Location Of The National Parks

Location Of The National Parks

These are listed in the order in which they were established.
Where the years are highlighted, multiple parks were established on a single day.

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# Estab Name State He¹ She²

1 1872 Yellowstone (a) Wyoming YES YES

1 Yellowstone (b) Montana

1 Yellowstone (c) Idaho

2 1890 a Sequoia* California YES YES

3 1890 b Yosemite California YES YES

4 1899 Mount Rainier Washington YES YES

5 1902 Crater Lake Oregon no no

6 1903 Wind Cave South Dakota YES no

7 1906 Mesa Verde Colorado no YES

8 1910 Glacier Montana no no

9 1915 Rocky Mountain Colorado YES no

10 1916 a Haleakala* Hawaii YES YES

11 1916 a Hawaii Volcanoes* Hawaii YES YES

12 1916 b Lassen Volcanic California no no

13 1917 Denali Alaska no no

14 1919 a Grand Canyon Arizona YES YES

15 1919 b Acadia Maine YES YES

16 1919 c Zion Utah YES YES

17 1921 Hot Springs Arkansas YES YES

18 1928 Bryce Canyon Utah YES YES

19 1929 Grand Teton Wyoming YES YES

20 1930 Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico YES YES

21 1934 Great Smoky Mountains (a) Tennessee YES YES

21 Great Smoky Mountains (b) North Carolina

22 1935 Shenandoah Virginia no no

23 1938 Olympic Washington YES YES

24 1940 a Isle Royale Michigan no no

25 1940 b Kings Canyon* California YES YES

26 1941 Mammoth Cave Kentucky YES no

27 1944 Big Bend Texas YES YES

28 1947 Everglades Florida no no

29 1956 Virgin Islands Virgin Islands no no

30 1962 Petrified Forest Arizona YES YES

31 1964 Canyonlands Utah YES YES

32 1966 Guadalupe Mountains Texas YES YES

33 1968 North Cascades Washington YES YES

34 1968 Redwood California no no

35 1971 a Arches Utah YES YES

36 1971 b Capitol Reef Utah YES YES

37 1975 Voyagers Minnesota YES YES

38 1978 Badlands South Dakota YES YES

39 1978 Theodore Roosevelt North Dakota YES YES

40 1980 a Channel Islands California no no

41 1980 b Biscayne Florida YES no

42 1980 c Gates Of The Arctic Alaska no no

43 1980 c Glacier Bay Alaska no no

44 1980 c Katmai Alaska no no

45 1980 c Kenai Fjords Alaska no no

46 1980 c Kobuk Valley Alaska no no

47 1980 c Lake Clark Alaska no no

48 1980 c Wrangell - Saint Elias Alaska YES YES

49 1986 Great Basin Nevada no no

50 1988 American Samoa American Samoa no no

51 1992 Dry Tortugas Florida no no

52 1994 a Saguaro Arizona YES YES

53 1994 b Death Valley (a) California YES no

53 Death Valley (b) Nevada

54 1994 b Joshua Tree California no no

55 1999 Black Canyon Of The Gunnison Colorado YES YES

56 2000 Cuyahoga Valley Ohio no no

57 2003 Congaree South Carolina YES YES

58 2004 Great Sand Dunes Colorado YES YES

59 2013 Pinnacles California no no

60 2018 Gateway Arch Missouri YES YES

61 2019 a Indiana Dunes Indiana YES YES

62 2019 b White Sands New Mexico YES YES

63 2020 New River Gorge West Virginia no no

#	Estab	Name	State	He¹	She²
1	1872	Yellowstone (a)	Wyoming	YES	YES
1		Yellowstone (b)	Montana
