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What Are National Parks?
Governments create national parks by setting aside a specific area so they can protect natural features or places that contribute in a special way to history, science, or culture.
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U.S. National Parks List by State
If you are learning about U.S. geography or famous landmarks in USA, then adding a study of the national parks will be a fun topic to dive into.
Here’s a snapshot list of all the U.S. national parks, listed by state. Following this condensed national parks list by state, we have listed some details about each national park. You’ll discover some of the unique plants and animals that live there, along with the general location and size of the national park.
Alaska National Parks
- Denali National Park and Preserve
- Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
- Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
- Katmai National Park and Preserve
- Kenai Fjords National Park
- Kobuk Valley National Park
- Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
- Wrangell–St. Elias National Park
American Samoa National Parks
- National Park of American Samoa
Arizona National Parks
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Saguaro National Park
Arkansas National Parks
- Hot Springs National Park
California National Parks
- Channel Islands National Park
- Death Valley National Park*
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Kings Canyon National Park
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Pinnacles National Park
- Redwood National & State Parks
- Sequoia National Park
- Yosemite National Park
*Death Valley National Park is in California and Nevada.
Colorado National Parks
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Great Sand Dunes National Park
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Rocky Mountain National Park
Florida National Parks
- Biscayne National Park
- Dry Tortugas National Park
- Everglades National Park
Hawaii National Parks
- Haleakalā National Park
- Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Idaho National Parks
- Yellowstone National Park*
*Yellowstone National Park is in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.
Indiana National Parks
- Indiana Dunes National Park
Kentucky National Parks
- Mammoth Cave National Park
Maine National Parks
- Acadia National Park
Michigan National Parks
- Isle Royale National Park
Minnesota National Parks
- Voyageurs National Park
Missouri National Parks
- Gateway Arch National Park
Montana National Parks
- Glacier National Park
- Yellowstone National Park*
*Yellowstone National Park is in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.
Nevada National Parks
- Death Valley National Park*
- Great Basin National Park
*Death Valley National Park is in California and Nevada.
New Mexico National Parks
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- White Sands National Park
North Carolina National Parks
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park*
*Great Smoky Mountains National Park is in North Carolina and Tennessee.
North Dakota National Parks
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Ohio National Parks
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Oregon National Parks
- Crater Lake National Park
South Carolina National Parks
- Congaree National Park
South Dakota National Parks
- Badlands National Park
- Wind Cave National Park
Tennessee National Parks
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park*
*Great Smoky Mountains National Park is in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Texas National Parks
- Big Bend National Park
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Utah National Parks
- Arches National Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Canyonlands National Park
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Zion National Park
Virgin Islands National Parks
- Virgin Islands National Park
Virginia National Parks
- Shenandoah National Park
Washington National Parks
- Mount Rainier National Park
- North Cascades National Park
- Olympic National Park
West Virginia National Parks
- New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Wyoming National Parks
- Grand Teton National Park
- Yellowstone National Park*
*Yellowstone National Park is in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.
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The U.S. National Parks
Now that you’ve seen a snapshot of the national parks in each state, let’s break it down with a brief overview of each one, state-by-state. don’t forget – you can download our Free Printable List of National Parks by State at the bottom of this article.
National Parks in Alaska
There are 8 national parks in Alaska. There is more land area for national parks in Alaska than any other state in the U.S.A.
Denali National Park and Preserve
Location: south-central Alaska
Size in Acres: 4,740,911
Size in Hectares: 1,918,579
Animals & Plants in Denali National Park and Preserve
Learn about the animals and plants that live in the Denali National Park and Preserve.
Animals: grizzly bear, moose, caribou, Dall sheep, red fox, squirrel, rabbit, shrew, vole, lemming, Canada jay, golden eagle, golden plover, jaeger, raven, robin, surfbird, wandering tattler, white-crowned sparrow, Canadian lynx, northern bog lemming, Rocky Mountain parnassian butterfly, snow bunting, snowshoe hare
Plants: cloudberry, tussock cottongrass, white Arctic mountain heather
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Location: north-central Alaska
Size in Acres: 7,523,897
Size in Hectares: 3,044,813
Animals & Plants in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Learn about the animals and plants that live in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.
Animals: Dall sheep, grizzly bear, moose, wolf, caribou, Alaska blackfish, Arctic ground squirrel, Arctic white butterfly, Dolly Varden char, Lapland longspur, red-throated loon
Plants: dwarf fireweed, glacier avens, moss campion, mountain harebell
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Location: southeastern Alaska
Size in Acres: 3,223,383
Size in Hectares: 1,304,457
Animals & Plants in Gates of the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Learn about the animals and plants that live in the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Animals: brown bear, black bear, moose, mountain goat, wolf, sea lion, sea otter, seal, bigmouth sculpin, black-legged kittiwake, Dungeness crab, harbor porpoise, Pacific sandlance, tufted puffin
Plants: bull kelp, cow parsnip, northern rice-root, Plumbs and Custard
Katmai National Park and Preserve
Location: southwestern Alaska
Size in Acres: 3,674,529
Size in Hectares: 1,487,029
Animals & Plants in Gates of the Katmai National Park and Preserve
Learn about the animals and plants that live in the Katmai National Park and Preserve.
Animals: Alaskan brown bear, bald eagle, moose, sea otter, sockeye salmon, black-tailed bumblebee, glaucous-winged gull, greater yellowlegs, horned puffin, Yukon orb weaver
Plants: chocolate lily, northern geranium, Snowdon lily
Kenai Fjords National Park
Location: south-central Alaska
Size in Acres: 669,650
Size in Hectares: 270,998
Animals & Plants in Gates of the Kenai Fjords National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in the Kenai Fjords National Park.
Animals: black turnstone, common murre, Dall’s porpoise, Milbert’s tortoise butterfly, Pacific white-sided dolphin, yellow-bordered taildropper, black bear, brown bear, beaver, coyote, mountain goat, river otter, snowshoe hare, little brown bat, lynx, hoary marmot, marten, mink, moose, meadow jumping mouse, northern bog lemming, porcupine, shrew, red squirrel, vole, short-tailed weasel, gray wolf, wolverine, sea otter, harbor porpoise, Steller sea lion, harbor seal, orca (killer whale), fin whale, gray whale, humpback whale, minke whale, sei whale
Plants: Alaska violet, purple spindles fungus, Sitka alder, common fireweed, mountain ash berry, wild geraniums, western columbine, Nootka lupine, wild rhubarb, capitate valerian, coastal paintbrush, dwarf fireweed
Kobuk Valley National Park
Location: northwestern Alaska
Size in Acres: 1,750,716
Size in Hectares: 708,490
Animals & Plants in Gates of the Kobuk Valley National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in the Kobuk Valley National Park.
