If you’re one of those people looking for new goals, how about hitting every single US National Park? Did you know there are 63 of them?
Wait, it gets better. We are going to share the list for you, and it includes the year the park was established and the number of visitors there were in 2021.
YRLY
PARK NAME STATE YR EST. VISITORS
| Acadia |
Maine |
1919 |
4,069,098 |
| American Samoa |
American Samoa |
1988 |
8,495 |
| Arches |
Utah |
1929 |
1,806,865 |
| Badlands |
South Dakota |
1978 |
1,224,226 |
| Big Bend |
Texas |
1944 |
581,220 |
| Biscayne |
Florida |
1980 |
705,655 |
| Black Canyon of the Gunnison |
Colorado |
1999 |
308,910 |
| Bryce Canyon |
Utah |
1928 |
2,104,600 |
| Canyonlands |
Utah |
1964 |
911,594 |
| Capitol Reef |
Utah |
1971 |
1,405,353 |
| Carlsbad Caverns |
New Mexico |
1930 |
349,244 |
| Channel Islands |
California |
1980 |
319,252 |
| Congaree |
South Carolina |
2003 |
215,181 |
| Crater Lake |
Oregon |
1902 |
647,751 |
| Cuyahoga Valley |
Ohio |
1974 |
2,575,275 |
| Death Valley |
California |
1994 |
1,146,551 |
| Denali |
Alaska |
1917 |
229,521 |
| Dry Tortugas |
Florida |
1935 |
83,817 |
| Everglades |
Florida |
1947 |
942,130 |
| Gates of the Arctic |
Alaska |
1980 |
7,362 |
| Gateway Arch |
Missouri |
2018 |
1,145,081 |
| Glacier |
Montana |
1910 |
3,081,656 |
| Glacier Bay |
Alaska |
1980 |
89,768 |
| Grand Canyon |
Arizona |
1919 |
4,532,677 |
| Grand Teton |
Wyoming |
1929 |
3,885,230 |
| Great Basin |
Nevada |
1986 |
215,181 |
| Great Sand Dunes |
Colorado |
1932 |
602,613 |
| Great Smoky Mountains |
Tennessee |
1934 |
14,161,548 |
| Guadalupe Mountains |
Texas |
1972 |
243,291 |
| Haleakala |
Hawaii |
1961 |
853,181 |
| Hawai’i Volcanoes |
Hawaii |
1916 |
1,262,747 |
| Hot Springs |
Arkansas |
1921 |
2,162,884 |
| Indiana Dunes |
Indiana |
2019 |
3,177,210 |
| Isle Royale |
Michigan |
1940 |
25,844 |
| Joshua Tree |
California |
1994 |
3,064,400 |
| Katmai |
Alaska |
1918 |
24,764 |
| Kenai Fjords |
Alaska |
1980 |
411,782 |
| Kings Canyon |
California |
1940 |
562,918 |
| Kobuk Valley |
Alaska |
1980 |
11,540 |
| Lake Clark |
Alaska |
1980 |
18,278 |
| Lassen Volcanic |
California |
1916 |
359,635 |
| Mammoth Cave |
Kentucky |
1941 |
515,774 |
| Mesa Verde |
Colorado |
1906 |
548,477 |
| Mount Rainier |
Washington |
1899 |
1,670,063 |
| New River Gorge |
West Virginia |
2020 |
1,682,720 |
| North Cascades |
Washington |
1968 |
17,855 |
| Olympic |
Washington |
1938 |
2,718,925 |
| Petrified Forest |
Arizona |
1962 |
590,334 |
| Pinnacles |
California |
2013 |
348,857 |
| Redwood |
California |
1968 |
435,879 |
| Rocky Mountain |
Colorado |
1915 |
4,434,848 |
| Saguaro |
Arizona |
1994 |
1,079,786 |
| Sequoia |
California |
1890 |
1,059,548 |
| Shenandoah |
Virginia |
1935 |
1,592,312 |
| Theodore Roosevelt |
North Dakota |
1978 |
796,085 |
| Virgin Islands |
US Virgin Islands |
1956 |
323,999 |
| Voyageurs |
Minnesota |
1975 |
243,042 |
| White Sands |
New Mexico |
2019 |
782,469 |
| Wind Cave |
South Dakota |
1903 |
709,001 |
| Wrangell-St. Elias |
Alaska |
1980 |
50,189 |
| Yellowstone |
Wyoming |
1872 |
4,860,242 |
| Yosemite |
California |
1890 |
3,287,595 |
| Zion |
Utah |
1919 |
5,039,835 |
If you have nothing else going on in your world, start your checklist and start checking off parks this summer. It’s a great way to spend time with loved ones and see the country.
