US National Parks Map Quiz at a Glance
The United States has 63 national parks, from Yellowstone, the first in 1872, to New River Gorge, the newest. This map shows all of them. Click any park to see its name, or play a round: a park is named and you find it on the map, or a park lights up and you pick its state. The full list with states, years, size and visitors is below. Free, with no sign-up.
- National parks
- 63
- First
- Yellowstone (1872)
- Newest
- New River Gorge (2020)
- Most visited (2025)
- Great Smoky Mountains, 11.5 million
- Largest
- Wrangell–St. Elias, 33,682.6 km²
- Most parks
- California (9), Alaska (8), Utah (5)
How to Play the quiz
- Click any dot to see the park's name before you start. Alaska and Hawaii are in boxes at the bottom left, American Samoa and the Virgin Islands at the bottom right.
- Pick a round: Most visited asks the 15 busiest parks first, All parks asks any of the 63, and State shows a park and you pick its state from four. Whole map asks all 63.
- Utah, California and Alaska are crowded: zoom in, or use the magnifier that opens when you tap there.
- After every answer the right park turns green, so a wrong click still shows you where it is.
The first and the newest
Yellowstone, signed into law in 1872 by President Ulysses S. Grant, was the first national park in the world. The newest are Indiana Dunes (2019), White Sands (2019), New River Gorge (2020). A park is created by an act of Congress; the National Park Service runs more than 400 sites, but only 63 are national parks.
Biggest and busiest
Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska is the largest park, 33,682.6 km², bigger than Belgium. The smallest is Gateway Arch in St. Louis. Great Smoky Mountains, on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, is by far the most visited, with 11.5 million visits in 2025, followed by Zion, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon.
All 63 National Parks
In alphabetical order, with each park's state, the year it became a national park, its area and its recreation visitors in 2025 (National Park Service figures).
| # | Park | State | Established | Area (km²) | Visitors (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acadia | Maine | 1919 | 198.6 | 4,079,318 |
| 2 | American Samoa | American Samoa | 1988 | 33.4 | 43,258 |
| 3 | Arches | Utah | 1971 | 310.3 | 1,511,740 |
| 4 | Badlands | South Dakota | 1978 | 982.4 | 1,139,361 |
| 5 | Big Bend | Texas | 1944 | 3,242.2 | 568,104 |
| 6 | Biscayne | Florida | 1980 | 700 | 486,567 |
| 7 | Black Canyon of the Gunnison | Colorado | 1999 | 124.6 | 250,086 |
| 8 | Bryce Canyon | Utah | 1928 | 145 | 1,967,367 |
| 9 | Canyonlands | Utah | 1964 | 1,366.2 | 796,057 |
| 10 | Capitol Reef | Utah | 1971 | 979 | 1,388,476 |
| 11 | Carlsbad Caverns | New Mexico | 1930 | 189.3 | 410,778 |
| 12 | Channel Islands | California | 1980 | 1,009.9 | 227,186 |
| 13 | Congaree | South Carolina | 2003 | 108 | 287,833 |
| 14 | Crater Lake | Oregon | 1902 | 741.5 | 632,242 |
| 15 | Cuyahoga Valley | Ohio | 2000 | 131.8 | 3,025,325 |
| 16 | Death Valley | California and Nevada | 1994 | 13,793.3 | 1,320,134 |
| 17 | Denali | Alaska | 1917 | 19,185.8 | 543,300 |
| 18 | Dry Tortugas | Florida | 1992 | 261.8 | 89,355 |
| 19 | Everglades | Florida | 1934 | 6,106.5 | 778,198 |
| 20 | Gates of the Arctic | Alaska | 1980 | 30,448.2 | 14,923 |
