Who is the father of national parks?

John Muir — Father of the National Parks.



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The artist George Catlin first articulated the idea of large western national parks in 1832, the same year Congress set aside the Hot Springs Reservation in central Arkansas, now known as Hot Springs National Park.

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Yellowstone National Park - 1872 On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant designated Yellowstone as the first national park in the United States and the world. Today, the park is home to the world's largest collection of geysers, including the iconic Old Faithful.

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Northeast Greenland National Park (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, Danish: Grønlands Nationalpark) is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area (the only larger protected areas consist mostly of sea).

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Muir was directly involved in establishing Yosemite [1890], Sequoia [1890], Mount Rainier [1899], and Grand Canyon [1908] National Parks. Muir is often called the Father of Our National Park System.

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Theodore Roosevelt National Park is an American national park of the badlands in western North Dakota comprising three geographically separated areas. Honoring U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, it is the only American national park named directly after a single person.

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Europe: Far and away the largest national park in Europe, Iceland's Vatnajökull National Park covers 14,141 square kilometers (5,460 square miles) of land. The reserve is a wonderland of volcanoes and hot springs, fjords and glaciers that's easy to explore on your own or via guided trips.

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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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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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The New River Gorge was given National Park Service protection in 1978 as a national river, and was expanded to New River Gorge National Park & Preserve — this country's newest national park — in the plague year of 2020 courtesy of legislation drafted by Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito.

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