US National Parks Checklist

National Parks have been open to the American public since 1872, starting with the nation's first national park: Yellowstone. How many National Parks are there? Currently there are 63 national parks, with the latest park being added in December 2020: New River Gorge, located in West Virginia. The National Parks preserve and highlight special places that hold significant status throughout the geography of the USA. They are our natural treasures and each location is worthy of getting to know in order to learn more about its history, geography and significance to our nation.  

With so many destinations to choose from, we decided to put together a US National Parks checklist to help anyone track their American adventures. Whether it be a road trip, RV travels, or a weekend getaway, our country's diverse National Parks should be at the top of everyone's travel list.

Complete List of National Parks

Tap the headers to sort alphabetically every National Park by name, state, date established, or total visitors in 2023 (default). Data provided by the National Park Service.

A topographic National Park travel map that celebrates conservation and natural beauty. "All that the sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild." - John Muir

The John Muir edition physical map of the U.S. features all National Parks (numbered by the order in which they were founded), but focuses on depicting the natural landscape in stunning detail instead of detailing the other NPS travel destinations found in our Explore America series. This map looks especially stunning at large sizes where you can identify each and every mountain range and their peaks - with the tallest peaks labeled along with their elevation. It also features labeling of America’s many regions, landforms, rivers, lakes, major cities, states, and interstate highways.

We build personalized maps with pin boards so that you can use push pins to track places you've been and plan adventures with colored pins!

Our goal is to create fantastic maps that feature the geography and gems of the USA! That's why we decided to create US National Parks checklist maps that showcase the locations of every National Park in the United States (along with travel destinations gems and points of interest). You can use one of these checklist maps to keep track of all of National Parks you have visited and plan to visit! The USA checklist and our maps pair up to create a unique gift for any USA and National Park traveler!

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New River Gorge was designated as a US National Park on December 27th, 2020. The 63rd national park is located in southern West Virginia. The site was established in 1978 and originally designated as a National River. The new national park boundary accounts for less than 10% of the full New River Gorge National River protected territory.

The area that spans New River Gorge is famous for its impressive scenery, rich cultural history, and popular recreational activities such as rock climbing and whitewater rafting. It is also home to a diverse array of wildlife, some species of which are considered to be extremely rare or endangered. The river itself is approximately 320 miles long and it
flows from South to North.

• US National Parks Map Catalog
• National Parks Downloadable Checklist
• List of National Monuments
• National Park Service Website
• 10 Least Visited National Parks In The USA