Compare National Parks | Parks Decoded

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The Headliners

The parks everyone's talking about — how do the big names stack up?

Great Smoky Mountains vs Zion

17.1M combined visitors

Grand Canyon vs Great Smoky Mountains

17.1M combined visitors

Great Smoky Mountains vs Yellowstone

16.9M combined visitors

Great Smoky Mountains vs Rocky Mountain

16.3M combined visitors

Great Smoky Mountains vs Yosemite

16.3M combined visitors

Acadia vs Great Smoky Mountains

16.2M combined visitors

Road Trip Neighbors

Close enough to visit on the same trip.

Great Smoky Mountains vs New River Gorge & Preserve

Great Smoky Mountains vs Shenandoah

Great Smoky Mountains vs Mammoth Cave

Congaree vs Great Smoky Mountains

Grand Canyon vs Zion

Yosemite vs Zion

Off the Beaten Path

Less crowds, more wilderness. Compare the quiet ones.

Gates Of The Arctic & Preserve vs Kobuk Valley

1.0 avg congestion

Isle Royale vs North Cascades

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Kobuk Valley vs Kobuk Valley

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Katmai & Preserve vs Lake Clark & Preserve

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Gates Of The Arctic & Preserve vs North Cascades

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Gates Of The Arctic & Preserve vs Isle Royale

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Size Showdown

The biggest parks in the system, head to head.

Gates Of The Arctic & Preserve vs Wrangell - St Elias & Preserve

41,311 sq mi combined

Denali & Preserve vs Gates Of The Arctic & Preserve

30,115 sq mi combined

Denali & Preserve vs Wrangell - St Elias & Preserve

30,056 sq mi combined

Gates Of The Arctic & Preserve vs Katmai & Preserve

26,485 sq mi combined

Katmai & Preserve vs Wrangell - St Elias & Preserve

26,426 sq mi combined

Gates Of The Arctic & Preserve vs Lake Clark & Preserve

26,341.8 sq mi combined

Peaks & Valleys

The highest-altitude parks in the country, compared.

Denali & Preserve vs Glacier Bay & Preserve

Death Valley vs Denali & Preserve

Denali & Preserve vs Yellowstone

Denali & Preserve vs Sequoia & Kings Canyons

Denali & Preserve vs Mount Rainier

Denali & Preserve vs Grand Teton

Browse by Park

Acadia

Biscayne Congaree Cuyahoga Valley Dry Tortugas Everglades Glacier Grand Canyon Grand Teton Great Smoky Mountains Indiana Dunes Isle Royale New River Gorge & Preserve Olympic Rocky Mountain Shenandoah Virgin Islands Yellowstone Yosemite Zion

Arches

Big Bend Black Canyon Of The Gunnison Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Capitol Reef Carlsbad Caverns Death Valley Grand Canyon Grand Teton Great Basin Great Sand Dunes & Preserve Joshua Tree Mesa Verde Petrified Forest Rocky Mountain Saguaro White Sands Zion

Badlands

Rocky Mountain Theodore Roosevelt Wind Cave Yellowstone

Big Bend

Arches Biscayne Canyonlands Carlsbad Caverns Death Valley Dry Tortugas Everglades Grand Canyon Guadalupe Mountains Haleakalā Hawaiʻi Volcanoes Joshua Tree National Park of American Samoa Saguaro Virgin Islands White Sands Zion

Bryce Canyon

Arches Black Canyon Of The Gunnison Canyonlands Capitol Reef Death Valley Grand Canyon Great Basin Great Sand Dunes & Preserve Joshua Tree Mesa Verde Petrified Forest Rocky Mountain Saguaro Sequoia & Kings Canyons Zion

Canyonlands

Arches Big Bend Black Canyon Of The Gunnison Bryce Canyon Capitol Reef Carlsbad Caverns Death Valley Grand Canyon Grand Teton Great Basin Great Sand Dunes & Preserve Guadalupe Mountains Joshua Tree Mesa Verde Petrified Forest Rocky Mountain Saguaro White Sands Zion

Capitol Reef

Arches Black Canyon Of The Gunnison Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Death Valley Grand Canyon Grand Teton Great Basin Great Sand Dunes & Preserve Joshua Tree Mesa Verde Petrified Forest Rocky Mountain Zion

Channel Islands

Biscayne Congaree Death Valley Dry Tortugas Everglades Haleakalā Hawaiʻi Volcanoes Joshua Tree National Park of American Samoa Pinnacles Redwood National and State Parks Sequoia & Kings Canyons Virgin Islands Yosemite

