Northeastern Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley National Park provides a scenic natural oasis between the nearby cities of Cleveland and Akron.

Congaree National Park may be the only national park in South Carolina, but its forest is home to some of the largest trees in the eastern United States.

Located 70 miles west of Key West, Florida, Dry Tortugas National Park is accessible only by boat or seaplane.

Although Pinnacles National Park was only established in 2013, its otherworldly landscapes were formed some 23 million years ago.

Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park is home to the tallest dunes in North America, which reach up to 750 feet.

Established in 1902, Crater Lake National Park in Oregon is home to America’s deepest lake, reaching 1,943 feet deep.

Mesa Verde National Park offers a glimpse into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people, who lived in the southwestern Colorado area for centuries.

About 96% of Yellowstone National Park is found in the northwest corner of Wyoming, with the other 4% split between Montana and Idaho's bordering regions.

Established as a national park in 1930, Carlsbad Caverns was also designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 for its immense geological significance.

Utah’s Bryce Canyon is home to the greatest concentration of hoodoos — tall, skinny columns of rock — on the planet.

The thermal waters of Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas were long used by Indigenous peoples for their healing benefits.

Only one U.S. national park is named after a person: Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the North Dakota badlands.

In December 2020, Congress established the 63rd U.S. national park: West Virginia’s New River Gorge, which covers more than 7,000 acres.

Maine’s Acadia National Park was the first national park established east of the Mississippi River in 1916.

Located just a few minutes from downtown Miami, Biscayne National Park covers 173,000 acres — 95% of which is underwater.

Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas is the only U.S. national park to encompass a full mountain range within its bounds: the Chisos Mountains.

The world’s longest known cave system winds its way beneath much of western Kentucky, and, fortunately, a portion of it is open to visitors in Mammoth Cave National Park.

Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park was established in 1980 and covers 13.2 million acres.

Voyageurs National Park is named for French Canadian voyageurs, who paddled canoes for fur-trading companies in the area during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

No U.S. national park welcomes more annual visitors than Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is located on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.