Best National Parks for Backcountry Camping

96 parks offer backcountry camping

Showing 21–40 of 96 parks with backcountry camping

muskox standing on the tundra

Cape Krusenstern National Monument

National Monument · AK

: Black & white patterned tower of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse stands against a blue & white cloud f

Cape Lookout National Seashore

National Seashore · NC

Wingate Sandstone cliffs behind historic barn and farmhouse

Capitol Reef National Park

National Park · UT

Steep, rugged ocean cliffs extending in an island chain.

Channel Islands National Park

National Park · CA

Snow dusted granite formations jut up from a mountainous juniper covered landscape.

City Of Rocks National Reserve

National Reserve · ID

View of Independence Monument with Grand Valley in background. Taken from Rim Rock Rock Drive.

Colorado National Monument

National Monument · CO

View of the Congaree River during the Fall

Congaree National Park

National Park · SC

A view of Crater Lake and Wizard Island

Crater Lake National Park

National Park · OR

A close-up shot of a folded, waving sea of lava rock, with mountains in the far distance.

Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve

National Monument & Preserve · ID

Hensley Settlement

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

National Historical Park · KY, TN, VA

The snow-capped San Juan Mountain Range looms in the distance as viewed from the Crystal Trail

Curecanti National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · CO

Snowcapped mountains surrounded by bright blue skies and frames by gold wildflowers on a valley floo

Death Valley National Park

National Park · CA, NV

View of the Delaware River cutting between two low mountain peaks

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · NJ, PA

a white colored sheep standing on a mountainside overlooking a green valley

Denali National Park & Preserve

National Park & Preserve · AK

the fossilized skull of camarasaurus dinosaur

Dinosaur National Monument

National Monument · CO, UT

Yellow sandstone cliff at sunset with dark lava field in background

El Malpais National Monument

National Monument · NM

A sunset creates a silhouette of a cypress tree with needle-like leaves that is shaped like an 'N'.

Everglades National Park

National Park · FL

The Fire Island Lighthouse against a vibrant sunset.

Fire Island National Seashore

National Seashore · NY

Aerial view of the Alatna River as it winds through a valley

Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve

National Park & Preserve · AK

Cruising Glacier Bay

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

National Park & Preserve · AK

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