Best National Parks
120 places · 120 rated by visitors · ranked honestly, never by who pays.
These are the best places we track for national park 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: Iguazú National Park at 98% approval.
- Iguazú National Park
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Eryri National Park (Snowdonia)
- Acadia National Park
- Grand Teton National Park
- Mount Rainier National Park
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Badlands National Park
- Pieniny National Park
- Crater Lake National Park
- Bieszczady National Park
- Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park
- Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses
- Haleakalā National Park
- Chapada Diamantina National Park
- Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz
- Stołowe Mountains National Park
- Babia Góra National Park
- Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros
- Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
- New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
- Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra
- Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
- Fernando de Noronha Marine National Park
- Cape Breton Highlands National Park
- Mount Olympus National Park
- Jotunheimen National Park
- Vikos National Park
- Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
- Gros Morne National Park
- Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
- Kenai Fjords National Park
- Northern Velebit National Park
- North Entrance Natural Sumapaz National Park
- Whitsunday Islands National Park
- Ainos National Park
- Coiba National Park
- Parque Nacional Sierra de Órganos
- Sarek National Park
- Parc Nacional d'Aigüestortes
- Plitvice Lakes National Park
- Iguaçu National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Yosemite National Park
- Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park
- Zion National Park
- Yellowstone National Park
- Lake District National Park
- Teide National Park
- Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi
- Peak District National Park
- Arches National Park
- Banff National Park
- Parque Natural da Arrábida
- Ojcowski National Park
- Peneda-Gerês National Park
- New Forest National Park
- Parque Nacional Barranca del Cupatitzio
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Tijuca National Park
- Karkonosze National Park
- Triglav National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Shenandoah National Park
- Bohemian Switzerland National Park
- Sequoia National Park
- White Sands National Park
- Picos de Europa National Park
- Krkonoše National Park
- Dartmoor National Park
- Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego
- Low Tatras National Park
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park
- Słowiński National Park
- Parque Nacional do Itatiaia
- Bannau Brycheiniog National Park (Brecon Beacons)
- Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park
- Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Jericoacoara National Park
- Port Campbell National Park (Parks Victoria)
- Stelvio National Park
- Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini
- Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
- Killarney National Park
- Šumava National Park
- North York Moors National Park
- Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Torres del Paine National Park
- Parque Nacional Villarrica
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Olympic National Park
- Parque Nacional Cahuita
- Tikal National Park
- Cairngorms National Park
- Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso
- Parco Nazionale dell'Arcipelago di La Maddalena
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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 park visits?
Iguazú National Park leads with 98% approval from 108,152 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.