Full list of 63 National Parks of the United States – interesting facts

There are 63 National Parks in the United States, most of which are in the western part of the country. A National Park provides a protected environment to the local flora and fauna. The human activities are limited and mostly include hiking and wildlife observation. The following are the names of all the 63 National Parks of the United States.

63 National Parks of the United States in alphabetical order

	National Park	State/territory
1	Acadia	Maine
2	American Samoa (National Park of American Samoa)	American Samoa
3	Arches	Utah
4	Badlands	South Dakota
5	Big Bend	Texas
6	Biscayne	Florida
7	Black Canyon of the Gunnison	Colorado
8	Bryce Canyon	Utah
9	Canyonlands	Utah
10	Capitol Reef	Utah
11	Carlsbad Caverns	New Mexico
12	Channel Islands	California
13	Congaree	South Carolina
14	Crater Lake	Oregon
15	Cuyahoga Valley	Ohio
16	Death Valley	California
17	Denali	Alaska
18	Dry Tortugas	Florida
19	Everglades	Florida
20	Gates of the Arctic	Alaska
21	Gateway Arch	Missouri
22	Glacier	Montana
23	Glacier Bay	Alaska
24	Grand Canyon	Arizona
25	Grand Teton	Wyoming
26	Great Basin	Nevada
27	Great Sand Dunes	Colorado
28	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	North Carolina and Tennessee
29	Guadalupe Mountains	Texas
30	Haleakalā	Hawaii
31	Hawaiʻi Volcanoes	Hawaii
32	Hot Springs	Arkansas
33	Indiana Dunes	Indiana
34	Isle Royale	Michigan
35	Joshua Tree	California
36	Katmai	Alaska
37	Kenai Fjords	Alaska
38	Kings Canyon	California
39	Kobuk Valley	Alaska
40	Lake Clark	Alaska
41	Lassen Volcanic	California
42	Mammoth Cave	Kentucky
43	Mesa Verde	Colorado
44	Mount Rainier	Washington
45	New River Gorge	West Virginia
46	North Cascades	Washington
47	Olympic	Washington
48	Petrified Forest	Arizona
49	Pinnacles	California
50	Redwood	California
51	Rocky Mountain National Park	Colorado
52	Saguaro	Arizona
53	Sequoia	California
54	Shenandoah	Virginia
55	Theodore Roosevelt National Park	North Dakota
56	Virgin Islands	United States Virgin Islands
57	Voyageurs	Minnesota
58	White Sands	New Mexico
59	Wind Cave	South Dakota
60	Wrangell–St. Elias	Alaska
61	Yellowstone	Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho
62	Yosemite	California
63	Zion	Utah

(Also read: Top 10 most visited National Parks in the US)

Interesting facts about US National Parks

• Wrangell–St. Elias National Park of Alaska is the largest National Park in the United States. The park has an area of 33,680 square kilometers.

• Gateway Arch National Park located in Missouri is the smallest National Park in the United States with an area of just 0.4 square kilometers.

• Yellowstone National Park is the country’s oldest National Park. It was established in 1872.

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited National Park in the US.

• California has 9, Alaska has 8, Utah has 5, and Colorado has 4 National Parks.

• Death Valley, the hottest place in America is located in Death Valley National Park.

• Denali, the highest mountain in the United States is located inside Denali National Park.