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I have this goal, and I know it’s crazy, but I plan to visit every National Park and Forest. It’s a lot of them though and I know it’s going to take some time.
Now, you may be wondering, just how many parks and forests could there possibly be? Well, I know the answer and it just might surprise you! There are a total of 63 US National Parks and 154 US National Forests!! Let me break them down for you by state.
Alaska
- Chugach
- Tongass
- Denali
- Gates of the Arctic
- Glacier Bay
- Kenai Fjords
- Kobuk Valley
- Lake Clark
- Wrangell-St. Elias
Arkansas
- Ouchita
- Ozark-St. Francis
- Hot Springs
California
- Angeles
- Cleveland
- El Dorado
- Humboldt-Toiyabe
- Inyo
- Klamath
- Lake Tahoe Basin
- Lassen
- Los Padres
- Mendocino
- Modoc
- Plumas
- Rogue River – Siskiyou
- San Bernardino
- Sequoia
- Shasta – Trinity
- Sierra
- Six Rivers
- Stanislaus
- Tahoe
- Channel Islands
- Death Valley
- Joshua Tree
- Kings Canyon
- Lassen Volcanic
- Pinnacles
- Redwood
- Sequoia
- Yosemite
Colorado
- Arapaho
- Grand Mesa
- Gunnison
- Manti – La Sal
- Medicine Bow – Routt
- Pike
- Rio Grande
- Roosevelt
- San Isabel
- San Juan
- Uncompahgre
- White River
- Black Canyon
- Great Sand Dunes
- Mesa Verde
- Rocky Mountain
Florida
- Apalachicola
- Ocala
- Osceola
- Biscayne
- Dry Tortugas
- Everglades
Georgia
- Chattahoochee-Oconee
- No Park
Hawaii
- No Forest
- Haleakala
- Hawai’i Volcanos
Idaho
- Bitterroot
- Boise
- Caribou-Targhee
- Clearwater
- Idaho Panhandle
- Kootenai
- Nez Perce
- Payette
- Salmon-Challis
- Sawtooth
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache
- Wallowa-Whitman
- Yellowstone
Illinois
- Shawnee
- No Park
Indiana
- Hoosier
- Indiana Dunes
Kentucky
- Daniel Boone
- George Washington & Jefferson
- Land Between the Lakes
- Mammoth Cave
Louisiana
- Kisatchie
- No Park
Maine
- White Mountain
- Acadia
Michigan
- Hiawatha
- Huron-Manistee
- Ottawa
- Isle Royale
Minnesota
- Chippewa
- Superior
- Voyageurs
Mississippi
- Bienville
- De Soto
- Delta
- Holly Springs
- Homochitto
- Tombigbee
- No Park
Missouri
- Mark Twain
- Gateway Arch
Montana
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge
- Bitterroot
- Custer
- Flathead
- Gallatin
- Helena
- Idaho Panhandle
- Kootenai
- Lewis & Clark
- Lolo
- Glacier
- Yellowstone
Nebraska
- Nebraska National Forest
- Samuel R. McKelvie
- No Park
Nevada
- Humboldt-Toiyabe
- Inyo
- Lake Tahoe Basin
- Death Valley
- Great Basin
New Hampshire
- White Mountain
- No Park
New Mexico
- Apache-Sitgreaves
- Carson
- Cibola
- Coronado
- Gila
- Lincoln
- Santa Fe
- Carlsbad Caverns
- White Sands
New York
- Finger Lakes
- No Park
North Carolina
- Cherokee
- Croatan
- Nantahala
- Pisgah
- Uwharrie
- No Park
North Dakota
- No Forest
- Theodore Roosevelt
Ohio
- Wayne
- Cuyahoga Valley
Oklahoma
- Ouachita
- No Park
Oregon
- Deschutes
- Fremont – Winema
- Kamath
- Malheur
- Mount Hood
- Ochoco
- Rogue River – Siskiyou
- Siuslaw
- Umatilla
- Umpqua
- Wallowa – Whitman
- Crater Lake
Pennsylvania
- Allegheny
- No Park
South Carolina
- Francis Marion
- Sumter
- Congaree
South Dakota
- Black Hills
- Custer
- Badlands
- Wind Cave
Tennessee
- Cherokee
- Land Between the Lakes
- Great Smoky Mountains
Texas
- Angelina
- Davy Crockett
- Sabine
- Sam Houston
- Big Bend
- Guadalupe Mountains
Utah
- Ashley
- Dixie
- Fishlake
- Manti – La Sal
- Sawtooth
- Uinta – Wasaatch – Cache
- Arches
- Bryce Canyon
- Canyonlands
- Capital Reef
- Zion
Vermont
- Green Mountain
- No Park
Virginia
- George Washington & Thomas Jefferson
- Shenandoah
Washington
- Colville
- Gifford Pinchot
- Idaho Panhandle
- Mount Baker – Snoqualmie
- Okanogan – Wenatchee
- Olympic
- Umatilla
- Mount Rainier
- North Cascades
- Olympic
West Virginia
- George Washington & Jeffferson
- Monongahela
- New River Gorge
Wisconsin
- Chequamegon – Nicolet
- No Park
Wyoming
- Ashley
- Bighorn
- Black Hills
- Bridger – Teton
- Caribou – Targhee
- Medicine Bow – Routt
- Shoshone
- Uinta – Wasatch – Cache
- Grand Teton
- Yellowstone
US Territories
In addition to all 50 states having National Parks and Forests, the United States also has some in 3 US Territories. There’s the American Samoa National Park, El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands National Park.
Visiting All the Parks & Forests
As you can see, there are a TON of National Parks and Forests for me to get through so I need to get a move on! How long do you think it will take me to get through them all?