U.S. National Parks

392 national parks

40 national heritage areas

27,000 historic structures2,461 national historic landmarks

4,502,644 acres of oceans, lakes, reservoirs

84,000,000 acres of land

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Acadia National Park

Location: Maine

Established: February 26, 1919

Acreage: 47,414.21

Arches National Park

Location: Utah

Established: November 12, 1971

Acreage: 76,678.98

Badlands National Park

Location: South Dakota

Established: November 10,1978

Acreage: 242,755.94

Big Bend National Park

Location: Texas

Established: June 12, 1944

Acreage: 801,163.21

Biscayne National Park

Location: Florida

Established: June 12, 1970

Acreage: 172,971.11

Black Canyon of GunnisonNational Park

Location: Colorado

Established: March 2, 1933

Acreage: 30,750.03

Bryce Canyon National Park

Location: Utah

Established: June 7, 1924

Acreage: 35,835.08

Canyonlands National Park

Location: Utah

Established: September 12, 1964

Acreage: 337,597.83

Capitol Reef National Park

Location: Utah

Established: August 2, 1937

Acreage: 241,904.26

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Location: New Mexico

Established: May 14, 1930

Acreage: 46,766.45

Channel Islands National Park

Location: California

Established: March 5, 1980

Acreage: 249,561.00

Congaree National Park

Location: South Carolina

Established: October 18, 1976

Acreage: 26,545.86

Crater Lake National Park

Location: Oregon

Established: May 22, 1902

Acreage: 183,224.05

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Location: Ohio

Established: June 26, 1975

Acreage: 32,855.51

Death Valley National Park

Location: California and Nevada

Established: February 11, 1933

Acreage: 3,373,042.08

Denali National Park

Location: Alaska

Established: February 26, 1917

Acreage: 4,740,911.32

Dry Tortugas National Park

Location: Florida

Established: October 26, 1992

Acreage: 64,701.22

Everglades National Park

Location: Florida

Established: June 20, 1947

Acreage: 1,398,892.95

Gates of the Arctic National Park

Location: Montana

Established: December 1, 1978

Acreage: 7,523,897.82

Glacier Bay National Preserve

Location: Alaska

Established: December 2, 1980

Acreage: 3,223,383.66

Glacier National Park

Location: Montana

Established: May 11, 1910

Acreage: 1,013,322.36

Grand Canyon National Park

Location: Arizona

Established: February 26, 1919

Acreage: 1,217,403.32

Grand Teton National Park

Location: Wyoming

Established: February 26, 1929

Acreage: 310,0444.36

Great Basin National Park

Location: Nevada

Established: November 9, 1986

Acreage: 77,180.00

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Location: Colorado

Established: March 17, 1932

Acreage: 44,246.37

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Location: North Carolina and

TennesseeEstablished:

June 15, 1934Acreage:

522,419.15

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Location: Texas

Established: September 30, 1972

Acreage: 86,415.97

Haleakala National Park

Location: Hawaii

Established: July 1, 1961

Acreage: 33,222.60

Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park

Location: Hawaii

Established: September 22, 1961

Acreage: 323,431.38

Hot Springs National Park

Location: Arkansas

Established: March 4, 1921

Acreage: 5,549.75

Isle Royale National Park

Location: Michigan

Established: April 3, 1940

Acreage: 571,790.11

Joshua Tree National Park

Location: California

Established: August 10, 1936

Acreage: 790,624.96

Katmai National Park

Location: Alaska

Established: December 2, 1980

Acreage: 3,674,378.36

Kenai Fjords National Park

Location: Alaska

Established: December 2, 1980

Acreage: 669,984.02

Kings Canyon National Park

Location: California

Established: March 4, 1940

Acreage: 461,901.20

Kobuk Valley National Park

Location: Alaska

Established: December 2, 1980

Acreage: 1,750,716.50

Lake Clark National Park

Location: Alaska

Established: December 2, 1980

Acreage: 2,619,728.21

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Location: California

Established: August 9, 1916

Acreage: 106,372.36

Mammoth Cave National Park

Location: Kentucky

Established: July 1, 1941

Acreage: 52,830.19

Mesa Verde National Park

Location: Colorado

Established: June 29, 1906

Acreage: 52,485.17

Mount Rainier National Park

Location: Washington

Established: March 2, 1899

Acreage: 236,380.74

National Park of American Samoa

Location: American Samoa

Established: October 31, 1988

Acreage: 9,000.00

North Cascades National Park

Location: Washington

Established: October 2, 1968

Acreage: 504,780.94

Olympic National Park

Location: Washington

Established: June 29, 1938

Acreage: 922,649.90

Petrified Forest National Park

Location: Arizona

Established: December 9, 1962

Acreage: 221,620.85

Redwood National Park

Location: California

Established: October 2, 1968

Acreage: 112,581.95

Rocky Mountain National Park

Location: Colorado

Established: January 26, 1915

Acreage: 265,758.41

Saguaro National Park

Location: Arizona

Established: October 14, 1994

Acreage: 91,439.71

Sequoia National Park

Location: California

Established: September 25, 1890

Acreage: 404,063.00

Shenandoah National Park

Location: Virginia

Established: December 26, 1935

Acreage: 199,099.71

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Location: North Dakota

Established: November 10, 1978

Acreage: 70,446.89

Virgin Islands National Park

Location: Virgin Islands

Established: December 1, 1956

Acreage: 14,736.96

Voyageurs National Park

Location: Minnesota

Established: April 8, 1975

Acreage: 218,210.38

Wind Cave National Park

Location: South Dakota

Established: January 9, 1903

Acreage: 28,295.03

Wolf Trap National Parkfor the Performing Arts

Location: Virginia

Established: October 15, 1966

Acreage: 130.28

Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park

Location: Alaska

Established: December 2, 1980

Acreage: 8,323,147.59

Yellowstone National Park

Location: Idaho, Montana, and

WyomingEstablished:

March 1, 1872Acreage:

2,219,790.71

Yosemite National Park

Location: California

Established: October 1, 1890

Acreage: 761,267.50

Zion National Park

Location: Utah

Established: November 19, 1919

Acreage: 146,597.60

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