National parks by month

Pick the month you can travel. Each page sorts all 60 national parks by that month's weather and crowds.

• National parks in January6 mild; quietest: Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands, Big Bend
• National parks in February10 mild; quietest: Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands, Guadalupe Mountains
• National parks in March11 mild; quietest: Capitol Reef, Gateway Arch, Canyonlands
• National parks in April13 mild; quietest: North Cascades, Olympic, Mesa Verde
• National parks in May17 mild; quietest: Lake Clark, North Cascades, Wrangell-St. Elias
• National parks in June21 mild; quietest: North Cascades, Crater Lake, Sequoia
• National parks in July17 mild; quietest: Hawai'i Volcanoes, Olympic, Redwood
• National parks in August16 mild; quietest: Lassen Volcanic, Haleakala, North Cascades
• National parks in September20 mild; quietest: Mount Rainier, Crater Lake, Badlands
• National parks in October17 mild; quietest: Gateway Arch, Theodore Roosevelt, Great Sand Dunes
• National parks in November16 mild; quietest: Gateway Arch, Mammoth Cave, Arches
• National parks in December4 mild; quietest: Biscayne, Big Bend, Carlsbad Caverns