Thursday, May 11, 2023

List of National Parks that We’ve visited


Our family has had the joy of visiting a number of US National Parks.  Jordan and I visited several parks on a road trip as newlyweds.  We’ve been able to take our children back to some of those parks as well as continue to add new parks together as a family… and sometimes just the 2 of us.

Our children are now older elementary-teenagers, but we have been traveling and camping together as a family since they were small.  Some of these parks we have visited multiple times, others only once.  I look forward to sharing our experience and hope that it helps you as you plan to enjoy the great treasure of America’s National Parks!

Here is the current list of parks we’ve visited with and without our children.  As I add more posts on the parks that we have visited and new parks that we explore, those posts will be linked as well.  

Is there a park that we’ve been to that we’ve been to that you would like to know more about?  Please comment below - I can prioritize that location. 

Parks we have visited with kids:

  • Arches
  • Badlands 
  • Big Bend
  • Black Canyon of the Gunnison
  • Bryce Canyon
  • Canyonlands
  • Capitol Reef
  • Carlsbad Caverns
  • Channel Islands
  • Crater Lake
  • Death Valley
  • Gateway Arch
  • Guadeloupe Mountains
  • Grand Teton
  • Great Basin
  • Great Sand Dunes
  • Great Smoky Mountains
  • Hot Springs
  • Joshua Tree
  • Kings Canyon
  • Lassen Volcanic
  • Mesa Verde
  • Pinnacles 
  • Redwoods
  • Rocky Mountain - When to goCamping, Hiking
  • Sequoia 
  • White Sands
  • Wind Cave
  • Yosemite
  • Yellowstone
  • Zion

Parks we’ve visited without our kids (tips for visiting with kids still included in any linked posts):

  • Acadia
  • Biscayne
  • Dry Tortugas
  • Everglades 
  • Glacier
  • Grand Canyon
  • Petrified Forest
  • Saguaro
  • Shenandoah
  • Virgin Islands National Park
Other National Park Service Properties that we’ve Explored (with or without kids):
  • Colorado National Monument
  • Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
  • Manzanar National Historic Site

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