Best National Parks for Backcountry Hiking

81 parks offer backcountry hiking

Showing 21–40 of 81 parks with backcountry hiking

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

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

Fossil redwood stump

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

National Monument · CO

Garrison Flag flying over the post.

Fort Davis National Historic Site

National Historic Site · TX

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

Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve

National Park & Preserve · AK

Sunrise view of Gila Cliff Dwellings with brilliant sky.

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

National Monument · NM

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

Rocky coastline with palm trees and a cliff beyon

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

National Park · HI

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

Mirror reflection of Lunksoos Mountain and trees within the water of the river.

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

National Monument · ME

salmon jumping at waterfall

Katmai National Park & Preserve

National Park & Preserve · AK

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