Best National Parks for Backcountry Hiking

81 parks offer backcountry hiking

Showing 1–20 of 81 parks with backcountry hiking

A lone raft floats the Aniakchak Wild River as it flows through the "Gates"

Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve

National Monument & Preserve · AK

Silhouette of a man with backpack standing on McAfee Knob at sunset with mountains in the distance.

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

National Scenic Trail · CT, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, TN, VA, VT, WV

Wild horses on the dunes at Assateague

Assateague Island National Seashore

National Seashore · MD, VA

the village of Tyuonyi

Bandelier National Monument

National Monument · NM

Three wet muskox stand in a line.

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

National Preserve · AK

Blooming Cenizo

Big Bend National Park

National Park · TX

A small alligator basking on top of dry vegetation.

Big Cypress National Preserve

National Preserve · FL

Black Canyon near Tomichi Point

Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park

National Park · CO

A long pine tree stands in front of distant mountain ridges beneath an orange sunset

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · NC, VA

A red rock landscape and plateau forest glows with the morning sun

Bryce Canyon National Park

National Park · UT

A large bluff shelter near Buffalo Point.

Buffalo National River

National River · AR

muskox standing on the tundra

Cape Krusenstern National Monument

National Monument · AK

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

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

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

Death Valley National Park

National Park · CA, NV

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