Animals: back bear, grizzly bear, caribou, moose, wolf, American wigeon, black scoter, river otter, Canadian tiger swallowtail, cryptic bumblebee, sheefish
Plants: bog bilberry, Kobuk locoweed, sea thrift
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park
Location: southeastern Alaska
Size in Acres: 8,323,146
Size in Hectares: 3,368,258
Animals & Plants in Gates of the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park.
Animals: caribou, brown bear, grizzly bear, Dall sheep, moose, wolf, beaver, trumpeter swan, mink, sea otter, coho salmon, collared pika, common goldeye, pine grosbeak, tundra vole, white-winged crossbill
Plants: slender cruet moss, woolly lousewort, western black elfin saddle mushroom, paper birch
National Parks in American Samoa
There is only one national park in American Samoa.
National Park of American Samoa
Location: part on Tutuila, Tau, and Ofu
Size in Acres: 8,257
Size in Hectares: 3,341
Animals & Plants in National Park of American Samoa
Learn about the animals and plants that live in the National Park of American Samoa.
Animals: flying fox, Pacific boa, noddy, tern, plover, honeyeater, fuia (Samoan starling), lupe (Pacific pigeon), blue and yellow fusilier, crimson-crowned fruit dove, longnose filefish, nautilus, pantropical spotted dolphin, staghorn coral, purple spotted nudibranch, raccoon butterflyfish, Samoan fruit bat
Plants: salato (sting-nettle tree), rockweed, air fern, lau autu (phymatosaurus), lopa (coral bean tree), wild tantan, white moneywort, Samoan palm tree
National Parks in Arizona
There are three naitional parks in Arizona, with the Grand Canyon being the most popular one.
Grand Canyon National Park
Location: northwest Arizona
Size in Acres: 1,201,647
Size in Hectares: 486,289
Animals & Plants in National Park of American Samoa
Learn about the animals and plants that live in the National Park of American Samoa.
Animals: Albert’s squirrel, bobcat, canyon towhee, canyon tree frog, Grand Canyon black tarantula, Grand Canyon rattlesnake, Yuma Clapper rail, red-spotted toad, California condor, zone-tail hawk, canyon wren, bark scorpion, bighorn sheep, mule deer, hog-nosed skunk, collared lizard
Plants: Utah agave, Western honey mesquite, whipped cholla, pinyon pine, Utah juniper, Douglas fir, Fremont cottonwood, rubber rabbitbrush, wax current, mountain mahogany, banana yucca, prickly pear cactus, globemallow
Petrified Forest National Park
Location: northeastern Arizona
Size in Acres: 221,390
Size in Hectares: 89,593
Animals & Plants in Petrified Forest National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in the Petrified Forest National Park.
Animals: Crawford’s gray shrew, glossy snake, harlequin bug, lazuli bunting, New Mexico whiptail, sun spider, western tiger salamander, Woodhouse’s toad, green-winged teal, bufflehead, least grebe, bee fly, bluet damselfly, velvet ant, desert cottontail, Mexican woodrat, plateau fence lizard
Plants: Colorado four o’clock, Navajo fleabane, spinystar cactus, walking stick cholla, frosted mint, skunkbush, mound saltbush, banana yucca
Saguaro National Park
Location: southern Arizona
Size in Acres: 92,876
Size in Hectares: 37,586
Animals & Plants in Saguaro National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in the Saguaro National Park.
Animals: coyote, black bear, elf owl, peccary, kangaroo rat, Gila monster, desert tortoise, tiger rattlesnake, quail, Gila woodpecker, gilded flicker, wren, Anna’s hummingbird, hog-nosed skunk, kit fox, rock squirrel, variable ground snake, vinegarroon
Plants: yucca, saguaro cactus, staghorn cholla cactus, pinkflower hedgehog cactus, fluffgrass, Engelman’s prickly pear cactus, teddybear cholla cactus, chainfruit (jumping) cholla cactus, nine-awn pappusgrass, cottonwood, Goodding’s willow, Arizona ash, net-leaf hackberry, Douglas fir
National Parks in Arkansas
There is one national park in Arkansas.
Hot Springs National Park
Location: central Arkansas
Size in Acres: 5,554
Size in Hectares:2,248
Animals & Plants in Hot Springs National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Hot Springs National Park.
Animals: falacate orangetip butterfly, cedar waxing, many-ribbed salamander, nine-banded armadillo, northern mockingbird, pigweed flea beetle, southern short-tailed shrew, Cope’s gray treefrog, striped skunk
Plants: Plants: Arkansas bedstraw, destroying angel, lobed spleenwort, shortleaf pine, black locust, sassafras, photinia, winged elm, southern magnolia
National Parks in California
There are nine national parks in California.
Channel Islands National Park
Location: off the coast of Southern California
Size in Acres: 249,561
Size in Hectares: 100,994
Animals & Plants in Channel Islands National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Channel Islands National Park.
Animals: Garibaldi, giant sea bass, Guadalupe fur seal, island night lizard, Scripp’s murrelet, scrub jay, sunflower sea star, Risso’s dolphin, Pacific grey whale, California sea lion, sea otter, California brown pelican, rhinoceros auklet, black storm-petrel, Bewick’s wren, Channel Islands song sparrow, rufous-crowned sparrow
Plants: Plants: Channel Island oak, giant coreopsis, toyon, Hoffmann’s rockcress, Island barberry, sea-cliff bedstraw, Santa Cruz Island lace pod, chamise, bishop pine
Death Valley National Park
Location: southwestern California and the Bullfrog Hills region of Nevada
Size in Acres: 3,408,396
Size in Hectares: 1,379,329
Animals & Plants in Death Valley National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Death Valley National Park.
Animals: bighorn sheep, puma, coyote, Becker’s white butterfly, Devil’s Hole pupfish, dune scorpion, loggerhead shrike, panamint rattlesnake, pronghorn, ringtail, roadrunner, sagebrush checkerspot butterfly
Plants: beavertail prickly pear, Mojave pineapple cactus, pickleweed, desert gold, Mojave fishhook cactus, sand verbena
Joshua Tree National Park
Location: southern California
Size in Acres: 795,156
Size in Hectares: 321,788
Animals & Plants in Joshua Tree National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Joshua Tree National Park.
Animals: bighorn sheep, bobcat, puma, coyote, mule deer, desert tortoise, fox, black phoebe, California tree frog, honeypot ant, Mearns’ coyote, Mojave round-tailed ground squirrel, Mojave shovel-nosed snake, western mastiff bat
Plants: California barrel cactus, Joshua tree, tulip prickly pear, cushion foxtail cactus, pencil cholla, teddybear cholla, beavertail prickly pear, Parish’s onion, annual desert milkvetch, Lincoln rockcress
Kings Canyon National Park
Location: east-central California
Size in Acres: 461,901
Size in Hectares: 186,925
Animals & Plants in Kings Canyon National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Kings Canyon National Park.
