Below is a list of the "national parks" I have visited, both in the US and in other countries. With respect to the US, the list includes National Monuments, National Seashores and National Lakeshores - public lands administered by the National Park Service, Overall, my list includes thirty-four national parks, fourteen national monuments and five national seashores in the United States. As well, I have visited twenty-six national parks in other countries.
Of those, I lived and worked in Yosemite National Park for four years, and worked in Yellowstone National Park for five months over the course of twenty-five years. All of my remaining visits to national parks were for one-to-twenty days.
This list does not include the countless months I have spent experiencing America's other public lands: National Forests, Bureau of Land Management lands, National Wildlife Refuges, state parks, and the like. The same is true for national protected areas, UNESCO sites, nature or game reserves, and other public lands in other countries.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL PARKS
➢ Acadia National Park (Maine)
➢ Arches National Park (Utah)
➢ Badlands National Park (South Dakota)
➢ Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Colorado)
➢ Bryce National Park (Utah)
➢ Canyonlands National Park (Utah)
➢ Capitol Reef National Park (Utah)
➢ Death Valley National Park (California)
➢ Denali National Park (Alaska)
➢ Everglades National Park (Florida)
➢ Glacier National Park (Montana)
➢ Glacier Bay National Park (Alaska)
➢ Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona)
➢ Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming)
➢ Great Basin National Park (Nevada)
➢ Great Smokies National Park (North Carolina)
➢ Haleakalā National Park (Hawaii)
➢ Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii)
➢ Indiana Dunes National Park
➢ Joshua Tree National Park (California)
➢ Kings Canyon National Park (California)
➢ Mount Rainier National Park (Washington)
➢ North Cascades National Park (Washington)
➢ Olympic National Park (Washington)
➢ Pinnacles National Park (California)
➢ Redwood National Park (California)
➢ Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado)
➢ Saguaro National Park (Arizona)
➢ Sequoia National Park (California)
➢ Shenandoah National Park (Virginia)
➢ Theadore Roosevelt National Park (North Dakota)
➢ Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming)
➢ Yosemite National Park (California)
➢ Zion National Park (Utah)
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MONUMENTS
➢ California Coastal
➢ Carrizo Plain
➢ Cedar Breaks
➢ Craters of the Moon
➢ Devils Tower
➢ Fort Ord
➢ Grand Staircase-Escalante
➢ Katahdin Woods and Waters
➢ Mojave Trails
➢ Muir Woods
➢ Organ Pipe Cactus
➢ San Juan Islands
➢ Statue of Liberty
➢ Upper Missouri River Breaks
UNITED STATES NATIONAL SEASHORES AND LAKESHORES
➢ Canaveral National Seashore
➢ Cape Cod National Seashore
➢ Cumberland Island National Seashore
➢ Fire Island National Seashore
➢ Point Reyes National Seashore
OTHER COUNTRIES
➢ Tikal National Park (Guatemala):
➢ El Mirador National Park (Guatemala):
➢ Tulum National Park (Mexico):
➢ Machalilla National Park (Ecuador):
➢ Tayrona National Park (Colombia):
➢ Torres del Paine National Park (Chile):
➢ Los Glaciares National Park (Argentina):
➢ Etosha National Park (Namibia):
➢ Chobe National Park (Botswana)
➢ Namib-Naukluft National Park (Namibia):
➢ Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
➢ Tarangire National Park (Tanzania)
➢ Kilimanjaro National Park (Botswana)
➢ Lake Manyara National Park (Tanzania)
➢ Khao Yai National Park (Thailand)
➢ Doi Inthanon National Park (Thailand)
➢ Abel Tasman National Park (New Zealand)
➢ Paparoa National Park (New Zealand)
➢ Westland Tai Poutini National Park (New Zealand)
➢ Fiordland National Park (New Zealand)
➢ Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica)
➢ Manuel Antonia National Park (Costa Rica)
➢ Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica)
➢ Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rica)
➢ Cerro Verde National Park (El Salvador)
➢ Volcan Pacaya National Park (Guatemala)