Many parks are still closed due to the coronavirus outbreak; however, reopening plans have been starting to emerge.
This list will be updated as new information is released by the National Park Service. I will try to keep things as current as I can, but if you know of any changes, please comment on the bottom of this post.
If the park is indicated as being OPEN, please understand that there are still likely some closures in place. If you plan on traveling to the parks, be sure to do your due diligence by researching the travel restrictions for the area you are from and the areas you will be traveling to.
Social distancing is expected in all instances.
ALASKA
- Denali – open: https://www.nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Gates of the Arctic – open: https://www.nps.gov/gaar/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Glacier Bay – open: https://www.nps.gov/glba/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Katmai – open: https://www.nps.gov/katm/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Kenai Fjords – open: https://www.nps.gov/kefj/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Kobuk Valley – closed
- Lake Clark – open: https://www.nps.gov/lacl/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Wrangell-St.Elias – open: https://www.nps.gov/wrst/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
ARIZONA
- Grand Canyon – open: https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Petrified Forest – open: https://www.nps.gov/pefo/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Saguaro – open: https://www.nps.gov/sagu/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
ARKANSAS
- Hot Springs – open: https://www.nps.gov/hosp/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
CALIFORNIA
- Channel Islands – open: https://www.nps.gov/chis/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Death Valley – open: https://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Joshua Tree – open: https://www.nps.gov/jotr/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Kings Canyon – open: https://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Lassen Volcanic – open: https://www.nps.gov/lavo/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Pinnacles – open: https://www.nps.gov/pinn/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Redwood – open: https://www.nps.gov/redw/planyourvisit/whatsopenorclosed.htm
- Sequoia – open: https://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Yosemite – open: https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
COLORADO
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison – open: https://www.nps.gov/blca/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Great Sand Dunes – open: https://www.nps.gov/grsa/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Mesa Verde – open: https://www.nps.gov/meve/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Rocky Mountain – open: https://www.nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
FLORIDA
- Biscayne – open: https://www.nps.gov/bisc/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Dry Tortugas – open: https://www.nps.gov/drto/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Everglades – open: https://www.nps.gov/ever/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
HAWAII
- Haleakala – open: https://www.nps.gov/hale/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Hawai’i Volcanoes – open: https://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
INDIANA
- Indiana Dunes – open: https://www.nps.gov/indu/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
KENTUCKY
- Mammoth Cave – open: https://www.nps.gov/maca/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
MAINE
- Acadia – open: https://www.nps.gov/acad/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
MICHIGAN
- Isle Royale – open: https://www.nps.gov/isro/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
MINNESOTA
- Voyageurs – open: https://www.nps.gov/voya/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
MISSOURI
- Gateway Arch – open: https://www.nps.gov/jeff/learn/news/gateway-arch-national-park-to-begin-phased-reopening.htm
MONTANA
- Glacier – open: https://www.nps.gov/glac/planyourvisit/statusupdate.htm
NEVADA
- Great Basin – open: https://www.nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
NEW MEXICO
- Carlsbad Caverns – open: https://www.nps.gov/cave/planyourvisit/reopening.htm
- White Sands – open: https://www.nps.gov/whsa/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
NORTH DAKOTA
- Theodore Roosevelt – open: https://www.nps.gov/thro/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
OHIO
- Cuyahoga Valley – open: https://www.nps.gov/cuva/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
OREGON
- Crater Lake – open: https://www.nps.gov/crla/learn/news/crater-lake-national-park-begins-to-increase-recreational-access.htm
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Congaree – open: https://www.nps.gov/cong/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Badlands – open: https://www.nps.gov/badl/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Wind Cave – open: https://www.nps.gov/wica/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
TENNESSEE
- Great Smoky Mountains – open: https://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
TEXAS
- Big Bend – closed
- Guadalupe Mountains – open: https://www.nps.gov/gumo/guadalupe-mountains-national-park-covid-19-status-updates.htm
UTAH
- Arches – open: https://www.nps.gov/arch/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Bryce Canyon – open: https://www.nps.gov/brca/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Canyonlands – open: https://www.nps.gov/cany/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Capitol Reef – open: https://www.nps.gov/care/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Zion – open: https://www.nps.gov/zion/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
VIRGINIA
- Shenandoah – open: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
WASHINGTON
- Mount Rainier – open: https://www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- North Cascades – open: https://www.nps.gov/noca/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Olympic – open: https://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
WYOMING
- Grand Teton – open: https://www.nps.gov/grte/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
- Yellowstone – open: https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
U.S. TERRITORIES
- American Samoa – closed
- Virgin Islands – open: https://www.nps.gov/viis/planyourvisit/conditions.htm
Do you have any additional information on Voyageurs and Isle Royale National Parks? We are planning to visit in late August.
I don’t :(
We just visited Theodore Roosevelt National Park last week and loved it! Park rangers were on site in both units and in the south unit they even had a small gift shop area set up in the parking lot. Neither unit was busy, we felt like we had the whole park to ourselves and the wildlife was abundant!
That’s awesome! Glad you had a great time!
What’s up with Death Valley? We are leaving this Friday and hitting 10 National Parks across Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and California. We have been so fortunate to get lodge and cabin reservations at all of the parks we are visiting. We have reservations there at the Ranch at the Oasis, but no word on the park. It has to be less crowded than the other Cali parks.
