National Park
A **national park** is a large natural area protected by the government to preserve its landscapes, wildlife, and cultural features. It’s open to the public for activities like hiking, camping, and sightseeing, while ensuring the environment is conserved for future generations.
Types:
- Acadia
- 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
- Glacier
- Glacier Bay
- Grand Canyon
- Grand Teton
- Great Basin
- Great Sand Dunes
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Guadalupe Mountains
- Haleakalā
- Hawaiʻi 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 Rainier
- 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