Best Lake Parks
The top pick for lakes and water is Yellowstone National Park with a ParksRanked Score of 94, from 50 places ranked by our own ParksRanked Score.
50 places · 48 ranked · ranked honestly, never by who pays.
These are the best places we track for lakes and water, ranked purely by our own ParksRanked Score. We show every qualifying place; any without enough data yet carries an Insufficient ranking data marker instead of a guessed score.
Top of the list right now: Yellowstone National Park with a ParksRanked Score of 94.
- Yellowstone National Park
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park
- Indiana Dunes National Park
- Gateway Arch National Park
- Shenandoah National Park
- Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
- Death Valley National Park
- Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
- Everglades National Park
- Canyonlands National Park
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park
- Kings Canyon National Park
- Wind Cave National Park
- Biscayne National Park
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Virgin Islands National Park
- Channel Islands National Park
- Congaree National Park
- Voyageurs National Park
- Great Basin National Park
- Dry Tortugas National Park
- Isle Royale National Park
- Kruger National Park
- Parque Nacional de Doñana
- Serengeti National Park
- Ujung Kulon National Park
- Skara Brae
- Gulf Islands National Seashore
- Assateague Island National Seashore
- Cape Cod National Seashore
- Canaveral National Seashore
- Krka National Park
- Jim Corbett National Park
- Yangmingshan National Park
- Taroko National Park
- Manuel Antonio National Park
- Ranthambore National Park
- Nairobi National Park
- Exmoor National Park
- Keibul Lamjao National Park
- Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Kibale National Park
- Fiordland National Park
- South Downs National Park
- Point Pelee National Park
- Panna National Park
- Mammoth Cave National Park
- Fort Pickens Area of Gulf Island National Seashore
Common questions
How many places are on this list?
50 places, 48 of them ranked.
What is the top pick for lakes and water?
Yellowstone National Park leads with a ParksRanked Score of 94.
How does ParksRanked decide the order?
By our own ParksRanked Score only. Membership reflects our curated selections from the directory; no advertising or partnership ever influences the ranking, and sparse-data places are clearly marked.