Establishment Date of each National Park
(Oldest to Youngest)
| National Park |
Birthday |
Yellowstone |
March
1,1872 |
Sequoia |
September
25, 1890 |
Yosemite |
October
31, 1890 |
Mount
Ranier |
March
2,1899 |
Crater Lake |
May
22, 1902 |
Wind
Cave |
January
9, 1903 |
Mesa Verde |
June
29, 1906 |
Rocky Mountain |
January
26, 1915 |
Haleakala |
August
1, 1916 |
Hawaii
Volcanoes |
August
1, 1916 |
Lassen
Volcanic |
August
9, 1916 |
Denali |
February
26, 1917 |
Acadia |
February
26, 1919 |
Grand Canyon |
February
26, 1919 |
Zion |
November
19, 1919 |
Hot
Springs |
March
4, 1921 |
Bryce Canyon |
September
15, 1928 |
Grand Teton |
February
26, 1929 |
Carlsbad Caverns |
May
14, 1930 |
Glacier |
June
18, 1932 |
Great
Smoky Mountains |
June
15, 1934 |
Shenandoah |
December
26, 1935 |
Olympic |
June
29, 1938 |
Kings Canyon |
March
4, 1940 |
Isle
Royale |
April
3, 1940 |
Mammoth
Cave |
July
1, 1941 |
Big Bend |
June
12, 1944 |
Everglades |
December
6, 1947 |
Virgin
Islands |
August
2, 1956 |
Petrified Forest |
December
9, 1962 |
Canyonlands |
September
12, 1964 |
North
Cascades |
October
2, 1968 |
Redwood |
October
2, 1968 |
Arches |
November
12, 1971 |
Capitol Reef |
December
18, 1971 |
Guadalupe Mountains |
September
30, 1972 |
Voyageurs |
April
8, 1975 |
Badlands |
November
10, 1978 |
Theodore
Roosevelt |
November
10, 1978 |
Channel Islands |
March
5, 1980 |
Biscayne |
June
28, 1980 |
Gates of
the Arctic |
December
2, 1980 |
Glacier
Bay |
December
2, 1980 |
Katmai |
December
2, 1980 |
Kenai Fjords |
December
2, 1980 |
Kobuk
Valley |
December
2, 1980 |
Lake
Clark |
December
2, 1980 |
Wrangell-St.
Elias |
December
2, 1980 |
Great
Basin |
October
27, 1986 |
Dry
Tortugas |
October
26, 1992 |
American
Samoa |
January
1, 1993 |
Saguaro |
October
14, 1994 |
Death Valley |
October
31, 1994 |
Joshua
Tree |
October
31, 1994 |
Black Canyon of the Gunnison |
October
21, 1999 |
Cuyahoga
Valley |
October
11, 2000 |
| Congaree |
November
10, 2003 |
| Great Sand Dunes |
September
13, 2004 |
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