National Parks in the United States

NPS formed

Aug 25, 1916

Charged with managing national parks

Creation on NPS to now

Period: Aug 25, 1916 to Mar 23, 2012

Acadia National Park

Feb 26, 1919

Nearest city Bar Harbor, Main

Zion National Park

Nov 19, 1919

Nearest city springdale, Utah

Hot Springs National Park

Mar 4, 1921

Nearest city Hot Springs, Arkansas

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

May 14, 1930

Nearest city Carlsbad, New Mexico

Shenandoah National Park

Dec 26, 1935

Nearest city Front Royal, Virginia

Mammoth Cave National Park

Jul 1, 1941

Nearest city Brownsville, Kentucky

Everglades National Park

Dec 6, 1947

Nearest city Florida City, Florida

Petrified Forest National Park

Dec 9, 1962

Nearest city Holbrook, Arizona

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Sep 30, 1972

Nearest city Carlsbad, New Mexico
National park is in Texas

Voyageurs National Park

Apr 8, 1975

Nearest city International Falls, Minnesota

Badlands National Park

Nov 10, 1978

Nearest city Rapid City, South Dakota

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve

Dec 2, 1980

Nearest city Fairbanks, Alaska

Great Basin National Park

Oct 27, 1986

Nearest city Ely, Nevada

National Park of American Samoa

Oct 31, 1988

Nearest city Pago Pago, American Samoa

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Sep 13, 2004

Nearest city Alamosa, Colorado