Discover America's National Parks

Southeast

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Tennessee

America's most visited national park straddles the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, protecting ancient mountains, one of the world's best temperate deciduous forests, and extraordinary biodiversity.

522,427 acres 12,855,000 visitors/yr

Southwest

Grand Canyon National Park

Arizona

One of the world's most awe-inspiring landscapes, the Grand Canyon exposes 2 billion years of Earth's geological history in its layered bands of colorful rock.

1.2M acres 6,380,495 visitors/yr

Rocky Mountains

Yellowstone National Park

Wyoming

America's first national park, Yellowstone features the world's most famous geyser system, dramatic canyons, and abundant wildlife including bison, bears, and wolves.

2.2M acres 4,860,537 visitors/yr

Southwest

Zion National Park

Utah

Zion's massive sandstone cliffs of cream, pink, and red rise into a brilliant blue sky, creating one of America's most dramatic canyon landscapes.

147,243 acres 4,692,217 visitors/yr

Rocky Mountains

Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Straddling the Continental Divide, Rocky Mountain National Park offers dramatic mountain scenery, abundant wildlife, and one of the highest paved roads in America.

265,807 acres 4,351,218 visitors/yr

Northeast

Acadia National Park

Maine

Acadia is where the mountains of Mount Desert Island meet the Atlantic Ocean, creating one of the most spectacular stretches of coastline in America.

49,075 acres 3,970,260 visitors/yr