What is the oldest national park in the world 1872?

In 1872, Yellowstone National Park was established as the United States' first national park, being also the world's first national park.



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Yellowstone National Park Act, 1872 - The Act signed into law on March 1, 1872, established the world's first true national park.

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A bill creating the first national park, Yellowstone, was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872, followed by Mackinac National Park in 1875 (decommissioned in 1895), and then Rock Creek Park (later merged into National Capital Parks), Sequoia and Yosemite in 1890.

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These Are The 10 Oldest National Parks In The United States
  • Yellowstone National Park - 1872. On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. ...
  • Sequoia National Park - 1890. ...
  • Yosemite National Park - 1890. ...
  • Mount Rainier National Park - 1899. ...
  • Crater Lake National Park - 1902.


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Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is not only the oldest national park in the United States but also in the world. It is also one of the largest, and probably the best-known, national parks in the United States.

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Instead, the name was attributed as early as 1805 to Native Americans who were referring to yellow sandstones along the banks of the Yellowstone River in eastern Montana, several hundred miles downstream and northeast of the Park.

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The Yellowstone National Park is scattered across three states. Wyoming takes the lion's share of Yellowstone as more than 95% of the park is situated there. A fraction of the park is situated in Idaho, and about 3% is located in Montana.

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Many mistakenly think America's Yellowstone National Park is the oldest in the world but there's one that was created a century earlier. Established by the Mongolian government in 1778, the area surrounding Bogd Khan Uul Biosphere Reserve is actually the oldest in the world.

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Yosemite National Park | October 1, 1890 Yellowstone is the official first national park in the U.S., but the idea to create the park originally came from President Abraham Lincoln when he signed the Yosemite Land Grant, back in 1864.

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