I’ve been a national park nerd since 2020 and have been on a quest since then to visit them all! They sure do take a lot of planing and traveling, but I’m officially hooked and can’t wait for the day I can check the last one off (and then start all over!). Click the links below to read all about my visit to America’s National Parks!
Completed ✅ (23/63)
Check out these national parks I’ve visited (in order of completion):
KY: Mammoth Cave National Park (Dec 2019)
AZ: Grand Canyon National Park (Dec 2020)
AZ: Petrified Forest National Park (Dec 2020)
AZ: Saguaro National Park (Dec 2020)
FL: Biscayne National Park (Feb 2021)
FL: Everglades National Park (Feb 2021)
AR: Hot Springs National Park (Apr 2021)
MO: Gateway Arch National Park (May 2021)
MT: Yellowstone National Park (May 2021)
OR: Crater Lake National Park (Jun 2021)
WY: Grand Teton National Park (Jun 2021)
WA: Mount Rainier National Park (Jun 2021)
WA: North Cascades National Park (Jun 2021)
WA: Olympic National Park (Jun 2021)
ME: Acadia National Park (Sept 2021)
UT: Arches National Park (Sept 2021)
UT: Canyonlands National Park (Sept 2021)
UT: Capitol Reef National Park (Sept 2021)
UT: Bryce Canyon National Park (Oct 2021)
UT: Zion National Park (Oct 2021)
FL: Dry Tortugas National Park (Jan 2022)
TN: Smokey Mountain National Park (2023)
USVI: Virgin Islands National Park (Nov 2023)
Alaska
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-a St. Elias National Park
American Samoa
National Park of American Samoa
Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park (Dec 2020)
Petrified Forest National Park (Dec 2020)
Saguaro National Park (Dec 2020)
Arkansas
Hot Springs National Park (Apr 2021)
California
Channel Islands National Park
Death Valley National Park (California and Nevada)
Joshua Tree National Park
Kings Canyon National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Redwood National Park
Sequoia National Park
Yosemite National Park
Colorado
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Mesa Verde National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Florida
Biscayne National Park (Feb 2021)
Dry Tortugas National Park (Jan 2022)
Everglades National Park (Feb 2021)
Hawaii
Haleakala National Park
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Idaho
Yellowstone National Park (May 2021) – Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming
Kentucky
Mammoth Cave National Park (Dec 2019)
Indiana
Indiana Dunes National Park
Maine
Acadia National Park (Sept 2021)
Michigan
Isle Royale National Park
Minnesota
Voyageurs National Park
Missouri
Gateway Arch National Park (May 2021)
Montana
Glacier National Park
Yellowstone National Park (May 2021) – Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming
Nevada
Death Valley National Park (California and Nevada)
Great Basin National Park
New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
White Sands National Park
North Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina and Tennessee) (2023)
Ohio
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Oregon
Crater Lake National Park (Jun 2021)
South Carolina
Congaree National Park
South Dakota
Badlands National Park
Wind Cave National Park
Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina and Tennessee) (2023)
Texas
Big Bend National Park, Texas
Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas
Utah
Arches National Park (Sept 2021)
Bryce Canyon National Park (Oct 2021)
Canyonlands National Park (Sept 2021)
Capitol Reef National Park (Sept 2021)
Zion National Park (Oct 2021)
Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands National Park (Nov 2023)
Virginia
Shenandoah National Park
Washington
Mount Rainier National Park (Jun 2021)
North Cascades National Park (Jun 2021)
Olympic National Park (Jun 2021)
West Virginia
New River Gorge National Park
Wyoming
Grand Teton National Park (Jun 2021)
Yellowstone National Park (May 2021) – Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming