National Parks compared
45 pairs of National Parks that sit within 400 miles of each other, so the choice between them is a real one for a single trip. Each park in the 2025 visitation ranking is matched with its nearest neighbour that carries the same designation. Every page puts designation, fee, visits, campgrounds, dark sky status and bird counts side by side.
- Great Smoky Mountains and Mammoth Cave183 miles apart · 11,527,939 and 660,734 visits in 2025
Great Smoky Mountains visits by yearMammoth Cave visits by year
- Zion and Bryce Canyon50 miles apart · 4,984,525 and 1,967,367 visits in 2025
- Yellowstone and Grand Teton54 miles apart · 4,762,988 and 3,800,648 visits in 2025
- Grand Canyon and Zion103 miles apart · 4,430,653 and 4,984,525 visits in 2025
- Yosemite and Pinnacles130 miles apart · 4,278,413 and 343,208 visits in 2025
- Rocky Mountain and Black Canyon Of The Gunnison164 miles apart · 4,171,431 and 250,086 visits in 2025
Rocky Mountain visits by yearBlack Canyon Of The Gunnison visits by year
- Grand Teton and Rocky Mountain351 miles apart · 3,800,648 and 4,171,431 visits in 2025
- Olympic and Mount Rainier113 miles apart · 3,584,187 and 1,635,342 visits in 2025
- Glacier and Yellowstone322 miles apart · 3,136,557 and 4,762,988 visits in 2025
- Cuyahoga Valley and Shenandoah252 miles apart · 3,025,325 and 1,682,152 visits in 2025
- Joshua Tree and Death Valley192 miles apart · 2,932,644 and 1,320,134 visits in 2025
- Indiana Dunes and Gateway Arch265 miles apart · 2,629,497 and 2,209,028 visits in 2025
- Hot Springs and Gateway Arch325 miles apart · 2,494,611 and 2,209,028 visits in 2025
- Gateway Arch and Mammoth Cave242 miles apart · 2,209,028 and 660,734 visits in 2025
- Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef70 miles apart · 1,967,367 and 1,388,476 visits in 2025
- Hawaiʻi Volcanoes and Haleakalā105 miles apart · 1,877,854 and 853,711 visits in 2025
- Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains342 miles apart · 1,682,152 and 11,527,939 visits in 2025
Shenandoah visits by yearGreat Smoky Mountains visits by year
- Mount Rainier and North Cascades130 miles apart · 1,635,342 and 46,925 visits in 2025
- Arches and Canyonlands37 miles apart · 1,511,740 and 796,057 visits in 2025
- Capitol Reef and Canyonlands74 miles apart · 1,388,476 and 796,057 visits in 2025
- Death Valley and Yosemite163 miles apart · 1,320,134 and 4,278,413 visits in 2025
- Badlands and Wind Cave48 miles apart · 1,139,361 and 606,258 visits in 2025
- Saguaro and Petrified Forest200 miles apart · 847,749 and 315,951 visits in 2025
- Canyonlands and Mesa Verde104 miles apart · 796,057 and 463,130 visits in 2025
- Everglades and Biscayne43 miles apart · 778,198 and 486,567 visits in 2025
- Theodore Roosevelt and Badlands246 miles apart · 729,893 and 1,139,361 visits in 2025
- Mammoth Cave and Indiana Dunes311 miles apart · 660,734 and 2,629,497 visits in 2025
- White Sands and Guadalupe Mountains103 miles apart · 659,742 and 206,423 visits in 2025
White Sands visits by yearGuadalupe Mountains visits by year
- Crater Lake and Lassen Volcanic173 miles apart · 632,242 and 504,777 visits in 2025
- Wind Cave and Theodore Roosevelt249 miles apart · 606,258 and 729,893 visits in 2025
- Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains206 miles apart · 568,104 and 206,423 visits in 2025
- Lassen Volcanic and Yosemite208 miles apart · 504,777 and 4,278,413 visits in 2025
- Biscayne and Dry Tortugas177 miles apart · 486,567 and 89,355 visits in 2025
- Mesa Verde and Black Canyon Of The Gunnison101 miles apart · 463,130 and 250,086 visits in 2025
Mesa Verde visits by yearBlack Canyon Of The Gunnison visits by year
- Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains25 miles apart · 410,778 and 206,423 visits in 2025
Carlsbad Caverns visits by yearGuadalupe Mountains visits by year
- Pinnacles and Channel Islands187 miles apart · 343,208 and 227,186 visits in 2025
- Petrified Forest and Grand Canyon149 miles apart · 315,951 and 4,430,653 visits in 2025
- Congaree and Great Smoky Mountains200 miles apart · 287,833 and 11,527,939 visits in 2025
- Black Canyon Of The Gunnison and Arches101 miles apart · 250,086 and 1,511,740 visits in 2025
Black Canyon Of The Gunnison visits by yearArches visits by year
- Channel Islands and Death Valley233 miles apart · 227,186 and 1,320,134 visits in 2025
- Guadalupe Mountains and Saguaro344 miles apart · 206,423 and 847,749 visits in 2025
- Voyageurs and Isle Royale187 miles apart · 206,326 and 29,091 visits in 2025
- Great Basin and Zion132 miles apart · 161,210 and 4,984,525 visits in 2025
- Dry Tortugas and Everglades135 miles apart · 89,355 and 778,198 visits in 2025
- North Cascades and Olympic129 miles apart · 46,925 and 3,584,187 visits in 2025
Figures on the comparison pages are from the NPS API and the Visitor Use Statistics system. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.