Me either.
After traveling to quite a few this summer, we thought it would be a good idea to get a list and we can start checking some of them off! Although our overall goal is to get to all 50 states, hitting up all 413 national parks might be on my list. Tom and I did quite a few of these before we had kids, and some I would love to take my kids back to.
The best way we have found to visit all the national parks is with the America the Beautiful Pass. This annual pass covers all of your entrance fees to any national park. Some parks we found it also allows for free parking and discounted camping, but it varies park to park, so make sure you check the rules of the specific park before you go. This pass is also free to military, families with a 4th grade student, and those with disabilities. As a senior citizen, you can get a discounted pass for your lifetime! So, many affordable options. Considering some of the bigger parks have $25-30 admission, this pass can save you a lot of money if you plan to go to a couple over the course of the year....and if you want to get them all checked out, you better plan on hitting up a few a year ;)
We got this pass before we left and used it several times across the country and so glad we had it to make entrance into the parks easier.
Which parks have you been to? What is the one park you want to go to the most? I'd love to hear!
ALABAMA NATIONAL PARKS
- Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
- Freedom Riders National Monument
- Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
- Little River Canyon National Preserve
- Russell Cave National Monument
- Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
- Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
ALASKA NATIONAL PARKS
- Alagnak Wild River
- Aniakchak National Monument +
- Aniakchak National Preserve
- Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
- Cape Krusenstern National Monument
- Denali National Park +
- Denali National Preserve
- Gates of the Arctic National Park +
- Gates of the Arctic National Preserve
- Glacier Bay National Park +
- Glacier Bay National Preserve
- Katmai National Park +
- Katmai National Preserve
- Kenai Fjords National Park
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (also Washington)
- Kobuk Valley National Park
- Lake Clark National Park +
- Lake Clark National Preserve
- Noatak National Preserve
- Sitka National Historical Park
- World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument (also California, Hawaii)
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park +
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve
- Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
ARIZONA NATIONAL PARKS
- Canyon De Chelly National Monument
- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
- Chiricahua National Monument
- Coronado National Memorial
- Fort Bowie National Historic Site
- ⬢ Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (also Utah)
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Hohokam Pima National Monument
- Hubbel Trading Post National Historic Site
- Montezuma Castle National Monument
- ⬢ Navajo National Monument
- Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
- ⬢ Petrified Forest National Park
- Pipe Spring National Monument
- Saguaro National Park
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
- Tonto National Monument
- Tumacacori National Historical Park
- Tuzigoot National Monument
- Walnut Canyon National Monument
- Wupatki National Monument
ARKANSAS NATIONAL PARKS
- Arkansas Post National Memorial
- Buffalo National River
- Fort Smith National Historic Site
- Hot Springs National Park
- Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
- Pea Ridge National Military Park
- President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
CALIFORNIA NATIONAL PARKS
- Cabrillo National Monument
- Castle Mountains National Monument
- César E. Chávez National Monument
- Channel Islands National Park
- Death Valley National Park (also Nevada)
- Devils Postpile National Monument
- Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site
- Fort Point National Historic Site
- Golden Gate National Recreational Area
- John Muir National Historic Site
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Kings Canyon National Park
- ⬢ Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Lava Beds National Monument
- Manzanar National Historic Site
- Mojave National Preserve
- Muir Woods National Monument
- ⬢ Pinnacles National Park
- Point Reyes National Seashore
- Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
- ⬢ Redwood National Park
- ⬢ Rosie the Riveter / World War II Home Front National Historic Park
- ⬢ San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
- Sequoia National Park
- Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
- Yosemite National Park
- ⬢ Alcatraz Island
- Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
COLORADO NATIONAL PARKS
- Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- ⬢ Colorado National Monument
- ⬢ Currecanti National Recreation Area
- Dinosaur National Monument (also Utah)
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
- Great Sand Dunes National Park +
- ⬢ Great Sand Dunes National Preserve
- ⬢ Hovenweep National Monument (also Utah)
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
- Yucca House National Monument
Connecticut
- Weir Farm National Historic Site
Delaware
- First State National Historical Park (also Pennsylvania)
Florida
- Big Cypress National Preserve
- Biscayne National Park
- Canaveral National Seashore
- Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
- De Soto National Memorial
- Dry Tortugas National Park
- Everglades National Park
- Fort Caroline National Memorial
- Fort Matanzas National Monument
- Gulf Islands National Seashore (also Mississippi)
- Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Georgia
- Andersonville National Historic Site
- Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (also Tennessee)
- Cumberland Island National Seashore
- Fort Frederica National Monument
- Fort Pulaski National Monument
- ⬢ Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
- ⬢ Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
- ⬢ Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site
- Ocmulgee National Monument
