Best National Parks for Kayaking

92 parks offer kayaking

Showing 21–40 of 92 parks with kayaking

The first-order Fresnel lens is visible in the lantern room of the Bodie Island Lighthouse.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

National Seashore · NC

: 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

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

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · GA

Kelley Cabin

Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park

National Military Park · GA, TN

Lincoln Bridge with Travertine Creek flowing below

Chickasaw National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · OK

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

People in bright orange kayaks paddle around a bend in a river, past green trees and a rocky shore.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

National Park · OH

View of the Delaware River cutting between two low mountain peaks

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · NJ, PA

Reenactor Bill Boston on his horse Dixie in front of the De Soto Monument.

De Soto National Memorial

National Memorial · FL

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

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

Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

National Monument and Historic Shrine · MD

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

Fort Pulaski National Monument

National Monument · GA

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

Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve

National Park & Preserve · AK

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

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