Go to all the US National Parks
Visiting every US national park is a multi-year journey through deserts, glaciers, caves, islands, forests, volcanoes and places of cultural history. The National Park Service currently lists 63 sites with the formal ‘National Park’ designation, distinct from the more than 400 units it manages overall. The list can change, so the challenge needs a dated official definition. Build a master register from the NPS list and group parks geographically without pretending remote Alaska, island parks and urban gateways require equal logistics. Check each official park page for seasons, reservations, timed entry, permits, fees, closures and accessibility. From the UK, maintain appropriate US entry permission and travel insurance across separate trips, and budget honestly for vehicles, domestic flights, boats, guides and weather delays. Plan every park as its own environment. Download maps, carry water and layers, keep food and wildlife secure, stay on permitted routes and turn back before conditions exceed the group's skill. Follow Leave No Trace principles and ranger instructions, never approach or feed animals, and do not rely on mobile reception. Some parks involve altitude, extreme heat, river crossings, snow or genuine wilderness isolation. Record a meaningful visit rule—such as completing a ranger programme, trail, cultural site or sustained viewpoint—while adapting it for disability, closures and protected areas. Learn the Indigenous names, living communities and difficult histories connected to the land. Completion is responsibly visiting all parks on the chosen official list and revising the register when designations change—not collecting entrance signs, trespassing for a checklist or rushing fragile places to claim a number.