Explore the National Parks

ME

Granite peaks, rugged Atlantic coastline, and carriage roads on Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

Est. 1919

UT

More than 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the iconic Delicate Arch.

Est. 1971

SD

Striped buttes, deep canyons, and mixed-grass prairie teeming with bison and bighorn sheep.

Est. 1978

TX

Where the Rio Grande carves canyons through the Chihuahuan Desert and Chisos Mountains.

Est. 1944

FL

A mostly underwater park of aquamarine bays, coral reefs, and mangrove shorelines.

Est. 1980

CO

Sheer, dizzying cliffs plunging to the Gunnison River in one of the steepest canyons in North America.

Est. 1999

UT

Crimson amphitheaters filled with thousands of spire-shaped hoodoos.

Est. 1928

UT

A vast wilderness of mesas, buttes, and canyons carved by the Colorado and Green Rivers.

Est. 1964

UT

The Waterpocket Fold—a 100-mile wrinkle in the earth—dotted with historic orchards.

Est. 1971

NM

An underground wonderland of massive limestone chambers and a nightly bat flight.

Est. 1930

CA

Five remote islands off the California coast, home to unique wildlife found nowhere else.

Est. 1980

SC

One of the tallest deciduous forests in the world, on a floodplain of old-growth hardwoods.

Est. 2003

OR

The deepest lake in the U.S., filling a caldera with impossibly blue water.

Est. 1902

OH

Waterfalls, rolling hills, and a scenic railroad along the winding Cuyahoga River.

Est. 2000

CA · NV

The hottest, driest, and lowest national park—a land of extremes and surprising life.

Est. 1994

AK

Six million acres of wild Alaska surrounding North America’s tallest peak.

Est. 1917

FL

Remote islands reachable only by boat or seaplane, crowned by the massive Fort Jefferson.

Est. 1992

FL

A slow-moving river of grass and the largest tropical wilderness in the U.S.

Est. 1934

AK

The northernmost national park—entirely above the Arctic Circle, with no roads or trails.

Est. 1980

MO

The 630-foot stainless steel arch memorializing westward expansion in St. Louis.

Est. 2018

MT

Glacier-carved peaks, alpine lakes, and the spectacular Going-to-the-Sun Road.

Est. 1910

AK

Tidewater glaciers calving into icy fjords, best experienced from the water.

Est. 1980

AZ

A mile-deep, 277-mile-long chasm revealing two billion years of Earth’s history.

Est. 1919

WY

Jagged peaks rising abruptly above glacial lakes and the Snake River valley.

Est. 1929

NV

Ancient bristlecone pines, the Lehman Caves, and some of the darkest night skies in the country.

Est. 1986

CO

The tallest dunes in North America set against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

Est. 2004

TN · NC

Mist-shrouded ridges, wildflowers, and the most-visited national park in the country.

Est. 1934

TX

A fossilized reef rising to the highest peak in Texas, ablaze with color each fall.

Est. 1966

HI

A vast volcanic summit on Maui famous for sunrise above the clouds.

Est. 1916

HI

Two active volcanoes—Kīlauea and Mauna Loa—where new land is still being born.

Est. 1916

AR

Historic bathhouses fed by thermal springs on the edge of a small Arkansas city.

Est. 1921

IN

Sandy Lake Michigan shoreline backed by dunes, wetlands, and remarkable plant diversity.

Est. 2019

MI

A remote, roadless island in Lake Superior known for wolves, moose, and solitude.

Est. 1940

CA

Twisted Joshua trees and monumental boulders where two deserts meet.

Est. 1994

AK

Brown bears fishing for salmon at Brooks Falls and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.

Est. 1980

AK

Nearly 40 glaciers flowing from the Harding Icefield to a fjord-cut coastline.

Est. 1980

CA

Giant sequoia groves and one of the deepest canyons in North America.

Est. 1940

AK

Arctic sand dunes and the path of a half-million caribou migrating twice a year.

Est. 1980

AK

Smoking volcanoes, turquoise lakes, and coastal bears—reachable only by small plane.

Est. 1980

CA

Bubbling mud pots, steaming fumaroles, and all four types of volcano in one park.

Est. 1916

KY

The longest known cave system on Earth, with more than 400 miles explored.

Est. 1941

CO

Remarkably preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings built into canyon walls.

Est. 1906

WA

An ice-clad volcano ringed by wildflower meadows and ancient forests.

Est. 1899

AS

Rainforest, coral reefs, and Samoan culture across three remote South Pacific islands.

Est. 1988

WV

A rugged whitewater gorge spanned by one of the longest single-arch bridges in the world.

Est. 2020

WA

Jagged, glacier-draped peaks—the “American Alps”—with hundreds of alpine lakes.

Est. 1968

WA

Three parks in one: rugged coast, temperate rainforest, and glaciated peaks.

Est. 1938

AZ

Rainbow-hued fossilized logs scattered across the colorful Painted Desert.

Est. 1962

CA

Towering rock spires and talus caves that shelter the endangered California condor.

Est. 2013

CA

Home to the tallest trees on Earth, along a wild stretch of Northern California coast.

Est. 1968

CO

The Continental Divide amid tundra, alpine lakes, and the high Trail Ridge Road.

Est. 1915

AZ

Dense forests of the giant saguaro cactus flanking the city of Tucson.

Est. 1994

CA

Home to General Sherman, the largest tree on Earth by volume, in the high Sierra.

Est. 1890

VA

Cascading waterfalls and long Blue Ridge views along the scenic Skyline Drive.

Est. 1935

ND

Colorful badlands, roaming bison, and the ranchlands that shaped a president.

Est. 1978

VI

White-sand beaches, coral reefs, and lush hills across most of St. John.

Est. 1956

MN

A water-based park of interconnected lakes, best explored by boat and famous for northern lights.

Est. 1975

NM

Rolling waves of brilliant white gypsum sand—the largest such dunefield on Earth.

Est. 2019

SD

A dense maze of cave passages below rolling prairie roamed by bison and elk.

Est. 1903

AK

The largest national park in the U.S.—a wilderness of towering peaks and glaciers.

Est. 1980

WY · MT · ID

The world’s first national park—geysers, hot springs, canyons, and abundant wildlife.

Est. 1872

CA

Sheer granite walls, thundering waterfalls, and giant sequoias in the Sierra Nevada.

Est. 1890

UT

Towering red-and-cream sandstone cliffs above a lush canyon carved by the Virgin River.

Est. 1919