Ways to use this list
- Bucket-list planning: spin a park, check the best season to visit, and add it to a family list of parks to see one day.
- Park report for 4th grade: students spin a park and present its state, its landscape and one animal that lives there.
- Road trip builder: spin one park as the goal, then look for a second park within a day's drive to add to the trip.
- Painting prompt: paint the landscape of the park you get, from the red rock arches of Utah to the glaciers of Alaska.
- Camping club decision: put only the parks your group can reach on the wheel and let it choose this year's trip.
Press Spin the wheel, tap the game or press the Space bar. Change the list in the box as you
like: add your own, delete what doesn't suit you, or write *2 after an entry to give it double the
chance. The game buttons switch the same list to a duck race, hat, claw machine and more.
The full list (64 entries)
- Acadia โ Maine
- American Samoa โ American Samoa
- Arches โ Utah
- Badlands โ South Dakota
- Big Bend โ Texas
- Biscayne โ Florida
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison โ Colorado
- Bryce Canyon โ Utah
- Canyonlands โ Utah
- Capitol Reef โ Utah
- Carlsbad Caverns โ New Mexico
- Channel Islands โ California
- Chiricahua โ Arizona
- Congaree โ South Carolina
- Crater Lake โ Oregon
- Cuyahoga Valley โ Ohio
- Death Valley โ California and Nevada
- Denali โ Alaska
- Dry Tortugas โ Florida
- Everglades โ Florida
- Gates of the Arctic โ Alaska
- Gateway Arch โ Missouri
- Glacier โ Montana
- Glacier Bay โ Alaska
- Grand Canyon โ Arizona
- Grand Teton โ Wyoming
- Great Basin โ Nevada
- Great Sand Dunes โ Colorado
- Great Smoky Mountains โ Tennessee and North Carolina
- Guadalupe Mountains โ Texas
- Haleakalฤ โ Hawaii
- Hawaiสปi Volcanoes โ Hawaii
- Hot Springs โ Arkansas
- Indiana Dunes โ Indiana
- Isle Royale โ Michigan
- Joshua Tree โ California
- Katmai โ Alaska
- Kenai Fjords โ Alaska
- Kings Canyon โ California
- Kobuk Valley โ Alaska
- Lake Clark โ Alaska
- Lassen Volcanic โ California
- Mammoth Cave โ Kentucky
- Mesa Verde โ Colorado
- Mount Rainier โ Washington
- New River Gorge โ West Virginia
- North Cascades โ Washington
- Olympic โ Washington
- Petrified Forest โ Arizona
- Pinnacles โ California
- Redwood โ California
- Rocky Mountain โ Colorado
- Saguaro โ Arizona
- Sequoia โ California
- Shenandoah โ Virginia
- Theodore Roosevelt โ North Dakota
- Virgin Islands โ US Virgin Islands
- Voyageurs โ Minnesota
- White Sands โ New Mexico
- Wind Cave โ South Dakota
- WrangellโSt. Elias โ Alaska
- Yellowstone โ Wyoming, Montana and Idaho
- Yosemite โ California
- Zion โ Utah
Questions people ask
How many national parks are there in the US?
There are 64. The newest, Chiricahua in Arizona, became a national park on 20 October 2026, the first new one since New River Gorge in West Virginia in 2020. The National Park Service looks after more than 400 sites, but only these 64 carry the title national park.
Which state has the most national parks?
California, with nine, followed by Alaska with eight and Utah with five. Utah's five, Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion, are known as the Mighty 5 and have their own quick button.
Which is the biggest national park?
WrangellโSt. Elias in Alaska is the largest, bigger than the whole of Switzerland. The smallest is Gateway Arch in St. Louis, and the most visited is Great Smoky Mountains on the Tennessee and North Carolina border.
Which was the first national park?
Yellowstone, set up in 1872 and often called the first national park in the world. It stretches across parts of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
Can I spin national parks outside the US?
Press Around the world for 24 famous parks, such as Banff in Canada, Kruger in South Africa, Kaziranga in India and the Lake District in England.