National Park Est. State Size Rank Acres Att. Rank Attendence Yellowstone 1872 WY 8 2219790 7 2758526 Sequoia 1890 CA 22 402510 23 870327 Yosemite 1890 CA 16 761266 4 3368731 Mount Rainier 1899 WA 29 235625 16 1301103 Crater Lake 1902 OR 33 183224 33 457373 Wind Cave 1903 SD 52 28295 26 650357 Mesa Verde 1906 CO 46 52122 31 513409 Glacier 1910 MT 13 1013572 37 380114 Rocky Mountain 1915 CO 25 265723 5 3139685 Lassen Volcanic 1916 CA 37 106372 38 376695 Hawaii Volcanoes 1916 HI 31 209695 15 1343286 Haleakala 1916 HI 51 29824 14 1410974 Denali 1917 AK 3 4740912 40 360191 Zion 1919 UT 35 146592 10 2217779 Acadia 1919 ME 47 47633 9 2516551 Grand Canyon 1919 AZ 11 1217403 2 4104809 Hot Springs 1921 AR 54 5549 17 1296786 Bryce Canyon 1924 UT 49 35835 19 1068619 Shenandoah 1926 VA 32 198081 13 1498561 Mammoth Cave 1926 KY 45 52830 11 1883580 Great Smokey Mountains 1926 TN 19 521621 1 9197697 Grand Teton 1929 WY 24 309994 8 2535108 Carlsbad Caverns 1930 NM 48 46766 34 455621 Isle Royale 1931 MI 18 571790 51 19431 Everglades 1934 FL 10 1508571 20 1049851 Big Bend 1935 TX 15 801163 41 328927 Olympic 1938 WA 14 922651 3 3416069 Kings Canyon 1940 CA 21 461901 28 541787 Petrified Forest 1962 AZ 38 93533 27 583904 Canyonlands 1964 UT 23 337598 39 368592 Guadalupe Mountains 1966 TX 40 86416 44 222307 North Cascades 1968 WA 20 504781 50 27739 Redwood 1968 CA 36 110232 36 388352 Voyageurs 1971 MN 30 218200 43 243374 Capitol Reef 1971 UT 28 241904 29 527760 Arches 1971 UT 42 76518 24 754026 Theodore Roosevelt 1978 ND 43 70447 35 446609 Badlands 1978 SD 27 242756 22 955469 Kobuk Valley 1980 AK 9 1750737 54 4217 Lake Clark 1980 AK 7 2619733 53 4397 Gates Of The Arctic 1980 AK 2 7523898 52 4505 Wrangell - St Elias 1980 AK 1 8323618 49 28643 Katmai 1980 AK 4 3674529 48 67038 Kenai Fjords 1980 AK 17 669983 42 262353 Biscayne 1980 FL 34 172924 32 489943 Channel Islands 1980 CA 26 249354 30 520428 Glacier Bay 1980 AK 6 3224840 12 1680614 Great Basin 1986 NV 41 77180 46 81712 Dry Tortugas 1992 FL 44 64701 47 79186 Saguaro 1994 AZ 39 91443 25 725874 Death Valley 1994 CA 5 3367628 21 1014636 Joshua Tree 1994 CA 12 1022703 18 1280917 Black Canyon of the Gunnison 1999 CO 53 27705 45 181018 Cuyahoga Valley 2000 OH 50 32860 6 312335