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Caddo Nation; Osage Nation; Absentee Shawnee Tribe", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/hot-springs/" }, { "slug": "indiana-dunes", "name": "Indiana Dunes National Park", "state": "IN", "npsCode": "indu", "lat": 41.6533, "lng": -87.0524, "established": "2019-02-15", "areaAcres": 15349, "visitation": 2705209, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://www.nps.gov/indu/learn/management/statistics.htm", "elevationMinFt": 580, "elevationMaxFt": 780, "nations": "Pokagon Band of Potawatomi; Citizen Potawatomi Nation; Miami", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/indiana-dunes/" }, { "slug": "isle-royale", "name": "Isle Royale National Park", "state": "MI", "npsCode": "ISRO", "lat": 47.9959, "lng": -88.9094, "established": "1940-04-03", "areaAcres": 571790, "visitation": 28965, "visitationYear": 2023, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Recreation%20Visitation%20(1904%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)?Park=ISRO", "elevationMinFt": 602, "elevationMaxFt": 1394, "nations": "Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/isle-royale/" }, { "slug": "joshua-tree-national-park", "name": "Joshua Tree National Park", "state": "CA", "npsCode": "jotr", "lat": 33.8734, "lng": -115.901, "established": "1994-10-31", "areaAcres": 792510, "visitation": 2991874, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/management/statistics.htm", "elevationMinFt": 536, "elevationMaxFt": 5814, "nations": "Serrano (Maara’yam); Cahuilla (Kawiya); Chemehuevi (Nüwü); Mohave (Aha Macave); Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians; Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians; Cabazon Band of Mission Indians; Cahuilla Band of Indians; Chemehuevi Indian Tribe; Colorado River Indian Tribes; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe; Morongo Band of Mission Indians; Ramona Band of Cahuilla; Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation; Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians; Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians; Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians; Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians", "lastResearched": "2026-05-21", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/joshua-tree-national-park/" }, { "slug": "katmai", "name": "Katmai National Park and Preserve", "state": "AK", "npsCode": "katm", "lat": 58.54, "lng": -155.78, "established": "1980-12-02", "areaAcres": 4093077, "visitation": 36230, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park/KATM", "nations": "Sugpiaq (Alutiiq); Yup’ik; Bristol Bay Native Corporation", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/katmai/" }, { "slug": "kenai-fjords", "name": "Kenai Fjords National Park", "state": "AK", "npsCode": "kefj", "lat": 59.9181, "lng": -149.6504, "established": "1980-12-02", "areaAcres": 669984, "visitation": 425369, "visitationYear": 2025, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park/KEFJ", "elevationMinFt": 0, "elevationMaxFt": 6450, "nations": "Sugpiaq (Alutiiq); Native Village of Nanwalek", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/kenai-fjords/" }, { "slug": "kings-canyon", "name": "Kings Canyon National Park", "state": "CA", "npsCode": "kica", "lat": 36.8879, "lng": -118.5551, "established": "1940-03-04", "areaAcres": 461901, "visitation": 700000, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/STATS/Reports/Park/KICA", "elevationMinFt": 4600, "elevationMaxFt": 14248, "nations": "Mono (Monache); Yokuts; Tübatulabal; Paiute; Western Shoshone", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/kings-canyon/" }, { "slug": "kobuk-valley", "name": "Kobuk Valley National Park", "state": "AK", "npsCode": "kova", "lat": 67.55, "lng": -159.28, "established": "1980-12-02", "areaAcres": 1750716, "visitation": 17233, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park/KOVA", "nations": "Kobuk River Iñupiat (Kuuvaŋmiut)", "lastResearched": "2026-05-19", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/kobuk-valley/" }, { "slug": "lake-clark", "name": "Lake Clark National Park and Preserve", "state": "AK", "npsCode": "lacl", "lat": 60.97, "lng": -153.42, "established": "1980-12-02", "areaAcres": 4030015, "visitation": 18505, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park/LACL", "elevationMinFt": 