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List of national parks of the United States

There are 63 national parks in the United States. The National Park Service controls the parks, and also controls other protected areas.[1]

National parks

  *   Green shading – UNESCO designated World Heritage Sites (WHS)      Blue shading – UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserves (BR)      Purple shading – parks designated in both UNESCO programs

Name Image Location Date established as park[2][3] Area (2019)[4] Recreation visitors (2019)[5]
Acadia Bass Harbor Head Light Station 2016.jpg Maine
44°21′N 68°13′W / 44.35°N 68.21°W / 44.35; -68.21 (Acadia) 		February 26, 1919 49,076.63 acres (198.6 km2) 3,437,286
American Samoa Ofu Beach NPS.jpg American Samoa
14°15′S 170°41′W / 14.25°S 170.68°W / -14.25; -170.68 (National Park of American Samoa) 		October 31, 1988 8,256.67 acres (33.4 km2) 60,006
Arches Delicatearch1.jpg Utah
38°41′N 109°34′W / 38.68°N 109.57°W / 38.68; -109.57 (Arches) 		November 12, 1971 76,678.98 acres (310.3 km2) 1,659,702
Badlands BadlandsView3.jpg South Dakota
43°45′N 102°30′W / 43.75°N 102.50°W / 43.75; -102.50 (Badlands) 		November 10, 1978 242,755.94 acres (982.4 km2) 970,998
Big Bend Big Bend National Park PB112573.jpg Texas
29°15′N 103°15′W / 29.25°N 103.25°W / 29.25; -103.25 (Big Bend) 		June 12, 1944 801,163.21 acres (3,242.2 km2) 463,832
Biscayne Biscayne NP snorkeling.jpg Florida
25°39′N 80°05′W / 25.65°N 80.08°W / 25.65; -80.08 (Biscayne) 		June 28, 1980 172,971.11 acres (700.0 km2) 708,522
Black Canyon of the Gunnison Black canyon gunnison Colorado.jpg Colorado
38°34′N 107°43′W / 38.57°N 107.72°W / 38.57; -107.72 (Black Canyon of the Gunnison) 		October 21, 1999 30,779.83 acres (124.6 km2) 432,818
Bryce Canyon Bryce Canyon Hoodoos Amphitheater.jpg Utah
37°34′N 112°11′W / 37.57°N 112.18°W / 37.57; -112.18 (Bryce Canyon) 		February 25, 1928 35,835.08 acres (145.0 km2) 2,594,904
Canyonlands Canyonlands National Park…Needles area (6294480744).jpg Utah
38°12′N 109°56′W / 38.2°N 109.93°W / 38.2; -109.93 (Canyonlands) 		September 12, 1964 337,597.83 acres (1,366.2 km2) 733,996
Capitol Reef Cassidy Arch, Capitol Reef National Park.JPG Utah
38°12′N 111°10′W / 38.20°N 111.17°W / 38.20; -111.17 (Capitol Reef) 		December 18, 1971 241,904.50 acres (979.0 km2) 1,226,519
Carlsbad Caverns * Carlsbad Interior Formations.jpg New Mexico
32°10′N 104°26′W / 32.17°N 104.44°W / 32.17; -104.44 (Carlsbad Caverns) 		May 14, 1930 46,766.45 acres (189.3 km2) 440,691
Channel Islands Santa Cruz Island CA DSC 4323 ad.JPG California
34°01′N 119°25′W / 34.01°N 119.42°W / 34.01; -119.42 (Channel Islands) 		March 5, 1980 249,561.00 acres (1,009.9 km2) 409,630
Congaree Bald cypress and creek (7166139814).jpg South Carolina
33°47′N 80°47′W / 33.78°N 80.78°W / 33.78; -80.78 (Congaree) 		November 10, 2003 26,476.47 acres (107.1 km2) 159,445
Crater Lake 200px Oregon
42°56′N 122°06′W / 42.94°N 122.1°W / 42.94; -122.1 (Crater Lake) 		May 22, 1902 183,224.05 acres (741.5 km2) 704,512
Cuyahoga Valley 200px Ohio
41°14′N 81°33′W / 41.24°N 81.55°W / 41.24; -81.55 (Cuyahoga Valley) 		October 11, 2000 32,571.88 acres (131.8 km2) 2,237,997
Death Valley 200px California, Nevada
36°14′N 116°49′W / 36.24°N 116.82°W / 36.24; -116.82 (Death Valley) 		October 31, 1994 3,408,406.73 acres (13,793.3 km2) 1,740,945
Denali 200px Alaska
63°20′N 150°30′W / 63.33°N 150.50°W / 63.33; -150.50 (Denali) 		February 26, 1917 4,740,911.16 acres (19,185.8 km2) 601,152
Dry Tortugas 200px Florida