Hawaii
- Haleakala National Park
- Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
- Honouliuli National Monument (not open to the public yet)
- Kalaupapa National Historical Park
- Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
- Pu’uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park
- Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site
- Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail
Idaho
- City of Rocks National Reserve
- Craters of the Moon National Monument
- Craters of the Moon National Preserve
- Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
- Minidoka National Historic Site
- Nez Perce National Historical Park
Illinois
- Lincoln Home National Historic Site
- Pullman National Monument
Indiana
- George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
- Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Iowa
- Effigy Mounds National Monument
- Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Kansas
- ⬢ Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site
- Fort Larned National Historic Site
- Fort Scott National Historic Site
- Nicodemus National Historic Site
- ⬢ Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Kentucky
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
- Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (also Tennessee, Virginia)
- Mammoth Cave National Park
Louisiana
- Cane River Creole National Historical Park
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
- New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
- Poverty Point National Monument
Maine
- Acadia National Park
- ⬢ Appalachian National Scenic Trail (Maine to Georgia)
- Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
- Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
Maryland
- Antietam National Battlefield
- Assateague Island National Seashore (also Virginia)
- Catoctin Mountain Park
- C & O Canal National Historical Park (also Washington DC)
- Clara Barton National Historic Site
- Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
- Fort Washington Park
- Greenbelt Park
- Hampton National Historic Site
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
- Monocacy National Battlefield
- Piscataway Park
- Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
- Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Massachusetts
- Adams 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
Michigan
- Isle Royale National Park
- Keweenaw National Historical Park
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
- River Raisin National Battlefield Park
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Minnesota
- Grand Portage National Monument
- ⬢ Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
- Pipestone National Monument
- Voyageurs National Park
Mississippi
- Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
- Natchez National Historical Park
- Natchez Trace Parkway (also Alabama, Tennessee)
- Natchez Trace National Trail (also Alabama, Tennessee)
- Tupelo National Battlefield
- Vicksburg National Military Park (also Louisiana)
Missouri
- George Washington Carver National Monument
- ⬢ Harry S Truman National Historic Site
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
- Ozark National Scenic Riverways
- Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
- Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Montana
- Big Hole National Battlefield
- ⬢ Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
- Glacier National Park
- Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
- ⬢ Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Nebraska
- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
- Homestead National Monument of America
- Missouri National Recreational River (also South Dakota)
- Niobrara National Scenic River
- Scotts Bluff National Monument
Nevada
- ⬢ Great Basin National Park
- ⬢ Lake Mead National Recreation Area (also Arizona)
- ⬢ Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
New Hampshire
- Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
New Jersey
- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (also Pennsylvania)
- Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River
- Morristown National Historical Park
- Paterson Great Falls National Historial Park
- Thomas Edison National Historial Park
New Mexico
- Aztec Ruins National Monument
- Bandelier National Monument
- Capulin Volcano National Monument
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park
- El Malpais National Monument
- El Morro National Monument
- Fort Union National Monument
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park (also Tennessee, Washington)
- Pecos National Historical Park
- Petroglyph National Monument
- Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
- Valles Caldera National Preserve
- White Sands National Monument
New York
- African Burial Ground National Monument
- Castle Clinton National Monument
- Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
- Federal Hall National Memorial
- Fire Island National Seashore
- Fort Stanwix National Monument
- Gateway National Recreation Area (also New Jersey)
- General Grant National Memorial
- Governors Island National Monument
- Hamilton Grange National Memorial
- Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
- Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
- Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
- Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
- Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
- Saratoga National Historical Park
- Statue of Liberty National Monument (also New Jersey)
- Stonewall National Monument*** NEW
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
- Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
- Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
- Women’s Rights National Historical Park
North Carolina
- Blue Ridge Parkway (also Virginia)
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore
- Cape Lookout National Seashore
- Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
- Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
- Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
- Moores Creek National Battlefield
- Wright Brothers National Memorial
North Dakota
- ⬢ Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (also Montana)
