30 states & 2 territories
National parks by state
Last verified
30 states and 2 territories have a national park, and California leads with 9. The other 20 states have none, but every one of them has National Park Service sites worth a detour.
- Most national parks
- California
- 9 parks
- States with a park
- 30 of 50
- plus American Samoa and US Virgin Islands
- States with none
- 20
- but NPS sites in every one
- Most other NPS sites
- Washington, DC
- 36 sites
56 states & territories
Every state, at a glance
National parks, other National Park Service sites and the most visited park in each. Click a column to sort.
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A park that crosses a state line counts in each state (Death Valley, Great Smoky Mountains and Yellowstone). Other NPS sites match each state’s page on nps.gov; trails count in every state they cross.
20 states + DC
States without a national park
No national park, but no shortage of places: here's how many NPS sites each one has.
- Alabama11 NPS sites
- Connecticut5 NPS sites
- Delaware4 NPS sites
- District of Columbia36 NPS sites
- Georgia12 NPS sites
- Guam1 NPS sites
- Illinois8 NPS sites
- Iowa4 NPS sites
- Kansas10 NPS sites
- Louisiana6 NPS sites
- Maryland27 NPS sites
- Massachusetts18 NPS sites
- Mississippi10 NPS sites
- Nebraska10 NPS sites
- New Hampshire2 NPS sites
- New Jersey11 NPS sites
- New York32 NPS sites
- Northern Mariana Islands1 NPS sites
- Oklahoma7 NPS sites
- Pennsylvania26 NPS sites
- Puerto Rico1 NPS sites
- Rhode Island4 NPS sites
- Vermont3 NPS sites
- Wisconsin4 NPS sites
From the big cities
National parks near you
Straight-line distances and rough drive estimates from the largest US metros.
- New York City
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Dallas
- Houston
- Atlanta
- Washington, DC
- Miami
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Boston
- San Francisco
- Detroit
- Seattle
- Minneapolis
- Tampa
- San Diego
- Denver
- Charlotte
- Baltimore
- St. Louis
- San Antonio
- Austin
- Portland, Oregon
- Sacramento
- Pittsburgh
- Las Vegas
- Cincinnati
- Kansas City
- Columbus
- Indianapolis
- Nashville
- Cleveland
- San Jose
- Virginia Beach
- Jacksonville
- Raleigh
- Milwaukee
- Oklahoma City
- Louisville
- Richmond
- Memphis
- Salt Lake City
FAQ
National parks by state, answered
- Which state has the most national parks?
- California, with 9. Alaska is second with 8, then Utah (5) and Colorado (4).
- How many states have a national park?
- 30 of the 50 states, plus American Samoa and US Virgin Islands. A park that crosses a state line counts in each state: Death Valley (CA, NV), Great Smoky Mountains (NC, TN) and Yellowstone (ID, MT, WY).
- Which states don't have a national park?
- 20 states have none: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin. Washington, DC has none either.
- Does every state have a National Park Service site?
- Yes. Even the 20 states without a national park have at least one NPS site, from monuments and historic sites to trails. District of Columbia has the most other sites, 36.
Sources · 3
- 1.NPS Data API — /parks (all park units) · National Park Service (U.S. Department of the Interior)
- 2.Find a Park (by state) · National Park Service
- 3.NPS Visitor Use Statistics — monthly recreation visits, 2021–2025 (IRMA stats REST service) · National Park Service (U.S. Department of the Interior) — Visitor Use Statistics Program
63 national parks; 2025 visits are recreation visits from NPS Visitor Use Statistics.
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