Best National Parks In The USA In 2025

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This definitive list ranks the crown jewels of America's public lands, curated for adventurers, families, and nature lovers. Our rankings balance iconic grandeur with unique experiences, evaluating parks on criteria like scenic diversity, wildlife viewing, accessibility, recreational variety, and overall visitor impact. We've considered geological wonders, ecological significance, trail quality, and the balance between popularity and solitude. Whether you seek the raw power of deep canyons, a...

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Best 1 Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park

The world's first national park, Yellowstone is a sprawling wilderness atop a volcanic hotspot. It's famed for its otherworldly geothermal f...

9.7
Brilliant
2 Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park

Yosemite is the cathedral of American wilderness, renowned for its monumental granite cliffs like El Capitan and Half Dome, and spectacular...

9.7
Brilliant
3 Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National Park

A global icon of geologic time, the Grand Canyon's immense scale and layered colors are unmatched. The South Rim offers the most accessible...

9.7
Brilliant
4 Zion National Park
Zion National Park

Zion is a masterpiece of Navajo sandstone, featuring soaring cliffs, narrow slot canyons, and emerald pools. Iconic hikes define the experie...

9.4
Excellent
5 Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park

Known as the 'Crown of the Continent,' Glacier boasts rugged mountains, pristine forests, and stunning glacial-carved valleys. The engineeri...

9.4
Excellent
6 Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

This park offers a front-row seat to the primal forces that shape our planet, home to two of the world's most active volcanoes: Kilauea and...

9.4
Excellent
7 Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park

This park encapsulates the grandeur of the Colorado Rockies, with over 60 peaks above 12,000 feet. Trail Ridge Road, one of America's highes...

9.2
Excellent
8 Arches National Park
Arches National Park

Arches contains the world's highest density of natural sandstone arches, with over 2,000 documented. The iconic Delicate Arch is a symbol of...

9.2
Excellent
9 Grand Teton National Park
Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton's dramatic, jagged mountain range rises abruptly from the valley floor, creating one of the most photogenic skylines in America....

9.2
Excellent
10 Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park

Olympic's defining feature is its remarkable ecosystem diversity within one park. It protects a wild Pacific coastline with sea stacks, the...

9.2
Excellent
11 Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

As America's most visited national park, the Smokies offer free admission and vast accessibility along the Tennessee-North Carolina border....

9.2
Excellent
12 Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

These twin parks protect some of the world's most immense trees and deepest canyons. Sequoia is home to the General Sherman Tree, the larges...

9.2
Excellent
13 Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park

Acadia is the premier East Coast national park, where mountains meet the sea. Visitors can summit Cadillac Mountain, the highest point on th...

8.7
Very Good
14 Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon is a forest of stone, a series of massive natural amphitheaters filled with thousands of intricate, colorful limestone spires c...

8.7
Very Good
15 Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park

Where the Mojave and Colorado deserts converge, Joshua Tree presents a fantastical landscape of twisted Joshua trees, massive granite monoli...

8.7
Very Good

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