Closest national parks to Sheboygan

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July 17, 2026
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Closest national parks to Sheboygan

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 Sheboygan. National parks are ranked by closest straight line distance, measured from representative points in Sheboygan, WI 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. Indiana Dunes National Park (Indiana)

- Distance: 148 miles
- Driving time: 3.3 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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#2. Isle Royale National Park (Michigan)

- Distance: 304 miles
- Driving time: 5.9 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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#3. Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Ohio)

- Distance: 360 miles
- Driving time: 7.8 hours
- Date founded: October 11, 2000
- 2025 visitors: 3,025,325 (#11 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 32,571.88 acres
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#4. Gateway Arch National Park (Missouri)

- Distance: 375 miles
- Driving time: 6.5 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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#5. Voyageurs National Park (Minnesota)

- Distance: 411 miles
- Driving time: 8.8 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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#6. Mammoth Cave National Park (Kentucky)

- Distance: 461 miles
- Driving time: 8.5 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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#7. New River Gorge National Park (West Virginia)

- Distance: 523 miles
- Driving time: 11.5 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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#8. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina, Tennessee)

- Distance: 599 miles
- Driving time: 11.7 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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#9. Shenandoah National Park (Virginia)

- Distance: 607 miles
- Driving time: 14.5 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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#10. Hot Springs National Park (Arkansas)

- Distance: 698 miles
- Driving time: 12.8 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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#11. Badlands National Park (South Dakota)

- Distance: 738 miles
- Driving time: 12.3 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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#12. Congaree National Park (South Carolina)

- Distance: 782 miles
- Driving time: 15.5 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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#13. Wind Cave National Park (South Dakota)

- Distance: 788 miles
- Driving time: 13.7 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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#14. Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Dakota)

- Distance: 796 miles
- Driving time: 13.5 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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#15. Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado)

- Distance: 944 miles
- Driving time: 17.2 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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#16. Acadia National Park (Maine)

- Distance: 971 miles
- Driving time: 22.5 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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#17. Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colorado)

- Distance: 1,018 miles
- Driving time: 19.9 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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#18. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Colorado)

- Distance: 1,099 miles
- Driving time: 21.3 hours
- Date founded: October 21, 1999
- 2025 visitors: 250,086 (#50 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 30,779.83 acres
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#19. Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, Montana, Idaho)

- Distance: 1,129 miles
- Driving time: 20.9 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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#20. Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming)

- Distance: 1,151 miles
- Driving time: 21.1 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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#21. Mesa Verde National Park (Colorado)

- Distance: 1,180 miles
- Driving time: 23.5 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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#22. Arches National Park (Utah)

- Distance: 1,186 miles
- Driving time: 21.8 hours
- Date founded: November 12, 1971
- 2025 visitors: 1,511,740 (#21 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 76,678.98 acres
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#23. Carlsbad Caverns National Park (New Mexico)

- Distance: 1,208 miles
- Driving time: 22.2 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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#24. Canyonlands National Park (Utah)

- Distance: 1,218 miles
- Driving time: 27.5 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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#25. Guadalupe Mountains National Park (Texas)

- Distance: 1,238 miles
- Driving time: 23.3 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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#26. White Sands National Park (New Mexico)

- Distance: 1,251 miles
- Driving time: 23.0 hours
- Date founded: December 20, 2019[111]
- 2025 visitors: 659,742 (#35 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 146,344.31 acres
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#27. Capitol Reef National Park (Utah)

- Distance: 1,279 miles
- Driving time: 23.3 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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#28. Glacier National Park (Montana)

- Distance: 1,299 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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#29. Big Bend National Park (Texas)

- Distance: 1,316 miles
- Driving time: 24.9 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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#30. Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona)

- Distance: 1,317 miles
- Driving time: 25.1 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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#31. Biscayne National Park (Florida)

- Distance: 1,319 miles
- Driving time: 23.7 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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#32. Everglades National Park (Florida)

- Distance: 1,327 miles
- Driving time: 24.7 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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#33. Dry Tortugas National Park (Florida)

- Distance: 1,346 miles
- Driving time: 26.5 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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#34. Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)

- Distance: 1,348 miles
- Driving time: 25.4 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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#35. Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona)

- Distance: 1,395 miles
- Driving time: 27.2 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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#36. Zion National Park (Utah)

- Distance: 1,399 miles
- Driving time: 26.0 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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#37. Great Basin National Park (Nevada)

- Distance: 1,413 miles
- Driving time: 25.9 hours
- Date founded: October 27, 1986
- 2025 visitors: 161,210 (#54 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 77,180.00 acres
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#38. Saguaro National Park (Arizona)

- Distance: 1,466 miles
- Driving time: 28.4 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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#39. Death Valley National Park (California, Nevada)

- Distance: 1,618 miles
- Driving time: 29.2 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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#40. North Cascades National Park (Washington)

- Distance: 1,627 miles
- Driving time: 30.9 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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#41. Joshua Tree National Park (California)

- Distance: 1,658 miles
- Driving time: 31.3 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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#42. Mount Rainier National Park (Washington)

- Distance: 1,659 miles
- Driving time: 29.4 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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#43. Kings Canyon National Park (California)

- Distance: 1,687 miles
- Driving time: 36.9 hours
- Date founded: March 4, 1940
- 2025 visitors: 779,791 (#30 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 461,901.20 acres
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#44. Yosemite National Park (California)

- Distance: 1,704 miles
- Driving time: 34.8 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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#45. Sequoia National Park (California)

- Distance: 1,705 miles
- Driving time: 35.7 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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#46. Crater Lake National Park (Oregon)

- Distance: 1,720 miles
- Driving time: 33.1 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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#47. Olympic National Park (Washington)

- Distance: 1,735 miles
- Driving time: 31.6 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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#48. Lassen Volcanic National Park (California)

- Distance: 1,738 miles
- Driving time: 32.4 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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#49. Channel Islands National Park (California)

- Distance: 1,822 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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#50. Pinnacles National Park (California)

- Distance: 1,827 miles
- Driving time: 34.3 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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#51. Redwood National Park (California)

- Distance: 1,845 miles
- Driving time: 36.9 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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#52. Virgin Islands National Park (U.S. Virgin Islands)

- Distance: 2,204 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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#53. Glacier Bay National Park (Alaska)

- Distance: 2,307 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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#54. Wrangell–St. Elias National Park (Alaska)

- Distance: 2,492 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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#55. Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska)

- Distance: 2,755 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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#56. Denali National Park (Alaska)

- Distance: 2,770 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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#57. Gates of the Arctic National Park (Alaska)

- Distance: 2,850 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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#58. Lake Clark National Park (Alaska)

- Distance: 2,876 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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#59. Katmai National Park (Alaska)

- Distance: 2,956 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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#60. Kobuk Valley National Park (Alaska)

- Distance: 3,008 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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#61. Haleakalā National Park (Hawaii)

- Distance: 4,183 miles
- Date founded: July 1, 1961
- 2025 visitors: 853,711 (#27 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 33,264.62 acres
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#62. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii)

- Distance: 4,194 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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#63. National Park of American Samoa (American Samoa)

- Distance: 6,548 miles
- Date founded: October 31, 1988
- 2025 visitors: 43,258 (#58 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 8,256.67 acres

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