National Parks
Below is a list of all National Parks along with an indication of their dog-friendliness. Tap or click on one to get information on its dog policies as well as more general information and a map.
Acadia National Park
MaineCovering most of Mount Desert Island and other coastal islands, Acadia features the tallest mountain on the Atlantic coast of the United States,...
Dog FriendlyArches National Park
UtahThis site features more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches, with some of the most popular arches in the park being Delicate Arch, Landscape...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyBadlands National Park
South DakotaThe Badlands are a collection of buttes, pinnacles, spires, and mixed-grass prairies. The White River Badlands contain the largest assemblage...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyBig Bend National Park
TexasNamed for the prominent bend in the Rio Grande along the U.S.–Mexico border, this park encompasses a large and remote part of the Chihuahuan...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyBiscayne National Park
FloridaThe central part of Biscayne Bay, this mostly underwater park at the north end of the Florida Keys has four interrelated marine ecosystems: mangrove...
Not Dog FriendlyBlack Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
ColoradoThe park protects a quarter of the Gunnison River, which slices sheer canyon walls from dark Precambrian-era rock. The canyon features some of...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyBryce Canyon National Park
UtahBryce Canyon is a geological amphitheater on the Paunsaugunt Plateau with hundreds of tall, multicolored sandstone hoodoos formed by erosion....
Somewhat Dog FriendlyCanyonlands National Park
UtahThis landscape was eroded into a maze of canyons, buttes, and mesas by the combined efforts of the Colorado River, Green River, and their tributaries,...
Not Dog FriendlyCapitol Reef National Park
UtahThe park's Waterpocket Fold is a 100-mile (160 km) monocline that exhibits the earth's diverse geologic layers. Other natural features include...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyCarlsbad Caverns National Park
New MexicoCarlsbad Caverns has 117 caves, the longest of which is over 120 miles (190 km) long. The Big Room is almost 4,000 feet (1,200 m) long, and the...
Not Dog FriendlyChannel Islands National Park
CaliforniaFive of the eight Channel Islands are protected, with half of the park's area underwater. The islands have a unique Mediterranean ecosystem originally...
Not Dog FriendlyCongaree National Park
South CarolinaOn the Congaree River, this park is the largest portion of old-growth floodplain forest left in North America. Some of the trees are the tallest...
Very Dog FriendlyCrater Lake National Park
OregonCrater Lake lies in the caldera of an ancient volcano called Mount Mazama that collapsed 7,700 years ago. The lake is the deepest in the United...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyCuyahoga Valley National Park
OhioThis park along the Cuyahoga River has waterfalls, hills, trails, and exhibits on early rural living. The Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail follows...
Dog FriendlyDeath Valley National Park
California, NevadaDeath Valley is the hottest, lowest, and driest place in the United States, with daytime temperatures that have exceeded 130 °F (54 °C). The...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyDenali National Park
AlaskaCentered on Denali, the tallest and highest prominence mountain in North America, Denali is serviced by a single road leading to Wonder Lake....
Somewhat Dog FriendlyDry Tortugas National Park
FloridaThe islands of the Dry Tortugas, at the westernmost end of the Florida Keys, are the site of Fort Jefferson, a Civil War-era fort that is the...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyEverglades National Park
FloridaThe Everglades are the largest tropical wilderness in the United States. This mangrove and tropical rainforest ecosystem and marine estuary is...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyGates of the Arctic National Park
AlaskaThe country's northernmost park protects an expanse of pure wilderness in Alaska's Brooks Range and has no park facilities. The land is home...
Dog FriendlyGateway Arch National Park
MissouriThe Gateway Arch is a 630-foot (192 m) (both high and wide) catenary arch built to commemorate the Lewis and Clark Expedition, initiated by Thomas...
Dog FriendlyGlacier National Park
MontanaThe U.S. half of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, this park includes 26 glaciers and 130 named lakes surrounded by Rocky Mountain peaks....
Somewhat Dog FriendlyGlacier Bay National Park
AlaskaGlacier Bay contains tidewater glaciers, mountains, fjords, and a temperate rainforest, and is home to large populations of grizzly bears, mountain...
Not Dog Friendly
Grand Canyon National Park
ArizonaThe Grand Canyon, carved by the mighty Colorado River, is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 1 mile (1.6 km) deep, and up to 15 miles (24 km) wide....
Somewhat Dog FriendlyGrand Teton National Park
WyomingGrand Teton is the tallest mountain in the Teton Range. The park's historic Jackson Hole and reflective piedmont lakes teem with endemic wildlife,...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyGreat Basin National Park
NevadaBased around Nevada's second tallest mountain, Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park contains 5,000-year-old bristlecone pines, a rock glacier,...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyGreat Sand Dunes National Park
ColoradoThe tallest sand dunes in North America, up to 750 feet (230 m) tall, were formed by deposits of the ancient Rio Grande in the San Luis Valley....
Dog FriendlyGreat Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina, TennesseeThe Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains, span a wide range of elevations, making them home to over 400 vertebrate species,...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyGuadalupe Mountains National Park
TexasThis park contains Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas, as well as the scenic McKittrick Canyon filled with bigtooth maples, a corner...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyHaleakalā National Park
HawaiiThe Haleakalā volcano on Maui features a very large crater with numerous cinder cones, Hosmer's Grove of alien trees, the Kipahulu section's...
Not Dog FriendlyHawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
HawaiiThis park on the Big Island protects the Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, two of the world's most active geological features. Diverse ecosystems...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyHot Springs National Park
ArkansasHot Springs was original established as a federal reserve by Congress on April 20, 1832—the oldest area managed by the National Park Service....
Dog FriendlyIndiana Dunes National Park
IndianaPreviously designated a national lakeshore, parts of this 20-mile (32 km) stretch of the southern shore of Lake Michigan have sandy beaches and...
