I’ve been a national park nerd since 2020 and have been on a quest since then to visit them all! They sure do take a lot of planing and traveling, but I’m officially hooked and can’t wait for the day I can check the last one off (and then start all over!). Click the links below to read all about my visit to America’s National Parks!

Completed ✅ (23/63)

Check out these national parks I’ve visited (in order of completion):

KY: Mammoth Cave National Park (Dec 2019)

AZ: Grand Canyon National Park (Dec 2020)

AZ: Petrified Forest National Park (Dec 2020)

AZ: Saguaro National Park (Dec 2020)

FL: Biscayne National Park (Feb 2021)

FL: Everglades National Park (Feb 2021)

AR: Hot Springs National Park (Apr 2021)

MO: Gateway Arch National Park (May 2021)

MT: Yellowstone National Park (May 2021)

OR: Crater Lake National Park (Jun 2021)

WY: Grand Teton National Park (Jun 2021)

WA: Mount Rainier National Park (Jun 2021)

WA: North Cascades National Park (Jun 2021)

WA: Olympic National Park (Jun 2021)

ME: Acadia National Park (Sept 2021)

UT: Arches National Park (Sept 2021)

UT: Canyonlands National Park (Sept 2021)

UT: Capitol Reef National Park (Sept 2021)

UT: Bryce Canyon National Park (Oct 2021)

UT: Zion National Park (Oct 2021)

FL: Dry Tortugas National Park (Jan 2022)

TN: Smokey Mountain National Park (2023)

USVI: Virgin Islands National Park (Nov 2023)


Alaska

Denali National Park

Gates of the Arctic National Park

Glacier Bay National Park

Katmai National Park

Kenai Fjords National Park

Kobuk Valley National Park

Lake Clark National Park

Wrangell-a St. Elias National Park


American Samoa

National Park of American Samoa


Arizona

Grand Canyon National Park (Dec 2020)

Petrified Forest National Park (Dec 2020)

Saguaro National Park (Dec 2020)


Arkansas

Hot Springs National Park (Apr 2021)


California

Channel Islands National Park

Death Valley National Park (California and Nevada)

Joshua Tree National Park

Kings Canyon National Park

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Pinnacles National Park

Redwood National Park

Sequoia National Park

Yosemite National Park


Colorado

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Mesa Verde National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park


Florida

Biscayne National Park (Feb 2021)

Dry Tortugas National Park (Jan 2022)

Everglades National Park (Feb 2021)


Hawaii

Haleakala National Park

Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park


Idaho

Yellowstone National Park (May 2021) – Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming


Kentucky

Mammoth Cave National Park (Dec 2019)


Indiana

Indiana Dunes National Park


Maine

Acadia National Park (Sept 2021)


Michigan

Isle Royale National Park


Minnesota

Voyageurs National Park


Missouri

Gateway Arch National Park (May 2021)


Montana

Glacier National Park

Yellowstone National Park (May 2021) – Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming


Nevada

Death Valley National Park (California and Nevada)

Great Basin National Park


New Mexico

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

White Sands National Park


North Dakota

Theodore Roosevelt National Park


North Carolina

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina and Tennessee) (2023)


Ohio

Cuyahoga Valley National Park


Oregon

Crater Lake National Park (Jun 2021)


South Carolina

Congaree National Park


South Dakota

Badlands National Park

Wind Cave National Park


Tennessee

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina and Tennessee) (2023)


Texas

Big Bend National Park, Texas

Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas


Utah

Arches National Park (Sept 2021)

Bryce Canyon National Park (Oct 2021)

Canyonlands National Park (Sept 2021)

Capitol Reef National Park (Sept 2021)

Zion National Park (Oct 2021)


Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands National Park (Nov 2023)


Virginia

Shenandoah National Park


Washington

Mount Rainier National Park (Jun 2021)

North Cascades National Park (Jun 2021)

Olympic National Park (Jun 2021)


West Virginia

New River Gorge National Park


Wyoming

Grand Teton National Park (Jun 2021)

Yellowstone National Park (May 2021) – Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming