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.
National Parks Checklist
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
Rocky Mountain National Park



Florida National Parks
Biscayne National Park



Dry Tortugas National Park
Everglades National Park
Hawaii National Parks
- Haleakala National Park
- Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Idaho National Parks
The state of Idaho is home to the first U.S. National Park when Yellowstone National Park was established in 1872
Yellowstone National Park, (Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming)



Illinois National Parks
- Gateway Arch National Park, (Missouri and Illinois)
Indiana National Parks
- Indiana Dunes National Park
Kentucky National Parks
- Mammoth Cave National Park
Maine National Parks
If you want to be one of the first people in the United States to watch the sun rise, then Acadia National Park is the destination for you.
- Acadia National Park
Michigan National Parks
- Isle Royale National Park
Minnesota National Parks
- Voyageurs National Park
Missouri National Parks
- Gateway Arch National Park, (Missouri and Illinois)
Montana National Parks
- Glacier National Park
- Yellowstone National Park (Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming)
Nevada National Parks
- Death Valley National Park (Nevada and California)
- Great Basin National Park
New Mexico National Parks
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- White Sands National Park
North Dakota National Parks
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park
North Carolina National Parks
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina and Tennessee)
Ohio National Parks
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Oregon National Parks
Crater Lake National Park



South Carolina National Parks
- Congaree National Park
South Dakota National Parks
- Badlands National Park
- Wind Cave National Park
Tennessee National Parks
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee and North Carolina)
Texas National Parks
- Big Bend National Park
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Utah National Parks
Arches National Park



Bryce Canyon National Park
Canyonlands National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Zion National Park



Virginia National Parks
- Shenandoah National Park
Washington National Parks
- Mount Rainier National Park
- North Cascades National Park
- Olympic National Park
Wyoming National Parks
Grand Teton National Park



Yellowstone National Park, (Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana)
Yellowstone Campgrounds


