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U.S. National Parks by state

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There are 28 states in the United States that national parks call home. The list of national parks below includes some of the most amazing scenic drives, national historic sites, satisfying hikes, and breathtaking views in all of North America.

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From the Channel Islands to Acadia, from the National Park of American Samoa to the Virgin Islands, you could dedicate your life to visiting each one and not run out of unique experiences to enjoy!

Barth Bailey Denali National Park

Alaska

  1. Denali
  2. Gates of the Arctic
  3. Glacier Bay
  4. Katmai
  5. Kenai Fjords
  6. Kobuk Valley
  7. Lake Clark
  8. Wrangell – St. Elias

Jad Limcaco Grand Canyon National Park

Arizona

  1. Grand Canyon
  2. Petrified Forest
  3. Saguaro

Joshua J Cotton Arkansas

Arkansas

  1. Hot Springs

Maggie Whiston Yosemite National Park

California

  1. Channel Islands
  2. Death Valley
  3. Joshua Tree
  4. Kings Canyon
  5. Lassen Volcanic
  6. Pinnacles
  7. Redwood
  8. Sequoia
  9. Yosemite

Roger Lipera Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

  1. Black Canyon of Gunnison
  2. Great Sand Dunes
  3. Mesa Verde
  4. Rocky Mountain

Suresh Ramamoorthy Biscayne National Park

Florida

  1. Biscayne
  2. Dry Tortuga
  3. Everglades

Tevin Trinh Haleakala National Park

Hawai’i

  1. Haleakala
  2. Hawai’i Volcanoes

Gigin Krishnan Indiana Dunes National Park

Indiana

  1. Indiana Dunes

Joshua Michaels Kentucky

Kentucky

  1. Mammoth Cave

Wei Zeng Acadia National Park

Maine

  1. Acadia

Hans Isaacson Boat out to Isle Royale National Park

Michigan

  1. Isle Royale

Tim Umphreys Voyageurs National Park

Minnesota

  1. Voyageurs

Brittney Butler Gateway Arch National Park

Missouri

  1. Gateway Arch

David Banning Glacier National Park

Montana

  1. Glacier

Patrick Hendry Great Basin National Park

Nevada

  1. Great Basin

Cason Asher Carlsbad Cavern National Park

New Mexico

  1. Carlsbad Caverns
  2. White Sands

Rich Martello Theodore Roosevelt National Park

North Dakota

  1. Theodore Roosevelt

Ally Griffin Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Ohio

  1. Cuyahoga Valley

Jeff Hopper Crater Lake National Park

Oregon

  1. Crater Lake

Leslie Cross Congaree National Park

South Carolina

  1. Congaree

Michael Alain Bad Lands National Park

South Dakota

  1. Bad Lands
  2. Wind Caves

Zach Zook Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Tennessee

  1. Great Smoky Mountains

David Morris Big Bend National Park

Texas

  1. Big Bend
  2. Guadalupe Mountains

Josh Behunin Utah

Utah

  1. Arches
  2. Bryce Canyon
  3. Capitol Reef
  4. Canyonlands
  5. Zion

Reshma Mallecha Shenandoah National Park

Virginia

  1. Shenandoah

Gibran Hamdan Mount Rainier National Park

Washington

  1. Mount Rainier
  2. North Cascades
  3. Olympic

Janeson Keeley New River Gorge

West Virginia

  1. New River Gorge

Brady Stoeltzing Grand Teton National Park

Wyoming

  1. Grand Teton
  2. Yellowstone

Cyrus Crossan Virgin Islands

US Territories

  1. American Samoa
  2. Virgin Islands

It’s no surprise that our US national parks are full of superlatives. The largest national park, Wrangell-St. Elias, is in Alaska. While some of the highest mountains are across this state, Denali holds the record at 20,310′. The newest national park is New River Gorge(2020) while the first national park is Yellowstone(1872).

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States that deserve honorable mention – North Carolina carries a part of the Great Smoky Mountains and Idaho holds a sliver of Yellowstone.

And while the following states may not be home to our best national parks, they do lay claims to a number of national monuments, historic sites, and beautiful state parks:

  • Alabama
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Georgia
  • Illinois
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Louisiana
  • Maryland
  • Massachusets
  • Mississippi
  • Nebraska
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • Vermont
  • Wisconsin

The beautiful lands all cared for by the National Park Service, highlight the best the United States has to offer in natural beauty!


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