- ⬢ Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
- ⬢ Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Ohio
- ⬢ Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park
- Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
- First Ladies National Historic Site
- Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
- James A. Garfield National Historic Site
- Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial
- ⬢ William Howard Taft National Historic Site
Oklahoma
- Chickasaw National Recreation Area
- Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Oregon
- Crater Lake National Park
- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (also Washington)
- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
- Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve
Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
- Edgar Allen Poe National Historic Site
- Eisenhower National Historic Site
- Flight 93 National Memorial
- Fort Necessity National Battlefield
- Friendship Hill National Historic Site
- Gettysburg National Military Park
- Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
- Independence National Historical Park
- Johnstown Flood National Memorial
- Middle Delaware National Scenic River
- Steamtown National Historic Site
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
- Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
- Valley Forge National Historical Park
Rhode Island
- Blackstone River Valley National Historial Park (also Massachusetts)
- Roger Williams National Memorial
South Carolina
- Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
- Congaree National Park
- Cowpens National Battlefield
- Fort Sumter National Monument
- Kings Mountain National Military Park
- Ninety Six National Historic Site
- Reconstruction Era National Monument
South Dakota
- ⬢ Badlands National Park
- Jewel Cave National Monument
- Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
- ⬢ Mount Rushmore National Memorial
- Wind Cave National Park
Tennessee
- Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
- Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (also Kentucky)
- Fort Donelson National Battlefield (also Kentucky)
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (also North Carolina)
- Obed Wild and Scenic River
- Shiloh National Military Park (also Mississippi)
- ⬢ Stone River National Battlefield
Texas
- Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
- Amistad National Recreation Area
- Big Bend National Park
- Big Thicket National Preserve
- Chamizal National Memorial
- Fort Davis National Historic Site
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
- Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
- Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
- Padre Island National Seashore
- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
- Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
- San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
- Waco Mammoth National Monument
Utah
- Arches National Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Canyonlands National Park
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Cedar Breaks National Monument
- Golden Spike National Historic Site
- Natural Bridges National Monument
- Rainbow Bridge National Monument (by boat only)
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument
- Zion National Park
Vermont
- Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Virginia
- Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
- Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
- Booker T. Washington National Monument
- Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
- Colonial National Historical Park
- Fort Monroe National Monument
- Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
- George Washington Birthplace National Monument
- George Washington Memorial Parkway (also Maryland, Washington DC)
- Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
- Manassas National Battlefield Park
- Petersburg National Battlefield Park
- Prince William Forest Park
- Richmond National Battlefield Park
- Shenandoah National Park
- Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Washington
- Ebbey’s Landing National Historical Reserve
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (also Oregon)
- Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
- Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
- ⬢ Mount Rainier National Park
- North Cascades National Park
- Olympic National Park
- Ross Lake National Recreation Area
- San Juan Island National Historical Park
- Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Washington DC
- Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
- Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
- Constitution Gardens
- Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
- Korean War Veterans Memorial
- ⬢ Lincoln Memorial
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
- Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
- National Capital Parks
- ⬢ National Mall
- Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
- Rock Creek Park
- Theodore Roosevelt Island
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- ⬢ Washington Monument
- ⬢ White House and President’s Park
- World War I Memorial
- World War II Memorial
West Virginia
- Bluestone National Scenic River
- Gauley River National Recreation Area
- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
- New River Gorge National River
Wisconsin
- Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
- Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway (also Minnesota)
Wyoming
- Devils Tower National Monument
- Fort Laramie National Historic Site
- Fossil Butte National Monument
- Grand Teton National Park
- John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway
- Yellowstone National Park (also Idaho, Montana)
Virgin Islands
- Buck Island Reef National Monument
- Christiansted National Historic Site
- Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
- Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument
- Virgin Islands National Park
MISC
- National Park of American Samoa, American Samoa
- San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico
- War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam
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