24°38′N 82°52′W / 24.63°N 82.87°W / 24.63; -82.87 (Dry Tortugas) 		October 26, 1992 64,701.22 acres (261.8 km2) 79,200
Everglades 200px Florida
25°19′N 80°56′W / 25.32°N 80.93°W / 25.32; -80.93 (Everglades) 		May 30, 1934 1,508,938.57 acres (6,106.5 km2) 1,118,300
Gates of the Arctic 200px Alaska
67°47′N 153°18′W / 67.78°N 153.30°W / 67.78; -153.30 (Gates of the Arctic) 		December 2, 1980 7,523,897.45 acres (30,448.1 km2) 10,518
Gateway Arch 200px Missouri
38°38′N 90°11′W / 38.63°N 90.19°W / 38.63; -90.19 (Gateway Arch) 		February 22, 2018[6] 192.83 acres (0.8 km2) 2,055,309
Glacier 200px Montana
48°48′N 114°00′W / 48.80°N 114.00°W / 48.80; -114.00 (Glacier) 		May 11, 1910 1,013,125.99 acres (4,100.0 km2) 3,049,839
Glacier Bay File:GlacierBay3.jpg Alaska
58°30′N 137°00′W / 58.50°N 137.00°W / 58.50; -137.00 (Glacier Bay) 		December 2, 1980 3,223,383.43 acres (13,044.6 km2) 672,087
Grand Canyon * 200px Arizona
36°04′N 112°08′W / 36.06°N 112.14°W / 36.06; -112.14 (Grand Canyon) 		February 26, 1919 1,201,647.03 acres (4,862.9 km2) 5,974,411
Grand Teton 200px Wyoming
43°44′N 110°48′W / 43.73°N 110.80°W / 43.73; -110.80 (Grand Teton) 		February 26, 1929 310,044.36 acres (1,254.7 km2) 3,405,614
Great Basin 200px Nevada
38°59′N 114°18′W / 38.98°N 114.30°W / 38.98; -114.30 (Great Basin) 		October 27, 1986 77,180.00 acres (312.3 km2) 131,802
Great Sand Dunes 200px Colorado
37°44′N 105°31′W / 37.73°N 105.51°W / 37.73; -105.51 (Great Sand Dunes) 		September 24, 2004 107,341.87 acres (434.4 km2) 527,546
Great Smoky Mountains 200px North Carolina, Tennessee
35°41′N 83°32′W / 35.68°N 83.53°W / 35.68; -83.53 (Great Smoky Mountains) 		June 15, 1934 522,426.88 acres (2,114.2 km2) 12,547,743
Guadalupe Mountains 200px Texas
31°55′N 104°52′W / 31.92°N 104.87°W / 31.92; -104.87 (Guadalupe Mountains) 		October 15, 1966 86,367.10 acres (349.5 km2) 188,833
Haleakalā File:Haleakala Crater.jpg Hawaii
20°43′N 156°10′W / 20.72°N 156.17°W / 20.72; -156.17 (Haleakalā) 		July 1, 1961 33,264.62 acres (134.6 km2) 994,394
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes 200x200px Hawaii
19°23′N 155°12′W / 19.38°N 155.20°W / 19.38; -155.20 (Hawaiʻi Volcanoes) 		August 1, 1916 325,605.28 acres (1,317.7 km2) 1,368,376
Hot Springs 200px Arkansas
34°31′N 93°03′W / 34.51°N 93.05°W / 34.51; -93.05 (Hot Springs) 		March 4, 1921 5,554.15 acres (22.5 km2) 1,467,153
Indiana Dunes 200px Indiana
41°39′12″N 87°03′09″W / 41.6533°N 87.0524°W / 41.6533; -87.0524 (Indiana Dunes) 		February 15, 2019 15,349.08 acres (62.1 km2) 2,134,285
Isle Royale 200px Michigan
48°06′N 88°33′W / 48.10°N 88.55°W / 48.10; -88.55 (Isle Royale) 		April 3, 1940 571,790.30 acres (2,314.0 km2) 26,410
Joshua Tree 200px California
33°47′N 115°54′W / 33.79°N 115.90°W / 33.79; -115.90 (Joshua Tree) 		October 31, 1994 795,155.85 acres (3,217.9 km2) 2,988,547
Katmai 200px Alaska
58°30′N 155°00′W / 58.50°N 155.00°W / 58.50; -155.00 (Katmai) 		December 2, 1980 3,674,529.33 acres (14,870.3 km2) 84,167
Kenai Fjords 200px Alaska
59°55′N 149°39′W / 59.92°N 149.65°W / 59.92; -149.65 (Kenai Fjords) 		December 2, 1980 669,650.05 acres (2,710.0 km2) 356,601
Kings Canyon 200px California
36°48′N 118°33′W / 36.80°N 118.55°W / 36.80; -118.55 (Kings Canyon) 		March 4, 1940 461,901.20 acres (1,869.2 km2) 632,110
Kobuk Valley 200px Alaska
67°33′N 159°17′W / 67.55°N 159.28°W / 67.55; -159.28 (Kobuk Valley) 		December 2, 1980 1,750,716.16 acres (7,084.9 km2) 15,766
Lake Clark 200px Alaska
60°58′N 153°25′W / 60.97°N 153.42°W / 60.97; -153.42 (Lake Clark) 		December 2, 1980 2,619,816.49 acres (10,602.0 km2) 17,157
