While we’re working on visiting all 50 US states and, perhaps, all seven continents, visiting all 63 US National Parks has definitely been our top travel goal. There were only 50 when we got married, the 63rd was created in 2020, and we completed our quest in October, 2025, when we visited South Carolina’s Congaree National Park!
All of them were fun to visit, and so many of them are simply spectacular! Check out our interactive park map to see where we’ve been.
Acadia
American Samoa
Arches
Badlands
Big Bend
Biscayne
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Bryce Canyon
Canyonlands
Capitol Reef
Carlsbad Caverns
Channel Islands
Congaree
Crater Lake
Cuyahoga Valley
Death Valley
Denali
Dry Tortugas
Everglades
Gateway Arch
Glacier
Glacier Bay
Grand Canyon
Grand Teton
Great Basin
Great Sand Dunes
Guadalupe Mountains
Haleakala
Hawaii Volcanoes
Hot Springs
Indiana Dunes
Joshua Tree
Katmai
Kenai Fjords
Kings Canyon
Lake Clark
Lassen Volcanic
Mammoth Cave
Mesa Verde
Mount Rainier
New River Gorge
North Cascades
Olympic
Petrified Forest
Pinnacles
Redwood
Rocky Mountain
Saguaro
Sequoia
Shenandoah
Theodore Roosevelt
Virgin Islands
White Sands
Wind Cave
Wrangell-St. Elias
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Zion
Don’t forget … US National Parks offer free admission on several days every year!
What’s your favorite US National Park? Leave a comment below. And enjoy your next trip to a national park, whether it’s for a week or a weekend!

Are you going to visit Custer State Park while you’re in South Dakota? I imagine you will as it’s right above Wind Cave. We saw a HUGE herd of buffalo as we drove into the park. So cool. Be sure to hit Wall Drug as you are leaving the Badlands. What a hoot!
P.S. I assume you are going to hit Mt. Rushmore and Devil’s Tower National Monuments, too. They are not to miss sights as well.
We’re heading to all of those spots! We’ll be driving past Custer State Park on our way to Mt. Rushmore, and we’ll stop at Devils Tower before we get to South Dakota! I think Erin will need extra batteries for her camera! 🙂 Enjoy your week or your weekend!