Last Updated on 29 March 2024

The following list is the Official Definitive Ranked List of all 63 United States National Parks. I averaged 56 different ranked lists of “best” or “most beautiful national parks in the US” to get this definitive compilation.  See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including the full spreadsheet and links to all 56 lists that were averaged.

  1. Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming
  2. Yosemite National Park, California
  3. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
  4. Zion National Park, Utah
  5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee
  6. Acadia National Park, Maine
  7. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
  8. Glacier National Park, Montana
  9. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
  10. Arches National Park, Utah
  11. Denali National Park, Alaska
  12. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
  13. Olympic National Park, Washington
  14. Joshua Tree National Park, California
  15. Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
  16. Redwood National Park, California
  17. Sequoia National Park, California
  18. Everglades National Park, Florida
  19. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
  20. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
  21. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
  22. Badlands National Park, South Dakota
  23. Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
  24. Canyonlands National Park, Utah
  25. Big Bend National Park, Texas
  26. Death Valley National Park, California and Nevada
  27. Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
  28. New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, West Virginia
  29. Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio
  30. Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
  31. Saguaro National Park, Arizona
  32. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
  33. Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota
  34. Kings Canyon National Park, California
  35. Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
  36. Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
  37. Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
  38. Haleakalā National Park, Hawaii
  39. North Cascades National Park, Washington
  40. Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
  41. Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
  42. White Sands National Park, New Mexico
  43. Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana
  44. Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
  45. Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
  46. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado
  47. Biscayne National Park, Florida
  48. Lassen Volcanic National Park, California
  49. Katmai National Park, Alaska
  50. Congaree National Park, South Carolina
  51. Gateway Arch National Park, Missouri and Illinois
  52. Great Basin National Park, Nevada
  53. Channel Islands National Park, California
  54. Pinnacles National Park, California
  55. Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico
  56. Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska
  57. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska
  58. Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota
  59. Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
  60. Virgin Islands National Park, Virgin Islands
  61. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas
  62. National Park of American Samoa, American Samoa
  63. Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska

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