List of National Parks in US

The United States has 63 protected areas known as national parks that are operated by the National Park Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior.

A bill creating the first national park, Yellowstone, was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872, followed by Mackinac National Park in 1875, and then Rock Creek Park, Sequoia and Yosemite in 1890.

Fourteen national parks are designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and 21 national parks are named UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, with eight national parks in both programs.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee has been the most-visited park since 1944, with over 12.5 million visitors in 2019, followed by Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park, with 6 million.

Many current national parks had been previously protected as national monuments by the president under the Antiquities Act or as other designations created by Congress before being redesignated by Congress; the most recent entirely new park is National Park of American Samoa.

United States National Parks Listed by State 

Alaska 

National Parks in Alaska:

Denali 

Gates of the Arctic 

Glacier Bay 

Katmai  and Preserve 

Kenai Fjords 

Kobuk Valley 

Lake Clark 

Wrangell – St. Elias 

 

California 

National Parks in California: 

Channel Islands 

Death Valley 

Joshua Tree 

Kings Canyon 

Lassen Volcanic 

Redwood 

Sequoia 

Yosemite 

 

Utah 

National Parks in Utah:

Arches 

Bryce Canyon 

Canyonlands 

Capitol Reef 

Zion  

 

Colorado 

National Parks in Colorado:

Black Canyon of the Gunnison 

Great Sand Dunes  and Preserve

Mesa Verde 

Rocky Mountain 

 

Arizona 

National Parks in Arizona:

Grand Canyon 

Petrified Forest 

Saguaro 

 

Florida 

National Parks in Florida:

Biscayne 

Dry Tortugas 

Everglades 

 

Washington 

National Parks in Washington:

Mount Rainier 

North Cascades 

Olympic 

 

Hawaii 

National Parks in Hawaii:

Haleakala 

Hawaii Volcanoes 

 

South Dakota 

National Parks in South Dakota:

Badlands 

Wind Cave 

 

Texas 

National Parks in Texas:

Big Bend 

Guadalupe Mountains 

 

Wyoming 

National Parks in Wyoming:

Grand Teton 

Yellowstone 

 

Arkansas 

National Parks in Arkansas:

Hot Springs 

 

Kentucky 

National Parks in Kentucky:

Mammoth Cave 

 

Maine 

National Parks in Maine:

Acadia 

 

Michigan 

National Parks in Michigan:

Isle Royale 

 

Minnesota 

National Parks in Minnesota:

Voyageurs 

 

Montana 

National Parks in Montana:

Glacier 

 

Nevada 

National Parks in Nevada:

Great Basin 

 

New Mexico 

National Parks in New Mexico:

Carlsbad Caverns 

 

North Carolina 

National Parks in North Carolina:

Great Smoky Mountains 

 

North Dakota 

National Parks in North Dakota:

Theodore Roosevelt 

 

Ohio 

National Parks in Ohio:

Cuyahoga Valley 

 

Oregon 

National Parks in Oregon:

Crater Lake 

 

South Carolina 

National Parks in South Carolina:

Congaree 

 

Tennessee

National Parks in Tennessee:

Great Smoky Mountains 

 

Virginia

National Parks in Virginia:

Shenandoah 

 

American Samoa

National Parks in American Samoa:

American Samoa

 

United States Virgin Islands

National Parks in United States Virgin Islands:

Virgin Islands