Here is our list of favorite parks (in order):

1. Yosemite National Park

2. Grand Teton National Park

3. Olympic National Park

4. Grand Canyon National Park

5. Rocky Mountain National Park

6. Yellowstone National Park

7. Acadia National Park

8. Crater Lake National Park

9. Arches National Park

10. White Sands National Park

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Great Sand Dunes National Park

Bryce Canyon National Park

Mount Rainier National Park

Redwood National Park

Denali National Park

Kenai Fjords National Park

Shenandoah National Park

Glacier National Park

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Mesa Verde National Park

Zion National Park

Haleakala National Park

Death Valley National Park

Channel Islands National Park

Voyageurs National Park

Everglades National Park

Gateway Arch National Park

Biscayne National Park

Sequoia National Park

Saguaro National Park

Isle Royale National Park

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Indiana Dunes National Park

Capitol Reef National Park

Dry Tortugas National Park

Hot Springs National Park

Mammoth Cave National Park

Wind Cave National Park

Big Bend National Park

Petrified Forest National Park

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Kings Canyon National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Pinnacles National Park

North Cascades National Park

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Canyonlands National Park

Badlands National Park

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Joshua Tree National Park

Virgin Islands National Park

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Cuyahoga Valley National Park


Parks not yet visited:

Congaree National Park
Gates of the Arctic National Park
Glacier Bay National Park
Great Basin National Park
Katmai National Park
Kobuk Valley National Park
Lake Clark National Park
National Park of American Samoa


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Here is a list of Ken Burns' five favorite parks:

1. Yosemite National Park

2. Grand Canyon National Park

3. Yellowstone National Park

4. Arches National Park

5. Glacier National Park





Here is the readers' list of favorites from USA TODAY and 10BEST.COM (August 2014):

1. Acadia National Park

2. Glacier National Park

3. Yellowstone National Park

4. Yosemite National Park

5. Big Bend National Park

6. Grand Teton National Park

7. Everglades National Park

8. Blue Ridge Parkway

9. Zion National Park

10. Lassen Volcanic National Park