Animals: mule deer, black bear, bighorn sheep, California flattened jumping spider, California roach, California spotted owl, Pacific marten, Sacramento sucker, Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog, white-headed woodpecker
Plants: California incense cedar, snow plant, whiskerbrush
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Location: northeastern California
Size in Acres: 106,589
Size in Hectares: 43,135
Animals & Plants in Lassen Volcanic National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
Animals: mule deer, black bear, acorn woodpecker, Cascades frog, Douglas squirrel, red-necked phalarope, Sierra garter snake, Sierra Nevada red fox, Steller’s jay, great gray owl, mountain chickadee, Clark’s nutcracker, pileated woodpecker, snowshoe hare, American pika
Plants: blue oak, great mullein, pearly everlasting, red fir, quaking aspen, mountain mule’s ear, snow plant, western wallflower
Pinnacles National Park
Location: west-central California
Size in Acres: 26,686
Size in Hectares: 10,799
Animals & Plants in Pinnacles National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Pinnacles National Park.
Animals: black-tailed deer, fox, puma, tarantula, Townsend’s big-eared bat, fringed myotis, Thisbe’s tarantula hawk wasp, California condor, California red-legged frog, California whipsnake, Merriam’s chipmunk
Plants: coast tarweed, pale silverback fern, valley oak, Texosporium sancti-jacobi
Redwood National & State Parks
Location: northern California
Size in Acres: 138,999
Size in Hectares: 56,251
Animals & Plants in Redwood National & State Parks
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Redwood National & State Parks.
Animals: black bear, bobcat, red squirrel, Roosevelt elk, fluffy sculpin, coyote, blacktail deer, chipmunk, aggregating anemone, dusky-footed woodrat, elephant seal, periwinkle snail, purple sea star, Sierran treefrog, varied thrush
Plants: coastal redwood, parrot mushroom, milkmaid, California poppy, redwood sorrel, buttercup, cow parsnip, giant trillium, mission bell, forget-me-not, Henderson’s shooting star
Sequoia National Park
Location: central California
Size in Acres: 404,063
Size in Hectares: 163,518
Animals & Plants in Sequoia National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Sequoia National Park.
Animals: black bear, mule deer, gray fox, Townsend’s big-eared bat, California mouse, Little Kern golden trout, Douglas fir tussock moth, California prionus beetle, California quail, Mount Lyell salamander, Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep
Plants: giant sequoia, leopard lily, southern foxtail pine, fiddleneck flower, ponderosa pine
Yosemite National Park
Location: east-central California
Size in Acres: 761,748
Size in Hectares: 308,268
Animals & Plants in Yosemite National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Yosemite National Park.
Animals: mule deer, black bear, coyote, puma, Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, Pacific fisher, Steller’s jay, western meadowlark, mountain bluebird, western pond turtle, golden eagle, foothill shoulderband snail, Gilbert’s skink, Lewis’s woodpecker, short-tailed weasel, Yosemite millipede
Plants: bitterroot, Douglas iris, Engelmann spruce, pinewood gingertail mushroom, black oak, whitebark pine, scarlet monkeyflower, meadow penstemon, subalpine paintbrush, Jeffrey shooting star, Sierra butterweed, marsh marigold
National Parks in Colorado
There are four national parks in Colorado.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Location: west-central Colorado
Size in Acres: 30,780
Size in Hectares: 12,456
Animals & Plants in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
Animals: mule deer, coyote, bobcat, fox, rock squirrel, golden eagle, bald eagle, Weidemeyer’s admiral butterfly, Bewick’s wren, brown trout, Colorado soldier beetle, spotted towhee, plateau striped whip-tail, Preble’s shrew
Plants: Gamble oak, Palmer’s bee plant, rose heath, lesser duckweed, Harriman’s yucca, Russian knapweed, tall pussytoes, Carruth’s wormwood, Canada thistle, dwarf rabbitbrush, fringed thistle
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Location: southern Colorado
Size in Acres: 107,346
Size in Hectares: 43,441
Animals & Plants in Great Sand Dunes National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Great Sand Dunes National Park.
Animals: Great Sand Dunes tiger beetle, green-tailed towhee, Mead’s flower moth, mule deer, Rio Grande sucker, western tanager, tiger salamander, chorus frog, brown-capped rosy finch, white-tailed ptarmigan, peregrine falcon, mountain bluebird, northern pygmy owl, kangaroo rat, Albert’s squirrel, yellow-bellied marmot
Plants: blowout grass, bristlecone pine, elephantella, sandy-silt puffball, alpine phlox, dwarf clover, alpine forget-me-not, fairy primrose, snow buttercup, aspen, Rocky Mountain juniper tree, three-leaf sumac, Smith’s draba
Mesa Verde National Park
Location: southwestern Colorado
Size in Acres: 52,485
Size in Hectares: 21,240
Animals & Plants in Mesa Verde National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Mesa Verde National Park.
Animals: elk, puma, Botta’s pocket gopher, common ringlet, gray fox, pinyon jay, rough-legged hawk, round-tail chub, Say’s stink bug, juniper titmouse, northern saw-whet owl, common gray fox, black bear, American mink, Gunnison’s prairie dog, Great Basin sagebrush lizard
Plants: firecracker penstemon, green spore parasol, Utah juniper, arrowgrass, cocklebur, Gardner’s saltbush, thistle cholla, Persian knotweed, freckled milkvetch, bigbract verbena, Gunnison’s mariposa lily
Rocky Mountain National Park
Location: northern Colorado
Size in Acres: 265,807
Size in Hectares: 107,568
Animals & Plants in Rocky Mountain National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Animals: Rocky Mountain sheep (bighorn), elk, deer, coyote, puma, bobcat, black bear, moose, bushy-tailed woodrat, Colorado River cutthroat trout, spotted skunk, juniper hairstreak, mountain chickadee
Plants: Colorado blue columbine, limber pine, Rocky Mountain juniper, snow buttercup, rhizomnium moss, lodgepole pine, narrow cottonwood, Rocky Mountain maple, wild rose, wax current, boulder raspberry, chokecherry
National Parks in Florida
There are three national parks in Florida.
Biscayne National Park
Location: upper Florida Keys
Size in Acres: 172,971
Size in Hectares: 69,999
Animals & Plants in Biscayne National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Biscayne National Park.
Animals: wrasse, goby, barrel sponge, Bermuda blue angelfish, brown pelican, Florida grassflat crab, fuzzy chiton, hawksbill sea turtle, pinkeye blenny, Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly, mangrove cuckoo, spiny lobster, Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, tiger lucine, scorched mussel, spiny fileclam, manatee, staghorn coral, American alligator
Plants: paddle grass, turtle grass, semaphore prickly-pear cactus, fishtail swordfern, bottle brush, resurrection fern, aloe yucca, black mangrove, Bahama strongbark, butterfly orchid, Cuban jute, Madagascar periwinkle, perfumed spiderlily
Dry Tortugas National Park
Location: in the Florida Keys, southwest of Florida
Size in Acres: 64,701
Size in Hectares: 26,184
Animals & Plants in Dry Tortugas National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Dry Tortugas National Park.
