Approximately 323 million people visited American national parks in 2025, a 2.7% year-over-year decrease and the first annual decline since 2020.
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 contain at least 247 species of endangered or threatened plants and animals, more than 75,000 archaeological sites, and 18,000 miles of trails.
Stacker compiled a list of the closest national parks to Yuba City. National parks are ranked by closest straight line distance, measured from representative points in Yuba City, CA Metro Area and each national park. Estimated driving times are from Here 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—for some places within the metro area, the actual distance may be slightly shorter or longer to reach the closest entryway to a park.
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1 / 63#1. Lassen Volcanic National Park (California)
- Distance: 92 miles
- Driving time: 2.8 hours
- Date founded: August 9, 1916
- 2025 visitors: 504,777 (#40 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 106,589.02 acres
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2 / 63#2. Yosemite National Park (California)
- Distance: 143 miles
- Driving time: 4.6 hours
- Date founded: October 1, 1890
- 2025 visitors: 4,278,413 (#5 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 761,747.50 acres
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3 / 63#3. Pinnacles National Park (California)
- Distance: 186 miles
- Driving time: 3.9 hours
- Date founded: January 10, 2013
- 2025 visitors: 343,208 (#47 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 26,685.73 acres
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4 / 63#4. Redwood National Park (California)
- Distance: 198 miles
- Driving time: 6.1 hours
- Date founded: October 2, 1968
- 2025 visitors: 1,202,480 (#25 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 138,999.37 acres
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5 / 63#5. Kings Canyon National Park (California)
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6 / 63#6. Sequoia National Park (California)
- Distance: 244 miles
- Driving time: 7.8 hours
- Date founded: September 25, 1890
- 2025 visitors: 1,378,337 (#23 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 404,062.63 acres
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7 / 63#7. Crater Lake National Park (Oregon)
- Distance: 263 miles
- Driving time: 5.9 hours
- Date founded: May 22, 1902
- 2025 visitors: 632,242 (#36 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 183,224.05 acres
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8 / 63#8. Death Valley National Park (California, Nevada)
- Distance: 327 miles
- Driving time: 9.1 hours
- Date founded: October 31, 1994
- 2025 visitors: 1,320,134 (#24 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 3,408,406.73 acres
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9 / 63#9. Channel Islands National Park (California)
- Distance: 374 miles
- Date founded: March 5, 1980
- 2025 visitors: 227,186 (#51 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 249,561.00 acres
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10 / 63#10. Great Basin National Park (Nevada)
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11 / 63#11. Zion National Park (Utah)
- Distance: 478 miles
- Driving time: 12.3 hours
- Date founded: November 19, 1919
- 2025 visitors: 4,984,525 (#2 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 147,242.66 acres
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12 / 63#12. Joshua Tree National Park (California)
- Distance: 484 miles
- Driving time: 9.5 hours
- Date founded: October 31, 1994
- 2025 visitors: 2,932,644 (#12 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 795,155.85 acres
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13 / 63#13. Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)
- Distance: 518 miles
- Driving time: 13.1 hours
- Date founded: February 25, 1928
- 2025 visitors: 1,967,367 (#16 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 35,835.08 acres
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14 / 63#14. Mount Rainier National Park (Washington)
- Distance: 531 miles
- Driving time: 12.1 hours
- Date founded: March 2, 1899
- 2025 visitors: 1,635,342 (#20 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 236,381.64 acres
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15 / 63#15. Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona)
- Distance: 557 miles
- Driving time: 12.8 hours
- Date founded: February 26, 1919
- 2025 visitors: 4,430,653 (#4 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 1,201,647.03 acres
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16 / 63#16. Capitol Reef National Park (Utah)
- Distance: 563 miles
- Driving time: 12.9 hours
- Date founded: December 18, 1971
- 2025 visitors: 1,388,476 (#22 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 241,904.50 acres
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17 / 63#17. Olympic National Park (Washington)
- Distance: 616 miles
- Driving time: 13.8 hours
- Date founded: June 29, 1938
- 2025 visitors: 3,584,187 (#9 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 922,649.41 acres
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18 / 63#18. Canyonlands National Park (Utah)
- Distance: 629 miles
- Driving time: 18.4 hours
- Date founded: September 12, 1964
- 2025 visitors: 796,057 (#29 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 337,597.83 acres
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19 / 63#19. Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming)
- Distance: 639 miles
- Driving time: 14.1 hours
- Date founded: February 26, 1929
- 2025 visitors: 3,800,648 (#8 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 310,044.36 acres