0, "elevationMaxFt": 10197, "nations": "Dena'ina; Nondalton Village", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/lake-clark/" }, { "slug": "lassen-volcanic", "name": "Lassen Volcanic National Park", "state": "CA", "npsCode": "lavo", "lat": 40.4977, "lng": -121.4207, "established": "1916-08-09", "areaAcres": 106589, "visitation": 418978, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/STATS/Reports/Park/LAVO", "elevationMinFt": 5300, "elevationMaxFt": 10457, "nations": "Pit River Tribe; Susanville Indian Rancheria; Redding Rancheria; Mountain Maidu", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/lassen-volcanic/" }, { "slug": "mammoth-cave", "name": "Mammoth Cave National Park", "state": "KY", "npsCode": "maca", "lat": 37.1869, "lng": -86.1009, "established": "1941-07-01", "areaAcres": 52830, "visitation": 747042, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://www.nps.gov/maca/learn/news/tourism-to-mammoth-cave-national-park-contributes-$73-238-000-to-local-economy.htm", "nations": "Late Archaic and Early Woodland peoples; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Cherokee Nation; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians; Shawnee Tribe; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Absentee Shawnee Tribe; Chickasaw Nation", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/mammoth-cave/" }, { "slug": "mesa-verde", "name": "Mesa Verde National Park", "state": "CO", "npsCode": "meve", "lat": 37.2309, "lng": -108.4618, "established": "1906-06-29", "areaAcres": 52485, "visitation": 463130, "visitationYear": 2023, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park/MEVE", "elevationMinFt": 6900, "elevationMaxFt": 8572, "nations": "Hopi Tribe; Pueblos of New Mexico; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; Southern Ute Indian Tribe; Navajo Nation; Jicarilla Apache Nation; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/mesa-verde/" }, { "slug": "mount-rainier", "name": "Mount Rainier National Park", "state": "WA", "npsCode": "mora", "lat": 46.8523, "lng": -121.7603, "established": "1899-03-02", "areaAcres": 236381, "visitation": 2490729, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/management/annual-visitation.htm", "elevationMinFt": 1600, "elevationMaxFt": 14410, "nations": "Cowlitz Indian Tribe; Muckleshoot Indian Tribe; Nisqually Indian Tribe; Puyallup Tribe of Indians; Squaxin Island Tribe; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation; Coast Salish", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/mount-rainier/" }, { "slug": "american-samoa", "name": "National Park of American Samoa", "state": "AS", "npsCode": "npsa", "lat": -14.2583, "lng": -170.685, "established": "1988-10-31", "areaAcres": 13500, "visitation": 22567, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park/NPSA", "elevationMinFt": 0, "elevationMaxFt": 3170, "nations": "Samoan people; Village councils of the Tutuila unit; Village councils of the Manu'a units", "lastResearched": "2026-06-10", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/american-samoa/" }, { "slug": "new-river-gorge", "name": "New River Gorge National Park and Preserve", "state": "WV", "npsCode": "neri", "lat": 38.0696, "lng": -81.081, "established": "2020-12-27", "areaAcres": 72808, "visitation": 1811937, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Recreation%20Visitation%20(1904%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)?Park=NERI", "elevationMinFt": 900, "elevationMaxFt": 3000, "nations": "Shawnee Tribe; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Absentee Shawnee Tribe; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/new-river-gorge/" }, { "slug": "north-cascades", "name": "North Cascades National Park", "state": "WA", "npsCode": "noca", "lat": 48.7718, "lng": -121.2985, "established": "1968-10-02", "areaAcres": 504654, "visitation": 16485, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park/NOCA", "elevationMinFt": 400, "elevationMaxFt": 9220, "nations": "Upper Skagit Indian Tribe; Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe; Nooksack Indian Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/north-cascades/" }, { "slug": "olympic", "name": "Olympic National Park", "state": "WA", "npsCode": "olym", "lat": 47.8021, "lng": -123.6044, "established": "1938-06-29", "areaAcres": 922651, "visitation": 