All 63 US National Parks, A–Z

Every US national park with its computed best window — click through for the full month-by-month crowd, weather and daylight table.

Park	State	Best window	Peak month	Annual visits
Acadia National Park	ME	May, Jun	Aug	3,992,045
National Park of American Samoa	AS	Jun, Aug, Dec	Apr	17,668
Arches National Park	UT	Feb, Mar, Nov	May	1,545,566
Badlands National Park	SD	Apr, May, Oct	Jul	1,102,207
Big Bend National Park	TX	Jan, Feb, Sep	Mar	546,805
Biscayne National Park	FL	Jan, Feb, Dec	May	595,339
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	CO	Mar, Apr, May	Jun	309,836
Bryce Canyon National Park	UT	Mar, Apr, Aug	Jun	2,277,195
Canyonlands National Park	UT	Feb, Mar, Nov	May	821,124
Capitol Reef National Park	UT	Feb, Mar, Apr	May	1,342,558
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	NM	Jan, Feb, Oct	Jul	401,110
Channel Islands National Park	CA	Jan, Mar, May	Jul	292,203
Congaree National Park	SC	Jan, Feb, Apr	May	239,941
Crater Lake National Park	OR	May, Jun, Sep	Jul	574,435
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	OH	Apr, May, Jun	Jul	2,857,286
Death Valley National Park	CA/NV	Jan, Feb, Nov	Mar	1,227,132
Denali National Park	AK	May, Jun, Sep	Aug	433,068
Dry Tortugas National Park	FL	Jan, Feb, Nov	May	84,162
Everglades National Park	FL	Oct, Nov, Dec	Feb	885,539
Gates of the Arctic National Park	AK	Apr, May, Sep	Jul	10,939
Gateway Arch National Park	MO	Apr, Sep, Oct	Jul	1,991,753
Glacier National Park	MT	Jun, Sep, Oct	Jul	3,053,809
Glacier Bay National Park	AK	Apr, May, Jun	Jul	563,103
Grand Canyon National Park	AZ	Feb, Apr, Jun	Jul	4,669,660
Grand Teton National Park	WY	Apr, May, Oct	Jul	3,507,486
Great Basin National Park	NV	Mar, Apr, May	Jul	148,707
Great Sand Dunes National Park	CO	Mar, Apr, Oct	Jun	495,685
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	TN/NC	Apr, May, Aug	Oct	12,823,319
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	TX	May, Aug, Sep	Mar	224,635
Haleakalā National Park	HI	Apr, Aug, Sep	Jul	863,655
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park	HI	Apr	Dec	1,555,088
Hot Springs National Park	AR	Jan, Sep, Oct	Jun	2,453,681
Indiana Dunes National Park	IN	Mar, Apr, May	Jul	2,822,397
Isle Royale National Park	MI	May, Sep, Oct	Aug	27,632
Joshua Tree National Park	CA	Jan, May, Oct	Mar	3,063,524
Katmai National Park	AK	May, Jun, Oct	Jul	32,629
Kenai Fjords National Park	AK	Apr, May, Jun	Jul	406,818
Kings Canyon National Park	CA	Apr, May, Oct	Jul	665,230
Kobuk Valley National Park	AK	May, Jun, Aug	Jul	14,221
Lake Clark National Park	AK	Apr, May, Jun	Jul	18,295
Lassen Volcanic National Park	CA	Aug, Sep, Oct	Jul	417,467
Mammoth Cave National Park	KY	Jan, Feb, Nov	Jul	648,231
Mesa Verde National Park	CO	Mar, Apr, May	Jun	499,330
Mount Rainier National Park	WA	May, Jun, Sep	Jul	1,644,420
New River Gorge National Park	WV	Mar, Apr, Nov	Jul	1,750,770
North Cascades National Park	WA	May, Jun, Oct	Jul	30,353
Olympic National Park	WA	Apr, May, Jun	Aug	3,080,172
Petrified Forest National Park	AZ	Feb, Apr, Nov	Jun	498,248
Pinnacles National Park	CA	May, Oct, Nov	Apr	332,477
Redwood National Park	CA	Apr, May, Aug	Jun	625,750
Rocky Mountain National Park	CO	Mar, Apr, May	Jul	4,235,378
Saguaro National Park	AZ	May, Sep, Oct	Mar	958,601
Sequoia National Park	CA	May, Jun, Oct	Jul	1,176,246
Shenandoah National Park	VA	Feb, Mar, Apr	Oct	1,603,996
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	ND	Apr, May, Oct	Jul	734,893
Virgin Islands National Park	VI	Aug, Sep, Oct	Mar	351,708
Voyageurs National Park	MN	Apr, May, Oct	Aug	218,131
White Sands National Park	NM	Feb, Oct, Nov	Mar	715,734
Wind Cave National Park	SD	Mar, Apr, Oct	Jul	600,907
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park	AK	Apr, May, Sep	Jul	76,849
Yellowstone National Park	WY/MT/ID	May, Jun	Jul	4,431,842
Yosemite National Park	CA	Mar, Apr, May	Aug	3,850,488
Zion National Park	UT	Jan, Feb, Nov	Jun	4,857,322

