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2005年7/8月期國家地理雜誌旅遊版使用Stewardship index選出美加地區最佳的50個國家園。



http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/features/nprated0507/nprated.html

（完整list可在此查到）



基本上太過知名已經吸引太多遊客的公園，環境會受到（或逐漸被）人為污染，而且旺季時交通擁塞，使整體公園的品質下降。



如果放長假時不知道該去那裡好，這分名單是很好的參考。



Top 16

1. Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (Score: 88) 



2. Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

WISCONSIN (Score: 78)



Cape Breton Highlands National Park

NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA (Score: 78) 



Gros Morne National Park

NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA (Score: 78)



3. Great Basin National Park

NEVADA (Score: 77)



Kootenay/Yoho National Parks

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (Score: 77)



Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve

ALASKA (Score: 77) 



4. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

HAWAII (Score: 75)



5. Chaco Culture National Historical Park

NEW MEXICO (Score: 72)



Crater Lake National Park

OREGON (Score: 72)

Point Reyes National Seashore

CALIFORNIA (Score: 72)

Waterton Lakes National Park

ALBERTA, CANADA (Score: 72)

6. Denali National Park & Preserve

ALASKA (Score: 71)

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

ALASKA (Score: 71)

Jasper National Park

ALBERTA, CANADA (Score: 71)

7. Kenai Fjords National Park

ALASKA (Score: 70)

Still Doing OK

8. Big Bend National Park

Olympic National Park

WASHINGTON (Score: 69)

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

NORTH DAKOTA (Score: 69)

9. Fundy National Park

NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA (Score: 68)

Redwood National and State Parks

CALIFORNIA (Score: 68)

Zion National Park

UTAH (Score: 68)

10. Death Valley National Park

CALIFORNIA (Score: 67)

11.  Antietam National Battlefield

MARYLAND (Score: 66)

Glacier National Park

MONTANA (Score: 66)

12. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

COLORADO (Score: 65)

Bryce Canyon National Park

UTAH (Score: 65)

North Cascades National Park

WASHINGTON (Score: 65)

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (Score: 65)

13. Acadia National Park

MAINE (Score: 64)

Petrified Forest National Park

ARIZONA (Score: 64)

 

14. Joshua Tree National Park

CALIFORNIA (Score: 63)

Mesa Verde National Park

COLORADO (Score: 63)

Mount Rainier National Park

WASHINGTON (Score: 63)

Tallgrass Prairie National Park

KANSAS (Score: 63)

15. Arches & Canyonlands National Parks

UTAH (Score: 62)

Cumberland Island National Seashore

GEORGIA (Score: 62)

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

CALIFORNIA (Score: 62)

16. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

MICHIGAN (Score: 60)

Facing Trouble

17. Colonial National Historical Park (Yorktown/Jamestown)

VIRGINIA (Score: 59)

18.  Mammoth Cave National Park

KENTUCKY (Score: 58)

19. Rocky Mountain National Park

COLORADO (Score: 56)

Yosemite National Park

CALIFORNIA (Score: 56)

20. Banff National Park

ALBERTA, CANADA (Score: 55)

Hot Springs National Park

ARKANSAS (Score: 55)

21. Mount Rushmore National Memorial/Badlands National Park

SOUTH DAKOTA (Score: 54)

22. Carlsbad Caverns National Park

NEW MEXICO (Score: 53)

Grand Canyon National Park

ARIZONA (Score: 53)

Point Pelee National Park

ONTARIO, CANADA (Score: 53)

23. Gettysburg National Military Park

PENNSYLVANIA (Score: 51)

Yellowstone

Grand Teton National Parks

IDAHO, MONTANA, WYOMING (Score: 51)

24. Cape Hatteras National Seashore

NORTH CAROLINA (Score: 50)

Rock Bottom

25. Shenandoah National Park

26. Great Smoky Mountains National Park

NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE (Score: 40)

27. Everglades National Park

Big Cypress National Preserve

FLORIDA (Score: 34)