US National Parks by Land Area

When listing all 63 official U.S. National Parks (excluding broader designations like National Preserves, Historical Parks, or National Recreation Areas), the scale ranges from massive expanses of Alaskan wilderness to small, protected natural footprints.

The table below ranks every U.S. national park from largest to smallest by total land area, based on official National Park Service data.

Rank	National Park Name	State(s) / Territory	Total Area (Acres)	Total Area (sq mi)
1	Wrangell-St. Elias	Alaska	13,175,791	20,587.2
2	Gates of the Arctic	Alaska	8,472,506	13,238.3
3	Denali	Alaska	6,075,030	9,492.2
4	Katmai	Alaska	4,093,067	6,395.4
5	Lake Clark	Alaska	4,030,130	6,297.1
6	Death Valley	California / Nevada	3,408,396	5,325.6
7	Glacier Bay	Alaska	3,284,500	5,132.0
8	Yellowstone	Wyoming / Montana / Idaho	2,219,791	3,468.4
9	Kobuk Valley	Alaska	1,750,716	2,735.5
10	Everglades	Florida	1,508,976	2,357.8
11	Grand Canyon	Arizona	1,218,375	1,903.7
12	Glacier	Montana	1,013,126	1,583.0
13	Olympic	Washington	922,650	1,441.6
14	Big Bend	Texas	801,163	1,251.8
15	Joshua Tree	California	795,156	1,242.4
16	Yosemite	California	759,620	1,186.9
17	Kenai Fjords	Alaska	669,650	1,046.3
18	Isle Royale	Michigan	571,790	893.4
19	Great Smoky Mountains	Tennessee / North Carolina	522,427	816.3
20	North Cascades	Washington	504,781	788.7
21	Kings Canyon	California	461,901	721.7
22	Sequoia	California	404,063	631.3
23	Canyonlands	Utah	337,598	527.5
24	Hawaiʻi Volcanoes	Hawaii	335,259	523.8
25	Grand Teton	Wyoming	310,044	484.4
26	Rocky Mountain	Colorado	265,807	415.3
27	Channel Islands	California	249,561	389.9
28	Badlands	South Dakota	242,756	379.3
29	Capitol Reef	Utah	241,904	378.0
30	Mount Rainier	Washington	236,381	369.3
31	Petrified Forest	Arizona	221,416	346.0
32	Voyageurs	Minnesota	218,200	340.9
33	Shenandoah	Virginia	197,439	308.5
34	Crater Lake	Oregon	183,224	286.3
35	White Sands	New Mexico	176,000	275.0
36	Biscayne	Florida	172,971	270.3
37	Great Sand Dunes	Colorado	148,988	232.8
38	Zion	Utah	147,237	230.1
39	Redwood	California	138,999	217.2
40	Lassen Volcanic	California	106,589	166.5
41	Saguaro	Arizona	91,442	142.9
42	Guadalupe Mountains	Texas	86,367	135.0
43	Great Basin	Nevada	77,180	120.6
44	Arches	Utah	76,679	119.8
45	New River Gorge	West Virginia	72,186	112.8
46	Theodore Roosevelt	North Dakota	70,447	110.1
47	Dry Tortugas	Florida	64,701	101.1
48	Mammoth Cave	Kentucky	52,830	82.5
49	Mesa Verde	Colorado	52,485	82.0
50	Acadia	Maine	48,996	76.6
51	Carlsbad Caverns	New Mexico	46,766	73.1
52	Bryce Canyon	Utah	35,835	56.0
53	Wind Cave	South Dakota	33,924	53.0
54	Haleakalā	Hawaii	33,265	52.0
55	Cuyahoga Valley	Ohio	32,571	50.9
56	Black Canyon of the Gunnison	Colorado	30,750	48.0
57	Pinnacles	California	26,686	41.7
58	Congaree	South Carolina	26,693	41.7
59	Indiana Dunes	Indiana	15,349	24.0
60	Virgin Islands	U.S. Virgin Islands	15,052	23.5
61	National Park of American Samoa	American Samoa	8,257	12.9
62	Hot Springs	Arkansas	5,550	8.7
63	Gateway Arch	Missouri	91	0.1