National Parks by State 2025

California

Alaska

Utah

Colorado

Arizona

Florida

Washington

Hawaii

Montana

Nevada

New Mexico

South Dakota

Texas

Wyoming

Arkansas

Idaho

Indiana

Kentucky

Maine

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oregon

South Carolina

Tennessee

Virginia

West Virginia

State	# of National Parks↓	Names	List of Attractions
California	9	Channel Islands National Park Death Valley National Park Joshua Tree National Park Kings Canyon National Park Lassen Volcanic National Park Pinnacles National Park Redwood National Park Sequoia National Park Yosemite National Park
Alaska	8	Denali National Park Gates of the Arctic National Park Glacier Bay National Park Katmai National Park Kenai Fjords National Par Kobuk Valley National Park Lake Clark National Park Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
Utah	5	Arches National Park Bryce Canyon National Park Canyonlands National Park Capitol Reef National Park Zion National Park
Colorado	4	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Great Sand Dunes National Park Mesa Verde National Park Rocky Mountain National Park
Arizona	3	Grand Canyon National Park Petrified Forest National Park Saguaro National Park
Florida	3	Biscayne National Park Dry Tortugas National Park Everglades National Park
Washington	3	Mount Rainier National Park North Cascades National Park Olympic National Park
Hawaii	2	Haleakala National Park Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Montana	2	Glacier National Park Yellowstone National Park
Nevada	2	Death Valley National Park Great Basin National Park
New Mexico	2	Carlsbad Caverns National Park White Sands National Park
South Dakota	2	Badlands National Park Wind Cave National Park
Texas	2	Big Bend National Park Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Wyoming	2	Grand Teton National Park Yellowstone National Park	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Devils Tower National Monument Fort Laramie National Historic Site Fossil Butte National Monument John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway
Arkansas	1	Hot Springs National Park
Idaho	1	Yellowstone National Park
Indiana	1	Indiana Dunes National Park
Kentucky	1	Mammoth Cave National Park
Maine	1	Acadia National Park
Michigan	1	Isle Royale National Park
Minnesota	1	Voyageurs National Park
Missouri	1	Gateway Arch National Park
North Carolina	1	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Dakota	1	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Ohio	1	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Oregon	1	Crater Lake National Park
South Carolina	1	Congaree National Park
Tennessee	1	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Virginia	1	Shenandoah National Park
West Virginia	1	New River Gorge National Park
Alabama			Horseshoe Bend Little River Canyon Muscle Shoals Natchez Trace Natchez Trace Selma to Montgomery Trail of Tears Tuskegee Airmen Tuskegee Institute
Connecticut			Appalachian National Scenic Trail Weir Farm National Historical Park
Delaware			Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Chesapeake Bay Watershed First State National Historical Park Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
Georgia			Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Fort Frederica National Monument Cumberland Island National Seashore
Illinois			Trail of Tears Naitonal Historic Trail Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail Lincoln Home National Historic Site Pullman National Monument
Iowa			Effigy Mounds National Monument Herbert Hoover National Historic Site Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Kansas			Brown V. Board of Education National Historical Park California National Historic Trial Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Oregon National Historic Trail Pony Express National Historic Trail Santa FE National Historic Trail Fort Larned National Historic Site Fort Scott National Historic Site Nicodemus National Historic Site Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Louisiana			Cane River Creole National Historical Park El Camino Real de Los Tejas National Historic Trail Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park Poverty Point National Monument Vicksburg National Military Park
Maryland			Antietam National Battlefield Appalachian National Scenic Trail Assateague Island National Seashore Catoctin Mountain Park Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park Chesapeake Bay Watershed Clara Barton National Historic Site Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine Fort Washington Park George Washington Memorial Parkway Greenbelt Park Hampton National Historic Site Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (WV VA MD) Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Monocacy National Battlefield Piscataway Park Thomas Stone National Historic Site Rochambeau National Historic Trail
Massachusetts			Adams National Historical Park Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Boston African American National Historic Site Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Boston National Historical Park Cape Cod National Seashore Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site John F. Kennedy National Historic Site Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site Lowell National Historical Park Minute Man National Historical Park New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Salem Maritime National Historic Site Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Mississippi			Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site Gulf Island National Seashore Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument The Natchez National Historical Park The Natchez Trace Parkway Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail Shiloh Military Park Tupelo National Battlefield Vicksburg National Military Park
Nebraska			Scotts Bluff National Monument Niobrara National Scenic River Missouri National Recreational River Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Homestead National Historical Park.
New Hampshire			The Appalachian National Scenic Trail Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
New Jersey			Appalachian National Scenic Trail Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Ellis Island (Part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument) Gateway National Recreation Area (Sandy Hook) Great Egg Harbor River Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River Morristown National Historic Park New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Thomas Edison National Historical Park Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
New York
Oklahoma			Fort Smith National Historic Site Washita Battlefield National Historic Site. National Memorials Oklahoma City National Memorial Santa Fe National Historic Trail Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Chickasaw National Recreation Area Deep Forest National Wildlife Refuge.
Pennsylvania			Allegheny Portage Railroad Appalachian Captain John Smith Chesapeake Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Delaware & Lehigh Delaware Water Gap Edgar Allan Poe Eisenhower Eisenhower Fort Necessity Friendship Hill Gettysburg Gloria Dei Church Hopewell Furnace Independence Johnstown Flood Lower Delaware North Country Oil Region Potomac Heritage Rivers of Steel Schuylkill River Valley Steamtown Thaddeus Kosciuszko Upper Delaware Valley Forge Washington-Rochambeau
Rhode Island			Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Roger Williams National Memorial
Vermont			Appalachian National Scenic Trail Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park North Country National Scenic Trail
Wisconsin			Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Ice Age National Scenic Trail North Country National Scenic Trail Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway.
United States	65

Yellowstone National Park touches three states and is listed in the park totals for all three states.
In addition to the 63 national parks, there exist dozens of additional sites, such as national historic parks and national scenic trails, which are easily mistaken for national parks. Some of these locations appear in the Alternate Attractions section below.
Two national parks, the National Park of American Samoa and the Virgin Islands National Park, are located in US territories rather than states and so will not appear on the table below

A national park is a scenic or historically important area of land protected by the federal government to preserve wildlife living there or for the enjoyment of the general public. Because the government protects national parks, exploitation of the natural resources contained in them is illegal.

The United States has 61 national parks in 29 different states. The state with the highest number of national parks is California, with nine. Unsurprisingly, California is considered the most beautiful U.S. state. Alaska follows with eight.

The first national park in the United States was Yellowstone, which was signed to its status in 1872 by President Ulysses S. Grant. The newest national park is Indiana Dunes, which changed its name to a “national park” on February 15, 2019.

The largest national park in the United States is Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve in Alaska. Wrangell-St. Elias is 13.2 million acres, roughly six times larger than Yellowstone National Park. Wrangell-St. Elias is home to some of the highest mountains in North America and the largest glacial system in the United States.

The most-visited national park in the United States is Smoky Mountains National Park, which straddles the state line of North Carolina and Tennessee. Great Smoky Mountains National Park was made a national park by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 and sees over 11 million people per year.

Grand Canyon National Park is one of the most well-known national parks in the world. Located in Arizona, this canyon was formed over millions of years and covered 1.2 million acres, making it the largest in existence. It is also considered to be one of the Seven Naturals Wonders of the World. The Grand Canyon became a national park on February 26, 1919, and celebrated its 100th anniversary this year.