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National parks in the USA

Notable national parks in the USA, ranked by area, each linked to the nearest gateway destination. Facts from Wikidata.

60 notable national parks · 9 linked to a nearby destination · 2 with a verified guided tour · facts from Wikidata

National parksAreaNearest destination
Everglades National Park
One-and-a-half million acres in Florida (US) managed by the National Park Service

1,508,538 km²
Yellowstone National Park
First national park in the world, located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho in the United States

898,349 km²Yellowstone Region
Canyonlands National Park
U.S. National Park located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab

337,598 km²
Redwood National and State Parks
U.S. national park in California

77,746 km²
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
National park of the United States

34,287 km²
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Largest United States national park and national preserve in south-central Alaska

33,683 km²
Congaree National Park
National park located in South Carolina

26,276 km²Columbia
Mammoth Cave National Park
U.S. national park in Kentucky

21,191 km²
Katmai National Park and Preserve
United States National Park and Preserve in southern Alaska

16,564 km²
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
National park of the United States

13,287 km²
Kobuk Valley National Park
National park in northwestern Alaska, USA

7,085 km²
Death Valley National Park
National park in California and Nevada in the United States

5,270 km²
Grand Canyon National Park
National park in Coconino and Mohave counties in Arizona, United States

4,863 km²Grand Canyon
Glacier National Park
National park in Flathead and Glacier counties in Montana, United States

4,100 km²
Olympic National Park
National park on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, USA

3,734 km²
Joshua Tree National Park
National park of the United States

3,196 km²
Big Bend National Park
U.S. national park located in Southern Texas, bordering Mexico

3,091 km²
Yosemite National Park
National park in California, United States

Park tour from GBP217
3,027 km²
Kenai Fjords National Park
United States national park in Alaska

2,711 km²
Isle Royale National Park
United States National Park on Isle Royale in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

2,314 km²
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
U.S. national park in Tennessee and North Carolina

2,114 km²
North Cascades National Park
U.S. National Park located in the state of Washington

2,043 km²
Kings Canyon National Park
National park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, USA

1,869 km²
Sequoia National Park
National park in the Sierra Nevada mountains, California, U.S.

1,635 km²
Grand Teton National Park
United States National Park in northwestern Wyoming

1,255 km²
Rocky Mountain National Park
National park in Colorado, United States

Park tour from GBP135
1,076 km²
Channel Islands National Park
National park of the United States

1,010 km²
Badlands National Park
National park in South Dakota, United States

982 km²
Capitol Reef National Park
National park in Wayne and Garfield counties in Utah, United State

979 km²
Mount Rainier National Park
National park of the United States

954 km²
Voyageurs National Park
United States National Park near International Falls, Minnesota

883 km²
Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service

805 km²
Crater Lake National Park
National park in Klamath, Douglas, and Jackson counties in Oregon, United States

741 km²
Biscayne National Park
180,000 acres of mostly waterways, in Florida (US), managed by the National Park Service

700 km²Miami
Petrified Forest National Park
National park of the United States

600 km²
Zion National Park
National park in Washington, Iron, and Kane counties in Utah, United States

596 km²
White Sands National Park
National park in Otero and Doña Ana counties in New Mexico, United States

582 km²
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
National park of the United States

554 km²
Lassen Volcanic National Park
National park of the United States

431 km²
Fort Dupont Park
Park in Washington, D.C.

376 km²Washington
Saguaro National Park
United States National Park, in the state of Arizona

374 km²
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
National park in Texas, USA

366 km²
Arches National Park
National park in Grand County, Utah, United States

354 km²
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
National park in Alamosa and Saguache counties in Colorado, United States

344 km²
Great Basin National Park
United States National Park in White Pine County, Nevada, United States

312 km²
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
United States National Park in western North Dakota

285 km²
Dry Tortugas National Park
64,657 acres in Florida (US) managed by the National Park Service

262 km²
Mesa Verde National Park
U.S. national park in Colorado

212 km²
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
United States National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico

189 km²
Acadia National Park
National park in the US state of Maine

157 km²
Bryce Canyon National Park
National park in Garfield and Kane counties in Utah, United States

145 km²
Haleakalā National Park
National park of the United States

135 km²Wailuku
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National park in Ohio, United States

133 km²
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
National park in Montrose County, Colorado, United States

124 km²
Wind Cave National Park
National park in South Dakota, USA

114 km²
Pinnacles National Park
National park in California, United States of America

108 km²
Gateway Arch National Park
American National Park in St. Louis, Missouri

91 km²
Indiana Dunes National Park
United States National Park in Indiana

63 km²Chicago
Virgin Islands National Park
14,700 acres in St. John, Virgin Islands (US) managed by the National Park Service

60 km²Charlotte Amalie
National Park of American Samoa
United States national park in American Samoa

55 km²Pago Pago

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