| 21 | Gateway Arch | Missouri | 2018 | 0.4 | 2,209,028 |
| 22 | Glacier | Montana | 1910 | 4,100 | 3,136,557 |
| 23 | Glacier Bay | Alaska | 1980 | 13,044.6 | 740,044 |
| 24 | Grand Canyon | Arizona | 1919 | 4,862.9 | 4,430,653 |
| 25 | Grand Teton | Wyoming | 1929 | 1,254.7 | 3,800,648 |
| 26 | Great Basin | Nevada | 1986 | 312.3 | 161,210 |
| 27 | Great Sand Dunes | Colorado | 2004 | 434.4 | 432,498 |
| 28 | Great Smoky Mountains | North Carolina and Tennessee | 1934 | 2,114.2 | 11,527,939 |
| 29 | Guadalupe Mountains | Texas | 1972 | 349.5 | 206,423 |
| 30 | Haleakalā | Hawaii | 1961 | 135.5 | 853,711 |
| 31 | Hawaiʻi Volcanoes | Hawaii | 1916 | 1,395.4 | 1,877,854 |
| 32 | Hot Springs | Arkansas | 1921 | 22.5 | 2,494,611 |
| 33 | Indiana Dunes | Indiana | 2019 | 62.1 | 2,629,497 |
| 34 | Isle Royale | Michigan | 1940 | 2,314 | 29,091 |
| 35 | Joshua Tree | California | 1994 | 3,217.9 | 2,932,644 |
| 36 | Katmai | Alaska | 1980 | 14,870.3 | 34,479 |
| 37 | Kenai Fjords | Alaska | 1980 | 2,710 | 425,369 |
| 38 | Kings Canyon | California | 1940 | 1,869.2 | 779,791 |
| 39 | Kobuk Valley | Alaska | 1980 | 7,084.9 | 7,786 |
| 40 | Lake Clark | Alaska | 1980 | 10,602 | 19,778 |
| 41 | Lassen Volcanic | California | 1916 | 431.4 | 504,777 |
| 42 | Mammoth Cave | Kentucky | 1941 | 293.3 | 660,734 |
| 43 | Mesa Verde | Colorado | 1906 | 212.4 | 463,130 |
| 44 | Mount Rainier | Washington | 1899 | 956.6 | 1,635,342 |
| 45 | New River Gorge | West Virginia | 2020 | 28.4 | 1,958,440 |
| 46 | North Cascades | Washington | 1968 | 2,042.8 | 46,925 |
| 47 | Olympic | Washington | 1938 | 3,733.8 | 3,584,187 |
| 48 | Petrified Forest | Arizona | 1962 | 895.9 | 315,951 |
| 49 | Pinnacles | California | 2013 | 108 | 343,208 |
| 50 | Redwood | California | 1968 | 562.5 | 1,202,480 |
| 51 | Rocky Mountain | Colorado | 1915 | 1,075.8 | 4,171,431 |
| 52 | Saguaro | Arizona | 1994 | 375.9 | 847,749 |
| 53 | Sequoia | California | 1890 | 1,635.2 | 1,378,337 |
| 54 | Shenandoah | Virginia | 1935 | 811.2 | 1,682,152 |
| 55 | Theodore Roosevelt | North Dakota | 1978 | 285.1 | 729,893 |
| 56 | Virgin Islands | U.S. Virgin Islands | 1956 | 60.9 | 471,074 |
| 57 | Voyageurs | Minnesota | 1975 | 883.1 | 206,326 |
| 58 | White Sands | New Mexico | 2019 | 592.2 | 659,742 |
| 59 | Wind Cave | South Dakota | 1903 | 137.5 | 606,258 |
| 60 | Wrangell–St. Elias | Alaska | 1980 | 33,682.6 | 108,840 |
| 61 | Yellowstone | Wyoming, Montana and Idaho | 1872 | 8,983.2 | 4,762,988 |
| 62 | Yosemite | California | 1890 | 3,082.7 | 4,278,413 |
| 63 | Zion | Utah | 1919 | 595.9 | 4,984,525 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many national parks are there in the US?
63, in 32 states and territories. The National Park Service runs more than 400 sites in all, but only these are national parks.
Which state has the most national parks?
California, with 9, then Alaska (8) and Utah (5).
What is the most visited national park?
Great Smoky Mountains, with 11.5 million recreation visits in 2025.
What is the largest national park?
Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska, 33,682.6 km².
What was the first national park?
Yellowstone, in 1872, the first national park in the world.
What is the newest national park?
New River Gorge, in 2020.
Made by Kashif Sulehria in Lahore, Pakistan. Updated October 31, 2026.