Dog FriendlyIsle Royale National Park
MichiganThe largest island in Lake Superior is a place of isolation and wilderness. Along with its many shipwrecks, waterways, and hiking trails, the...
Not Dog FriendlyJoshua Tree National Park
CaliforniaCovering large areas of the Colorado and Mojave Deserts and the Little San Bernardino Mountains, this desert landscape is populated by vast stands...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyKatmai National Park
AlaskaThis park on the Alaska Peninsula protects the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, an ash flow formed by the 1912 eruption of Novarupta, and the stratovolcano...
Dog FriendlyKenai Fjords National Park
AlaskaNear Seward on the Kenai Peninsula, this park protects the Harding Icefield and at least 38 glaciers and fjords stemming from it. The only area...
Not Dog FriendlyKings Canyon National Park
CaliforniaHome to several giant sequoia groves and the General Grant Tree, the world's second largest measured tree, this park also features part of the...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyKobuk Valley National Park
AlaskaKobuk Valley protects 61 miles (98 km) of the Kobuk River and three regions of sand dunes. Created by glaciers, the Great Kobuk, Little Kobuk,...
Dog FriendlyLake Clark National Park
AlaskaThe region around Lake Clark features four active volcanoes, including Mount Redoubt, as well as an abundance of rivers, glaciers, and waterfalls....
Dog FriendlyLassen Volcanic National Park
CaliforniaLassen Peak, the largest lava dome volcano in the world, is joined by all three other types of volcanoes in this park: shield, cinder cone, and...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyMammoth Cave National Park
KentuckyWith more than 400 miles (640 km) of passageways explored, Mammoth Cave is the world's longest known cave system. Subterranean wildlife includes...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyMesa Verde National Park
ColoradoThis area constitutes over 4,000 archaeological sites of the Ancestral Puebloan people, who lived here and elsewhere in the Four Corners region...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyMount Rainier National Park
WashingtonMount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, is the most prominent peak in the Cascades and is covered by 26 named glaciers including Carbon Glacier...
Not Dog FriendlyNational Park of American Samoa
American SamoaThe southernmost national park is on three Samoan islands and protects coral reefs, rainforests, volcanic mountains, and white beaches. The area...
Not Dog FriendlyNew River Gorge National Park
West VirginiaThe New River Gorge is the deepest river gorge east of the Mississippi River. The park is primarily the lower gorge area around the New River...
Dog FriendlyNorth Cascades National Park
WashingtonThe highly glaciated mountains of the North Cascades Range exhibit spectacular and complex geologic history. Between the river valleys and high...
Not Dog FriendlyOlympic National Park
WashingtonThis park on the Olympic Peninsula includes a wide range of ecosystems from Pacific shoreline to temperate rainforests to the glaciated alpine...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyPetrified Forest National Park
ArizonaThis portion of the Chinle Formation has a large concentration of 225-million-year-old petrified wood. The surrounding Painted Desert features...
Dog FriendlyPinnacles National Park
CaliforniaNamed for the eroded leftovers of a portion of an extinct volcano, the park's massive black and gold monoliths of andesite and rhyolite are a...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyRedwood National Park
CaliforniaThis park and the co-managed state parks protect almost half of all remaining coastal redwoods, the tallest trees on earth. There are three large...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyRocky Mountain National Park
ColoradoBisected north to south by the Continental Divide, this portion of the Rockies has ecosystems varying from over 150 riparian lakes to montane...
Somewhat Dog FriendlySaguaro National Park
ArizonaSplit into the separate Rincon Mountain and Tucson Mountain districts, this park is evidence that the dry Sonoran Desert is still home to a great...
Somewhat Dog FriendlySequoia National Park
CaliforniaThis park protects the Giant Forest, which boasts some of the world's largest trees, the General Sherman being the largest measured tree in the...
Somewhat Dog Friendly
Shenandoah National Park
VirginiaShenandoah's Blue Ridge Mountains are covered by hardwood forests that teem with a wide variety of wildlife. The Skyline Drive and Appalachian...
Dog FriendlyTheodore Roosevelt National Park
North DakotaThis region that enticed and influenced President Theodore Roosevelt consists of a park of three units in the northern badlands. Besides Roosevelt's...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyVirgin Islands National Park
U.S. Virgin IslandsThis island park on Saint John preserves pristine beaches surrounded by mangrove forests, seagrass beds, and coral reefs. It also has Taíno archaeological...
Dog FriendlyVoyageurs National Park
MinnesotaThis park protecting four lakes near the Canada–US border is a site for canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. The park also preserves a history populated...
Somewhat Dog Friendly
White Sands National Park
New MexicoLocated in the mountain-ringed Tularosa Basin, White Sands consists of the southern part of a 275-square-mile (710 km2) field of white sand dunes...
Dog FriendlyWind Cave National Park
South DakotaWind Cave is distinctive for its calcite fin formations called boxwork, a unique formation rarely found elsewhere, and needle-like growths called...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyWrangell–St. Elias National Park
AlaskaThe largest national park in the system protects the convergence of the Alaska, Chugach, Wrangell, and Saint Elias Ranges, which include many...
Dog FriendlyYellowstone National Park
Wyoming, Montana, IdahoSituated on the Yellowstone Caldera, the park has an expansive network of geothermal areas including boiling mud pots, vividly colored hot springs...
Not Dog FriendlyYosemite National Park
CaliforniaYosemite features sheer granite cliffs, exceptionally tall waterfalls, and old-growth forests at a unique intersection of geology and hydrology....
Somewhat Dog FriendlyZion National Park
UtahLocated at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert, this park contains sandstone features such as mesas, rock towers,...
Somewhat Dog Friendly