List of U.S. National Parks

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 10 September 2023

park	state	date first protected	date of national park status	total area (km2)	privately-owned area (km2)
Acadia	ME	1916	1919	198.5849	3.2878
American Samoa	AS	1988	1993	33.4136	0.0000
Arches	UT	1929	1971	310.3088	0.0000
Badlands	SD	1929	1978	982.3984	36.0477
Big Bend	TX	1935	1935	3,242.1925	94.2228
Biscayne	FL	1968	1980	699.9892	1.4563
Black Canyon of the Gunnison	CO	1933	1999	124.5616	0.1346
Bryce Canyon	UT	1923	1924	145.0194	0.0101
Canyonlands	UT	1964	1964	1,366.2099	0.0000
Capitol Reef	UT	1937	1971	978.9528	0.0000
Carlsbad Caverns	NM	1923	1930	189.2571	1.3727
Channel Islands	CA	1933	1980	1,009.9375	186.1078
Congaree	SC	1976	2003	108.0211	0.3709
Crater Lake	OR	1902	1902	741.4814	0.0011
Cuyahoga Valley	OH	1974	2000	131.8138	13.7689
Death Valley	CA/NV	1933	1994	13,793.4901	36.4556
Denali	AK	1917	1917	19,185.7868	10.4741
Dry Tortugas	FL	1935	1992	261.8365	0.0000
Everglades	FL	1934	1934	6,106.4577	1.1567
Gates of the Arctic	AK	1978	1980	30,448.1327	658.8090
Gateway Arch	MO	1935	2018	0.7804	0.3449
Glacier	MT	1910	1910	4,099.9770	0.9167
Glacier Bay	AK	1925	1980	13,044.5699	3.8391
Grand Canyon	AZ	1893	1919	4,862.8930	36.9728
Grand Teton	WY	1929	1929	1,254.7050	3.4315
Great Basin	NV	1922	1986	312.3364	0.0000
Great Sand Dunes	CO	1932	2004	434.4128	13.1751
Great Smoky Mountains	TN/NC	1926	1926	2,114.1866	1.4170
Guadalupe Mountains	TX	1966	1972	349.5153	0.0000
Haleakala	HI	1916	1960	135.5251	0.0000
Hawaii Volcanoes	HI	1916	1916	1,395.4054	0.0000
Hot Springs	AR	1832	1921	22.4768	0.8615
Indiana Dunes	IN	1966	2019	62.1155	3.3530
Isle Royale	MI	1931	1931	2,313.9532	0.0000
Joshua Tree	CA	1936	1994	3,217.8816	43.1972
Katmai	AK	1918	1980	14,870.2926	51.7710
Kenai Fjords	AK	1978	1980	2,709.9776	191.0852
Kings Canyon	CA	1890	1890	1,869.2485	0.2239
Kobuk Valley	AK	1978	1980	7,084.8969	142.3350
Lake Clark	AK	1978	1980	10,602.0212	408.5301
Lassen Volcanic	CA	1907	1916	431.3505	0.3385
Mammoth Cave	KY	1926	1926	291.5425	77.7746
Mesa Verde	CO	1906	1906	212.3999	0.7777
Mount Rainier	WA	1899	1899	956.6026	0.1063
New River Gorge	WV	2020	2020	292.9556	52.0637
North Cascades	WA	1968	1968	2,042.7760	0.5130
Olympic	WA	1909	1938	3,733.8297	1.3210
Petrified Forest	AZ	1906	1962	895.9344	155.1770
Pinnacles	CA	1908	2013	107.9933	0.0438
Redwood	CA	1968	1968	562.5105	0.6110
Rocky Mountain	CO	1915	1915	1,075.8476	0.7821
Saguaro	AZ	1933	1994	375.5473	6.0220
Sequoia	CA	1890	1890	1,635.1834	0.6241
Shenandoah	VA	1926	1926	811.1759	4.2277
Theodore Roosevelt	ND	1947	1978	285.0884	2.7941
Virgin Islands	VI	1956	1956	60.9146	6.9032
Voyageurs	MN	1971	1975	883.1327	4.2192
White Sands	NM	1933	2019	592.2344	0.0000
Wind Cave	SD	1903	1903	137.4751	0.0000
Wrangell-St. Elias	AK	1978	1980	33,682.5788	1,411.7030
Yellowstone	WY/MT/ID	1872	1872	8,983.1743	0.0064
Yosemite	CA	1864	1890	3,082.6828	0.9095
Zion	UT	1909	1919	595.8699	13.9379

Former and renamed national parks

park	state	date first protected	date of status or name change	change
Abraham Lincoln	IL	1916	1939	changed to National Historic Park
Fort McHenry	MD	1925	1939	changed to National Monument and Historic Shrine
General Grant	CA	1890	1940	name changed to Kings Canyon National Park
Hawaii	HI	1916	1961	separated into Haleakala and Hawaii National Parks in 1960, latter renamed Hawaii Volcanoes National park in 1961
Lafayette	ME	1916	1929	name changed to Acadia National Park
Mackinac	MI	1875	1895	transferred to state of Michigan
Platt	OK	1906	1976	incorporated into Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Sullys Hill	ND	1904	1931	transferred to Department of Agriculture
Utah	UT	1924	1928	name changed to Bryce Canyon National Park