23 Gifts for People Obsessed With National Parks
Some people visit a national park on vacation, while others know exactly how many of the 63 they’ve visited, keep every park brochure they’ve ever received, and are regularly plotting how to get to the ones they're missing.
We are the second kind of people. After visiting national parks all over the country, including all eight in Alaska during one incredible 21-day trip, we’ve accumulated plenty of park gear, souvenirs, books, maps, photos, and little reminders of the places we’ve been.
So if you're shopping for someone who is also trying to see all 63, has a favorite national park they can’t wait to tell you about, or gets genuinely excited about a new stamp in their National Parks Passport, here are fun gifts for people who are obsessed with national parks.
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1. America the Beautiful National Parks Pass
If they're truly obsessed with national parks, there's a pretty good chance they already have this one. But if they're still paying individual entrance fees every time they pull up to a new park, an America the Beautiful Pass could make a really useful gift.
The pass covers entrance fees at national parks plus thousands of other federal recreation sites for an entire year, so it can quickly make more sense than paying separately everywhere you go.
If they've got multiple national parks on next year's bucket list, they're planning something like a Mighty Five road trip, or they just keep going back to their favorite parks again and again, this is one of those gifts that's thoughtful and might save them money.
2. National Parks Passport
For the person who needs proof they were there, a National Parks Passport lets them collect stamps from parks all over the country, turning every visitor center into a tiny scavenger hunt. Once you start collecting them, missing a stamp becomes deeply upsetting!
Shop here: National Parks Passport or National Parks Stamp Book
3. National Park Scratch-Off Poster
This one’s for the person trying to visit all 63 national parks in America! A national park scratch-off poster gives them one place to keep track of everywhere they’ve been and see exactly which parks they still have left to visit.
Plus, scratching off a new park after every trip is part of the fun.
4. National Park Adventure Book
This is basically a scrapbook for their national park adventures. The National Park Adventure Book I found on Etsy has space to track park visits, add photos, and document adventures, which makes it especially fun paired with...
5. Polaroid Camera
...a Polaroid camera. Take the Polaroid into the parks, snap a photo from each trip, and add it directly to the adventure book.
Our pick: Fujifilm Instax Mini Camera
6. National Park Brochure Box
I am literally ordering this for Jon as we speak! We collect the park maps and brochures from everywhere we visit, and they're some of my favorite souvenirs because they're free, specific to the trip, and immediately bring back memories when you find one years later.
The problem is ours currently live in a bookshelf drawer. But now that I've found this National Park map storage box on Etsy, which is designed specifically to keep park maps together, this might be my favorite gift on the entire list.
Update: I requested “adventure” written across ours and it’s the PERFECT new home for our maps!
7. National Park Water Bottle
If they want to track all 63 but don't necessarily want a giant map hanging on the wall, this is adorable. The bottle comes with National Park stickers you add as you visit each park, so their entire bucket list stays in one manageable place.
Shop here: National Park Bucket List Bottle with Stickers
8. National Park Poster
Pick their park. Yellowstone. Yosemite. Glacier. Grand Canyon. Acadia. Olympic. The park where they got engaged. The one they visit every year. The one they will not stop talking about.
National Park posters are classic for a reason, and this is one of the easiest gifts to make personal.
9. National Park Artwork
Or skip the poster and find something more personal.
Commission a watercolor from one of their own park photos, find an original painting of their favorite trail or viewpoint, or buy photography from a photographer who works in the park they love.
Bonus points if you know the exact park, overlook, or trail that means the most to them.
10. National Park Ornaments
If they’re slowly making their way through the national parks, start a collection they can add to along the way. Give them an ornament from their favorite park, one commemorating the park they visited this year, or even the next park on their list. Then add another every Christmas.
Eventually, decorating the tree becomes a reminder of everywhere they’ve been!
Shop ornaments on Etsy or Amazon
11. National Park Coffee Table Books
Gift them some national park inspiration for their coffee table!
You can find beautiful photography books featuring all of the national parks, or make it more personal and choose one dedicated to their favorite park. This is also a great gift for someone who has a long national park bucket list and is always looking for ideas about where to go next.
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12. Atlas of the National Parks
Maps + national parks = very hard for us to resist.
A National Parks atlas is perfect for the person who likes flipping through maps, learning about places they haven't visited yet, and inevitably adding six more destinations to the bucket list.
