Top 20 National Parks in the United States

Since the start of the COVID-19 virus, many Americans have focused their vacations on staying outside, and when it comes to natural beauty, there are few places in the United States that can compare to the great outdoors found in our national parks.

According to Thrillist, an online travel media, 327 million visitors journeyed to the 62 national parks in 2020. Those parks will be popular destinations again this year; however, before you pack your homeschool family into the minivan (or the air taxi if you’re visiting the remote Gates of the Arctic along the Brooks Range in northern Alaska), check out this list of free days this year, as well as the top 20 national parks in the United States to visit in 2021.

2021 National Park Free Days
January 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
April 17: First Day of National Park Week
August 4: One-year Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act
August 25: National Park Service Birthday
September 25: National Public Lands Day
November 11: Veterans Day

Thrillist’s Top 20 National Parks
1. Yosemite National Park (CA)
2. Yellowstone National Park (WY/MT/ID)
3. Grand Canyon National Park (AZ)
4. Death Valley National Park (CA/NV)
5. Rocky Mountain National Park (Estes Park and Grand Lake, CO)
6. Arches National Park (Moab, UT)
7. Joshua Tree National Park (Twentynine Palms, CA)
8. Bryce Canyon National Park (Bryce Canyon, UT)
9. Grand Teton National Park (Moose, WY)
10. Olympic National Park (Port Angeles, WA)
11. Glacier National Park (MT)
12. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN, NC)
13. Acadia National Park (Bar Harbor, ME)
14. Indiana Dunes National Park (Porter, IN)
15. Zion National Park (Springdale, UT)
16. Hot Springs National Park (Hot Springs, AR)
17. Mount Rainier National Park (Ashford, Enumclaw, Packwood, Wilkeson, WA)
18. Shenandoah National Park (Luray, VA)
19. Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Cleveland and Akron, OH)
20. Gateway Arch National Park (St. Louis, MO)

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