North American National Parks are scattered throughout the United States and Canada. I have set a goal of visiting all 110 places with a National Park designation in the United States and Canada. 62 of which are in the US National Park system and 48 National Parks in Canada.
To make the quest somewhat reasonable, I am only including places with the designation of a “national park”. That excludes places such as national historic sites, national preserves, national monuments, and other similar sites.
For the purposes of this project, I am only including national parks which I have visited since March 2007, when I began my full-time travels. Since 2007, I have visited 82 of the 110 North American national parks, including the 1 that I have previously visited before 2007.
Some national parks are trivial to visit and it is just a matter of getting in a car and driving. Some are extremely difficult to visit and require backcountry hiking to get to them. Likewise, the nature of each visit is determined by the park. Some national parks are easily visited in a single day, whereas others may take several days to explore properly.
US National Park Service
Canadian National Parks
- Petrified Forest, Arizona(USA #56)
- Saguaro, Arizona(USA #55)
- White Sands, New Mexico (USA #54)
- Acadia, Maine (USA #53)
- Lassen Volcanic, California (USA #52)
- Crater Lake, Oregon (USA #51)
- Indiana Dunes National Park (USA #50)
- La Mauricie, Quebec (Canada #28)
- Gateway Arch, Missouri (USA #49)
- Capitol Reef, Utah (USA #48)
- Canyonlands, Utah (USA #47)
- Arches, Utah (USA #46)
- Sable Island, Nova Scotia (Canada #27)
- Congaree, South Carolina (USA #45)
- Great Basin, Nevada (USA #44)
- Wapusk, Manitoba (Canada #26)
- American Samoa National Park, American Samoa (USA #43)
- Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia (Canada #25)
- Kejimkujik, Nova Scotia (Canada #24)
- Terra Nova, Newfoundland (Canada #23)
- Kenai Fjords, Alaska (USA #42)
- Wrangell-St. Elias, Alaska (USA #41)
- Prince Albert Saskatchewan (Canada #22)
- Glacier Bay, Alaska (USA #40)
- Katmai, Alaska (USA #39)
- Lake Clark, Alaska (USA #38)
- Denali, Alaska (USA #37)
- Gates of the Arctic, Alaska (USA #36)
- Kobuk Valley, Alaska (USA #35)
- Rocky Mountain, Colorado (USA #34)
- Great Sand Dunes, Colorado (USA #33)
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado (USA #32)
- Torngat Mountains, Labrador (Canada #21)
- Fundy, New Brunswick (Canada #20)
- Prince Edward Island, PEI (Canada #19)
- Kouchibouguac, New Brunswick (Canada #18)
- Dry Tortugas, Florida (USA #31)
- Biscayne, Florida (USA #30)
- Shenandoah, Virginia (USA #29)
- Cuyahoga Valley, Ohio (USA #28)
- Joshua Tree, California (USA #27)
- Hot Springs, Arkansas (USA #26)
- Badlands, South Dakota (USA #25)
- Wind Cave, South Dakota (USA #24)
- Mount Rainier, Washington (USA #23)
- North Cascades, Washington (USA #22)
- Gulf Islands National Park, British Columbia (Canada #17)
- Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia (Canada #16)
- Mount Revelstoke National Park, British Columbia (Canada #15)
- Glacier, British Columbia (Canada #14)
- Kootenay National Park, British Columbia (Canada #13)
- Yoho National Park, British Columbia (Canada #12)
- Nahanni, Northwest Territories (Canada #11)
- Wood Buffalo, Alberta (Canada #10)
- Elk Island, Alberta (Canada #9)
- Jasper, Alberta (Canada #8)
- Waterton Lakes, Alberta (Canada #7)
- Grasslands, Saskatchewan (Canada #6)
- Riding Mountain, Manitoba (Canada #5)
- Voyageurs, Minnesota (USA #21)
- Isle Royale, Michigan (USA #20)
- Gwaii Haanas, British Columbia (Canada #4)
- Bryce Canyon, Utah (USA #19)
- Zion, Utah (USA #18)
- Kluane, Yukon (Canada #3)
- Gros Morne, Newfoundland (Canada #2)
- Mammoth Cave Park, Kentucky (USA #17)
- Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina/Tennessee (USA #16)
- Everglades, Florida (USA #15)
- Guadalupe Mountains, Texas (USA #14)
- Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico (USA #13)
- Mesa Verde, Colorado (USA #12)
- Grand Canyon, Arizona (USA #11)
- Death Valley, California (USA #10)
- Yosemite, California (USA #9)
- Redwood, California (USA #8)
- Olympic, Washington (USA #7)
- Banff, Alberta (Canada #1)
- Glacier, Montana (USA #6)
- Grand Teton, Wyoming (USA #5)
- Yellowstone, Wyoming (USA #4)
- Theodore Roosevelt, North Dakota (USA #3)
- Haleakala, Hawaii (USA #2)
- Hawaii Volcanoes, Hawaii (USA #1)
- Pinnacles, California
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North American National Parks 2011
North American National Parks 2010
North American National Parks 2009
North American National Parks 2007
North American National Parks Visited Prior to 2007
I will be revisiting these parks in the course of this project
National Parks Yet To Visit
Canadian National Parks
- Mealy Mountains, Labrador
- Aulavik, NWT
- Nááts’ihch’oh, NWT
- Tuktut Nogait, NWT
- Thaidene Nëné, NWT
- Auyuittuq, Nunavaut
- Quttinirpaaq, Nunavut
- Sirmilik, Nunavut
- Ukkusiksalik, Nunavut
- Qausuittuq, Nunavut
- Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
- Georgian Bay Islands, Ontario
- Point Pelee, Ontario
- Pukaskwa, Ontario
- Rouge, Ontario
- Thousand Islands, Ontario
- Forillon, Quebec
- Mingan Archipelago, Quebec
- Ivvavik, Yukon
- Vuntut, Yukon
United States National Parks
- Channel Islands, California
- Kings Canyon, California
- Sequoia, California
- Big Bend, Texas
- US Virgin Islands