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Approximately 323 million people<\/a> visited American national parks in 2025, a 2.7% year-over-year decrease and the first annual decline since 2020.<\/p>\n President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 signed the act creating the National Park Service to leave natural and historic phenomenons “unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.” Since then, our national parks have welcomed visitors from around the world to experience some of the best the country has to offer and showcase the country’s natural beauty and cultural heritage. Today, the country’s 63 national parks<\/a> contain at least 247 species of endangered or threatened plants and animals<\/a>, more than 75,000 archaeological sites, and 18,000 miles of trails.<\/p>\n Stacker<\/a> compiled a list of the closest national parks to Cape Coral. National parks are ranked by closest straight line distance, measured from representative points in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area and each national park. Estimated driving times are from Here<\/a> and are only available within the lower 48 states. All featured distances and driving times are estimated using representative locations from the center of each metro and national park\u2014for some places within the metro area, the actual distance may be slightly shorter or longer to reach the closest entryway to a park.<\/p>\n Simon Dannhauer \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #1. Everglades National Park (Florida)<\/p>\n – Distance: 108 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 3.7 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: May 30, 1934<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 778,198 (#31 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 1,508,938.57 acres<\/p>\n Claudia G Cooper \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #2. Biscayne National Park (Florida)<\/p>\n – Distance: 134 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 2.8 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: June 28, 1980<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 486,567 (#41 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 172,971.11 acres<\/p>\n Varina C \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #3. Dry Tortugas National Park (Florida)<\/p>\n – Distance: 144 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 5.5 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: October 26, 1992<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 89,355 (#56 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 64,701.22 acres<\/p>\n Zack Frank \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #4. Congaree National Park (South Carolina)<\/p>\n – Distance: 502 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 9.4 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: November 10, 2003<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 287,833 (#49 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 26,476.47 acres<\/p>\n ZakZeinert \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina, Tennessee)<\/p>\n – Distance: 635 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 12.4 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: June 15, 1934<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 11,527,939 (#1 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 522,426.88 acres<\/p>\n Wangkun Jia \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #6. Mammoth Cave National Park (Kentucky)<\/p>\n – Distance: 770 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 14.0 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: July 1, 1941<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 660,734 (#34 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 54,011.91 acres<\/p>\n Steve Heap \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #7. New River Gorge National Park (West Virginia)<\/p>\n – Distance: 795 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 14.5 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: December 27, 2020<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 1,958,440 (#17 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 7,021 acres<\/p>\n Jon Bilous \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #8. Shenandoah National Park (Virginia)<\/p>\n – Distance: 851 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 16.1 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: December 26, 1935<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 1,682,152 (#19 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 199,223.77 acres<\/p>\n Zack Frank \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #9. Hot Springs National Park (Arkansas)<\/p>\n – Distance: 856 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 17.4 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: March 4, 1921<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 2,494,611 (#14 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 5,554.15 acres<\/p>\n Paul Brady Photography \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #10. Gateway Arch National Park (Missouri)<\/p>\n – Distance: 958 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 17.3 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: February 22, 2018[47]<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 2,209,028 (#15 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 192.83 acres<\/p>\n Zack Frank \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #11. Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Ohio)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,012 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 18.5 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: October 11, 2000<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 3,025,325 (#11 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 32,571.88 acres<\/p>\n Delmas Lehman \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #12. Indiana Dunes National Park (Indiana)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,079 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 19.5 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: February 15, 2019<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 2,629,497 (#13 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 15,349.08 acres<\/p>\n Sean Pavone \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #13. Virgin Islands National Park (U.S. Virgin Islands)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,239 miles<\/p>\n – Date founded: August 2, 1956<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 471,074 (#42 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 15,052.53 acres<\/p>\n Eric Foltz \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #14. Big Bend National Park (Texas)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,312 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 27.4 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: June 12, 1944<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 568,104 (#38 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 801,163.21 acres<\/p>\n Doug Meek \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #15. Carlsbad Caverns National Park (New Mexico)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,406 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 26.4 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: May 14, 1930<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 410,778 (#46 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 46,766.45 acres<\/p>\n ShuPhoto \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #16. Guadalupe Mountains National Park (Texas)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,428 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 27.5 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: October 15, 1966<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 206,423 (#52 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 86,367.10 acres<\/p>\n Romiana Lee \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #17. Acadia National Park (Maine)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,447 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 28.7 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: February 26, 1919<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 4,079,318 (#7 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 49,076.63 acres<\/p>\n Galyna Andrushko \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #18. White Sands National Park (New Mexico)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,513 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 28.8 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: December 20, 2019[111]<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 659,742 (#35 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 146,344.31 acres<\/p>\n SveKo \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #19. Isle Royale National Park (Michigan)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,527 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 28.3 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: April 3, 1940<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 29,091 (#60 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 571,790.30 acres<\/p>\n Kris Wiktor \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #20. Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colorado)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,573 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 29.5 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: September 24, 2004<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 432,498 (#44 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 107,341.87 acres<\/p>\n BlueBarronPhoto \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #21. Voyageurs National Park (Minnesota)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,623 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 29.2 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: April 8, 1975<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 206,326 (#53 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 218,222.35 acres<\/p>\n Matt Ragen \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #22. Badlands National Park (South Dakota)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,650 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 30.6 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: November 10, 1978<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 1,139,361 (#26 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 242,755.94 acres<\/p>\n Anna Krivitskaya \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #23. Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,654 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 31.0 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: January 26, 1915<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 4,171,431 (#6 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 265,807.25 acres<\/p>\n Zack Frank \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #24. Wind Cave National Park (South Dakota)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,681 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 31.8 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: January 9, 1903<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 606,258 (#37 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 33,970.84 acres<\/p>\n SL-Photography \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #25. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Colorado)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,706 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 33.0 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: October 21, 1999<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 250,086 (#50 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 30,779.83 acres<\/p>\n Sopotnicki \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #26. Mesa Verde National Park (Colorado)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,714 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 32.6 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: June 29, 1906<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 463,130 (#43 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 52,485.17 acres<\/p>\n Felix Lipov \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #27. Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,746 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 30.8 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: December 9, 1962<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 315,951 (#48 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 221,390.21 acres<\/p>\n kojihirano \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #28. Saguaro National Park (Arizona)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,758 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 31.8 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: October 14, 1994<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 847,749 (#28 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 92,867.42 acres<\/p>\n Manamana \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #29. Arches National Park (Utah)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,802 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 34.4 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: November 12, 1971<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 1,511,740 (#21 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 76,678.98 acres<\/p>\n Manamana \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #30. Canyonlands National Park (Utah)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,810 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 39.2 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: September 12, 1964<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 796,057 (#29 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 337,597.83 acres<\/p>\n Laurens Hoddenbagh \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #31. Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Dakota)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,831 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 33.9 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: November 10, 1978<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 729,893 (#33 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 70,446.89 acres<\/p>\n Layne V. Naylor \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #32. Capitol Reef National Park (Utah)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,875 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 36.8 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: December 18, 1971<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 1,388,476 (#22 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 241,904.50 acres<\/p>\n Josemaria Toscano \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #33. Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,891 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 34.3 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: February 26, 1919<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 4,430,653 (#4 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 1,201,647.03 acres<\/p>\n ronnybas frimages \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #34. Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,916 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 37.9 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: February 25, 1928<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 1,967,367 (#16 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 35,835.08 acres<\/p>\n Galyna Andrushko \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #35. Zion National Park (Utah)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,958 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 37.9 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: November 19, 1919<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 4,984,525 (#2 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 147,242.66 acres<\/p>\n Zack Frank \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #36. Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming)<\/p>\n – Distance: 1,998 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 36.6 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: February 26, 1929<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 3,800,648 (#8 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 310,044.36 acres<\/p>\n Lane V. Erickson \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #37. Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, Montana, Idaho)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,013 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 37.7 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: March 1, 1872<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 4,762,988 (#3 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 2,219,790.71 acres<\/p>\n Arlene Waller \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #38. Great Basin National Park (Nevada)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,052 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 39.4 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: October 27, 1986<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 161,210 (#54 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 77,180.00 acres<\/p>\n Dennis Silvas \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #39. Joshua Tree National Park (California)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,080 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 36.8 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: October 31, 1994<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 2,932,644 (#12 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 795,155.85 acres<\/p>\n Bryan Brazil \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #40. Death Valley National Park (California, Nevada)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,150 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 38.4 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: October 31, 1994<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 1,320,134 (#24 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 3,408,406.73 acres<\/p>\n Patrick Poendl \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #41. Kings Canyon National Park (California)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,251 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 45.1 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: March 4, 1940<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 779,791 (#30 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 461,901.20 acres<\/p>\n Virrage Images \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #42. Sequoia National Park (California)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,255 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 44.1 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: September 25, 1890<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 1,378,337 (#23 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 404,062.63 acres<\/p>\n Ethan Daniels \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #43. Channel Islands National Park (California)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,283 miles<\/p>\n – Date founded: March 5, 1980<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 227,186 (#51 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 249,561.00 acres<\/p>\n Pung \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #44. Glacier National Park (Montana)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,300 miles<\/p>\n – Date founded: May 11, 1910<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 3,136,557 (#10 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 1,013,125.99 acres<\/p>\n Stephen Moehle \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #45. Yosemite National Park (California)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,313 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 44.2 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: October 1, 1890<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 4,278,413 (#5 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 761,747.50 acres<\/p>\n Yhelfman \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #46. Pinnacles National Park (California)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,393 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 42.7 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: January 10, 2013<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 343,208 (#47 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 26,685.73 acres<\/p>\n Zack Frank \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #47. Lassen Volcanic National Park (California)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,450 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 45.9 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: August 9, 1916<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 504,777 (#40 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 106,589.02 acres<\/p>\n Hank Shiffman \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #48. Crater Lake National Park (Oregon)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,515 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 48.5 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: May 22, 1902<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 632,242 (#36 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 183,224.05 acres<\/p>\n Diane Fetzner \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #49. Mount Rainier National Park (Washington)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,573 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 47.3 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: March 2, 1899<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 1,635,342 (#20 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 236,381.64 acres<\/p>\n Bob Pool \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #50. Redwood National Park (California)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,588 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 51.1 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: October 2, 1968<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 1,202,480 (#25 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 138,999.37 acres<\/p>\n Zack Frank \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #51. North Cascades National Park (Washington)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,594 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 49.9 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: October 2, 1968<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 46,925 (#57 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 504,780.94 acres<\/p>\n f11photo \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #52. Olympic National Park (Washington)<\/p>\n – Distance: 2,676 miles<\/p>\n – Driving time: 50.6 hours<\/p>\n – Date founded: June 29, 1938<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 3,584,187 (#9 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 922,649.41 acres<\/p>\n Laurie Gronewold \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #53. Glacier Bay National Park (Alaska)<\/p>\n – Distance: 3,425 miles<\/p>\n – Date founded: December 2, 1980<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 740,044 (#32 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 3,223,383.43 acres<\/p>\n Martin Capek \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #54. Wrangell\u2013St. Elias National Park (Alaska)<\/p>\n – Distance: 3,636 miles<\/p>\n – Date founded: December 2, 1980<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 108,840 (#55 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 8,323,146.48 acres<\/p>\n Tomasz Wozniak \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #55. Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska)<\/p>\n – Distance: 3,884 miles<\/p>\n – Date founded: December 2, 1980<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 425,369 (#45 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 669,650.05 acres<\/p>\n Marc Cappelletti \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #56. Denali National Park (Alaska)<\/p>\n – Distance: 3,934 miles<\/p>\n – Date founded: February 26, 1917<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 543,300 (#39 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 4,740,911.16 acres<\/p>\n Malachi Jacobs \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #57. Lake Clark National Park (Alaska)<\/p>\n – Distance: 4,017 miles<\/p>\n – Date founded: December 2, 1980<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 19,778 (#61 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 2,619,816.49 acres<\/p>\n BlueBarronPhoto \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #58. Gates of the Arctic National Park (Alaska)<\/p>\n – Distance: 4,048 miles<\/p>\n – Date founded: December 2, 1980<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 14,923 (#62 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 7,523,897.45 acres<\/p>\n Robert Harding Video \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #59. Katmai National Park (Alaska)<\/p>\n – Distance: 4,070 miles<\/p>\n – Date founded: December 2, 1980<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 34,479 (#59 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 3,674,529.33 acres<\/p>\n BlueBarronPhoto \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #60. Kobuk Valley National Park (Alaska)<\/p>\n – Distance: 4,204 miles<\/p>\n – Date founded: December 2, 1980<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 7,786 (#63 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 1,750,716.16 acres<\/p>\n jo Crebbin \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #61. Hawai\u02bbi Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii)<\/p>\n – Distance: 4,631 miles<\/p>\n – Date founded: August 1, 1916<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 1,877,854 (#18 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 325,605.28 acres<\/p>\n MH Anderson Photography \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #62. Haleakal\u0101 National Park (Hawaii)<\/p>\n – Distance: 4,656 miles<\/p>\n – Date founded: July 1, 1961<\/p>\n – 2025 visitors: 853,711 (#27 highest among all national parks)<\/p>\n – Park area: 33,264.62 acres<\/p>\n Lloyd Wallin Photography \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n #63. 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