13. Subpar Parks
One-star reviews of America's greatest natural wonders. Need I say more?
In the book Subpar Parks, Amber Share takes hilariously unimpressed reviews of places like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon and turns them into beautiful illustrations. It's funny and extremely giftable. (My sister gave this to Jonathan years ago, and he loved it!)
14. National Parks Puzzle
Give them a national park to visit without leaving the house. There are gorgeous puzzles featuring individual parks, vintage park posters, maps, and collections of all 63. Extra appropriate when winter has arrived, and their next national park trip is months away.
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15. National Parks Monopoly
If they love national parks and board games, this one's easy. National Parks Monopoly replaces the classic properties with some of America's national parks, so they can spend game night buying up Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, and more.
This would be especially fun for a family that's working on visiting the national parks together.
16. Trekking the National Parks Board Game
Trekking the National Parks was created by a family who traveled to every national park, which feels pretty fitting for this list. It’s a strategy game inspired by their adventures and another fun gift for someone who loves both national parks and game nights.
17. National Park Merch
You cannot go wrong here. A sweatshirt from Yellowstone. A hat from Glacier. A mug from Acadia. A sticker from Great Smoky Mountains. A patch from Katmai.
I'd make this specific rather than buying generic “National Parks” merch. Picking their favorite park or a park connected to a great memory makes the gift more personal.
Etsy is my favorite place to shop for individual park merch.
18. National Parks Tote
Okay, this is really cute! I found a National Parks patchwork tote on Etsy covered in colorful park-inspired designs, and my immediate thought was: road trip snack bag.
Load it with snacks for their next trip, and you've made a national parks gift basket.
19. Personalized National Park Blanket
This gift idea is for the person who would like to be in a national park but is currently at home. I found National Park blankets on Etsy that can be personalized; this would be an especially cozy gift paired with a National Parks puzzle or board game for a relaxing night in.
20. Adventure-Capturing Gear
Give them something that helps them remember the trips. A Polaroid for instant photos. A GoPro or action camera for the adventurous stuff. A dash cam for scenic drives and unexpected wildlife. A new camera lens for the photographer. Extra batteries or memory cards for someone who already owns the camera.
We bought our ROVE dash cam for practical reasons, but after thousands of miles of road trips, we've realized how fun it is to have footage of the scenery, wildlife, and random things we never would have thought to start filming ourselves.
21. National Park Travel Guide
Gift them easier trip planning!
If Yellowstone is next, our All-Seasons Yellowstone Travel Guide includes the itineraries, maps, lodging strategy, seasonal advice, wildlife information, and practical planning we've learned after more than a decade of visiting the park.
And if they're dreaming bigger, our Alaska National Parks Travel Guide lays out exactly how we visited all eight Alaska national parks in one 21-day trip, including the logistics of reaching some of the most remote parks in the country.
It’s a fun way to turn “I want to go there someday” into a trip they can start planning today.
22. The Alaska Diaries
This one is for someone who loves national parks and a good travel story.
The Alaska Diaries follows our actual 21-day trip through Alaska’s national parks, from bush planes and grizzlies to glaciers and some truly ridiculous travel moments.
Pair it with the Alaska Travel Guide if they're planning their own trip, or give it by itself to someone who would enjoy coming along for ours.
23. A National Park Trip
The ultimate gift for someone obsessed with national parks: Another national park!
Book the cabin. Pay for the campsite. Grab the flights. Plan a long weekend. Give them money toward the bush plane required to reach the park they're missing.
Bonus: Wrap Everything in National Park Wrapping Paper
Because yes, this exists!
I found gorgeous wrapping paper on Etsy that features all 63 national parks, which means you can wrap a national park gift inside national park wrapping paper before giving it to the person wearing their national park sweatshirt.
How to Choose a Gift for a National Park Lover
If you're stuck, think about what kind of national park traveler they are.
The Collector: Passport, stamps, scratch-off map, bucket-list bottle, adventure book, or brochure storage box.
The Nostalgic One: Artwork, vintage poster, photo book, personalized blanket, or something from their favorite park.
The Adventurer: National Parks Pass, camera gear, travel guide, or something useful (maybe hiking gear) for their next park trip.
The Homebody Between Trips: Puzzle, Subpar Parks, Atlas of the National Parks, Monopoly, or Trekking the National Parks.
The Person Who Owns Everything: Another national park!
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