PARKS OF AMERICA
Explore America’s Natural Heritage
63 Parks Found
63 Parks Found
Maine3 daysAcadia
Rocky coastline, forests, and mountains on Mount Desert Island.
American Samoa3 daysAmerican Samoa
Only US national park south of the equator.
Utah2 daysArches
Over 2,000 natural stone arches, including the famous Delicate Arch, in the red rock canyon country of southeastern Utah.
South Dakota2 daysBadlands
Sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires rising from the mixed-grass prairie.
Texas4 daysBig Bend
Where the Rio Grande forms a natural border with Mexico.
Florida2 daysBiscayne
95% water-based park protecting Biscayne Bay's coral reefs, mangroves, and barrier islands just south of Miami.
Colorado2 daysBlack Canyon of the Gunnison
One of the most dramatic gorges in North America, with nearly vertical walls dropping 2,700 feet to the Gunnison River below.
Utah2 daysBryce Canyon
Famous for its otherworldly hoodoos — tall spires of rock shaped by erosion — glowing orange and red against blue skies at 8,000+ feet elevation.
Utah3 daysCanyonlands
Vast wilderness carved by the Colorado and Green Rivers into mesas, buttes, and canyons.
Utah2 daysCapitol Reef
A 100-mile wrinkle in the earth known as the Waterpocket Fold, featuring colorful cliffs, canyons, domes, and the historic Fruita pioneer settlement with working orchards.
New Mexico1 dayCarlsbad Caverns
Over 119 caves beneath the Chihuahuan Desert, including the largest accessible cave in North America.
California3 daysChannel Islands
Five islands off the southern California coast, known as 'North America's Galapagos.
South Carolina1 dayCongaree
The largest intact expanse of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest in the southeastern United States, with towering trees and bald cypress draped in Spanish moss.
Oregon2 daysCrater Lake
The deepest lake in the US, formed 7,700 years ago when Mount Mazama erupted and collapsed.
Ohio1 dayCuyahoga Valley
A hidden gem along the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland and Akron, featuring waterfalls, rolling hills, farms, and the historic Ohio & Erie Canal.
California / Nevada3 daysDeath Valley
The hottest, driest, and lowest national park in the US.
Alaska5 daysDenali
Home to North America's tallest peak at 20,310 feet.
Florida2 daysDry Tortugas
A cluster of seven islands 70 miles west of Key West, anchored by Fort Jefferson — one of the largest 19th-century American fortifications — surrounded by turquoise waters.
Florida3 daysEverglades
The largest tropical wilderness in the US — a vast, slow-moving river of grass home to alligators, manatees, Florida panthers, and over 350 bird species.
Alaska7 daysGates of the Arctic
America's northernmost national park, entirely above the Arctic Circle.
Missouri1 dayGateway Arch
The iconic 630-foot stainless steel arch on the St.
Montana5 daysGlacier
Over a million acres of rugged mountains, 700+ miles of trails, and about 25 remaining glaciers in the Crown of the Continent.
Alaska3 daysGlacier Bay
A UNESCO World Heritage Site where tidewater glaciers calve icebergs into fjords.
Arizona3 daysGrand Canyon
One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World — a mile-deep chasm 277 miles long carved by the Colorado River over 5-6 million years.
Wyoming3 daysGrand Teton
The jagged 13,770-foot Grand Teton peak rises dramatically above Jackson Hole valley.
Nevada2 daysGreat Basin
One of the least visited parks, featuring Lehman Caves, 13,063-foot Wheeler Peak, ancient bristlecone pine trees, and some of the darkest skies in the lower 48.
Colorado2 daysGreat Sand Dunes
The tallest sand dunes in North America (up to 750 feet) backed by the snow-capped Sangre de Cristo Mountains — a surreal landscape in southern Colorado.
Tennessee / North Carolina3 daysGreat Smoky Mountains
The most visited national park with over 12 million visitors annually.
Texas2 daysGuadalupe Mountains
The highest peak in Texas (Guadalupe Peak at 8,751 ft) and one of the world's best examples of an ancient marine fossil reef, the Permian Reef.
Hawaii2 daysHaleakala
A massive shield volcano on Maui rising to 10,023 feet.
Hawaii2 daysHawaii Volcanoes
Home to Kilauea and Mauna Loa, two of the world's most active volcanoes.