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20 / 63#20. Arches National Park (Utah)
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21 / 63#21. North Cascades National Park (Washington)
- Distance: 659 miles
- Driving time: 14.3 hours
- Date founded: October 2, 1968
- 2025 visitors: 46,925 (#57 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 504,780.94 acres
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22 / 63#22. Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, Montana, Idaho)
- Distance: 680 miles
- Driving time: 14.4 hours
- Date founded: March 1, 1872
- 2025 visitors: 4,762,988 (#3 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 2,219,790.71 acres
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23 / 63#23. Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona)
- Distance: 706 miles
- Driving time: 13.7 hours
- Date founded: December 9, 1962
- 2025 visitors: 315,951 (#48 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 221,390.21 acres
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24 / 63#24. Mesa Verde National Park (Colorado)
- Distance: 721 miles
- Driving time: 15.8 hours
- Date founded: June 29, 1906
- 2025 visitors: 463,130 (#43 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 52,485.17 acres
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25 / 63#25. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Colorado)
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26 / 63#26. Glacier National Park (Montana)
- Distance: 763 miles
- Date founded: May 11, 1910
- 2025 visitors: 3,136,557 (#10 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 1,013,125.99 acres
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27 / 63#27. Saguaro National Park (Arizona)
- Distance: 780 miles
- Driving time: 15.3 hours
- Date founded: October 14, 1994
- 2025 visitors: 847,749 (#28 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 92,867.42 acres
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28 / 63#28. Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado)
- Distance: 851 miles
- Driving time: 17.7 hours
- Date founded: January 26, 1915
- 2025 visitors: 4,171,431 (#6 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 265,807.25 acres
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29 / 63#29. Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colorado)
- Distance: 872 miles
- Driving time: 18.7 hours
- Date founded: September 24, 2004
- 2025 visitors: 432,498 (#44 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 107,341.87 acres
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30 / 63#30. White Sands National Park (New Mexico)
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31 / 63#31. Wind Cave National Park (South Dakota)
- Distance: 983 miles
- Driving time: 18.9 hours
- Date founded: January 9, 1903
- 2025 visitors: 606,258 (#37 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 33,970.84 acres
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32 / 63#32. Badlands National Park (South Dakota)
- Distance: 1,034 miles
- Driving time: 20.2 hours
- Date founded: November 10, 1978
- 2025 visitors: 1,139,361 (#26 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 242,755.94 acres
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33 / 63#33. Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Dakota)
- Distance: 1,058 miles
- Driving time: 21.0 hours
- Date founded: November 10, 1978
- 2025 visitors: 729,893 (#33 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 70,446.89 acres
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34 / 63#34. Guadalupe Mountains National Park (Texas)
- Distance: 1,060 miles
- Driving time: 20.2 hours
- Date founded: October 15, 1966
- 2025 visitors: 206,423 (#52 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 86,367.10 acres
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35 / 63#35. Carlsbad Caverns National Park (New Mexico)
- Distance: 1,072 miles
- Driving time: 20.4 hours
- Date founded: May 14, 1930
- 2025 visitors: 410,778 (#46 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 46,766.45 acres
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36 / 63#36. Big Bend National Park (Texas)
- Distance: 1,245 miles
- Driving time: 24.4 hours
- Date founded: June 12, 1944
- 2025 visitors: 568,104 (#38 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 801,163.21 acres
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37 / 63#37. Glacier Bay National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 1,503 miles
- Date founded: December 2, 1980
- 2025 visitors: 740,044 (#32 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 3,223,383.43 acres
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38 / 63#38. Voyageurs National Park (Minnesota)
- Distance: 1,557 miles
- Driving time: 30.0 hours
- Date founded: April 8, 1975
- 2025 visitors: 206,326 (#53 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 218,222.35 acres
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39 / 63#39. Hot Springs National Park (Arkansas)
- Distance: 1,603 miles
- Driving time: 29.5 hours
- Date founded: March 4, 1921
- 2025 visitors: 2,494,611 (#14 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 5,554.15 acres
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40 / 63#40. Gateway Arch National Park (Missouri)
- Distance: 1,680 miles
- Driving time: 28.7 hours
- Date founded: February 22, 2018[47]
- 2025 visitors: 2,209,028 (#15 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 192.83 acres
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41 / 63#41. Wrangell–St. Elias National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 1,746 miles
- Date founded: December 2, 1980
- 2025 visitors: 108,840 (#55 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 8,323,146.48 acres