Lassen Volcanic 200x200px California
40°29′N 121°31′W / 40.49°N 121.51°W / 40.49; -121.51 (Lassen Volcanic) 		August 9, 1916 106,589.02 acres (431.4 km2) 517,039
Mammoth Cave 200px Kentucky
37°11′N 86°06′W / 37.18°N 86.10°W / 37.18; -86.10 (Mammoth Cave) 		July 1, 1941 54,011.91 acres (218.6 km2) 551,590
Mesa Verde * 200px Colorado
37°11′N 108°29′W / 37.18°N 108.49°W / 37.18; -108.49 (Mesa Verde) 		June 29, 1906 52,485.17 acres (212.4 km2) 556,203
Mount Rainier 200px Washington
46°51′N 121°45′W / 46.85°N 121.75°W / 46.85; -121.75 (Mount Rainier) 		March 2, 1899 236,381.64 acres (956.6 km2) 1,501,621
New River Gorge 200x200px West Virginia
38°04′N 81°05′W / 38.07°N 81.08°W / 38.07; -81.08 (New River Gorge) 		December 27, 2020 7,021 acres (28.4 km2) –
North Cascades 200px Washington
48°42′N 121°12′W / 48.70°N 121.20°W / 48.70; -121.20 (North Cascades) 		October 2, 1968 504,780.94 acres (2,042.8 km2) 38,208
Olympic 200px Washington
47°58′N 123°30′W / 47.97°N 123.50°W / 47.97; -123.50 (Olympic) 		June 29, 1938 922,649.41 acres (3,733.8 km2) 3,245,806
Petrified Forest File:PAINTED DESERT BADLANDS.jpg Arizona
35°04′N 109°47′W / 35.07°N 109.78°W / 35.07; -109.78 (Petrified Forest) 		December 9, 1962 221,390.21 acres (895.9 km2) 643,588
Pinnacles 200px California
36°29′N 121°10′W / 36.48°N 121.16°W / 36.48; -121.16 (Pinnacles) 		January 10, 2013 26,685.73 acres (108.0 km2) 177,224
Redwood * 200px California
41°18′N 124°00′W / 41.30°N 124.00°W / 41.30; -124.00 (Redwood) 		October 2, 1968 138,999.37 acres (562.5 km2) 504,722
Rocky Mountain 200px Colorado
40°24′N 105°35′W / 40.40°N 105.58°W / 40.40; -105.58 (Rocky Mountain) 		January 26, 1915 265,807.25 acres (1,075.7 km2) 4,670,053
Saguaro 200px Arizona
32°15′N 110°30′W / 32.25°N 110.50°W / 32.25; -110.50 (Saguaro) 		October 14, 1994 92,867.42 acres (375.8 km2) 1,020,226
Sequoia 200px California
36°26′N 118°41′W / 36.43°N 118.68°W / 36.43; -118.68 (Sequoia) 		September 25, 1890 404,062.63 acres (1,635.2 km2) 1,246,053
Shenandoah 200px Virginia
38°32′N 78°21′W / 38.53°N 78.35°W / 38.53; -78.35 (Shenandoah) 		December 26, 1935 199,223.77 acres (806.2 km2) 1,425,507
Theodore Roosevelt 200px North Dakota
46°58′N 103°27′W / 46.97°N 103.45°W / 46.97; -103.45 (Theodore Roosevelt) 		November 10, 1978 70,446.89 acres (285.1 km2) 691,658
Virgin Islands 200px U.S. Virgin Islands
18°20′N 64°44′W / 18.33°N 64.73°W / 18.33; -64.73 (Virgin Islands) 		August 2, 1956 15,052.53 acres (60.9 km2) 133,398
Voyageurs 200px Minnesota
48°30′N 92°53′W / 48.50°N 92.88°W / 48.50; -92.88 (Voyageurs) 		April 8, 1975 218,222.35 acres (883.1 km2) 232,974
White Sands 200px New Mexico
32°47′N 106°10′W / 32.78°N 106.17°W / 32.78; -106.17 (White Sands) 		December 20, 2019[7] 146,344.31 acres (592.2 km2) 608,785
Wind Cave 200px South Dakota
43°34′N 103°29′W / 43.57°N 103.48°W / 43.57; -103.48 (Wind Cave) 		January 9, 1903 33,970.84 acres (137.5 km2) 615,350
Wrangell–St. Elias * 200px Alaska
61°00′N 142°00′W / 61.00°N 142.00°W / 61.00; -142.00 (Wrangell – St. Elias) 		December 2, 1980 8,323,146.48 acres (33,682.6 km2) 74,518
Yellowstone 200px Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
44°36′N 110°30′W / 44.60°N 110.50°W / 44.60; -110.50 (Yellowstone) 		March 1, 1872 2,219,790.71 acres (8,983.2 km2) 4,020,288
Yosemite * 200px California
37°50′N 119°30′W / 37.83°N 119.50°W / 37.83; -119.50 (Yosemite) 		October 1, 1890 761,747.50 acres (3,082.7 km2) 4,422,861
Zion 200px Utah
37°18′N 113°03′W / 37.30°N 113.05°W / 37.30; -113.05 (Zion) 		November 19, 1919

