List of U.S. National Parks in Chronological Order

Here’s the list of all 63 U.S. National Parks, arranged chronologically by date of establishment (oldest → newest):

List of National Parks in Chronological Order

#	Park Name	Date Established	State(s)
1	Yellowstone	March 1, 1872	WY/MT/ID
2	Sequoia	September 25, 1890	CA
3	Yosemite	October 1, 1890	CA
4	Mount Rainier	March 2, 1899	WA
5	Crater Lake	May 22, 1902	OR
6	Wind Cave	January 9, 1903	SD
7	Mesa Verde	June 29, 1906	CO
8	Glacier	May 11, 1910	MT
9	Rocky Mountain	January 26, 1915	CO
10	Hawaiʻi Volcanoes	August 1, 1916	HI
11	Lassen Volcanic	August 9, 1916	CA
12	Denali (Mount McKinley)	February 26, 1917	AK
13	Acadia	February 26, 1919	ME
14	Grand Canyon	February 26, 1919	AZ
15	Zion	November 19, 1919	UT
16	Hot Springs	March 4, 1921	AR
17	Bryce Canyon	February 25, 1928	UT
18	Grand Teton	February 26, 1929	WY
19	Carlsbad Caverns	May 14, 1930	NM
20	Everglades	May 30, 1934	FL
21	Great Smoky Mountains	June 15, 1934	TN/NC
22	Shenandoah	December 26, 1935	VA
23	Olympic	June 29, 1938	WA
24	Kings Canyon	March 4, 1940	CA
25	Isle Royale	April 3, 1940	MI
26	Mammoth Cave	July 1, 1941	KY
27	Big Bend	June 12, 1944	TX
28	Virgin Islands	August 2, 1956	U.S. VI
29	Haleakalā	July 1, 1961	HI
30	Petrified Forest	December 9, 1962	AZ
31	Canyonlands	September 12, 1964	UT
32	North Cascades	October 2, 1968	WA
33	Redwood	October 2, 1968	CA
34	Arches	November 12, 1971	UT
35	Capitol Reef	December 18, 1971	UT
36	Guadalupe Mountains	September 30, 1972	TX
37	Voyageurs	April 8, 1975	MN
38	Badlands	November 10, 1978	SD
39	Theodore Roosevelt	November 10, 1978	ND
40	Channel Islands	March 5, 1980	CA
41	Biscayne	June 28, 1980	FL
42	Gates of the Arctic	December 2, 1980	AK
43	Glacier Bay	December 2, 1980	AK
44	Katmai	December 2, 1980	AK
45	Kenai Fjords	December 2, 1980	AK
46	Kobuk Valley	December 2, 1980	AK
47	Lake Clark	December 2, 1980	AK
48	Wrangell–St. Elias	December 2, 1980	AK
49	Great Basin	October 27, 1986	NV
50	American Samoa	October 31, 1988	AS
51	Dry Tortugas	October 26, 1992	FL
52	Saguaro	October 14, 1994	AZ
53	Death Valley	October 31, 1994	CA/NV
54	Joshua Tree	October 31, 1994	CA
55	Black Canyon of the Gunnison	October 21, 1999	CO
56	Cuyahoga Valley	October 11, 2000	OH
57	Congaree	November 10, 2003	SC
58	Great Sand Dunes	September 24, 2004	CO
59	Pinnacles	January 10, 2013	CA
60	Gateway Arch	February 22, 2018	MO
61	Indiana Dunes	February 15, 2019	IN
62	White Sands	December 20, 2019	NM
63	New River Gorge	December 27, 2020	WV