Animals: Atlantic ghost crab, brown noddy, cobia, elkhorn coral, elliptical star coral, green sea turtle, mutton snapper, queen conch, roseate tern, smallmouth grunt, masked booby, nurse shark, loggerhead sea turtle, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle
Plants: most types of plants in the park are not native and have been introduced
Everglades National Park
Location: southwestern tip of the Florida peninsula
Size in Acres: 1,508,939
Size in Hectares: 610,646
Animals & Plants in Everglades National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Everglades National Park.
Animals: American crocodile, American alligator, manatee, eastern indigo snake, Florida bonneted bat, Gulf toadfish, little grass frog, marsh rabbit, riverine grass shrimp, roseate spoonbill, Cape Sable seaside sparrow, southern leopard frog, wood stork, black-crowned night heron, zebra longwing butterfly, eyed click beetle, marsh rabbit, gray fox, green anole, Florida cottonmouth
Plants: butterfly orchid, powdery catopsis, seagrass, Simpson’s applecactus, triangle cactus, wormvine vanilla, shoreline seapurslane, sawgrass, muhly grass, cowhorn orchid, clamshell orchid, goatsfoot passionflower, soldierwood, black mangrove, cockspur
National Parks in Hawaii
There are two national parks in Hawaii.
Haleakala National Park
Location: island of Maui, Hawaii
Size in Acres: 33,265
Size in Hectares: 13,462
Animals & Plants in Haleakala National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Haleakala National Park.
Animals: kiwikiu (Maui parrotbill), ‘ākohekohe (crested honeycreeper), Maui ‘ālauahio (Maui creeper), ‘i’iwi (scarlet honeycreeper), ‘ua’u (Hawaiian petrel), Hawaiian bat, nēnē, Hawaiian wolf spider
Plants: Haleakala silversword, Geranium cuneatum, Geranium multiflorum
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Location: island of Hawaii, Hawaii
Size in Acres: 325,605
Size in Hectares: 131,768
Animals & Plants in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.
Animals: ‘apapane, ‘i’iwi, amakihi, ‘elepaio, ‘ōma’o (Hawaiian thrush), ‘akiapōlā’au, ākepa, Hawai’i creeper, ‘io (Hawaiian hawk), koa’e kea (white-tailed tropicbird), rock crab, ‘ua’u (Hawaiian petrel), ‘alalā, honu’ea (hawksbill sea turtle), Hawaiian monk seal, Pacific golden plover, Sandwich Island sleeper, yellow-footed ‘opihi
Plants: ‘ōhi’a lehua, koa, niu (coconut palm), ‘ōlapa, pilo, māmane, ‘iliahi (sandalwood), māmaki, ohelo, sea hibiscus, palapalai, uluhe, moa, ‘āhinahina (Mauna Loa silverswords)
National Parks in Idaho
There is one national park in Idaho.
Yellowstone National Park
Location: northwest corner of Wyoming into southern Montana and eastern Idaho
Size in Acres: 2,219,791
Size in Hectares: 898,318
Animals & Plants in Yellowstone National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Yellowstone National Park.
Animals: black bear, grizzly bear, moose, mule deer, bighorn sheep, gray wolf, elk, bison, pronghorn, mountain goat, bobcat, Canada lynx, puma, badger, marten, short-tailed weasel, river otter, snowshoe hare, white-tailed jackrabbit, shrew, bald eagle, trumpeter swan, white pelican, blue heron, gull, osprey, peregrine falcon, Steller’s jay, woodpecker, mountain chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, raven, prairie rattlesnakes, boreal chorus frog, blotched tiger salamander, cutthroat trout, grayling, mountain whitefish, rainbow trout, beaver, golden mantled squirrel, kildeer, mountain whitefish, pentatomid stink bug
Plants: Yellowstone sulphur flower, Yellowstone sand verbena, Ross’s bentgrass, lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce, whitebark pine, Douglas fir
National Parks in Indiana
There is one national park in Indiana.
Indiana Dunes National Park
Location: northwestern Indiana
Size in Acres: 15,349
Size in Hectares: 6,212
Animals & Plants in Indiana Dunes National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Indiana Dunes National Park.
Animals: great blue heron, coyote, white-tailed deer, central mudminnow, eastern foxsnake, Fowler’s toad, Karner blue butterfly, northern short-tailed shrew, six-spotted tiger beetle, yellow-billed cuckoo
Plants: bird’s-foot violet, Pitcher’s thistle, ragwort, Indian paintbrush
National Parks in Kentucky
There is one national park in Kentucky.
Mammoth Cave National Park
Location: central Kentucky
Size in Acres: 54,016
Size in Hectares: 21,859
Animals & Plants in Mammoth Cave National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Mammoth Cave National Park.
Animals: common cave cricket, eyeless fish, white-tailed deer, opossum, eastern gray squirrel, rabbit, wild turkey, black-and-gold flat millipede, cave salamander, gray bat, Indiana bat, Kentucky cave shrimp, Mammoth Cave crayfish, northern cave crayfish, pistol-grip mussel
Plants: liverwort, white oak, tulip poplar, American beech, easter red cedar, cattails, cardinal flower, black willow, harbinger-of-spring, passionflower, goldenrod
National Parks in Maine
There is one national park in Maine.
Acadia National Park
Location: in Maine on Mount Desert Island, Isle au Haut, and the Schoodic Peninsula
Size in Acres: 49,071
Size in Hectares: 19,858
Animals & Plants in Acadia National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Acadia National Park.
Animals: Acadian hermit, alewife, Atlantic puffin, black guillemot, deer tick, mink, pilot whale, spotted sandpiper, harbour porpoise, gray seal, red fox, snowshoe hare, black bear, North American beaver
Plants: lily of the valley, starflower, green alder, white ash, trembling aspen, bluet, dewdrop, Christmas fern, steeplebush, mountain holly, creeping juniper, bog laurel, striped maple, red oak, partridgeberry, round-leaved pyrola, early saxifrage, shinleaf, sweetfern, wintergreen, northern wood sorrel
National Parks in Michigan
There is one national park in Michigan.
Isle Royale National Park
Location: islands of Michigan in the northwest part of Lake Superior
Size in Acres: 571,790
Size in Hectares: 231,395
Animals & Plants in Isle Royale National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Isle Royale National Park.
