Best Parks for Families
The top pick for families and kids 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 families and kids, 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
- Yosemite National Park
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Shenandoah National Park
- Crater Lake National Park
- Haleakalā National Park
- Plitvice Lakes National Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Thingvellir National Park
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park
- Saguaro National Park
- Kings Canyon National Park
- Mount Rainier National Park
- Congaree National Park
- Gateway Arch National Park
- Great Basin National Park
- Indiana Dunes National Park
- Voyageurs National Park
- Isle Royale National Park
- Channel Islands National Park
- Parque Nacional de Doñana
- Shiretoko National Park
- Tongariro National Park
- Gros Morne National Park
- Krka National Park
- Yoho National Park Of Canada
- Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada
- Taroko National Park
- Sarek National Park
- Peneda-Gerês National Park
- Killarney National Park
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Cairngorms National Park
- Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego
- Manuel Antonio National Park
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
- Keibul Lamjao National Park
- Tijuca National Park
- Kibale National Park
- Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona
- Wicklow Mountains National Park
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Point Pelee National Park
- Cape Breton Highlands National Park
- Eravikulam National Park
- Satpura National Park
- Lake District National Park
- Parc national de forêts
Common questions
How many places are on this list?
50 places, 50 of them ranked.
What is the top pick for families and kids?
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.