List of national parks of the United States by elevation

This is a list of United States National Parks by elevation. Most of America's national parks are located in mountainous areas. Even among those located close to the ocean, not all are flat. Those few that are low-lying preserve important natural habitats that could never exist at high altitudes. Several national parks protect deep canyons with great vertical relief. There are also three national parks whose primary features are caves, the depths of which are still being explored.

Highest and lowest points in each US National Park

Criteria: Points on this list are the highest and lowest points within each national park and its associated national preserve, if it has one. It does not include adjacent or associated national recreation areas, parkways, memorials, or forests, but does include private property within park boundaries. Footnotes are given to mention other notable high or low points, when appropriate.

Rank	Park	Location	Peak name	Mountain range	Elevation	Location of lowest point	Minimum elevation	Vertical relief
1	Denali	AK0573	Denali	Alaska Range		Yentna River
2	Wrangell-St. Elias	AK0573	Mount Saint Elias	Saint Elias Mountains		Gulf of Alaska
3	Glacier Bay	AK0573	Mount Fairweather	Saint Elias Mountains		Gulf of Alaska
4	Sequoia	CA0621	Mount Whitney	Sierra Nevada		Kaweah River
5	Mount Rainier	WA0621	Mount Rainier	Cascade Range		Ohanapecosh River
6	Rocky Mountain	CO0621	Longs Peak	Front Range		Big Thompson River
7	Kings Canyon	CA0621	North Palisade	Sierra Nevada		Kaweah River
8	Grand Teton	WY0621	Grand Teton	Teton Range		Fish Creek
9	Hawaii Volcanoes	HI0621	Mauna Loa	Hawaiian Islands		Pacific Ocean
10	Great Sand Dunes	CO0621	Tijeras Peak	Sangre de Cristo Range		near San Luis Lakes
11	Yosemite	CA0573	Mount Lyell	Sierra Nevada		Merced River
12	Great Basin	NV0573	[Wheeler summit (topography)\|Peak (Nevada)\|Wheeler Peak]	Snake Range		Snake Creek
13	Yellowstone	WY0573MT0621ID0621	Eagle Peak	Absaroka Range		Reese Creek	[Mile\|]
14	Death Valley	CA0621NV0621	Telescope Peak	Panamint Range		Badwater
15	Glacier	MT0621	Mount Cleveland	Lewis Range		Flathead River
16	Lassen Volcanic	CA0621	Lassen Peak	Cascade Range		Hot Springs Creek
17	Lake Clark	AK0621	Redoubt Volcano	Aleutian Range		Cook Inlet
18	Haleakala	HI0621	Haleakala	Hawaiian Islands		Pacific Ocean
19	North Cascades	WA0621	Goode Mountain	Cascade Range		Goodell Creek
20	Grand Canyon	AZ0621	Lookout tower near the North Rim's main entrance	Kaibab Plateau		Lake Mead
21	Bryce Canyon	UT0621	Rainbow Point	Paunsaugunt Plateau		Yellow Creek
22	Black Canyon of the Gunnison	CO0621	Poison Spring Hill	Grand Mesa		Gunnison River
23	Capitol Reef	UT0621	park boundary near Billings Pass	Colorado Plateau		Halls Creek
24	Crater Lake	OR0621	Mount Scott	Cascade Range		SW corner of park
25	Guadalupe Mountains	TX0621	Guadalupe Peak	Guadalupe Mountains		SW corner
26	Zion	UT0621	Horse Ranch Mountain	Colorado Plateau		SW corner near Rt.9
27	Saguaro	AZ0621	Mica Mountain	Rincon Mountains		, Tucson Mountain District
28	Mesa Verde	CO0621	Park Point Lookout	Colorado Plateau		Soda Canyon
