National Parks Checklist

Only thirty states can boast having a National Park in the United States (although some like Idaho have part of a National Park that has an adjoining state designated as the official state for the National Park.

We’ve put together a National Parks Checklist to keep track of all 62 of the National Parks the United States has to offer. But if you want to visit all the Nationally designated sites including National Monuments, Battlefields, National Historical sites and National Preserves and Reserves, that extended National Parks checklist climbs to 419 locations!

The states that aren’t lucky enough to have part of their state designated as a National Park include:

Alabama
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Alaska National Parks

The largest state in the United States has eight National Parks on our National Parks checklist, including the one National Park that is the most difficult to get to: Gates of the Arctic National Park.

Denali National Park
Gates of the Arctic National Park
Glacier Bay National Park
Katmai National Park
Kenai Fjords National Park
Kobuk Valley National Park
Lake Clark National Park
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Arizona National Parks

Arizona is home to one of the most recognizable National Parks, even from the International Space Station, as home to Grand Canyon National Park. Arizona also has two other Parks on our National Parks checklist.

Grand Canyon National Park

Petrified Forest National Park

Saguaro National Park

Arkansas National Parks

Hot Springs National Park

California National Parks

The golden state of California can claim nine different National Parks from Death Valley and the lowest elevation point( 279 feet below sea level) in the United States to the highest point in the continental U.S. at the top of Mount Whitney at 14,494 feet. You could spend an entire summer visiting all the Parks in California on the National Parks checklist.

Channel Islands National Park

Death Valley National Park (California and Nevada)

Joshua Tree National Park

Kings Canyon National Park

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Pinnacles National Park

Redwood National Park

Sequoia National Park

Yosemite National Park

Colorado National Parks

While Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park displays the mountainous beauty of the area, the state’s three other National Parks demonstrates the geological variety of the Rocky Mountain state.

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Mesa Verde National Park