Best National Parks for Canoe or Kayak Camping

50 parks offer canoe or kayak camping

Showing 1–20 of 50 parks with canoe or kayak camping

underwater photo of salmon swimming in river

Alagnak Wild River

Wild River · AK

Aerial photograph of trail through lava along the Hawaiian Coast

Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail

National Historic Trail · HI

Sunset over Amistad Reservoir with Highway 90 bridge to left of photo going over the reservoir and i

Amistad National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · TX

Tree-covered red cliffs meet greenish blue water, in a bowl shape.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

National Lakeshore · WI

Wild horses on the dunes at Assateague

Assateague Island National Seashore

National Seashore · MD, VA

Blooming Cenizo

Big Bend National Park

National Park · TX

Summer view of the Yellowtail Dam from the Ok-A-Beh road.

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · MT, WY

Reflections of twisting tupelo trees in calm water below a green canopy.

Big Thicket National Preserve

National Preserve · TX

A child dancing on the beach at dusk

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · MA

A large bluff shelter near Buffalo Point.

Buffalo National River

National River · AR

Dune plants, beach, and ocean.

Canaveral National Seashore

National Seashore · FL

a broad stone arch with rock pinnacles in the distance

Canyonlands National Park

National Park · UT

: Black & white patterned tower of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse stands against a blue & white cloud f

Cape Lookout National Seashore

National Seashore · NC

A heron at sunset in the waters and marshes of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail

National Historic Trail · VA, MD, DE, DC, PA, NY

Steep, rugged ocean cliffs extending in an island chain.

Channel Islands National Park

National Park · CA

View of the Congaree River during the Fall

Congaree National Park

National Park · SC

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

the fossilized skull of camarasaurus dinosaur

Dinosaur National Monument

National Monument · CO, UT

View from the Bluff Overlook

Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve

National Historical Reserve · WA

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