National Park System units in North Carolina
North Carolina has 10 National Park System units. The list below also includes 2 places the Park Service does not count as units of their own. Each one has its own page here with hours, current alerts, campgrounds and what there is to do.
North Carolina in figures
- National Park System units
- 10
- Free to enter
- 9
- Recreation visits in 2025
- 38,682,213
- Busiest unit, 16,533,753 visits
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Campgrounds
- 28
A unit that reaches into another state counts in full here and in each other state it touches.
Free to enter Charges an entrance feePoints are the Park Service reference point for each unit, not a boundary.
Parks near a city
Visits by year
Blue Ridge ParkwayGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkAppalachian National Scenic TrailCape Hatteras National SeashoreCape Lookout National SeashoreGuilford Courthouse National Military ParkWright Brothers National MemorialFort Raleigh National Historic SiteCarl Sandburg Home National Historic SiteMoores Creek National Battlefield
Fees, hours, alerts, campgrounds and activities are from the NPS API. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.