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42 / 63#42. Isle Royale National Park (Michigan)
- Distance: 1,748 miles
- Driving time: 34.3 hours
- Date founded: April 3, 1940
- 2025 visitors: 29,091 (#60 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 571,790.30 acres
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43 / 63#43. Indiana Dunes National Park (Indiana)
- Distance: 1,814 miles
- Driving time: 30.2 hours
- Date founded: February 15, 2019
- 2025 visitors: 2,629,497 (#13 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 15,349.08 acres
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44 / 63#44. Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 1,884 miles
- Date founded: December 2, 1980
- 2025 visitors: 425,369 (#45 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 669,650.05 acres
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45 / 63#45. Mammoth Cave National Park (Kentucky)
- Distance: 1,921 miles
- Driving time: 33.6 hours
- Date founded: July 1, 1941
- 2025 visitors: 660,734 (#34 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 54,011.91 acres
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46 / 63#46. Katmai National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 1,993 miles
- Date founded: December 2, 1980
- 2025 visitors: 34,479 (#59 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 3,674,529.33 acres
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47 / 63#47. Lake Clark National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 2,032 miles
- Date founded: December 2, 1980
- 2025 visitors: 19,778 (#61 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 2,619,816.49 acres
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48 / 63#48. Denali National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 2,054 miles
- Date founded: February 26, 1917
- 2025 visitors: 543,300 (#39 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 4,740,911.16 acres
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49 / 63#49. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina, Tennessee)
- Distance: 2,088 miles
- Driving time: 36.8 hours
- Date founded: June 15, 1934
- 2025 visitors: 11,527,939 (#1 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 522,426.88 acres
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50 / 63#50. Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Ohio)
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51 / 63#51. New River Gorge National Park (West Virginia)
- Distance: 2,171 miles
- Driving time: 37.3 hours
- Date founded: December 27, 2020
- 2025 visitors: 1,958,440 (#17 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 7,021 acres
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52 / 63#52. Congaree National Park (South Carolina)
- Distance: 2,279 miles
- Driving time: 40.7 hours
- Date founded: November 10, 2003
- 2025 visitors: 287,833 (#49 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 26,476.47 acres
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53 / 63#53. Shenandoah National Park (Virginia)
- Distance: 2,306 miles
- Driving time: 40.8 hours
- Date founded: December 26, 1935
- 2025 visitors: 1,682,152 (#19 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 199,223.77 acres
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54 / 63#54. Gates of the Arctic National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 2,318 miles
- Date founded: December 2, 1980
- 2025 visitors: 14,923 (#62 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 7,523,897.45 acres
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55 / 63#55. Haleakalā National Park (Hawaii)
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56 / 63#56. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii)
- Distance: 2,426 miles
- Date founded: August 1, 1916
- 2025 visitors: 1,877,854 (#18 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 325,605.28 acres
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57 / 63#57. Kobuk Valley National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 2,432 miles
- Date founded: December 2, 1980
- 2025 visitors: 7,786 (#63 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 1,750,716.16 acres
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58 / 63#58. Dry Tortugas National Park (Florida)
- Distance: 2,459 miles
- Driving time: 48.8 hours
- Date founded: October 26, 1992
- 2025 visitors: 89,355 (#56 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 64,701.22 acres
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59 / 63#59. Everglades National Park (Florida)
- Distance: 2,535 miles
- Driving time: 46.9 hours
- Date founded: May 30, 1934
- 2025 visitors: 778,198 (#31 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 1,508,938.57 acres
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60 / 63#60. Biscayne National Park (Florida)
- Distance: 2,568 miles
- Driving time: 45.9 hours
- Date founded: June 28, 1980
- 2025 visitors: 486,567 (#41 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 172,971.11 acres
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61 / 63#61. Acadia National Park (Maine)
- Distance: 2,729 miles
- Driving time: 49.3 hours
- Date founded: February 26, 1919
- 2025 visitors: 4,079,318 (#7 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 49,076.63 acres
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62 / 63#62. Virgin Islands National Park (U.S. Virgin Islands)
- Distance: 3,666 miles
- Date founded: August 2, 1956
- 2025 visitors: 471,074 (#42 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 15,052.53 acres
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63 / 63#63. National Park of American Samoa (American Samoa)
- Distance: 4,853 miles
- Date founded: October 31, 1988
- 2025 visitors: 43,258 (#58 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 8,256.67 acres
