Looking for all the US National Park units? Here’s a handy guide if you want to see them all.
We already have an ambitious goal of going to all 63 National Parks in the next few years, but we are also considering living on the road after we leave San Diego. That means we may have to do all 423 National Park Units (that’s how many there are as of 2022)! (Click links to see full posts + map at bottom)
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Last Updated: November 8, 2022
Complete List of National Parks in the US
Pro Tip: We highly recommend the America is Beautiful pass that gets you into all the National Park units, USDA Forest Service, BLM lands, and more. We’ve gotten one every year for the past 5 years. If you don’t have one, you can also visit on free entrance days in 2022.
Also, these parks now require reservations to get in.
- January 16, 2023 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- April 16, 2023 – First Day of National Park Week/National Junior Ranger Day
- August 4, 2023 – Anniversary of Great American Outdoors Act
- September 24, 2023 – National Public Lands Day
- November 11, 2023 – Veterans Day
If you are visiting any other dates, the entrance fees still go towards supporting the parks.
Alaska National Parks
- Alagnak Wild River
- Aniakchak National Monument +
- Aniakchak National Preserve
- Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
- Cape Krusenstern National Monument
- Denali National Park +
- Denali National Preserve
- Gates of the Arctic National Park +
- Gates of the Arctic National Preserve
- Glacier Bay National Park +
- Glacier Bay National Preserve
- Katmai National Park +
- Katmai National Preserve
- Kenai Fjords National Park
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (also WA)
- Kobuk Valley National Park
- Lake Clark National Park +
- Lake Clark National Preserve
- Noatak National Preserve
- Sitka National Historical Park
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park +
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve
- Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
Arizona National Parks
- Canyon De Chelly National Monument
- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
- Chiricahua National Monument
- Coronado National Memorial
- Fort Bowie National Historic Site
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (also UT)
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Hohokam Pima National Monument
- Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
- Montezuma Castle National Monument
- Navajo National Monument
- Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Pipe Spring National Monument
- Saguaro National Park
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
- Tonto National Monument
- Tumacacori National Historical Park
- Tuzigoot National Monument
- Walnut Canyon National Monument
- Wupatki National Monument
Arkansas National Parks
California National Parks
- Cabrillo National Monument
- Castle Mountains National Monument
- César E. Chávez National Monument
- Channel Islands National Park
- Death Valley National Park (also NV)
- Devils Postpile National Monument
- Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site
- Fort Point National Historic Site
- Golden Gate National Recreational Area (includes Alcatraz Island)
- John Muir National Historic Site
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Kings Canyon National Park
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Lava Beds National Monument
- Manzanar National Historic Site
- Mojave National Preserve
- Muir Woods National Monument
- Pinnacles National Park
- Point Reyes National Seashore
- Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
- Redwood National Park
- Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historic Park
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
- Sequoia National Park
- Tule Lake National Monument
- Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
- Yosemite National Park
Colorado National Parks
- Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Colorado National Monument
- Currecanti National Recreation Area
- Dinosaur National Monument (also UT)
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
- Great Sand Dunes National Park +
- Great Sand Dunes National Preserve
- Hovenweep National Monument (also UT)
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
- Yucca House National Monument
Delaware National Parks
- First State National Historical Park (also PA)
Florida National Parks
- Big Cypress National Preserve
- Biscayne National Park
- Canaveral National Seashore
- Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
- De Soto National Memorial
- Dry Tortugas National Park
- Everglades National Park
- Fort Caroline National Memorial
- Fort Matanzas National Monument
- Gulf Islands National Seashore (also MS)
- Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Georgia National Parks
- Andersonville National Historic Site
- Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (also TN)
- Cumberland Island National Seashore
- Fort Frederica National Monument
- Fort Pulaski National Monument
- Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
- Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
- Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site
- Ocmulgee National Monument
Hawaii National Parks
- Haleakala National Park
- Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
- Honouliuli National Monument (not open to the public yet)
- Kalaupapa National Historical Park
- Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
- Pearl Harbor National Memorial (formerly WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument, also in AK and CA)
- Pu’uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park
- Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site
Indiana
- George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
- Indiana Dunes National Park (formerly Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore)
- Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Maryland
- Antietam National Battlefield
- Assateague Island National Seashore (also VA)
- Catoctin Mountain Park
- C & O Canal National Historical Park (also DC)
- Clara Barton National Historic Site
- Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
- Fort Washington Park
- Greenbelt Park
- Hampton National Historic Site
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
- Monocacy National Battlefield
- Piscataway Park
- Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (also PA)
- Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Massachusetts
- Adams National Historical Park
- Boston African American National Historic Site
- Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
- Boston National Historical Park
- Cape Cod National Seashore
- Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
- John F. Kennedy National Historic Site
- Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
- Lowell National Historical Park
- Minute Man National Historical Park
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
- Salem Maritime National Historic Site
- Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
- Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Missouri
- Gateway Arch National Park (formerly Jefferson National Expansion Memorial)