3717267, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park/OLYM", "elevationMinFt": 0, "elevationMaxFt": 7980, "nations": "Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe; Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe; Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe; Skokomish Indian Tribe; Quinault Indian Nation; Hoh Tribe; Quileute Tribe; Makah Tribe", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/olympic/" }, { "slug": "petrified-forest", "name": "Petrified Forest National Park", "state": "AZ", "npsCode": "pefo", "lat": 34.91, "lng": -109.8068, "established": "1962-12-09", "areaAcres": 221390, "visitation": 590334, "visitationYear": 2021, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Recreation%20Visitation%20(1904%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)?Park=PEFO", "elevationMinFt": 5340, "elevationMaxFt": 6235, "nations": "Hopi Tribe; Pueblo of Zuni; Navajo Nation", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/petrified-forest/" }, { "slug": "pinnacles", "name": "Pinnacles National Park", "state": "CA", "npsCode": "pinn", "lat": 36.4906, "lng": -121.1825, "established": "2013-01-10", "areaAcres": 26606, "visitation": 350000, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/STATS/Reports/Park/PINN", "elevationMinFt": 824, "elevationMaxFt": 3304, "nations": "Amah Mutsun Tribal Band; Chalon Indian Nation", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/pinnacles/" }, { "slug": "redwood", "name": "Redwood National and State Parks", "state": "CA", "npsCode": "redw", "lat": 41.2132, "lng": -124.0046, "established": "1968-10-02", "areaAcres": 138999, "visitation": 600000, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://www.nps.gov/redw/learn/news/redwood-national-park-sees-1-2-million-recreation-visits-in-2025.htm", "elevationMinFt": 0, "elevationMaxFt": 3262, "nations": "Yurok Tribe; Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation; Karuk Tribe; Hoopa Valley Tribe; Chilula", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/redwood/" }, { "slug": "rocky-mountain", "name": "Rocky Mountain National Park", "state": "CO", "npsCode": "romo", "lat": 40.3428, "lng": -105.6836, "established": "1915-01-26", "areaAcres": 265807, "visitation": 4108816, "visitationYear": 2023, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park/ROMO", "elevationMinFt": 7500, "elevationMaxFt": 14259, "nations": "Southern Ute Indian Tribe; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation; Northern Arapaho Tribe; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes; Northern Cheyenne Tribe; Comanche Nation; Eastern Shoshone Tribe; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/rocky-mountain/" }, { "slug": "saguaro", "name": "Saguaro National Park", "state": "AZ", "npsCode": "sagu", "lat": 32.1797, "lng": -110.7361, "established": "1994-10-14", "areaAcres": 91716, "visitation": 946058, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Recreation%20Visitation%20(1904%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)?Park=SAGU", "elevationMinFt": 2180, "elevationMaxFt": 8664, "nations": "Tohono O'odham Nation; Akimel O’odham", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/saguaro/" }, { "slug": "sequoia", "name": "Sequoia National Park", "state": "CA", "npsCode": "sequ", "lat": 36.4864, "lng": -118.5658, "established": "1890-09-25", "areaAcres": 404064, "visitation": 1300000, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/STATS/Reports/Park/SEQU", "elevationMinFt": 1370, "elevationMaxFt": 14505, "nations": "Mono (Monache); Yokuts; Tübatulabal; Paiute; Western Shoshone", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/sequoia/" }, { "slug": "shenandoah", "name": "Shenandoah National Park", "state": "VA", "npsCode": "shen", "lat": 38.4755, "lng": -78.4537, "established": "1935-12-26", "areaAcres": 198754, "visitation": 1682152, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Recreation%20Visitation%20(1904%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)?Park=SHEN", "elevationMinFt": 535, "elevationMaxFt": 4051, "nations": "Monacan Indian Nation", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/shenandoah/" }, { "slug": "theodore-roosevelt", "name": "Theodore Roosevelt National Park", "state": "ND", "npsCode": "thro", "lat": 46.9789, "lng": -103.5387, "established": "1978-11-10", "areaAcres": 70447, "visitation": 