Animals: moose, beaver, squirrel, rabbit, timber wolf, American marten, common loon, lake chub, muskrat, slimy sculpin, coaster brook trout, river otter, lake whitefish, eastern garter snake, white throated sparrow
Plants: calypso orchid, Canada dogwood, marsh-marigold, white water lily, skunk cabbage, mountain ash, big-toothed aster, sarsaparilla, bunchberry, balsam fir, white spruce, paper birch, aspen, thimbleberry
National Parks in Minnesota
There is one national park in Minnesota.
Voyageurs National Park
Location: northern Minnesota
Size in Acres: 218,222
Size in Hectares: 88,311
Animals & Plants in Voyageurs National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Voyageurs National Park.
Animals: moose, black bear, deer, timber wolf, beaver, coyote, golden eagle, black-and-white warbler, common flower fly, Iowa darter, lake sturgeon, mink frog, muskellunge, red-necked grebe, red squirrel, spruce grouse
Plants: goblet waxcap, large leaf aster, yellow salsify, birch bolete mushroom, twinflower, showy lady’s-slipper, bunchberry, red columbine
National Parks in Missouri
There is one national park in Missouri.
Gateway Arch National Park
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Size in Acres: 193
Size in Hectares: 78
Animals & Plants in Gateway Arch National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Gateway Arch National Park.
Animals: chimney swift, common grackle, evening bat, rock pigeon, striped whitelip snail, European starling, northern cardinal, brown thrasher, monarch butterfly, emerald ash borer
Plants: American sycamore, butterweed, common blue violet, common chickweed, prairie blazing star
National Parks in Montana
There are two national parks in Montana.
Glacier National Park
Location: northwestern Montana
Size in Acres: 1,013,126
Size in Hectares: 409,998
Animals & Plants in Glacier National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Glacier National Park.
Animals: mountain goat, bighorn sheep, black bear, grizzly bear, deer, moose, elk, gray wolf, coyote, Canada lynx, geese, cutthroat trout, Eastern brook trout, mountain whitefish, salmon, Clark’s nutcracker, Columbia spotted frog, harlequin duck, pika, Yellowstone checkerspot butterfly
Plants: club moss, horse’s-hoof fungus, northern eyebright, western hemlock, quaking aspen, western red cedar, western hemlock, black cottonwood (balsam poplar), lodgepole pine, Pacific yew, trillium, purple aster
Yellowstone National Park
Location: northwest corner of Wyoming into southern Montana and eastern Idaho
Size in Acres: 2,219,791
Size in Hectares: 898,318
Animals & Plants in Yellowstone National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Yellowstone National Park.
Animals: black bear, grizzly bear, moose, mule deer, bighorn sheep, gray wolf, elk, bison, pronghorn, mountain goat, bobcat, Canada lynx, puma, badger, marten, short-tailed weasel, river otter, snowshoe hare, white-tailed jackrabbit, shrew, bald eagle, trumpeter swan, white pelican, blue heron, gull, osprey, peregrine falcon, Steller’s jay, woodpecker, mountain chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, raven, prairie rattlesnakes, boreal chorus frog, blotched tiger salamander, cutthroat trout, grayling, mountain whitefish, rainbow trout, beaver, golden mantled squirrel, kildeer, mountain whitefish, pentatomid stink bug
Plants: Yellowstone sulphur flower, Yellowstone sand verbena, Ross’s bentgrass, lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce, whitebark pine, Douglas fir
National Parks in Nevada
There are two national park in Nevada.
Death Valley National Park
Location: southwestern California and the Bullfrog Hills region of Nevada
Size in Acres: 3,408,396
Size in Hectares: 1,379,329
Animals & Plants in Death Valley National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Death Valley National Park.
Animals: bighorn sheep, puma, coyote, Becker’s white butterfly, Devil’s Hole pupfish, dune scorpion, loggerhead shrike, panamint rattlesnake, pronghorn, ringtail, roadrunner, sagebrush checkerspot butterfly
Plants: beavertail prickly pear, Mojave pineapple cactus, pickleweed, desert gold, Mojave fishhook cactus, sand verbena
Great Basin National Park
Location: eastern Nevada
Size in Acres: 77,180
Size in Hectares: 31,234
Animals & Plants in Great Basin National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Great Basin National Park.
Animals: bighorn sheep, bobcat, golden eagle, bald eagle, red-tailed hawk, puma, mule deer, black-billed magpie, Bonneville cutthroat trout, chukar, Great Basin cave millipede, long-nosed snake, pseudoscorpion, pygmy rabbit, white-tailed antelope squirrel, common nighthawk, Cooper’s hawk
Plants: Holgrem’s buckwheat, Mt. Wheeler sandwort, Utah juniper, Rocky Mountain juniper, singleleaf pinyon pine, ponderosa pine, Engelmann spruce, white fir, Indian paintbrush
National Parks in New Mexico
There are two national parks in New Mexico.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Location: southeastern New Mexico
Size in Acres: 46,766
Size in Hectares: 18,926
Animals & Plants in Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
Animals: gopher, jackrabbit, mule deer, coyote, bobcat, puma, Chihuahuan hook-nosed snake, collared peccary, giant desert centipede, horsehair worm, Texas banded gecko, varied bunting, western pipistrelle bat, ornate box turtle, great horned owl
Plants: maidenhair fern, cliffbrake, spleenwort, curlyleaf muhly, Mexican buckeye, tarbush, sandpaper oak, torrey yucca, banana yucca, orange butterflyweed
White Sands National Park
Location: southern New Mexico
Size in Acres: 146,344
Size in Hectares: 59,223
Animals & Plants in White Sands National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in White Sands National Park.
Animals: American badger, bobcat, kit fox, porcupine, black-tailed jackrabbit, White Sands pupfish, raven, roadrunner, Apache jumping spider, Apache pocket mouse, black-chinned hummingbird, bleached earless lizard, New Mexico spadefoot toad, sand scorpion, sand-treader camel cricket, desert cottontail, pallid bat, Merriam’s kangaroo rat
Plants: catchfly prairie gentian, purple prickly pear cactus, creosote bush, desert willow, fourwing saltbush, hoary rosemary mint, honey mesquite, Rio Grande cottonwood, rubber rabbitbrush, skunkbush sumac, globe mallow, purple sand verbena
National Parks in North Carolina
There is one national park in North Carolina.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Location: on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee
Size in Acres: 522,427
Size in Hectares: 211,419
Animals & Plants in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Animals: black bear, white-tailed deer, wild boar, gray fox, red fox, raccoon, red wolf, ruffed grouse, wild turkey, deer tick, gray squirrel, Jordan’s salamander, Philadelphia vireo, eastern chipmunk, red-spotted purple butterfly, river redhorse, stag beetle, timber rattlesnake
Plants: American basswood, rosebay rhododendron, synchronous fireflies, pinesap, flame azalea, white trillium, mockernut hickory, American beech, pitch pine, mountain laurel, maple-leaved viburnum
National Parks in North Dakota
There is one national park in North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Location: western North Dakota
Size in Acres: 70,447
Size in Hectares: 28,509
Animals & Plants in Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Animals: bison, deer, elk, feral (wild) horse, coyote, prairie dog, golden eagle, great horned owl, sandhill crane, American kestrel, prairie rattlesnake, red-headed woodpecker, thirteen-lined ground squirrel, western kingbird
Plants: green ash, rabbitbrush, western wheatgrass, pasqueflower, sunflower, aster
National Parks in Ohio
There is one national park in Ohio.
