Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park
Massachusetts, United States
The Boston Harbor Islands are the park within sight of the city's skyline, reached by the seasonal ferries from…
6 tickets & tours
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Smallest national parks in the United States
The smallest American parks in the catalogue are islands and coasts: the Boston Harbor Islands, the Virgin Islands park on St John, the reef reserve of La Cordillera off Puerto Rico, and Haleakala on Maui, with the narrow Black Canyon of the Gunnison the mainland exception. The very smallest national parks in the system, Gateway Arch and Hot Springs, are urban sites that the catalogue does not cover.
| # | Park | Country | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park | United States | 6 km² |
| 2 | Virgin Islands National Park | United States | 59.6 km² |
| 3 | La Cordillera Reef Nature Reserve | United States | 100 km² |
| 4 | Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park | United States | 124 km² |
| 5 | Haleakala National Park | United States | 135 km² |
| 6 | Bryce Canyon National Park | United States | 145 km² |
| 7 | Carlsbad Caverns National Park | United States | 189 km² |
| 8 | Acadia National Park | United States | 199 km² |
| 9 | Mammoth Cave National Park | United States | 212 km² |
| 10 | Mesa Verde National Park | United States | 212 km² |
Virgin Islands National Park
U.S. Virgin Islands, United States
Virgin Islands National Park covers about three fifths of St John, the smallest and greenest of the three main United…
2 tickets & tours
La Cordillera Reef Nature Reserve
Puerto Rico, United States
La Cordillera is a chain of small, uninhabited cays, reefs and rocks that stretches eastwards from the north-eastern…
9 tickets & tours
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Colorado, United States
The Black Canyon of the Gunnison is a gorge of extraordinary depth, narrowness and gloom cut through a high plateau in…
No online ticket
Haleakala National Park
Hawaii, United States
Haleakalā is the volcano that forms the eastern three quarters of the island of Maui, and its national park has two…
4 tickets & tours
Bryce Canyon National Park
Utah, United States
Bryce Canyon, in southern Utah, is a small park with one overwhelming sight, a series of natural amphitheatres filled…
19 tickets & tours
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
New Mexico, United States
Carlsbad Caverns lie beneath the Guadalupe mountains in the desert of south-eastern New Mexico, close to the Texas…
No online ticket
Acadia National Park
Maine, United States
Acadia is the granite-and-sea park on Mount Desert Island in Maine, five hours north of Boston, and it is visited from…
14 tickets & tours
Mammoth Cave National Park
Kentucky, United States
Mammoth Cave lies in the wooded hill country of south-central Kentucky, just off Interstate 65 near the little towns of…
No online ticket
Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado, United States
Mesa Verde is in the south-west corner of Colorado, its entrance ten miles east of Cortez and thirty-five west of…
7 tickets & tours
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