Highest North American National Parks

Which National Park has the highest elevation? What about the lowest?

The Highest & Lowest US National Park

The top three highest elevation National Parks are all in Alaska. Denali National Park‘s Denali Peak stands at over 20,300 ft (6,100 m) above sea level. It is the highest point in North America, edging out Mount Logan in Canada by over 700 ft.

Mount Rainier is the highest National Park in the lower 48 (contiguous) states. Mount Rainier Peak stands at over 14,100 ft (4,392 km) high and is located in Washington state.

The lowest point in the US is Badwater Basin in Death Valley. It’s elevation of 282 feet below sea level is also the lowest point in North America.

Maximum Elevations of US National Parks

Many National Parks have negligible max elevations due to being oceanfront parks, like the Everglades, Biscayne, and Dry Tortugas in Florida. Because of this, not all parks are shown in this table.

Rank	Name	State(s)	Elevation Point	Elevation
#1	Denali National Park	AK	Denali Peak	20,310 ft(6,190 m)
#2	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	AK	Mount Saint Elias	18,008 ft(5,489 m)
#3	Glacier Bay National Park	AK	Mount Fairweather	15,300 ft(4,663 m)
#4	Sequoia National Park	CA	Mount Whitney	14,505 ft(4,421 m)
#5	Mount Rainier National Park	WA	Mount Rainier Peak	14,411 ft(4,392 m)
#6	Rocky Mountain National Park	CO	Longs Peak	14,259 ft(4,346 m)
#7	Kings Canyon National Park	CA	North Palisade Peak	14,242 ft(4,341 m)
#8	Grand Teton National Park	WY	Grand Teton Peak	13,770 ft(4,197 m)
#9	Great Sand Dunes National Park	CO	Tijeras Peak	13,610 ft(4,148 m)
#10	Yosemite National Park	CA	Mount Lyell	13,114 ft(3,997 m)
#11	Great Basin National Park	NV	Wheeler Peak	13,065 ft(3,982 m)
#12	Yellowstone National Park	ID,MT,WY	Eagle Peak	11,358 ft(3,462 m)
#13	Death Valley National Park	CA,NV	Telescope Peak	11,049 ft(3,368 m)
#14	Glacier National Park	MT	Mount Cleveland	10,466 ft(3,190 m)
#15	Lassen Volcanic National Park	CA	Lassen Peak	10,457 ft(3,187 m)
#16	Lake Clark National Park	AK	Redoubt Volcano	10,197 ft(3,108 m)
#17	North Cascades National Park	WA	Goode Mountain	9,220 ft(2,810 m)
#18	Grand Canyon National Park	AZ	Lookout tower near the North Rim’s main entrance	9,165 ft(2,793 m)
#19	Bryce Canyon National Park	UT	Rainbow Point	9,115 ft(2,778 m)
#20	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	CO	Poison Spring Hill	9,040 ft(2,755 m)

20 Highest Canadian National Parks by Elevation

Mount Logan in the Kluane National Park Reserve is the highest peak in Canada, standing 19,541 ft (5,956 m) high.

The next four highest Canadian National Parks are all within the Canadian Rockies as Jasper, Banff, Yoho and Kootenay round out the top 5. We actually developed a road trip that visits 3 of the 4, but you could easily add in the last one if you added an extra day.

Rank	Name	Province(s)	Elevation Point	Elevation
#1	Kluane National Park Reserve	YT	Mount Logan	19,541 ft(5,956 m)
#2	Jasper National Park	AB	Mount Columbia	12,274 ft(3,741 m)
#3	Banff National Park	AB	Mount Forbes	11,867 ft(3,617 m)
#4	Yoho National Park	BC	Mount Goodsir	11,703 ft(3,567 m)
#5	Kootenay National Park	BC,AB	Deltaform Mountain	11,240 ft(3,426 m)
#6	Glacier National Park	BC	Mount Dawson	11,079 ft(3,377 m)
#7	Waterton Lakes National Park	AB	Mount Blakiston	9,619 ft(2,932 m)
#8	Nahanni National Park Reserve	NT	Mount Nirvana	9,098 ft(2,773 m)
#9	Mount Revelstoke National Park	BC	Mount Inverness	8,698 ft(2,651 m)
#10	Quttinirpaaq National Park	NU	Barbeau Peak	8,583 ft(2,616 m)
#11	Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve	NT	(unnamed peak)	8,058 ft(2,456 m)
#12	Auyuittuq National Park	NU	Penny Ice Cap	6,955 ft(2,120 m)
#13	Sirmilik National Park	NU	Angilaaq Mountain	6,378 ft(1,944 m)
#14	Ivvavik National Park	YT	Arthur Laing Peak	5,774 ft(1,760 m)
#15	Torngat Mountains National Park	NL	Mount Caubvick	5,420 ft(1,652 m)
#16	Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve	NL		3,871 ft(1,180 m)
#17	Vuntut National Park	YT	Vuntut High Point	3,773 ft(1,150 m)
#18	Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site	BC	Mount de la Touche	3,668 ft(1,118 m)
#19	Grasslands National Park	SK	Grasslands National Park High Point	3,301 ft(1,006 m)
#20	Wood Buffalo National Park	AB,NT	Wood Buffalo National Park High Point	3,169 ft(966 m)