Cuyahoga National Park
Location: northeastern Ohio
Size in Acres: 32,572
Size in Hectares: 13,181
Animals & Plants in Cuyahoga National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Cuyahoga National Park.
Animals: beaver, coyote, white-tailed deer, Carolina mantis, common merganser, Jefferson salamander, red-bellied snake, red-tailed hawk, star-nosed mole, red fox, gray fox, white-footed mouse, short-tailed shrew
Plants: dwarf ginseng, sulphur shelf mushroom, yellow trout lily, Kentucky bluegrass, black bentgrass, redtop, annual ryegrass, timothy-grass, velvet grass, poverty grass, switchgrass, foam flower, bromegrass, orchard grass, fowl meadow grass, golden-fruited sedge, needle spikerush, radiate sedge, Virginia bluebell, spring cress, purple cress, rue anemone
National Parks in Oregon
There is one national park in Oregon.
Crater Lake National Park
Location: southwestern Oregon
Size in Acres: 183,224
Size in Hectares: 74,148
Animals & Plants in Crater Lake National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Crater Lake National Park.
Animals: elk, black-tailed deer, black bear, bald eagle, trout, salmon, puma, black-backed woodpecker, bull trout, Cassin’s finch, common sagebrush lizard, Pacific jumping mouse, Pandora pine moth, mule deer, pika, Crater Lake newt (Mazama newt)
Plants: olive brittlegrill, Anderson’s lupine, red fir, western bog laurel, dwarf monkeyflower, Lewis monkeyflower, stream violet, orange peel fungus, Cascade desert parsley, white fir, whitebark pine, sugar pine, mountain hemlock
National Parks in South Carolina
There is one national park in South Carolina.
Congaree National Park
Location: central South Carolina
Size in Acres: 26,693
Size in Hectares: 10,802
Animals & Plants in Congaree National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Congaree National Park.
Animals: red-cockaded woodpecker, opossum, fox, feral swine, bobcat, blue-winged teal, Brimley’s chorus frog, lesser yellowleg, plain-bellied water snake, southern fox squirrel, broad-headed skink, swamp milkweed leaf beetle, synchronized fireflies
Plants: loblolly pine, striped prince’s pine, tupelo tree, longleaf pine
National Parks in South Dakota
There are two national parks in South Dakota.
Badlands National Park
Location: southwestern South Dakota
Size in Acres: 242,756
Size in Hectares: 98,240
Animals & Plants in Badlands National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Badlands National Park.
Animals: bison, bighorn sheep, pronghorn, mule deer, coyote, jackrabbit, black-footed ferret, prairie dog, hawk, rattlesnake, American badger, grasshopper sparrow, orchard oriole, North American porcupine, red-legged grasshopper, two-tailed swallowtail butterfly
Plants: Eastern cottonwood, green needlegrass, prairie sunflower, tufted evening primrose, juniper
Wind Cave National Park
Location: southwestern South Dakota
Size in Acres: 33,971
Size in Hectares: 13,747
Animals & Plants in Wind Cave National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Wind Cave National Park.
Animals: buffalo, deer, prairie dog, pronghorn, coyote, black-footed ferret, bold jumping spider, meadow slug, Miller’s myotis, Plains lubber grasshopper, yellow warbler
Plants: lobster mushroom, meadow anemone, ponderosa pine, woolly plantain, shooting star, purple coneflower, meadow rose, wild bergamot, burr oak, smooth sumac, woodbine, red elderberry, sandbar willow
National Parks in Tennessee
There is one national park in Tennessee.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Location: on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee
Size in Acres: 522,427
Size in Hectares: 211,419
Animals & Plants in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Animals: black bear, white-tailed deer, wild boar, gray fox, red fox, raccoon, red wolf, ruffed grouse, wild turkey, deer tick, gray squirrel, Jordan’s salamander, Philadelphia vireo, eastern chipmunk, red-spotted purple butterfly, river redhorse, stag beetle, timber rattlesnake
Plants: American basswood, rosebay rhododendron, synchronous fireflies, pinesap, flame azalea, white trillium, mockernut hickory, American beech, pitch pine, mountain laurel, maple-leaved viburnum
National Parks in Texas
There are two national parks in Texas.
Big Bend National Park
Location: southwestern Texas
Size in Acres: 801,163
Size in Hectares: 324,219
Animals & Plants in Big Bend National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Big Bend National Park.
Animals: mule deer, coyote, collared peccary, jackrabbit, white-tailed deer, roadrunner, puma, kangaroo rat, Big Bend gambusia, Chihuahuan greater earless lizard, Couch’s spadefoot toad, golden-fronted woodpecker, mottled rock rattlesnake, Trans-Pecos copperhead, two-tailed swallowtail caterpillar, blue grosbeak
Plants: eagle claw cactus, bicolor fan-mustard, prairie verbena, bluecurls, blackfoot daisy, Texas madrone, antelope horns milkweed, Texas rainbow cactus, desert marigold, strawberry cactus, fragrant mimosa, claret-cup cactus, ocotillo
Guadalupe National Park
Location: western Texas
Size in Acres: 86,367
Size in Hectares: 34,951
Animals & Plants in Guadalupe National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Guadalupe National Park.
Animals: mule deer, elk, puma, black bear, raccoon, golden eagle, peregrine falcon, crevice spiny lizard, pyrrhuloxia (desert cardinal), rainbow grasshopper, southwestern blackhead snake, tiger centipede, wild boar, zone-tailed hawk
Plants: ocotillo, Parry’s agave, Texas mandrone, honey mesquite
National Parks in Utah
There are five national parks in Utah.
Arches National Park
Location: southeastern Utah
Size in Acres: 76,679
Size in Hectares: 31,031
Animals & Plants in Arches National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Arches National Park.
Animals: jackrabbit, mule deer, fox, golden eagle, pinyon jay, desert spiny lizard, giant hairy scorpion, gray vireo, Ord’s kangaroo rat, painted lady butterfly, Sinaloan night snake, white-throated swift, Say’s phoebe, western scrub jay
Plants: Brenda’s yellow cryptantha, kingcup cactus, Whipple’s fishhook cactus, angel’s-trumpet, berry pricklypear, bur buttercup, cliffrose, desert stickleaf, dwarf milkweed, evening primrose, Fermont’s barberry, cheatgrass
Bryce Canyon National Park
Location: southern Utah
Size in Acres: 35,835
Size in Hectares: 14,502
Animals & Plants in Bryce Canyon National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Bryce Canyon National Park.