Visits = mean annual recreation visits 2021–2025, NPS Visitor Use Statistics. Last verified 2026-09-24

Park photos: Acadia — NPS Photo by Kent Miller · American Samoa — NPS Photo / Michael Larson · Arches — NPS Photo · Badlands — NPS Photo · Big Bend — NPS · Biscayne — NPS image by Shaun Wolfe · Black Canyon of the Gunnison — NPS Photo/Lynch · Bryce Canyon — NPS Photo / Peter Densmore · Canyonlands — NPS/Rhodes Smartt · Capitol Reef — NPS Photo · Carlsbad Caverns — NPS / Michael Larson · Channel Islands — NPS (via Wikimedia Commons) (Public domain) · Congaree — NPS · Crater Lake — NPS Photo · Cuyahoga Valley — NPS Photo / D.J. Reiser · Death Valley — NPS · Denali — NPS Photo / Nathan Kostegian · Dry Tortugas — NPS Photo / Brett Seymour · Everglades — NPS Photo by Miguel Salas · Gates of the Arctic — NPS Photo / Sean Tevebaugh · Gateway Arch — NPS Photo/Sue Ford · Glacier — NPS Photo · Glacier Bay — NPS / T. VandenBerg · Grand Canyon — NPS/M. Quinn · Grand Teton — NPS Photo/Tobiason · Great Basin — NPS Photo · Great Sand Dunes — NPS/Patrick Myers · Great Smoky Mountains — NPS / Bob Carr · Guadalupe Mountains — NPS/Bieri · Haleakalā — NPS · Hawaiʻi Volcanoes — NPS Photo · Hot Springs — NPS photo · Indiana Dunes — NPS Photo · Isle Royale — NPS Photo / Paul Brown · Joshua Tree — NPS / Emily Hassell · Katmai — NPS/David Jacob · Kenai Fjords — NPS Photo, S. Rainone · Kings Canyon — NPS/Rick Cain · Kobuk Valley — NPS Photo · Lake Clark — NPS Photo / James Kramer · Lassen Volcanic — NPS Photo / Scott Arnaz · Mammoth Cave — NPS Photo / J. Cooper · Mesa Verde — NPS Photo · Mount Rainier — NPS Photo / E. Brouwer · New River Gorge — NPS photo/Louise McLaughlin · North Cascades — NPS Photo/D.Dixon · Olympic — NPS Photo/Jon Preston · Petrified Forest — NPS Photo · Pinnacles — National Park Service/Oscar Garcia · Redwood — NPS Photo / Steve Olson · Rocky Mountain — NPS/J.Marino · Saguaro — NPS Photo · Sequoia — NPS/Paul Johnson · Shenandoah — NPS Photo / Neal Lewis · Theodore Roosevelt — NPS Photo / Mark Meyers · Virgin Islands — NPS Photo · Voyageurs — NPS Photo / Daniel Dendler · White Sands — NPS Photo · Wind Cave — NPS Photo · Wrangell–St. Elias — NPS Photo/ Neal Herbert · Yellowstone — NPS / Jacob W. Frank · Yosemite — NPS / Cindy Jacoby · Zion — NPS Photo / Shane Carte. National Park Service photos are U.S. federal government works in the public domain.