United States National Parks Checklist (Updated for the 61st National Park)
When you start visiting the U.S national parks the list of 61 national parks can be daunting. There are a lot of national parks and they are spread out across 28 states and 2 US territories. The best way to keep track of your process thru the United States National Parks is with a United States National Park checklist.
** These checklists have been updated on February 15, 2019 to included the elevation of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore to Indiana Dunes National Park.
Here at National Park Obsessed, we are offering newsletter subscribers several checklists US National Park Checklists.
Checklists offered
- 59t National Park Checklist
- 60th National Park Checklist (with Gateway Arch)
- 60th National Park Checklist (with Indiana Dunes)
- 61th National Park Checklist
Why more than one checklist?
There are currently 61 National Parks according to the National Park Service, but the 60th is rather controversial. The 60th National Park is Gateway Arch National Park in Saint Louis, Missouri. This park is a 90-acre park in the middle of a city that is mostly made of concrete. Due to politics, this hunk of concrete has the same status as Denali, Yellowstone, and Yosemite. For this reason, I, Jennifer the founder of National Park Obsessed, refuse to consider Gateway Arch a real national park. It does belong in the National Park system but as a National Memorial.
Since myself and many others don’t consider this a park, we are offering two checklists. One checklist included Gateway Arch National Park and one does not. When you sign up for our monthly newsletter, you will be emailed a link to both of these checklists. You are welcome to download and print as many copies as you would like.
If you have already signed up for our monthly newsletter, you do not need up to sign up again. Head over to your email box and search for our previous newsletters. There will be a link to the checklists at the bottom of the newsletter under the heading “National Park Obsessed Downloads.”
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National Parks of the United States
Alaska
- Denali
- Gates of the Arctic
- Glacier Bay
- Katmai
- Kenai Fjords
- Kobuk Valley
- Lake Clark
- Wrangell-St. Elias
American Samoa
- American Samoa
Arizona
- Grand Canyon
- Petrified Forest
- Saguaro
Arkansas
- Hot Springs
California
- Channel Islands
- Death Valley
- Joshua Tree
- Kings Canyon
- Lassen Volcanic
- Pinnacles
- Redwood
- Sequoia
- Yosemite
Colorado
- Black Canyon of Gunnison
- Great Sand Dunes
- Mesa Verde
- Rocky Mountain
Florida
- Biscayne
- Dry Tortugas
- Everglades
Hawaii
- Hawaii Volcanoes
- Haleakalā
Indiana
- Indiana Dunes
Kentucky
- Mammoth Cave
Maine
- Acadia
Michigan
- Isle Royale
Minnesota
- Voyageurs
Missouri
- Gateway Arch
Montana
- Glacier
Nevada
- Great Basin
New Mexico
- Carlsbad Caverns
North Carolina / Tennessee
- Great Smoky Mountains
Texas
- Big Bend
- Guadalupe Mountains
Utah
- Arches
- Bryce
- Canyonlands
- Capitol Reef
- Zion
Virgin Islands
- Virgin Islands
Virginia
- Shenandoah
Washington
- Mount Rainier
- North Cascades
- Olympic
Wyoming
- Grand Tetons
- Yellowstone
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Jennifer has been obsessed with national parks as a child. This Tennessee native spent her childhood exploring the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and traveling with her parents to National Parks and around the Caribbean. She is always planning her next adventure and is ready to see the world while trying to visit all 59 National Park (*She is ignoring the hunk of concrete that just became a national park).
