Exploring our National Parks is one of the most popular and beautiful ways to see the United States. The National Park Service, created in 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson, has grown over the past 100 years to include over 400 National Park Sites (including National Monuments, Battlefields, etc.). All of those are listed on our comprehensive National Parks Bucket List, but for the purpose of this post, we’re just covering the 63 National Parks in the United States.
Visiting all of the National Parks has been on our family’s bucket list for as long as I can remember. While I’d ideally love to visit ALL 431 National Park Service Units, our main goal is just the National Parks- and with parks spanning from Alaska to the Virgin Islands, it’s no small feat to visit them all. As of October 2024, we’ve visited 25/63 as a family.
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I’ve found that looking at the National Parks organized by state is much easier than trying to keep track of them alphabetically. I mean, who is going to Acadia National Park (in Maine) and Arches National Park (in Utah) on one trip?! And if they are, I wanna go, too!!
US National Parks by State
Alaska
- ◾ DENALI NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ GATES OF THE ARCTIC NATIONAL PARK
- ◾ GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ KATMAI NATIONAL PARK
- ◾ KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ KOBUK VALLEY NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ LAKE CLARK NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ WRANGELL-ST ELIAS NATIONAL PARK
Arizona
- ◾ GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK
- ◾ PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK
Arkansas
- ◽ HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK
California
- ◾ CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK
- ◾ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK (also NV)
- ◽ JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK
- ◾ YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
Yosemite National Park
Colorado
- ◽ BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK
- ◾ ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
Florida
- ◽ BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK
- ◾ DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK
- ◾ EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
Dry Tortugas National Park
Hawaii
- ◽ HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Idaho
- ◾ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (also MT AND WY)
Indiana
- ◾ INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK
Kentucky
- ◽ MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK
Maine
- ◽ ACADIA NATIONAL PARK
Michigan
- ◽ ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK
Minnesota
- ◽ VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK
Missouri
- ◾ GATEWAY ARCH NATIONAL PARK
Montana
- ◾ GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
- ◾ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (also ID and WY)
Nevada
- ◾ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK (also CA)
- ◽ GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK
New Mexico
- ◽ CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK
- ◾ WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK
White Sands National Park
North Carolina
- ◾ GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK (also TN)
North Dakota
- ◽ THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK
Ohio
- ◾ CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK
Oregon
- ◾ CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK
South Carolina
- ◾ CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK
South Dakota
- ◽ BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK
Tennessee
- ◾ GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK (also NC)
Texas
- ◽ BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Utah
- ◽ ARCHES NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK
- ◽ ZION NATIONAL PARK
Virginia
- ◽ SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK
Washington
- ◾ MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK
- ◾ NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK
- ◾ OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK
West Virginia
- ◾ NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL PARK
Wyoming
- ◾ GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK
- ◾ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (also ID, MT)
US TERRITORIES
- ◽ NATIONAL PARK OF AMERICAN SAMOA, American Samoa
- ◽ VIRGIN ISLAND NATIONAL PARK, Virgin Islands
What’s your favorite National Park?? Thus far, I *think* my favorite is Olympic National Park, but it’s such a hard decision! White Sands, Dry Tortugas, and Yellowstone are also topping the list!
