National Parks - Birthdays

 

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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