Honestly, I don’t understand it. It’s the off-season there too, so it wouldn’t be crowded at all.
It would be helpful to know which Visitors Centers are open. We start each park visit at the Visitors Centers where we view the film, and get a good Park overview and Suggestions from the rangers. We prefer to wait for Visitors Centers To be open before visiting a park for the first time.
Thanks for the suggestion!
We visited Rocky Mountain National Park on June 29th, Craters of the Moon July 1st, Glacier National Park July 4th to 6th, Yellowstone July 7th, Devil’s Tower. Mn. Rushmore July 9th, Badlands July 10th. None of the visitors centers were opened, but if you go in the normal business hours they have rangers outside to give you information and maps.
Hoping Oregon opens back up before by July. Otherwise, revamp the whole vacay.
Yep, I’ll be headed that way in July as well…crossing my fingers!
Thanks for this update.
Have a trip to the Washington national parks planned for September so will be checking your site and NPS as the date gets closer.
Hopefully by then things will have improved greatly.
I hope so too!
I’m trying to get permit to stay at Bright Angel campground in Oct but Grand Canyon site still shows it’s closed and not taking reservations. Am I missing something b/c your list says it’s open. I did notice they opened it for a few days over Memorial weekend then closed it again. Ugh – lots to keep up with.
PS- you’re one our favorite resources, thank you!
It’s open but limited…it’s a phased reopening. Backcountry camping has not been opened up yet.
Do you know how you can get park stamps for your passport if the visitors centers are closed and if you can buy the merchandise from the store online?
Some parks have opened their online stores and are fulfilling orders. You can get a virtual stamp from many of the parks as well, but I doubt they are doing the stamps in person with the visitor centers closed.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison had the stamp book and ink pad sitting outside of the Visitor’s Center on a table.
Very cool! Thanks for the info!
In the parks i mentioned above you can get stamps outside of the visitor center if you stop by in the normal business hours. Badlands were closed at 4pm.
Have you heard anything about the national parks or forest areas in North Carolina, especially around Asheville and the Tennessee border? We have a trip scheduled there in June…
Great Smoky Mountains is open!
Isle Royal just posted that they are closed until further notice. There will be no boat service, lodging, camping in 2020.
Thank you…wow, they changed their minds fast. Too bad — it doesn’t look like they will be opening this year at all.
Thanks for the great info. We are planning a trip to the 5 national parks in Utah Sept 7-23rd. If you have any info to help us out or that we need to know, please feel free to let me know. We do a national park trip every September. So excited for this years adventure.
I have a lot of good info for the Utah parks. You can find it all here: https://www.dirtinmyshoes.com/national-parks
Thank you! Great list, I’m so ready to be somewhere besides home. And your Arizona sunset/rise photos are gorgeous!
Thanks!
I’ve noticed on some of the parks that you marked as open do not have their visitor center open so I’m assuming the restrooms are not either? We wanted to take our grandkids to Voyageurs in August and it’s open but no visitor center currently and no cruise tours for the rest of this year. Very disappointing.
I’m not aware of any parks that have open visitor centers right now, but some do have select restrooms open throughout the park. It’s an unconventional year to travel…that’s for sure.
Thank you for the info. Do we know if any of Idaho’s parks are open.?Everything I’ve looked at says something along lines of check with county or something like that.
I’m not sure…there aren’t any national parks in Idaho. Sorry I’m not more help!
While not technically parks, I guess, Idaho has several national monuments and national historic sites listed on the National Parks Service website.
1. Craters of the Moon
2. Hagerman Fossil Beds
3. Minidoka
4. Nez Perce
5. City of Rocks
and a few others.
Yeah, these are not actual national parks. I’m not able to track all of the smaller units of the national park system…there are 419. For now, I’m sticking to the actual national parks. But thanks for the list!
I’m hoping to visit Sequoia and Kings NP this summer around July 12. Thanks for all the updates.
Of course!
Thank you for the information. Good luck with the house hunting.
Thanks :)
This is so helpful! Thanks Ash!
No problem!
Do have any idea when Shenandoah National Park will open?
I don’t :(
Thank you so much for compiling this list!
Of course!
Thank you Ash, the information you provide is always very much appreciated. It’s interesting that you note Glacier is closed, we’ve friends that took off from our area in northern California 2 days ago ultimately bound for Glacier thinking it’s open. I’ll have to update them, but they’re planning on being gone for a month so maybe by the time they get there things will have changed.
Thanks again.
Yeah, Glacier hasn’t opened back up yet. Montana is still requiring visitors to self-quarantine for 14 days if they enter the state!
Thanks, Ash! As always, very useful. Best wishes for success on your home search!
Thanks, Layni!
Yay! We are resuming our road trip late September if everything goes well..
Very cool. Wishing you the best!
Thanks so much for the update. We visited the petrified forest, Grand Canyon and saguaro National parks last year as well as Montezuma’s castle this past winter. So many amazing things to see
It’s a cool state!
Thank this is so helpful
You’re welcome!
My hubby and I are planning to go Montana for 2 weeks leaving July 8th…
Hoping and crossing fingers things will be open.
I hope so too…
Greatly appreciated 😉
No problem!
Thank you!
Of course!
Good to know, Thanks for the update….
No problem!
I think Great Sand Dunes is opening June 3
Thanks! I got it in there. Things change so fast haha.
thank you