668679, "visitationYear": 2022, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park/THRO", "elevationMinFt": 1962, "elevationMaxFt": 2855, "nations": "Mandan (Nueta); Hidatsa (Nuxbaaga); Arikara (Sahnish); MHA Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes); Lakota; Crow Tribe", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/theodore-roosevelt/" }, { "slug": "virgin-islands", "name": "Virgin Islands National Park", "state": "VI", "npsCode": "viis", "lat": 18.3419, "lng": -64.7479, "established": "1956-08-02", "areaAcres": 14737, "visitation": 343685, "visitationYear": 2023, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park/VIIS", "elevationMinFt": 0, "elevationMaxFt": 1277, "nations": "Taino", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/virgin-islands/" }, { "slug": "voyageurs", "name": "Voyageurs National Park", "state": "MN", "npsCode": "voya", "lat": 48.5, "lng": -92.8833, "established": "1975-04-08", "areaAcres": 218054, "visitation": 199030, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Recreation%20Visitation%20(1904%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)?Park=VOYA", "nations": "Bois Forte Band of Chippewa", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/voyageurs/" }, { "slug": "white-sands", "name": "White Sands National Park", "state": "NM", "npsCode": "whsa", "lat": 32.7872, "lng": -106.3257, "established": "2019-12-20", "areaAcres": 146344, "visitation": 702236, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/STATS/Reports/Park/WHSA", "elevationMinFt": 3890, "elevationMaxFt": 4116, "nations": "Mescalero Apache Tribe; Jornada Mogollon", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/white-sands/" }, { "slug": "wind-cave", "name": "Wind Cave National Park", "state": "SD", "npsCode": "wica", "lat": 43.5562, "lng": -103.4794, "established": "1903-01-09", "areaAcres": 33924, "visitation": 489399, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park/WICA", "elevationMinFt": 3600, "elevationMaxFt": 5013, "nations": "Oglala Sioux Tribe", "lastResearched": "2026-09-16", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/wind-cave/" }, { "slug": "wrangell-st-elias", "name": "Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve", "state": "AK", "npsCode": "wrst", "lat": 61, "lng": -142, "established": "1980-12-02", "areaAcres": 13200000, "visitation": 81670, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park/WRST", "elevationMinFt": 0, "elevationMaxFt": 18008, "nations": "Ahtna; Upper Tanana; Eyak; Tlingit", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/wrangell-st-elias/" }, { "slug": "yellowstone", "name": "Yellowstone National Park", "state": "WY/MT/ID", "npsCode": "yell", "lat": 44.428, "lng": -110.5885, "established": "1872-03-01", "areaAcres": 2219791, "visitation": 4744353, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/management/visitation.htm", "elevationMinFt": 5282, "elevationMaxFt": 11358, "nations": "Crow Tribe; Eastern Shoshone Tribe; Blackfeet Nation; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes; Northern Cheyenne Tribe", "lastResearched": "2026-05-19", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/yellowstone/" }, { "slug": "yosemite", "name": "Yosemite National Park", "state": "CA", "npsCode": "yose", "lat": 37.8651, "lng": -119.5383, "established": "1890-10-01", "areaAcres": 759620, "visitation": 4285729, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/management/statistics.htm", "elevationMinFt": 2127, "elevationMaxFt": 13114, "nations": "Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation; Bishop Paiute Tribe; Bridgeport Indian Colony; Mono Lake Kootzaduka'a Tribe; North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/yosemite/" }, { "slug": "zion", "name": "Zion National Park", "state": "UT", "npsCode": "zion", "lat": 37.2982, "lng": -113.0263, "established": "1919-11-19", "areaAcres": 147242, "visitation": 4946592, "visitationYear": 2024, "visitationSource": "https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Recreation%20Visitation%20(1904%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)?Park=ZION", "elevationMinFt": 3666, "elevationMaxFt": 8726, "nations": "Southern Paiute; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah", "lastResearched": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://roamschoolfamily.com/destinations/zion/" } ] }