Animals: porcupine, puma, Utah prairie dog, Steller’s jay, blue grouse, raven, Great Basin bumblebee, greater short-horned lizard, peregrine falcon, pine white butterfly, violet-green swallow, western rattlesnake, Williamson’s sapsucker, hairy woodpecker, pygmy nuthatch, mule deer, golden-mantled ground squirrel, pronghorn, Uinta chipmunk
Plants: quaking aspen, Bryce Canyon paintbrush, lavender leaf sundrops, yarrow, mountain death-camas, western wallflower, bush cinquefoil, many-flowered stoneseed, Nootka rose, limber pine, Great Basin bristlecone pine
Canyonlands National Park
Location: southeast Utah
Size in Acres: 337,598
Size in Hectares: 136,621
Animals & Plants in Canyonlands National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Canyonlands National Park.
Animals: mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, coyote, Arizona sister butterfly, canyon wren, leopard frog, desert collared lizard, hairy bear scarab beetle, Hopi chipmunk, wild burro, yellow-breasted chat, desert cottontail, kangaroo rat
Plants: claret cup cactus, brown spined prickly pear, narrowleaf yucca, trichophora cactus, cheatgrass, pinyon pine, blackbrush, netleaf hackberry, Fremont’s cottonwood, mountain phlox
Capitol Reef National Park
Location: south-central Utah
Size in Acres: 241,905
Size in Hectares: 97,895
Animals & Plants in Capitol Reef National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Capitol Reef National Park.
Animals: mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, coyote, kit fox, red fox, yellow-bellied marmot, black bear, puma, lynx, black-chinned hummingbird, bald eagle, cutthroat trout, Utah chub, bluehead sucker, Bullock’s oriole, cactus sap beetle, cliff chipmunk, ornate tree lizard, rock wren, yellow rattlesnake, Woodhouse’s toad, northern leopard frog
Plants: golden pricklypear, Mojave aster, textile onion, perennial rockcress, showy goldeneye, pink funnel-lily, Harriman’s yucca, Nevada blue-eyed grass, common yarrow, bur ragweed, elk thistle, curly-cup gumweed
Zion National Park
Location: southwestern Utah
Size in Acres: 147,243
Size in Hectares: 59,587
Animals & Plants in Zion National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Zion National Park.
Animals: mule deer, golden eagle, puma, peregrine falcon, Zion snail, bighorn sheep, desert sucker, California kingsnake, Great Basin rattlesnake, Polyphemus moth, southern willow flycatcher, western whiptail lizard, California condor, raven, American dipper, Gambel’s quail, greater roadrunner, flame skimmer
Plants: rough paintbrush, pinyon pine, manzanita, banana yucca, Engelmann prickly pear, maidenhair fern, Fremont cottonwood, Utah juniper, ponderosa pine, rabbitbrush, fourwing saltbush
National Parks in the Virgin Islands
There is one national park in the Virgin Islands.
Virgin Islands National Park
Location: mainly on St. John and St. Thomas Islands
Size in Acres: 15,052
Size in Hectares: 6,091
Animals & Plants in Virgin Islands National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Virgin Islands National Park.
Animals: ani, bananaquit, brown pelican, Caribbean manta ray, Caribbean reef squid, chain moray, French grunt, magnificent frigatebird, queen triggerfish, Virgin Islands boa, green sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle, nurse shark, whale shark, southern stingray, spotted eagle ray
Plants: Tyre palm, red mangrove, white mangrove, black mangrove, turtle grass, manatee grass, wattapama, strongbark, fiddlewood, wild frangipani, Jamaican caper, turpentine tree, sea grape
National Parks in Virginia
There is one national park in Virginia.
Shenandoah National Park
Location: northern Virginia
Size in Acres: 200,192
Size in Hectares: 81,015
Animals & Plants in Shenandoah National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Shenandoah National Park.
Animals: white-tailed deer, black bear, red fox, gray fox, gray squirrel, southern flying squirrel, Virginia opossum, striped skunk, spotted skunk, American mink, least weasel, American redstart, common spring moth, longnose dace, red flat bark beetle, seal salamander, smooth earth snake, Shenandoah salamander, big brown bat
Plants: downy rattlesnake plantain, tulip tree, Goldie’s wood fern, rusty cliff fern, hairy lip fern, interrupted fern, blue flag iris, marsh willow herb, sassafras, huckleberry, yellow poplar, orange black gum, sumac, pink lady’s slipper, wild geranium
National Parks in Washington
There are three national parks in Washington.
Mount Rainier National Park
Location: west-central Washington
Size in Acres: 236,382
Size in Hectares: 95,660
Animals & Plants in Mount Rainier National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Mount Rainier National Park.
Animals: black-tailed deer, Roosevelt elk, black bear, mountain goat, raccoon, Douglas squirrel, American marmot, gray jay, Steller’s jay, Clark’s nutcracker, hairy woodpecker, anise swallowtail butterfly, coastal tailed frog, ensatina, northern spotted owl, northwestern garter snake, pink salmon, willow flycatcher
Plants: bunch berry, noble fir, questionable Stropharia, subalpine fir, black cottonwood, vine maple, bigleaf maple, Pacific dogwood, whitebark pine, western yew, western red cedar, Alaska yellow cedar, dwarf goldenrod, glacier lily, arrowleaf groundsel, pink monkeyflower, scarlet paintbrush, elephant’s head
North Cascades National Park
Location: northwestern Washington
Size in Acres: 504,781
Size in Hectares: 204,278
Animals & Plants in North Cascades National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in North Cascades National Park.
Animals: black bear, pika, western small-footed bat, gray wolf, Canada lynx, painted turtle, American pipit, Chinook salmon, hoary marmot, leopard slug, long-toed salamander, marbled murrelet, Pacific giant salamander, mule deer, black-tailed deer, moose, mountain goat, wolverine, gray wolf, puma, grizzly bear, elk, bobcat, Steller’s jay, American dipper, common merganser, red-breasted nuthatch, bald eagle
Plants: Pacific silver fern, spreading wood fern, western starflower, deer fern, woolly pine spike mushroom, red columbine, Indian plum, salmonberry, bracken fern, maidenhair fern, western red cedar
Olympic National Park
Location: northwestern Washington
Size in Acres: 922,649
Size in Hectares: 373,383
Animals & Plants in Olympic National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Olympic National Park.
