| Meaning | A tract of land declared / declared by the national government to be public property. |
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| Instances | Acadia National Park | A national park in Maine showing marine erosion and glaciation |
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| Arches National Park | A national park in Utah including mountains and the Colorado River gorge and huge rock formations caused by erosion |
| Badlands National Park | A national park in South Dakota having multicolored peaks and spires resulting from erosion |
| Big Bend National Park | A large national park in Texas featuring mountains and desert and canyons and wildlife |
| Biscayne National Park | A national park in Florida having underwater coral reefs and marine life |
| Bryce Canyon National Park | A national park in Utah having multicolored rock erosions |
| Canyonlands National Park | A national park in Utah having rock formations and ancient cliff dwellings |
| Capitol Reef National Park | A national park in Utah having colorful rock formations and desert plants and wildlife |
| Carlsbad Caverns National Park | A national park in New Mexico featuring what is probably the world's largest cavern with spectacular underground formations |
| Channel Islands National Park | A national park in California featuring sea birds and marine life |
| Crater Lake National Park | A national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano |
| Denali National Park | A large national park in Alaska having peaks of the Alaska Range (including Mount McKinley) and the huge Denali fault |
| Everglades National Park | A national park in Florida containing an immense subtropical wilderness with mangrove swamps and rare birds and wild animals |
| Gates of the Arctic National Park | A large national park in Alaska featuring the Great Mendenhall Glacier |
| Grand Canyon National Park | A national park in Arizona including the mile deep canyon of the Colorado River which shows geologic features and fossil plants and animals |
| Grand Teton National Park | A national park in Wyoming featuring mountains |
| Great Smoky Mountains National Park | A national park in Tennessee and North Carolina that includes the highest mountain in the eastern United States |
| Guadalupe Mountains National Park | A national park in Texas that has the highest point in Texas |
| Haleakala National Park | A national park in Hawaii including a dormant volcano |
| Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | A national park in Hawaii featuring active / active volcanoes |
| Hot Springs National Park | A national park in Arkansas featuring ancient hot springs |
| Isle Royal National Park | A national park on an island in Michigan |
| Katmai National Park | A national park in Alaska featuring mountains |
| Kenai Fjords National Park | A national park in Alaska having mountains and whale watching and ancient Indian copper mines |
| Kings Canyon National Park | A national park in California that has giant sequoia trees and alpine lakes and glaciers |
| Kobuk Valley National Park | A national park in Alaska having mountains and forests / forests and tundra and sand dunes and archeological sites |
| Lake Clark National Park | A national park in Alaska having Eskimo and Athapaskan archeological sites |
| Lassen Volcanic National Park | A national park in California having mountains and volcanic lakes and hot springs |
| Mammoth Cave National Park | A national park in Kentucky having a large cavern and an underground river |
| Mesa Verde National Park | A national park in Colorado containing prehistoric cliff dwellings |
| Mount Rainier National Park | A national park in Washington having mountain terrain featuring glaciers and alpine lakes and streams and swamps |
| North Cascades National Park | A national park in Washington that is an alpine wilderness area featuring gold rush and logging campsites |
| Olympic National Park | A national park in Washington having rain forests of giant evergreens |
| Petrified Forest National Park | A national park in Arizona having the world's largest collection of petrified coniferous trees |
| Platt National Park | A national park in Oklahoma having mineral springs |
| Redwood National Park | A national park in California featuring a redwood forest / forest and Pacific Ocean coastline |
| Rocky Mountain National Park | A national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests / forests |
| Sequoia National Park | A national park in California that includes Mount Whitney |
| Serengeti National Park | A national park in Tanzania created in 1951 to protect the wildlife |
| Shenandoah National Park | A national park in Virginia for the Blue Ridge Mountains |
| Theodore Roosevelt Memorial National Park | A national park in North Dakota that includes the site of former President Theodore Roosevelt's ranch |
| Virgin Islands National Park | A national park in the Virgin Islands having tropical plants and animals |
| Voyageurs National Park | A national park in Minnesota having ancient rock outcroppings and evergreen forests / forests |
| Wind Cave National Park | A national park in South Dakota featuring bison herds and limestone caverns |
| Wrangell-St. Elias National Park | The largest national park of the United States |
| Yellowstone National Park | The first national park in the United States |
| Yosemite National Park | A national park in California famous for its waterfalls and rock formations |
| Zion National Park | A national park in Utah having huge canyons and gorges carved by mountain rivers |
| Broader | park, parkland | A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property |
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| Spanish | parque nacional |
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| Catalan | parc nacional |
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