Best National Parks for Backcountry Hiking

81 parks offer backcountry hiking

Showing 61–80 of 81 parks with backcountry hiking

Organ pipe cactus and mountains at sunset

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

National Monument · AZ

Sunset picture with high vantage point overlooking river with fall colors and sun setting in distanc

Ozark National Scenic Riverways

National Scenic Riverways · MO

Sunlit Painted Desert hills of the Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area

Petrified Forest National Park

National Park · AZ

Au Sable Lighthouse and light keeper's quarters

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

National Lakeshore · MI

Boulders in the Balconies Cave.

Pinnacles National Park

National Park · CA

Carter Pond on a sunny day in summer

Prince William Forest Park

Park · VA

View from forest floor looking straight up. Ferns as seen close up and redwood trunks meet.

Redwood National and State Parks

National and State Parks · CA

Saguaro flowers

Saguaro National Park

National Park · AZ

Conestoga wagon in front of Eagle Rock

Scotts Bluff National Monument

National Monument · NE

A deep canyon with a forested floor and steep granite cliffs

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

National Parks · CA

fall wildflowers at the preserve

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

National Preserve · KS

A colorfully striped butte in the foreground overlooks a dark green badlands landscape

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

National Park · ND

Scattered clouds over landscape view of winding river and brown grasslands

Valles Caldera National Preserve

National Preserve · NM

Turquoise water laps white sandy shore fringed with lush green vegetation.

Virgin Islands National Park

National Park · VI

Northern Lights over Voyageurs National Park waters

Voyageurs National Park

National Park · MN

A snowy day on top of Shasta Bally

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · CA

a bison cow and calf on the prairie

Wind Cave National Park

National Park · SD

Glaciers loom over the ocean with large snowy mountains rising into blue skies

Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve

National Park & Preserve · AK

Brilliant blues and greens of a hot spring ringed by oranges, yellows, reds, and browns.

Yellowstone National Park

National Park · ID, MT, WY

Two tall waterfalls flowing down snow covered granite walls.

Yosemite National Park

National Park · CA

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