Best National Parks for Backcountry Camping

96 parks offer backcountry camping

Showing 41–60 of 96 parks with backcountry camping

Large mountains dotted with snow loom above a rocky meadow filled with yellow flowers.

Glacier National Park

National Park · MT

The canyon glows orange as people visit Mather Point, a rock outcropping that juts into Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon National Park

National Park · AZ

Near a cliff edge the sun sets in the distance.

Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument

National Monument · AZ

Historic wooden buildings behind a palisade in a snowy landscape.

Grand Portage National Monument

National Monument · MN

Backpackers in North Fork Cascade Canyon, Grand Teton behind

Grand Teton National Park

National Park · WY

blue sky with green trees in mountain cirque

Great Basin National Park

National Park · NV

Grasslands, large dunes, and snow-capped peaks at sunset

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

National Park & Preserve · CO

A thick layer of frost covers the fields, trees, and mountains in Cades Cove.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

National Park · NC, TN

El Capitan with blooming claret cup cacti

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

National Park · TX

Ferry in the Pensacola Bay

Gulf Islands National Seashore

National Seashore · FL, MS

'Ahinahina blooms in Haleakala crater

Haleakalā National Park

National Park · HI

Rocky coastline with palm trees and a cliff beyon

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

National Park · HI

Photograph of a large glacial erratic boulder in autumn with trees covered in colorful foliage and f

Ice Age National Scenic Trail

National Scenic Trail · WI

View from above the trees looking down at Duncan Bay Narrows, trees, Lake Superior, and Canada.

Isle Royale National Park

National Park · MI

The sky turns hues of pink and purple over a field of Joshua trees.

Joshua Tree National Park

National Park · CA

salmon jumping at waterfall

Katmai National Park & Preserve

National Park & Preserve · AK

aerial image of Bear Glacier

Kenai Fjords National Park

National Park · AK

Aerial view of town in a valley with cruise ships in port

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

National Historical Park · AK

sun setting on sand dunes

Kobuk Valley National Park

National Park · AK

Photo of blue sky with fluffy white clouds reflect in calm lake with mountains in the background.

Lake Clark National Park & Preserve

National Park & Preserve · AK

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