Animals: Roosevelt elk, black bear, puma, black-tailed deer, mountain goat, Olympic marmot, Olympic torrent salamander, Olympic yellow-pine chipmunk, mariposa copper, banana slug, giant green anemone, Olympic mudminnow, rubber boa, sea otter
Plants: stair-step moss, cattail moss, spike moss, blueberry, deer fern, Sitka spruce
National Parks in West Virginia
There is one national park in West Virginia.
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
Location: southeast West Virginia
Size in Acres: 72,345
Size in Hectares: 29,277
Animals & Plants in New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
Learn about the animals and plants that live in New River Gorge National Park & Preserve.
Animals: Virginia big-eared bat, Indiana bat, candy darter, American coot, black-bellied salamander, cerulean warbler, eastern box turtle, eastern hognose snake, smallmouth bass, spicebush swallowtail, white-tailed deer, Allegheny woodrat
Plants: Carolina wild petunia, coltsfoot, mountain woodsorrel, mountain laurel, Christmas fern, wintergreen, teaberry, Catawba rhododendron, great rhododendron
National Parks in Wyoming
There are two national parks in Wyoming.
Grand Teton National Park
Location: northwestern Wyoming
Size in Acres: 310,044
Size in Hectares: 125,470
Animals & Plants in Grand Teton National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Grand Teton National Park.
Animals: elk, mule deer, black bear, grizzly bear, bison, antelope, coyote, beaver, cutthroat trout, osprey, bald eagle, western bluebird, greater sage grouse, army cutworm moth, speckled dace, Utah ground squirrel, valley garter snake, western toad, moose
Plants: balsamroot, fringed gentian, glacier lily, lodgepole pine, skyrocket gilia, larkspur, Indian paintbrush, fireweed, columbine, monkshood, calypso orchid, moss campion, quaking aspen, alpine forget-me-not, sky pilot, bracken fern, lady fern, shield fern, parsley fern, serviceberry, blue spruce, lodgepole pine, bracted honeysuckle
Yellowstone National Park
Location: northwest corner of Wyoming into southern Montana and eastern Idaho
Size in Acres: 2,219,791
Size in Hectares: 898,318
Animals & Plants in Yellowstone National Park
Learn about the animals and plants that live in Yellowstone National Park.
Animals: black bear, grizzly bear, moose, mule deer, bighorn sheep, gray wolf, elk, bison, pronghorn, mountain goat, bobcat, Canada lynx, puma, badger, marten, short-tailed weasel, river otter, snowshoe hare, white-tailed jackrabbit, shrew, bald eagle, trumpeter swan, white pelican, blue heron, gull, osprey, peregrine falcon, Steller’s jay, woodpecker, mountain chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, raven, prairie rattlesnakes, boreal chorus frog, blotched tiger salamander, cutthroat trout, grayling, mountain whitefish, rainbow trout, beaver, golden mantled squirrel, kildeer, mountain whitefish, pentatomid stink bug
Plants: Yellowstone sulphur flower, Yellowstone sand verbena, Ross’s bentgrass, lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce, whitebark pine, Douglas fir
U.S National Parks List in Alphabetical Order
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- Acadia National Park
- Arches National Park
- Badlands National Park
- Big Bend National Park
- Biscayne National Park
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Canyonlands National Park
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Channel Islands National Park
- Congaree National Park
- Crater Lake National Park
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park
- Death Valley National Park
- Denali National Park and Preserve
- Dry Tortugas National Park
- Everglades National Park
- Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
- Gateway Arch National Park
- Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
- Glacier National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Grand Teton National Park
- Great Basin National Park
- Great Sand Dunes National Park
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
- Haleakalā National Park
- Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
- Hot Springs National Park
- Indiana Dunes National Park
- Isle Royale National Park
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Katmai National Park and Preserve
- Kenai Fjords National Park
- Kings Canyon National Park
- Kobuk Valley National Park
- Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Mammoth Cave National Park
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Mount Rainier National Park
- National Park of American Samoa
- New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
- North Cascades National Park
- Olympic National Park
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Pinnacles National Park
- Redwood National & State Parks
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Saguaro National Park
- Sequoia National Park
- Shenandoah National Park
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park
- Virgin Islands National Park
- Voyageurs National Park
- White Sands National Park
- Wind Cave National Park
- Wrangell–St. Elias National Park
- Yellowstone National Park
- Yosemite National Park
- Zion National Park
Best National Parks for Kids
If you’ve been wondering what the best national parks to take your kids to are, you’re in luck! We break it down for you and even share some of the best things to do at each park.
How to Plan a National Parks Trip
There are many factors to consider while planning a trip to a national park. One of the most important is weather. The weather can change very quickly in some national parks. Additionally, the weather in various parts of the same park can be very different. It may be warm and sunny at the base of a volcano or mountain and snowing at the top.
Another part of planning your national parks trip to give careful thought to is food. Some of the larger parks that you may visit for several days at a time have limited places to buy food, including snacks, and the food is often priced higher than it would be outside the park. You may want to take along food, snacks, drinks, and other basic supplies so you do not have to buy them once inside the park.
Each national park is unique and offers special experiences you may not find anywhere else. The National Parks Service website includes an easy-to-use feature to sort national parks based on state and what your interests are such as living history, snowmobiling, hiking, and many other activities. You can explore the parks based on activity at the National Park Service website.
Also on the National Park Service website, you can find helpful tips on how to stay safe while exploring the wonders each national park has to offer.
FAQ About the National Parks
The U.S. national parks are super fascinating to learn about. Here are the frequently asked questions people have about them.
How Many National Parks in the US?
There are 63 official national parks in the United States of America.
What is the newest national park?
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West Virginia is the newest national park in the United States. It became the 63rd national park in the country on December 27, 2020.
What is the oldest national park?
The oldest national park in the United States, and in the entire world, is Yellowstone National Park, which was established in 1872.
Is there a national park in every state?
No, there is not a national park in every state. Of the 50 states in the United States, only 30 states and 2 territories are home to one or more national parks.
What state has the most national parks?
Though Alaska has the most area dedicated to national parks, California is the state with the most national parks. California is home to 9 national parks. Alaska is in second place with 8 national parks, and Utah is in third place with 5 national parks.
What is the largest national park?
The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska holds the title of the largest national park in the United States.
What is the smallest national park?
Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis, Missouri, is best known for its iconic landmark. It is also the smallest national park in the United States.
What are the most visited national parks?
The national park with the most visitors can change depending on the year and various factors, but in recent years, the most visited national parks include the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park.
What are the least visited national parks?
Due to its extreme location about 2,300 miles (3,700 km) southwest of Hawaii, the National Park of American Samoa is the least visited national park in the United States. It’s also the only U.S. national park that is south of the equator. Several of Alaska’s national parks, including Gates of the Arctic National Park, Kobuk Valley National Park, and Lake Clark National Park and Preserve are also among the nation’s least visited national parks.
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