to North America’s tallest mountain

• 17. Dry Tortugas

  Located in Florida, featuring historic fortifications and coral reefs

• 18. Everglades

  Located in Florida, protecting wetlands and diverse subtropical wildlife

• 19. Gates of the Arctic

  Located in Alaska, featuring remote wilderness and Arctic landscapes

• 20. Gateway Arch

  Located in Missouri, centered around the Gateway Arch and riverfront

• 21. Glacier

  Located in Montana, known for alpine scenery and glacial-carved valleys

• 22. Glacier Bay

  Located in Alaska, featuring tidewater glaciers and marine wildlife

• 23. Grand Canyon

  Located in Arizona, known for its immense size and layered red rock formations

• 24. Grand Teton

  Located in Wyoming, featuring dramatic mountain peaks and alpine lakes

• 25. Great Basin

  Located in Nevada, known for ancient bristlecone pines and limestone caves

• 26. Great Sand Dunes

  Located in Colorado, featuring the tallest sand dunes in North America

• 27. Great Smoky Mountains

  Located in North Carolina and Tennessee, known for misty mountains and biodiversity

• 28. Guadalupe Mountains

  Located in Texas, home to the highest peak in the state

• 29. Haleakalā

  Located in Hawaii, featuring a massive volcanic crater and summit views

• 30. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes

  Located in Hawaii, showcasing active volcanoes and lava landscapes

• 31. Hot Springs

  Located in Arkansas, centered around historic thermal springs

• 32. Indiana Dunes

  Located in Indiana, featuring sand dunes along Lake Michigan

• 33. Isle Royale

  Located in Michigan, known for wilderness islands and lake ecosystems

• 34. Joshua Tree

  Located in California, defined by desert landscapes and Joshua trees

• 35. Katmai

  Located in Alaska, known for brown bears and volcanic terrain

• 36. Kenai Fjords

  Located in Alaska, featuring glaciers, fjords, and coastal wildlife

• 37. Kings Canyon

  Located in California, known for deep canyons and giant sequoias

• 38. Kobuk Valley

  Located in Alaska, featuring sand dunes above the Arctic Circle

• 39. Lake Clark

  Located in Alaska, known for mountains, lakes, and volcanic landscapes

• 40. Lassen Volcanic

  Located in California, showcasing geothermal features and volcanic peaks

• 41. Mammoth Cave

  Located in Kentucky, home to the world’s longest known cave system

• 42. Mesa Verde

  Located in Colorado, preserving ancient cliff dwellings

• 43. Mount Rainier

  Located in Washington, centered around a glacier-capped volcano

• 44. New River Gorge

  Located in West Virginia, known for deep river gorges and bridges

• 45. North Cascades

  Located in Washington, featuring rugged mountains and alpine glaciers

• 46. Olympic

  Located in Washington, known for diverse ecosystems from coast to rainforest

• 47. Petrified Forest

  Located in Arizona, featuring fossilized trees and desert scenery

• 48. Pinnacles

  Located in California, known for volcanic rock formations and caves

• 49. Redwood

  Located in California, protecting the tallest trees in the world

• 50. Rocky Mountain

  Located in Colorado, known for alpine tundra and mountain peaks

• 51. Saguaro

  Located in Arizona, featuring giant saguaro cacti and desert landscapes

• 52. Sequoia

  Located in California, home to massive giant sequoia trees

• 53. Shenandoah

  Located in Virginia, known for scenic drives and forested mountains

• 54. Theodore Roosevelt

  Located in North Dakota, honoring the landscapes that inspired conservation

• 55. Voyageurs

  Located in Minnesota, featuring interconnected lakes and waterways

• 56. White Sands

  Located in New Mexico, known for vast white gypsum sand dunes

• 57. Wind Cave

  Located in South Dakota, featuring one of the longest cave systems

• 58. Wrangell–St. Elias

  Located in Alaska, the largest U.S. national park with vast wilderness

• 59. Yellowstone

  Located primarily in Wyoming, known for geysers and geothermal features

• 60. Yosemite

  Located in California, famous for granite cliffs and waterfalls

• 61. Zion

  Located in Utah, featuring steep canyon walls and desert scenery