Crater Lake

Lassen Volcanic Mount Rainier Olympic Redwood National and State Parks Yosemite

Gateway Arch

Biscayne Black Canyon Of The Gunnison Carlsbad Caverns Congaree Cuyahoga Valley Dry Tortugas Everglades Gates Of The Arctic & Preserve Haleakalā Hot Springs Indiana Dunes Mammoth Cave National Park of American Samoa Pinnacles Virgin Islands Voyageurs White Sands Wind Cave

Guadalupe Mountains

Big Bend Biscayne Canyonlands Carlsbad Caverns Dry Tortugas Everglades Haleakalā Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park of American Samoa Petrified Forest Saguaro Virgin Islands White Sands

Hot Springs

Black Canyon Of The Gunnison Congaree Gateway Arch Great Smoky Mountains Haleakalā Indiana Dunes Mammoth Cave National Park of American Samoa New River Gorge & Preserve Pinnacles Shenandoah Virgin Islands Wind Cave

Indiana Dunes

Acadia Biscayne Black Canyon Of The Gunnison Congaree Cuyahoga Valley Dry Tortugas Everglades Gateway Arch Great Smoky Mountains Haleakalā Hot Springs Mammoth Cave National Park of American Samoa Pinnacles Virgin Islands Voyageurs White Sands Wind Cave

Isle Royale

Acadia Dry Tortugas Gates Of The Arctic & Preserve Great Basin Katmai & Preserve Kobuk Valley Lake Clark & Preserve National Park of American Samoa North Cascades Voyageurs Wrangell - St Elias & Preserve

Joshua Tree

Arches Big Bend Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Capitol Reef Carlsbad Caverns Channel Islands Death Valley Grand Canyon Great Basin National Park of American Samoa Petrified Forest Pinnacles Redwood National and State Parks Saguaro Sequoia & Kings Canyons White Sands Yosemite Zion

Kenai Fjords

Denali & Preserve Gates Of The Arctic & Preserve Glacier Glacier Bay & Preserve Haleakalā Hawaiʻi Volcanoes Katmai & Preserve Kobuk Valley Lake Clark & Preserve Lassen Volcanic Mount Rainier National Park of American Samoa North Cascades Wrangell - St Elias & Preserve

Mammoth Cave

Biscayne Congaree Cuyahoga Valley Dry Tortugas Everglades Gateway Arch Great Smoky Mountains Hot Springs Indiana Dunes New River Gorge & Preserve Virgin Islands Voyageurs White Sands

Mesa Verde

Arches Black Canyon Of The Gunnison Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Capitol Reef Carlsbad Caverns Grand Canyon Great Basin Great Sand Dunes & Preserve Petrified Forest Rocky Mountain Saguaro White Sands Zion

New River Gorge & Preserve

Acadia Biscayne Congaree Cuyahoga Valley Dry Tortugas Everglades Great Smoky Mountains Hot Springs Mammoth Cave Shenandoah Virgin Islands

Olympic

Acadia Crater Lake Cuyahoga Valley Glacier Grand Canyon Grand Teton Great Smoky Mountains Mount Rainier North Cascades Rocky Mountain Sequoia & Kings Canyons Shenandoah Yellowstone Yosemite Zion

Petrified Forest

Arches Black Canyon Of The Gunnison Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Capitol Reef Carlsbad Caverns Grand Canyon Great Basin Great Sand Dunes & Preserve Guadalupe Mountains Joshua Tree Mesa Verde Saguaro White Sands Zion

Redwood National and State Parks

Biscayne Channel Islands Congaree Crater Lake Dry Tortugas Everglades Hawaiʻi Volcanoes Joshua Tree Lassen Volcanic Mount Rainier National Park of American Samoa North Cascades Pinnacles Virgin Islands Yosemite

Saguaro

Arches Big Bend Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Carlsbad Caverns Death Valley Grand Canyon Guadalupe Mountains Joshua Tree Mesa Verde Petrified Forest White Sands Zion

Shenandoah

Acadia Biscayne Congaree Cuyahoga Valley Dry Tortugas Everglades Glacier Grand Canyon Great Smoky Mountains Hot Springs New River Gorge & Preserve Olympic Rocky Mountain Sequoia & Kings Canyons Virgin Islands Yellowstone Yosemite

Theodore Roosevelt

Badlands Denali & Preserve Gates Of The Arctic & Preserve Glacier Grand Teton Kobuk Valley Lake Clark & Preserve Lassen Volcanic Rocky Mountain Voyageurs Wind Cave Wrangell - St Elias & Preserve Yellowstone

Wind Cave

Badlands Black Canyon Of The Gunnison Congaree Gateway Arch Grand Teton Haleakalā Hot Springs Indiana Dunes National Park of American Samoa Pinnacles Rocky Mountain Theodore Roosevelt Virgin Islands Yellowstone