Best Parks for Adventure
The top pick for adventure is Great Smoky Mountains National Park with a ParksRanked Score of 0, from 50 places ranked by our own ParksRanked Score.
50 places · 50 ranked · ranked honestly, never by who pays.
These are the best places we track for adventure, 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: Great Smoky Mountains National Park with a ParksRanked Score of 0.
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Zion National Park
- Yellowstone National Park
- Mammoth Cave National Park
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Acadia National Park
- Grand Teton National Park
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Plitvice Lakes National Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Thingvellir National Park
- Big Bend National Park
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Kakadu National Park
- Olympic National Park
- Rwenzori Mountains National Park
- Wind Cave National Park
- El Yunque National Forest
- Gateway Arch National Park
- Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
- Great Basin National Park
- Arches National Park
- Indiana Dunes National Park
- Virgin Islands National Park
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area
- Death Valley National Park
- Badlands National Park
- Sequoia National Park
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Canyonlands National Park
- Denali National Park and Preserve
- Channel Islands National Park
- New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
- Valley of Flowers National Park
- Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
- Karoo National Park
- Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
- Gros Morne National Park
- Khangchendzonga National Park
- Alcatraz Island
- Castle Clinton National Monument
- Peak District National Park
- Exmoor National Park
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Daintree Rainforest
Common questions
How many places are on this list?
50 places, 50 of them ranked.
What is the top pick for adventure?
Great Smoky Mountains National Park leads with a ParksRanked Score of 0.
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.