Best National Forests
120 places · 120 rated by visitors · ranked honestly, never by who pays.
These are the best places we track for national forest visits, ranked purely by real visitor approval. We show every qualifying place; any without enough reviews yet carries an Insufficient ranking data marker instead of a guessed score.
Top of the list right now: White Mountain National Forest at 98% approval.
- White Mountain National Forest
- National Forest Brasilia
- Huron-Manistee National Forests Lumberman's Monument Visitor Center
- The Cradle of Forestry Overlook
- Ancient Forest/Chun T'oh Whudujut Provincial Park
- Idaho Panhandle National Forests
- Coconino National Forest
- Tonto National Forest
- El Yunque National Forest
- Pisgah National Forest
- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
- Pike-San Isabel National Forest
- Nantahala National Forest
- Mount Hood National Forest
- Black Hills National Forest
- Cherokee National Forest
- Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland
- Parque Nacional de Monfragüe
- Tahoe National Forest
- Inyo National Forest
- Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
- Forest of the Palms
- Tongass National Forest
- Ouachita National Forest
- Shawnee National Forest
- Ozark National Forest
- Eldorado National Forest
- Sequoia National Forest
- Coronado National Forest
- Dixie National Forest
- Redwoods – Whakarewarewa Forest
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
- Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
- San Juan National Forest
- Santa Fe National Forest
- Allegheny National Forest
- Deschutes National Forest
- Hiawatha National Forest
- Olympic National Forest
- Sierra National Forest
- Stanislaus National Forest
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest
- Monongahela National Forest
- Caribou-Targhee National Forest
- George Washington & Jefferson National Forest
- Carson National Forest
- Chugach National Forest
- Flathead National Forest
- Sawtooth National Forest
- Gila National Forest
- Superior National Forest
- Gunnison National Forest
- Bridger-Teton National Forest
- Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forest Pawnee National Grasslands
- Rio Grande National Forest
- Lincoln National Forest
- Uncompahgre National Forest
- Bighorn National Forest
- Reserva Nacional Altos de Lircay
- Ashley National Forest
- Umpqua National Forest
- Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve
- Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Boise National Forest
- Bukit Mertajam Forest Park
- Payette National Forest
- Kootenai National Forest
- Cradle of Forestry in America
- Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
- Parco Nazionale Foreste Casentinesi, Centro Visite
- Bangor City Forest
- Parque Nacional Laguna San Rafael
- Ochoco National Forest & Crooked River National Grassland
- Ottawa National Forest
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, Cheoah Ranger District, Nantahala National Forest
- Rim Rock National Recreation Trail
- Pike and San Isabel National Forest
- Grafenberg Forest
- Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
- Linville Gorge Wilderness Area
- Shoshone National Forest
- White River National Forest
- Mortimer Forest
- San Bernardino National Forest
- Angeles National Forest
- Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest
- Daniel Boone National Forest
- Mark Twain National Forest
- National Museum of Fine Arts
- Kaibab National Forest
- Huron-Manistee National Forests
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Prescott National Forest
- Cibola National Forest
- Cleveland National Forest
- Los Padres National Forest
- Ocala National Forest
- Shasta-Trinity National Forest
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
- Guanwu National Forest Recreation Area
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Common questions
How many places are on this list?
120 places, 120 of them rated by visitors.
What is the top pick for national forest visits?
White Mountain National Forest leads with 98% approval from 8,459 reviews.
How does ParksRanked decide the order?
By real visitor approval only. Membership reflects our curated selections from the directory; no advertising or partnership ever influences the ranking, and sparse-data places are clearly marked.