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There are 423 National Park sites in the United States. Of those, there are 63 National Parks that have “National Park” as a part of their official name. Those parks span across thirty states and account for an area of 52.2 million acres. 

California has the highest number of National Parks within its borders, with a total of nine, including Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Kings Canyon, Redwood, Sequoia, and Yosemite, to name some of its most famous parks. Of the National Parks in the continental United States, Death Valley in California is the largest, spanning 3.4 million acres, and it famously has the highest average temperatures of any place on earth. 

Alaska, which has the second highest number of National Parks, at eight, also has the most Northern National Park in the United States, as well as the largest National Park by total number of square miles. The largest park, called the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, is 13.2 million acres. Yellowstone National Park—which is shared by Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming—,Yosemite National Park, and the country of Switzerland could all fit snugly within St. Elias. Additionally, seven of the ten largest National Parks are in Alaska, including the Northernmost National Park, which is fittingly called the Gates of the Arctic. It ranges 8.5 million acres and is the second largest National Park in the United States. 

To learn more about the number of National Parks by state, explore the data in the charts. 

#StateNumber of National ParksForest Coverage
1California931.7%
2Alaska835.2%
3Colorado434.6%
4Arizona325.4%
5Florida349.3%
6Washington351.9%
7Hawaii235.8%
8Montana227.8%
9Nevada215.1%
10New Mexico231.7%
11South Dakota23.9%
12Texas237.1%
13Wyoming217%
14Arkansas156.8%
15Idaho141%
16Indiana120.8%
17Kentucky149%
18Maine188.8%
19Michigan155.7%
20Minnesota134.7%
21Missouri134.8%
22North Carolina160.3%
23North Dakota11.8%
24Ohio129.9%
25Oregon148.4%
26South Carolina166.8%
27Tennessee152.6%
28Utah134.2%
29Virginia163.6%
30West Virginia178.1%
31Alabama071.3%
32Connecticut056.9%
33Delaware028.5%
34District of Columbia0
35Georgia066.5%
36Illinois013.7%
37Iowa08%
38Kansas04.7%
39Louisiana054.3%
40Maryland039.2%
41Massachusetts059.8%
42Mississippi063.9%
43Nebraska02.9%
44New Hampshire081.9%
45New Jersey042.3%
46New York061.7%
47Oklahoma027%
48Pennsylvania058%
49Rhode Island054.5%
50Vermont076.7%
51Wisconsin048.9%

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Arkansas

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California

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Connecticut

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Florida

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Georgia

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Hawaii

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Idaho

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Mexico

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New York

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North Carolina

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Ohio

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South Carolina

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Virginia

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Washington

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West Virginia

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