Best National Parks for Boating

87 parks offer boating

Showing 21–40 of 87 parks with boating

Two adult Great Blue Herons stand watch over their 3 young chicks in the nest.

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · GA

A view of docks and boats in the waterside town of Cape Charles VA

Chesapeake Bay

National Park · DC, DE, MD, NY, PA, VA, WV

The rushing river cascades over the rocks of the Potomac

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

National Historical Park · DC, MD, WV

Lincoln Bridge with Travertine Creek flowing below

Chickasaw National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · OK

A view of Crater Lake and Wizard Island

Crater Lake National Park

National Park · OR

Sand dunes covered with shrubs and grasses

Cumberland Island National Seashore

National Seashore · GA

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

View of the Delaware River cutting between two low mountain peaks

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · NJ, PA

A few of the stars at night with a view of Fort Jefferson.

Dry Tortugas National Park

National Park · FL

View from the Bluff Overlook

Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve

National Historical Reserve · WA

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

The red masonry walls of Fort Pulaski still show battle damage over 150 years later.

Fort Pulaski National Monument

National Monument · GA

A row of cannon with Fort Moultrie in the background. A US flag is flying in the fort.

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

National Historical Park · SC

Tent at Floyd Bennett Field campsite in Gateway's Jamaica Bay unit.

Gateway National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · NY, NJ

Rafters enjoying the Gauley River

Gauley River National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · WV

Cruising Glacier Bay

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

National Park & Preserve · AK

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

Glacier National Park

National Park · MT

Woman raises her arms while standing in front of a sandstone butte

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · AZ, UT

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

Grand Canyon National Park

National Park · AZ

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