Browse shows every park, honestly ranked. The chips above the grid are quick filters; the Filters drawer holds everything. Tapping a feature chip (Lighthouses, Camping…) clears a conflicting Park Type automatically and tells you so. Search finds any park, state, type or city. Find your park asks 5 quick questions. Picked for you finds the 5 parks most similar to one you love.
Swipe the photo for the Near the park slide — directions, true satellite view, places to stay, food and fuel, all anchored to the park itself. The chip row under the photo jumps straight to Weather, Things to do, Reserve and more. The pill shows the park's ParksRanked Score (0–100), our own composite independent of any third-party rating. Share this park sends a link that opens directly to it.
The Plan tab runs the whole trip: a day-by-day itinerary in 10 seconds, road trips, reservations, budget and what to pack. This weekend picks your best nearby Saturday — set your home city once in Settings so it knows where home is.
Play holds the treasure hunts: open a park first, then spot real things on-site for points, badges and streaks — solo or as a family. Points never affect rankings. Your passport (under Saved) keeps every stamp, visit and photo on your device.
ParksRanked Club is the trip-planning premium — $5.99/mo or $19.99/yr launch price, cancel anytime; safety information always stays free. Paid on another device? More → Already a member? Restore it reconnects you. Something not working? More → Recommend an app improvement goes straight onto the build list.
Photos come from Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia under their open licences (such as CC BY and CC BY-SA); each photo is credited on its park page, and non-free images are never shown. Park data and ratings come from public sources including OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and public park agencies, with an owned ParksRanked Score computed from public structural data (park designation, global renown, terrain and mapped features), independent of any third-party rating. We don’t list park entrance fees or cost estimates — those change and vary worldwide, so we point you to the park to confirm. Rankings are never for sale.
Rankings are never for sale — not to parks, not to advertisers, not to anyone. Affiliate links are disclosed and never change a ranking. Recreation.gov pays us nothing; we link it because it's the right answer.