Hidden lake pictured below. There are now 61 national parks with indiana dunes national park being the newest one added.
At a glance this list of national parks is huge and it seems like it is impossible to get to them all.
List of national parks 2020. Update as of 12 23 2019. Definitive list of national parks in the us ranked best to worst post published. Glacier national park montana.
There are 62 national parks in the united states which includes white sands national park the newest protected area as of december 2019 formerly a national monument. Visiting the national parks is a journey not a race. For what it s worth this is a subset of the 419 units managed by the national park service which includes sites under different umbrellas like national battlefields.
Update as of 4 16 19. From the arches of zion to the geysers of yellowstone there are seemingly infinite expanses of protected parks that can be explored within our nation. Grant in 1872 followed by mackinac national park in 1875.
We have gone through the complete list of national parks and picked a few of our favorites or wishlist parks for 2020. Here are 12 national parks to visit in 2020. February 11 2020 we spent most of 2019 living out of a tiny camper van in order to visit and photograph every national park in the united states before turning 30.
The united states has 62 protected areas known as national parks that are operated by the national park service an agency of the department of the interior national parks must be established by an act of the united states congress a bill creating the first national park yellowstone was signed into law by president ulysses s. There are now 62 national parks with white sands monument in new mexico now designated as a national park. National parks have been open to the american public since 1872 and every year more and more people visit these fascinating destinations.
List of national parks in the united states 2020. This guide has a complete list of all 62 national parks by state so you can start planning your trips. Each of these parks is special and well worth a visit.
There are 59 vast areas currently preserved as national parks across the us not to mention the hundreds of other recreation sites state parks and national monuments. Take some time in 2020 to mark these ten amazing parks off your bucket list. A acadia american samoa arches b badlands big bend biscayne black canyon of the gunnison bryce canyon.
We gained our 61st national park with the elevation of indiana dunes national lakeshore into a national park.