29	Gates of the Arctic	AK0621	Mount Igikpak	Brooks Range		Kobuk River
30	Olympic	WA0573	Mount Olympus	Olympic Mountains		Pacific Ocean
31	Big Bend	TX0621	Emory Peak	Chisos Mountains		Rio Grande
32	Katmai	AK0573	Mount Denison	Aleutian Range		Shelikof Strait
33	Canyonlands	UT0621	Cathedral Point	Colorado Plateau		Colorado River
34	Great Smoky Mountains	TN0621NC0621	Kuwohi	Great Smoky Mountains		Chilhowee Lake
35	Carlsbad Caverns	NM0621	Guadalupe Ridge	Guadalupe Mountains		Black River
36	Kenai Fjords	AK0573	unnamed nunatak	Harding Icefield		Gulf of Alaska
37	Petrified Forest	AZ0621	Pilot Rock	Painted Desert		BNSF Railway
38	Joshua Tree	CA0621	Quail Mountain	Little San Bernardino Mountains		Southeast boundary of the park	536 ft
39	Arches	UT0621	Elephant Butte	Colorado Plateau		Colorado River
40	Wind Cave	SD0573	Rankin Ridge	Black Hills		Windy City Lake
41	Kobuk Valley	AK0573	Mount Angayukaqsraq	Baird Mountains		Kobuk River
42	White Sands	NM0621	NE30	Tularosa Basin		Lake Lucero
43	Shenandoah	VA0573	Hawksbill Mountain	Blue Ridge Mountains		unnamed stream at north end
44	Badlands	SD0573	Red Shirt Table	The Badlands		runoff channel of Ben Reifel Visitor Center
45	Pinnacles	CA0621	North Chalone Peak	Gabilan Range		SE Corner
46	New River Gorge	WV0573	Swell Mountain	Allegheny Mountains		New River
47	American Samoa	AS0573	Lata Mountain	Ta'u Island, Samoan Islands		Pacific Ocean
48	Redwood	CA0573	Coyote Peak	Bald Hills		Pacific Ocean
49	Theodore Roosevelt	ND0573	Peck Hill	The Badlands		Little Missouri River
50	Channel Islands	CA0573	Devils Peak, Santa Cruz Island	Channel Islands		Pacific Ocean
51	Acadia	ME0573	Cadillac Mountain			Atlantic Ocean
52	Voyageurs	MN0573	Tower			Rainy Lake
53	Hot Springs	AR0573	Music Mountain	Ouachita Mountains		Bull Bayou
54	Isle Royale	MI0573	Mount Desor	Superior Upland		Lake Superior
55	Virgin Islands	VI0573	Bordeaux Mountain	Saint John Island, Virgin Islands		Atlantic Ocean
56	Cuyahoga Valley	OH0573	Black & Brush Roads	Glaciated Allegheny Plateau		Cuyahoga River
57	Mammoth Cave	KY0573	Mammoth Cave Ridge	Pennyroyal Plateau		Green River
58	Indiana Dunes	IN0573	Upland Trail, Pinhook Bog Unit			Lake Michigan
59	Gateway Arch	MO0573	Old Courthouse			Mississippi River
60	Congaree	SC0573	Old Bluff Road main entrance			Congaree River
61	Everglades	FL0573	Calusa shell mound			Atlantic Ocean
62	Dry Tortugas	FL0573	Loggerhead Key	Florida Keys		Gulf of Mexico
63	Biscayne	FL0573	Totten Key, Old Rhodes Key	Florida Keys		Atlantic Ocean

Selected Profiles

– The Appalachian Trail crosses through Great Smokey Mountains and Shenandoah National Parks. It reaches its highest point at Kuwohi.
– Skyline Drive runs the length of Shenandoah.
– The Pacific Crest Trail goes through seven national parks.
*North Cascades – Washington section K
*Mount Rainier – Washington section I
*Crater Lake – Oregon section C
*Lassen Volcanic – California section N
*Yosemite – California sections H & I
*Kings Canyon – California section H
*Sequoia – California sections G & H
– An elevation profile of the Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier.