My son, Curtis, and I have the goal to visit all of the U.S. national parks. These are the real McCoys--the 58 crown jewels of the U.S. national park system. This is a listing of all of those parks. Included are Google® Earth links (must be installed on your computer) to the park's high point (if on private land, the high point not on private land is shown). Also provided are links to the official National Park Service website for that park, as well as a relevant SP link (if any), and a link to an SP image that best characterizes that park (again, if any). Short lists of recommended reading material and external website links are also provided below.

The columns on the far right show our progress. If you are also working to visit all of the U.S. national parks, keep us posted of your progress in the comments. Or, if you'd like me to add a column for you to this list page, please PM me and we'll work out the details! :-)

Park Listing

Click on the ◙ symbol to see the park high point on
Google® Earth, or to visit the NPS or SP web page.
Park high points shown are under NPS management.

National
Park

State

High
Point

NPS
Website

SP
Info

SP
Image

Mark

Curtis

Acadia

◙

by Ksawyer

07/10

American Samoa

◙

Arches

◙

by Tleaf

05/91,
04/09,
08/09,
04/10 & 06/11

05/91,
08/09 &
03/10

Badlands

◙

by 46and2

07/00

Big Bend

◙

by Mark Doiron

07/05

Biscayne

◙ ◙*

◙

by Mark Doiron

06/02

Black Canyon of
the Gunnison

◙**

◙

by Mark Doiron

08/06 &
08/11

08/06

Bryce Canyon

◙

by Markmay

08/09

Canyonlands

◙

by Mark Doiron

08/07,
04/09,
08/09,
05/10 & 06/11

08/07
&
08/09

Capitol Reef

◙

by Mark Doiron

08/09

Carlsbad Caverns

◙

by Mark Doiron

1962 &
05/99

05/99

Channel Islands

◙**

◙

by Mark Doiron

07/03

Congaree

◙

by Mark Doiron

07/11

Crater Lake

◙

Wizard Island Framed by The Watchman and Hillman Peak

by Mark Doiron

07/07

Cuyahoga Valley

◙**

◙

by Mark Doiron

06/04

Death Valley

◙

by Tonyo

06/03

Denali

◙

by Photo61guy

Dry Tortugas

◙

by Mark Doiron

06/02

Everglades

◙

by Mark Doiron

06/02

Gates of the
Arctic

◙

by Misha

Glacier

◙

by Saintgrizzly

06/01

Glacier Bay

◙

by Casey Bates

Grand Canyon

◙

by Mark Doiron

06/99,
12/09,
05/10 & 12/11

06/99

Grand Teton

◙

by Jack B

07/00

Great Basin

◙

by Mark Doiron

07/07

Great Sand Dunes

◙

Dune Fields and Sangre de Cristo Mountains

by Mark Doiron

08/06 &
08/11

08/06 &
03/10

Great Smoky
Mountains

TN
NC

◙

by Mark Doiron

06/04

Guadalupe
Mountains

◙

by Mark Doiron

05/99

Haleakala

◙

by Mdostby

Hawai'i Volcanoes

◙

by Joerg Marretsch

Hot Springs

◙

by Txmountaineer

06/04

Isle Royale

◙

by Hikeman76

Joshua Tree

◙

by Misha

07/03

Katmai

◙

Spring in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes

by NPS

Kenai Fjords

◙

by Jmc

Kings Canyon

◙

by Misha

1960 &
06/03

06/03

Kobuk Valley

◙

Lake Clark

◙

Lassen Volcanic

◙

by Mark Doiron

07/07

Mammoth Cave

◙

by MarkDidier

06/04

Mesa Verde

◙

by Dwhike

05/91

05/91 &
03/10

Mount Rainier

◙

by Photo61guy

06/01

North Cascades

◙

by Casey Bates

06/01

Olympic

◙

by Shredzerr

06/01

Petrified Forest

◙

by Mark Doiron

05/91,
06/99,
12/09 & 12/11

05/91 &
06/99

Redwood

◙

by 2skinners

07/07

Rocky Mountain

◙

by Nelson

05/01

Saguaro

◙

by Mark Doiron

06/99 &
08/09

06/99

Sequoia

◙

by Allan Blasdale

1960 &
06/03

06/03

Shenandoah

◙

by Buz Groshong

06/04

Theodore Roosevelt

◙

by Bsihler

Virgin Islands

◙

by Bill Reed

Voyageurs

◙

Wind Cave

◙

by Tjarvela

07/00

Wrangell-Saint
Elias

◙

by Mjdatt0

Yellowstone

◙

by Mark Doiron

07/00

Yosemite

◙

by Nefarius

1960 &
07/07

07/07

Zion

◙

by Bsihler

06/03

06/03 &
03/10

*	Biscayne NP has two high points.
**	Channel Islands and Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP high points are on private property. Cuyahoga Valley NP high point is under Metro Parks management. The high points shown for these parks are under NPS management.

External Links

   o Map to the 58 U.S. National Parks
       Where are all these parks, anyway? Here they are, in one quick view!

   o Park Pointing
       What is park pointing, and who's doing it? Check here; the answer may surprise you!

   o U.S. National Park Highpoints
       A searchable, sortable list of all the park high points.

   o National Park Highpoint Trip Reports
       Read trip reports from park pointers, and learn about the effort to write a book about it.

   o U.S. National Parks Pictures
       Wonderful images by Q.T. Luong from all 58 U.S. national parks.

U.S. National Parks

Introduction

Park Listing

Recommended Reading

External Links