U.S. National Parks

I have been to 24 of the 63 national parks of the United States (everywhere below with pictures – not counting places that are no longer national parks). Which national parks have you been to?

Quapaw Baths and Spa, Hot Springs National Park
Quapaw Baths and Spa, Hot Springs National Park

Hot Springs National Park – originally Hot Springs Reservation – 1832

Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley, Tunnel View, Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park – originally Yosemite Grant – 1864

Mammoth Hot Springs
Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park – 1872

Fort Mackinac and Marquette Park
Fort Mackinac and Marquette Park

Mackinac Island State Park – originally Mackinac National Park – 1875

General Sherman Tree
General Sherman Tree, Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park

Sequoia National Park – 1890

Zumwalt Meadow Trail, Kings Canyon National Park
Zumwalt Meadow Trail, Kings Canyon National Park

Kings Canyon National Park – originally General Grant National Park – 1890

Mount Rainier National Park – 1899

Chickasaw National Recreation Area – originally Sulphur Springs Reservation, then Platt National Park – 1902

Crater Lake National Park – 1902

A bison at Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave National Park

Wind Cave National Park – 1903

Sullys Hill National Game Preserve – originally Sullys Hill National Park – 1904

Square Tower House, Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park
Square Tower House, Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park

Mesa Verde National Park – 1906

Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park

Petrified Forest National Park – originally Petrified Forest National Monument – 1906

Lassen Volcanic National Park – originally Cinder Cone National Monument and Lassen Volcanic National Monument – 1907

Grand Canyon National Park
Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park – originally Grand Canyon National Monument and Marble Canyon National Monument – 1908

Balconies Trail - Cliffs and Caves, Pinnacles National Park
Balconies Trail – Cliffs and Caves, Pinnacles National Park

Pinnacles National Park – originally Pinnacles National Monument – 1908

Olympic National Park – originally Mount Olympus National Monument – 1909

Kolob Canyons, Zion National Park
Zion National Park

Zion National Park – originally Mukuntu-weap National Monument – 1909

Glacier National Park – 1910

Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park – 1915

Symbolic cabin of Abraham Lincoln's birthplace at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park – originally Abraham Lincoln National Park – 1916

The Bubbles, Jordan Pond, Acadia National Park
The Bubbles, Jordan Pond, Acadia National Park

Acadia National Park – originally Sieur de Monts National Monument, then Lafayette National Park – 1916

Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park – originally Hawaii National Park – 1916

Haleakalā National Park – originally Hawaii National Park – 1916

Denali National Park & Preserve – Mount McKinley National Park – 1917

Katmai National Park & Preserve – originally Katmai National Monument – 1918

Great Basin National Park – originally Lehman Caves National Monument – 1922

Bryce Canyon National Park – originally Bryce Canyon National Monument – 1923

Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Carlsbad Caverns National Park – originally Carlsbad Cave National Monument – 1923

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine (Baltimore) – originally Fort McHenry National Park – 1925

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve – originally Glacier Bay National Monument – 1925

Shenandoah National Park
Shenandoah National Park

Shenandoah National Park – 1926

Arches National Park – originally Arches National Monument – 1929

Snake River, Grand Teton National Park
Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park – originally Jackson Hole National Monument – 1929

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve – originally Great Sand Dunes National Monument – 1932

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park – originally Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument – 1933

White Sands National Park – originally White Sands National Monument – 1933

Death Valley National Park – originally Death Valley National Monument – 1933

Saguaro National Park – originally Saguaro National Monument – 1933

Everglades National Park – 1934

Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park – 1934

Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Theodore Roosevelt National Park – originally Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area – 1935

Dry Tortugas National Park – originally Fort Jefferson National Monument – 1935

Old Courthouse, Saint Louis, Missouri
Old Courthouse, Gateway Arch National Park, Saint Louis, Missouri

Gateway Arch National Park – originally Jefferson National Expansion Memorial – 1935

Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park – originally Joshua Tree National Monument – 1936

Capitol Reef National Park – originally Capitol Reef National Monument – 1937

Channel Islands National Park – originally Channel Islands National Monument – 1938

Badlands National Park
Pinnacle Overlook, Badlands National Park

Badlands National Park – originally Badlands National Monument – 1939

Isle Royale National Park – 1940

Mammoth Cave Natural Entrance, Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park

Mammoth Cave National Park – 1941

Big Bend National Park – 1944

Virgin Islands National Park – 1956

Canyonlands National Park – 1964

Guadalupe Mountains National Park – 1966

Maple Sugar Time
Maple Sugar Time at Chellberg Farm, Indiana Dunes National Park

Indiana Dunes National Park – originally Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore – 1966

Biscayne National Park – originally Biscayne National Monument – 1968

North Cascades National Park – 1968

Redwood National Park – 1968

Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Cuyahoga Valley National Park – originally Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area – 1974

Voyageurs National Park – 1975

Congaree National Park – originally Congaree Swamp National Monument – 1976

New River Gorge National Park & Preserve – originally New River Gorge National River – 1978

Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve – originally Gates of the Arctic National Monument – 1978

Kenai Fjords National Park – originally Kenai Fjords National Monument – 1978

Kobuk Valley National Park – originally Kobuk Valley National Monument – 1978

Lake Clark National Park & Preserve – originally Lake Clark National Monument – 1978

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve – originally Wrangell-St. Elias National Monument – 1978

National Park of American Samoa – 1988