| National Parks |
| Name |
Type |
Location |
Year authorized |
Size
acres |
| Acadia |
NP |
SE Maine |
1919 |
48,419 |
| American Samoa |
NP |
American Samoa |
1988 |
9,000 |
| Arches |
NP |
E Utah |
1929 |
76,519 |
| Badlands |
NP |
SW S.Dak. |
1929 |
242,756 |
| Big Bend |
NP |
W Tex. |
1935 |
801,163 |
| Biscayne |
NP |
SE Fla. |
1968 |
172,924 |
| Black Canyon of the Gunnison |
NP |
W Colo. |
1933 |
30,300 |
| Bryce Canyon |
NP |
SW Utah |
1924 |
35,835 |
| Canyonlands |
NP |
SE Utah |
1964 |
337,598 |
| Capitol Reef |
NP |
S Utah |
1937 |
241,904 |
| Carlsbad Caverns |
NP |
SE N.Mex. |
1923 |
46,766 |
| Channel Islands |
NP |
SW Calif. |
1938 |
249,354 |
| Crater Lake |
NP |
SW Oreg. |
1902 |
183,224 |
| Congaree |
NP |
Central S.C. |
1976 |
21,888 |
| Death Valley |
NP |
SE Calif., SW Nev. |
1933 |
3,367,628 |
| Denali |
PP |
S Alaska |
1917 |
6,075,690 |
| Dry Tortugas |
NP |
S Fla. |
1935 |
64,701 |
| Everglades |
PE |
S Fla. |
1934 |
1,508,580 |
| Gates of the Arctic |
PP |
N Alaska |
1978 |
8,472,527 |
| Glacier |
NP |
NW Mont. |
1910 |
1,013,572 |
| Glacier Bay |
PP |
SE Alaska |
1925 |
3,283,246 |
| Grand Canyon |
NP |
NW Ariz. |
1908 |
1,217,403 |
| Grand Teton |
NP |
NW Wyo. |
1929 |
309,993 |
| Great Basin |
NP |
Nevada |
1986 |
77,180 |
| Great Sand Dunes |
PP |
S Colo. |
1932 |
84,670 |
| Great Smoky Mountains |
NP |
N.C., Tenn. |
1926 |
521,621 |
| Guadalupe Mountains |
NP |
W Tex. |
1966 |
86,416 |
| Haleakala |
NP |
Maui Island, Hawaii |
1916 |
29,824 |
| Hawaii Volcanoes |
NP |
Hawaii Island, Hawaii |
1916 |
209,695 |
| Hot Springs |
NP |
W central Ark. |
1921 |
5,549 |
| Isle Royale |
NP |
NW Mich. |
1931 |
571,790 |
| Joshua Tree |
NP |
S Calif. |
1936 |
1,022,703 |
| Katmai |
PP |
SE Alaska |
1918 |
4,093,229 |
| Kenai Fjords |
NP |
S Alaska |
1978 |
669,983 |
| Kings Canyon |
NP |
E central Calif. |
1890 |
461,901 |
| Kobuk Valley |
NP |
NW Alaska |
1978 |
1,750,737 |
| Lake Clark |
PP |
S Alaska |
1978 |
4,030,058 |
| Lassen Volcanic |
NP |
N Calif. |
1907 |
106,372 |
| Mammoth Cave |
NP |
Central Ky. |
1926 |
52,830 |
| Mesa Verde |
NP |
SW Colo. |
1906 |
52,122 |
| Mount Rainier |
NP |
SW Wash. |
1899 |
235,625 |
| North Cascades |
NP |
N Wash. |
1968 |
504,781 |
| Olympic |
NP |
NW Wash. |
1909 |
922,651 |
| Petrified Forest |
NP |
E Ariz. |
1906 |
93,533 |
| Pinnacles |
NP |
W Calif. |
1908 |
24,265 (9,827) |
| Redwood |
NP |
NW Calif. |
1968 |
112,430 |
| Rocky Mountain |
NP |
Central Colo. |
1915 |
265,723 |
| Saguaro |
NP |
SE Ariz. |
1933 |
91,443 |
| Sequoia |
NP |
E Calif. |
1890 |
402,510 |
| Shenandoah |
NP |
N Va. |
1926 |
198,081 |
| Theodore Roosevelt |
NP |
W N.Dak. |
1947 |
70,447 |
| Virgin Islands |
NP |
Virgin Islands, on St. John |
1956 |
14,689 |
| Voyageurs |
NP |
N Minn. |
1971 |
218,200 |
| Wind Cave |
NP |
SW S.Dak. |
1903 |
28,295 |
| Wrangell–St. Elias |
PP |
SW Alaska |
1978 |
13,176,371 |
| Yellowstone |
NP |
Wyo., Mont., Idaho |
1872 |
2,219,791 |
| Yosemite |
NP |
E Central Calif. |
1890 |
761,266 |
| Zion |
NP |
SW Utah |
1909 |
146,592 |
| National Monuments |
| Agate Fossil Beds |
MO |
NW Nebr. |
1965 |
3,055 |
| Agua Fria |
MO |
Central Ariz. |
2000 |
71,100 |
| Alibates Flint Quarries |
MO |
NW Tex. |
1965 |
1,371 |
| Aniakchak |
MR |
SW Alaska |
1978 |
602,779 |
| Aztec Ruins |
MO |
NW N.Mex. |
1923 |
319 |
| Bandelier |
MO |
N N.Mex. |
1916 |
33,677 |
| Booker T. Washington |
MO |
Central Va. |
1956 |
224 |
| Buck Island Reef |
MO |
Virgin Islands, on Buck Island |
1961 |
880 |
| Cabrillo |
MO |
SW Calif. |
1913 |
137 |
| California Coastal Rocks and Islands |
MO |
W Calif. |
2000 |
|
| Canyon de Chelly |
MO |
NE Ariz. |
1931 |
83,840 |
| Canyons of the Ancients |
MO |
SW Colo. |
2000 |
164,000 |
| Cape Krusenstern |
MO |
Alaska |
1978 |
649,182 |
| Capulin Volcano |
MO |
NE N.Mex. |
1916 |
793 |
| Carrizo Plain |
MO |
W central Calif. |
2001 |
204,000 |
| Casa Grande |
MO |
S Ariz. |
1892 |
473 |
| Cascade-Siskiyou |
MO |
S central Oregon |
2000 |
52,000 |
| Castillo de San Marcos |
MO |
NE Fla. |
1924 |
20 |
| Castle Clinton |
MO |
SE N.Y. |
1946 |
1 |
| Cedar Breaks |
MO |
SW Utah |
1933 |
6,155 |
| Chiricahua |
MO |
SE Ariz. |
1924 |
11,985 |
| Colorado |
MO |
W Colo. |
1911 |
20,534 |
| Craters of the Moon |
MO |
S Idaho |
1924 |
53,440 |
| Devils Postpile |
MO |
E Calif. | |