Best National Parks for Hiking

275 parks offer hiking

Showing 1–20 of 275 parks with hiking

A brilliant sunset filled with hues of blue, red, orange, magenta, and purple highlight the sky.

Acadia National Park

National Park · ME

The visitor center sits in the middle of mixed grass prairie.

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

National Monument · NE

Aerial photograph of trail through lava along the Hawaiian Coast

Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail

National Historic Trail · HI

Engine House and tavern

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site

National Historic Site · PA

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

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

Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve

National Monument & Preserve · AK

luminaries placed by Maryland Monument with dramatic orange red clouds

Antietam National Battlefield

National Battlefield · MD

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

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

National Lakeshore · WI

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

This is the home where Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant on April 9, 1865

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

National Historical Park · VA

A crowd of people sit and watch the sunset at delicate arch.

Arches National Park

National Park · UT

confluence of two rivers

Arkansas Post National Memorial

National Memorial · AR

Wild horses on the dunes at Assateague

Assateague Island National Seashore

National Seashore · MD, VA

Reconstructed stone kiva amidst stone ruins

Aztec Ruins National Monument

National Monument · NM

Layered badlands formations behind fields of green grass under cloudy and billowing clouds.

Badlands National Park

National Park · SD

the village of Tyuonyi

Bandelier National Monument

National Monument · NM

Two animals are tied to a wooden frame in the interior of a large adobe structure.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

National Historic Site · CO

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

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