- George Washington Carver National Monument
- Harry S Truman National Historic Site
- Ozark National Scenic Riverways
- Ste Genevieve National Historical Park
- Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
- Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
New Hampshire
New Mexico
- Aztec Ruins National Monument
- Bandelier National Monument
- Capulin Volcano National Monument
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park
- El Malpais National Monument
- El Morro National Monument
- Fort Union National Monument
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park (also TN, WA)
- Pecos National Historical Park
- Petroglyph National Monument
- Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
- Valles Caldera National Preserve
- White Sands National Park
- African Burial Ground National Monument
- Castle Clinton National Monument
- Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
- Federal Hall National Memorial
- Fire Island National Seashore
- Fort Stanwix National Monument
- Gateway National Recreation Area (also NJ)
- General Grant National Memorial
- Governors Island National Monument
- Hamilton Grange National Memorial
- Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
- Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
- Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
- Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
- Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
- Saratoga National Historical Park
- Statue of Liberty National Monument (also NJ)
- Stonewall National Monument
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
- Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
- Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
- Women’s Rights National Historical Park
North Carolina
Ohio
- Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park
- Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
- First Ladies National Historic Site
- Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
- James A. Garfield National Historic Site
- Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial
- William Howard Taft National Historic Site
Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
- Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
- Eisenhower National Historic Site
- Flight 93 National Memorial
- Fort Necessity National Battlefield
- Friendship Hill National Historic Site
- Gettysburg National Military Park
- Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
- Independence National Historical Park
- Johnstown Flood National Memorial
- Lower Delaware National Scenic River
- Steamtown National Historic Site
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
- Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
- Valley Forge National Historical Park
Rhode Island
Texas
- Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
- Amistad National Recreation Area
- Big Bend National Park
- Big Thicket National Preserve
- Chamizal National Memorial
- Fort Davis National Historic Site
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
- Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
- Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
- Padre Island National Seashore
- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
- Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
- San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
- Waco Mammoth National Monument
Utah
- Arches National Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Canyonlands National Park
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Cedar Breaks National Monument
- Golden Spike National Historic Site
- Natural Bridges National Monument
- Rainbow Bridge National Monument (by boat only)
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument
- Zion National Park
Virginia
- Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
- Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
- Booker T. Washington National Monument
- Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
- Colonial National Historical Park
- Fort Monroe National Monument
- Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
- George Washington Birthplace National Monument
- George Washington Memorial Parkway (also MD, DC)
- Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
- Manassas National Battlefield Park
- Petersburg National Battlefield Park
- Prince William Forest Park
- Richmond National Battlefield Park
- Shenandoah National Park
- Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Washington
- Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (also OR)
- Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
- Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
- Mount Rainier National Park
- North Cascades National Park
- Olympic National Park
- Ross Lake National Recreation Area
- San Juan Island National Historical Park
- Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Washington DC
- Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
- Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
- Constitution Gardens
- Dwight D Eisenhower Memorial
- Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
- Korean War Veterans Memorial
- Lincoln Memorial
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
- Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
- National Capital Parks
- National Mall
- Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
- Rock Creek Park
- Theodore Roosevelt Island
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Washington Monument
- White House and President’s Park
- World War I Memorial
- World War II Memorial
Zoom in to find which National Parks are near you:
Essential Tips for Visiting National Parks in the USA
- Save money by getting the America the Beautiful Annual Pass if you plan on visiting more than one National Park within one year. This is good for any of the 400+ National Park units, Forest Service, BLM, and more. It is not accepted at state parks.
- If you like to get stamps from the visitor centers, pick up a Passport to the National Parks.
- Check in with park rangers when you first arrive. They can give you insight on the current conditions of the park and any “hidden gems”.
- Best National Parks to Visit in the Winter
- Which National Parks to Visit in the Summer
- Least Visited National Parks
- Leave the park better than you found it. With the influx of new visitors, it’s hard for the park staff to clean up after them. Bring a trash bag with you, so that if you see any litter, you can help pick it up.
- Bring enough water with you, especially if you’re visiting dryer climates.
- Wear layers. Many parks can be hot during the day and drop to cold temperatures at night.
- Looking for what to wear to the airport? These are our ideal airport outfits.
Is it a goal of yours to go to all the national parks in the US? How many have you been to and which ones have been your favorites?
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Esther and Jacob are the founders of Local Adventurer, which is one of the top 5 travel blogs in the US. They believe that adventure can be found both near and far and hope to inspire others to explore locally. They explore a new city in depth every year and currently base themselves in Las Vegas.