Arkansas1 dayHot Springs
The oldest area managed by the NPS, centered on Bathhouse Row — eight historic bathhouses fed by 47 hot springs in downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Indiana1 dayIndiana Dunes
15 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline with towering sand dunes, wetlands, rivers, and prairies.
Michigan5 daysIsle Royale
A remote island archipelago in Lake Superior accessible only by boat or seaplane.
California2 daysJoshua Tree
Where the Mojave and Colorado deserts meet, marked by twisted Joshua trees, massive boulders, and jaw-dropping night skies.
Alaska4 daysKatmai
World-famous for bears catching sockeye salmon at Brooks Falls — one of nature's greatest wildlife spectacles.
Alaska3 daysKenai Fjords
A stunning convergence of mountains, glaciers, and the sea on the Kenai Peninsula.
California3 daysKings Canyon
One of the deepest canyons in North America (deeper than the Grand Canyon in places), flanked by the Sierra Nevada.
Alaska4 daysKobuk Valley
Home to the Great Kobuk Sand Dunes — 25 square miles of active arctic dunes reaching 100 feet tall.
Alaska4 daysLake Clark
A strikingly diverse landscape that transitions from the rainy Cook Inlet coast to the glaciated peaks of the Alaska Range to boreal forest.
California2 daysLassen Volcanic
An active volcanic peak in northern California surrounded by hydrothermal wonders — boiling mud pots, steam vents, and hot springs.
Kentucky2 daysMammoth Cave
The world's longest known cave system with over 400 mapped miles of passages.
Colorado2 daysMesa Verde
Preserves over 5,000 archaeological sites of the Ancestral Puebloan people, including 600 cliff dwellings.
Washington3 daysMount Rainier
A massive active stratovolcano at 14,411 feet dominating the Washington skyline, with the most glaciated peak in the contiguous US and stunning wildflower meadows.
West Virginia2 daysNew River Gorge
One of the newest national parks (designated 2020), featuring the dramatic New River Gorge and one of the longest steel span bridges in the western hemisphere.
Washington3 daysNorth Cascades
One of the most rugged and least visited of the lower 48 parks, with more glaciers than any other US park outside Alaska.
Washington4 daysOlympic
Three ecosystems in one park — temperate rainforest, glacier-capped mountains, and wild Pacific coastline on the remote Olympic Peninsula.
Arizona1 dayPetrified Forest
A landscape of colorful badlands and one of the world's largest concentrations of petrified wood, plus ancient petroglyphs and fossilized dinosaur bones.
California1 dayPinnacles
The eroded remnants of an ancient volcano, featuring dramatic rock spires, talus caves, and one of only a few wild habitats for the critically endangered California condor.
California2 daysRedwood
Home to the world's tallest trees — coast redwoods that can reach 380 feet.
Colorado3 daysRocky Mountain
Straddling the Continental Divide with Trail Ridge Road reaching 12,183 feet.
Arizona2 daysSaguaro
Two separate districts surrounding Tucson, protecting the iconic giant saguaro cactus — the largest in the US — and the broader Sonoran Desert ecosystem.
California3 daysSequoia
Home to General Sherman Tree — the largest living tree on Earth by volume at 52,500 cubic feet — and towering groves of ancient giant sequoias in the Sierra Nevada.
Virginia2 daysShenandoah
Skyline Drive runs the entire 105-mile length of this park along the Blue Ridge Mountains.
North Dakota2 daysTheodore Roosevelt
Badlands wilderness of North Dakota where Theodore Roosevelt ranched and developed his conservation philosophy.
U.S. Virgin Islands4 daysVirgin Islands
Two-thirds of St.
Minnesota3 daysVoyageurs
A water-based park near the Canadian border where four large interconnected lakes were once the highway of French-Canadian voyageur fur traders.
New Mexico1 dayWhite Sands
The world's largest gypsum dune field — 275 square miles of brilliant white sand dunes in the Tularosa Basin of southern New Mexico.
South Dakota1 dayWind Cave
One of the longest and most complex caves in the world, famous for its rare 'boxwork' calcite formations.
Alaska5 daysWrangell-St. Elias
The largest national park in the US at 13.
Wyoming / Montana / Idaho5 daysYellowstone
America's first national park and the world's largest geothermal area with over 10,000 hydrothermal features.
California4 daysYosemite
Iconic valley carved by glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, with Half Dome, El Capitan, and some of the world's tallest waterfalls.
Utah3 daysZion
Utah's oldest and most visited national park.