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
MaineAcadia is a beautiful and dramatic park that encompasses granite mountains, rocky coastlines, beaches, forests, and lakes. It covers much of...
Dog FriendlyArches National Park
UtahArches National Park has over 2,000 natural standstone stone arches, as well as many other rock formations including pinnacles, fins, and large...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyBadlands National Park
South DakotaBadlands National Park encompasses a striking geological mix of buttes, spires, pinnacles and grass prairies in its over 244,000 acres. There...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyBig Bend National Park
TexasBig Bend National Park encompasses a large area along the Rio Grande, which runs along the border between the United States and Mexico. The area...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyBiscayne National Park
FloridaThis large park at the north end of the Florida Keys and south of Miami covers a large area of waters, surrounding wetlands, and shore areas....
Somewhat Dog FriendlyBlack Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
ColoradoBlack Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is famous for its narrow, but deep canyon carved by the Gunnison River. The rocks in the canyon largely...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyBryce Canyon National Park
UtahBryce Canyon is famous for its multi-colored hoodoos, which are irregular columns of rock. The park hosts the largest groups of hoodoos in the...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyCanyonlands National Park
UtahCanyonlands contains a vast collection of canyons to explore, as well as numerous buttes. The canyons were carved by the Colorado River and tributaries....
Not Dog FriendlyCapitol Reef National Park
UtahCapitol Reef National Park offers spectacular red rock and multicolored formations, and includes many cliffs, canyons, and other rock formations....
Somewhat Dog FriendlyCarlsbad Caverns National Park
New MexicoCarlsbad Caverns is located in the Chihuahuan Desert, and is known for its more than 119 caves which were created by sulfuric acid dissolving...
Not Dog FriendlyChannel Islands National Park
CaliforniaChannel Islands National Park protects five of the eight total Channel Islands. The islands were isolated for thousands of years, and that isolation...
Not Dog FriendlyCongaree National Park
South CarolinaThis park is located on the north bank of the Congaree River and boasts the largest setion of old growth lowland forest remaining in the southeast...
Very Dog FriendlyCrater Lake National Park
OregonCrater Lake is in the caldera of a volcano that erupted 7,700 years ago. Native Americans witnessed the eruption and the subsequen collapse of...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyCuyahoga Valley National Park
OhioHome to many species of plants and wildlife in its forests, hills, and rivers, this park is still close to teh metro areas of Cleveland and Akron....
Dog FriendlyDeath Valley National Park
California, NevadaDeath Valley is the lowest, hottest, and driest location in the United States. The basin is below sea level, and the area is under constant drought....
Somewhat Dog FriendlyDenali National Park
AlaskaDenali is most famous for being North America's tallest peak , at 20,310 feet, but Denali National Park contains another six million acres of...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyDry Tortugas National Park
FloridaThe Dry Tortugas are seven small islands in the western-most part of the Florida Keys, and are nearly 70 miles west of Key West. The park is...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyEverglades National Park
FloridaEverglades National Park is a World Heritage Site, and famous around the world for being a unique landscape of wetlands, mangroves, and tropical...
Somewhat Dog FriendlyGates of the Arctic National Park
AlaskaGates of the Arctic is the furthest north National Park in the United States. The park is largely untouchd wilderness where the only residents...
Dog Friendly
Gateway Arch National Park
MissouriThe Gateway Arch is a memorial to Thomas Jefferson's part in expanding the western United States. The arch itself is 630 feet high and wide....
Dog FriendlyGlacier Bay National Park
AlaskaGlacier Bay National Park is quite large at 3.3 million acres, and encompasses wild mountains, glaciers, temperate rainforests, and rough coastlines....
Not Dog Friendly
Glacier National Park
MontanaGlacier National Park is a breathtaking park that includes receding glaciers, mountain meadows, valleys, and high altitude lakes. If you like...
Somewhat Dog Friendly
Grand Canyon National Park
ArizonaThe Grand Canyon offers some of the most impressive natural landscapes in the world. The canyon was cut by the Colorado River, and stands an...
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
ColoradoGreat Sand Dunes National Park is famous for being home to the largest sand dunes in North America. However, this large park also hosts a varying...
Dog Friendly
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina, TennesseeThe Great Smoky Mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountains. The park covers base elevations through rising mountains, and is home to a wide...
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 Friendly
Hot Springs National Park
ArkansasHot Springs National Park is a unique National Park that hosts historic bathhouses and natural beauty. The thermal (hot) springs here are natural,...
Dog FriendlyIndiana Dunes National Park
IndianaLocated on the shores of Lake Michigan, Indiana Dunes is highlighted by 15 miles of coastline with large sections of sandy beaches and large...
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 Friendly
New River Gorge National Park
West VirginiaNew River Gorge is a deep, whitewhater river that flows through the canyons here. New River Gorge National Park is quite large at over 70,000...
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...
Somewhat Dog Friendly
Olympic 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
ArizonaPetrified National Forest gets its name from impressively large formations of petrified wood that date from around 225 million years ago. Howeve,...
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 Friendly
Redwood 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 National Park mainly runs along a ridge of mountains and overlooks of the surrounding area including the Shenandoah River. The over...
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 MexicoWhite Sands is inside the Tularosa Basin, and consists of a huge white sand dune field. The sands are made of gypsum crystals, and this is the...
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 Friendly
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
VirginiaWolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is the only National Park devoted to the performing arts. Wolf Trap runs a variety of different...
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 Friendly
Yosemite 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