U.S. National Parks

What’s the difference between a “National Park,” a “National Historic Park” and a “National Monument?” Find out by reading the article “What’s in a Name?” 

ILNP Rating National Park
Acadia*
American Samoa*
Arches
Badlands
Big Bend
Biscayne
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Bryce Canyon
Canyonlands
Capitol Reef
Carlsbad Caverns
Channel Islands
Congaree
Crater Lake
Cuyahoga Valley*
Death Valley
Denali
Dry Tortugas
Everglades
Gates of the Arctic*
Gateway Arch
Glacier (Waterton-Glacier)
Glacier Bay*
Grand Canyon
Grand Teton
Great Basin*
Great Sand Dunes
Great Smoky Mountains
Guadalupe Mountains
Haleakala*
Hawaii Volcanoes*
Hot Springs*
Indiana Dunes*
Isle Royale*
Joshua Tree
Katmai*
Kenai Fjords
Kings Canyon
Kobuk Valley*
Lake Clark*
Lassen Volcanic*
Mammoth Cave
Mesa Verde
Mount Ranier*
New River Gorge*
North Cascades*
Olympic*
Petrified Forest
Pinnacles
Redwood
Rocky Mountain
Saguaro
Sequoia
Shenandoah
Theodore Roosevelt*
Virgin Islands*
Voyageurs*
White Sands
Wind Cave
Wrangell – St Elias*
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Zion

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