1		Yellowstone (c)	Idaho
2	1890 a	Sequoia*	California	YES	YES
3	1890 b	Yosemite	California	YES	YES
4	1899	Mount Rainier	Washington	YES	YES
5	1902	Crater Lake	Oregon	no	no
6	1903	Wind Cave	South Dakota	YES	no
7	1906	Mesa Verde	Colorado	no	YES
8	1910	Glacier	Montana	no	no
9	1915	Rocky Mountain	Colorado	YES	no
10	1916 a	Haleakala*	Hawaii	YES	YES
11	1916 a	Hawaii Volcanoes*	Hawaii	YES	YES
12	1916 b	Lassen Volcanic	California	no	no
13	1917	Denali	Alaska	no	no
14	1919 a	Grand Canyon	Arizona	YES	YES
15	1919 b	Acadia	Maine	YES	YES
16	1919 c	Zion	Utah	YES	YES
17	1921	Hot Springs	Arkansas	YES	YES
18	1928	Bryce Canyon	Utah	YES	YES
19	1929	Grand Teton	Wyoming	YES	YES
20	1930	Carlsbad Caverns	New Mexico	YES	YES
21	1934	Great Smoky Mountains (a)	Tennessee	YES	YES
21		Great Smoky Mountains (b)	North Carolina
22	1935	Shenandoah	Virginia	no	no
23	1938	Olympic	Washington	YES	YES
24	1940 a	Isle Royale	Michigan	no	no
25	1940 b	Kings Canyon*	California	YES	YES
26	1941	Mammoth Cave	Kentucky	YES	no
27	1944	Big Bend	Texas	YES	YES
28	1947	Everglades	Florida	no	no
29	1956	Virgin Islands	Virgin Islands	no	no
30	1962	Petrified Forest	Arizona	YES	YES
31	1964	Canyonlands	Utah	YES	YES
32	1966	Guadalupe Mountains	Texas	YES	YES
33	1968	North Cascades	Washington	YES	YES
34	1968	Redwood	California	no	no
35	1971 a	Arches	Utah	YES	YES
36	1971 b	Capitol Reef	Utah	YES	YES
37	1975	Voyagers	Minnesota	YES	YES
38	1978	Badlands	South Dakota	YES	YES
39	1978	Theodore Roosevelt	North Dakota	YES	YES
40	1980 a	Channel Islands	California	no	no
41	1980 b	Biscayne	Florida	YES	no
42	1980 c	Gates Of The Arctic	Alaska	no	no
43	1980 c	Glacier Bay	Alaska	no	no
44	1980 c	Katmai	Alaska	no	no
45	1980 c	Kenai Fjords	Alaska	no	no
46	1980 c	Kobuk Valley	Alaska	no	no
47	1980 c	Lake Clark	Alaska	no	no
48	1980 c	Wrangell - Saint Elias	Alaska	YES	YES
49	1986	Great Basin	Nevada	no	no
50	1988	American Samoa	American Samoa	no	no
51	1992	Dry Tortugas	Florida	no	no
52	1994 a	Saguaro	Arizona	YES	YES
53	1994 b	Death Valley (a)	California	YES	no
53		Death Valley (b)	Nevada
54	1994 b	Joshua Tree	California	no	no
55	1999	Black Canyon Of The Gunnison	Colorado	YES	YES
56	2000	Cuyahoga Valley	Ohio	no	no
57	2003	Congaree	South Carolina	YES	YES
58	2004	Great Sand Dunes	Colorado	YES	YES
59	2013	Pinnacles	California	no	no
60	2018	Gateway Arch	Missouri	YES	YES
61	2019 a	Indiana Dunes	Indiana	YES	YES
62	2019 b	White Sands	New Mexico	YES	YES
63	2020	New River Gorge	West Virginia	no	no

¹Not that you care, but I'm keeping up with those I have visited.
²Not that you care, but I'm keeping up with those Mrs. Russler has visited.

^*Although established as two parks, "Sequoia and Kings Canyon Nat'l Parks" is now administered as a single park by the NPS. The opposite happened with Hawaii's parks; they were established as a single park in 1916, but Haleakala became an independent unit in 1961.

See the "Ode to the Parks"!
See the "Plan For Visiting"!
See the "Quiz on the Parks"!
See the "Mythical Parks"!