List Of National Parks Of The United States Media

  • The Bass Harbor Head Light located in Acadia National Park, Maine.

  • This is a photo of Ofu Beach on Ofu Island in the Manu'a Islands (in American Samoa). Photo made by U.S. National Park Service (public domain).

  • Delicate Arch and La Sal Range at sunset

  • Badlands National Park

  • Mexico on the left, Rio Grande in the middle, USA (Texas) on the right.

  • Underwater view in en:Biscayne National Park, Florida, USA

  • Four-segment panorama of Inspiration Point, Bryce Canyon National Park.

147,242.66 acres (595.9 km2)

4,488,268

Sources

  1. ↑ "National Park System (U.S. National Park Service)".
  2. ↑ The National Parks: Index 2012–2016 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ "National Park System Areas Listed in Chronological Order of Date Authorized under DOI" (PDF). National Park Service. June 27, 2005. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ↑ "National Park Service, Land Resources Division, Summary of Acreage" (PDF). nps.gov. National Park Service. December 31, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2021. The areas used here are the Gross Area Acres which are in the final column of the report. The figure for Everglades National Park includes the figure for "Everglades Expansion". National preserves of associated national parks are not included in the acreage figures shown here.
  5. ↑ "Annual Park Ranking Report for Recreation Visitors in: 2017". irma.nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  6. ↑ "President Donald J. Trump Signs S. 1438 into Law". whitehouse.gov. February 22, 2018. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2018 – via National Archives.
  7. ↑ "H.R.2500 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020". www.congress.gov. Retrieved December 21, 2019. Subtitle E--White Sands National Park and White Sands Missile Range, SEC. 2851...approximately 2,826 acres of land identified as "To NPS, lands inside current boundary" [plus] approximately 5,766 acres of land identified as "To NPS, new additions" [minus] approximately 3,737 acres of land identified as "To DOA".
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