35 Fun National Park Gifts

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From Acadia to Zion, all 63 national parks are a treasure. The stunning scenery plus unique flora and fauna are so awe-inducing–and, unsurprisingly, inspire some really cool national parks gift ideas! 

From cozy blankets to colorful journals and from custom water bottles to comprehensive guidebooks, plus myriad ways to track their national park bucket list, you’ll find national parks gifts for all the fans in your life here!

An "America the Beautiful" annual pass features a vibrant image of a colorful lizard on a rock, with text indicating its use for National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands, set against a yellow background with a topographical map pattern.

National Parks Pass

The perfect national parks gift? A pass to see them all in person–for free! The America the Beautiful Pass covers entrance fees for all national parks and federal recreational sites for an entire year. Even better, if you’re buying for a senior, you can get them an annual or lifetime pass for a deep discount. 

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A tall tumbler with a black lid features colorful illustrations and text against a bright, light turquoise background with a subtle wavy line pattern.

National Parks Water Bottle

Just when you might think you’ve played out all of the national park gift ideas out there, someone comes along with a genius idea: A National Parks water bottle! Everyone needs to hydrate, right? These stainless steel water bottles feature national parks stamp illustrations and come in both screw cap style or a flip-top version

Scratch-Off Maps

What better gifts for national park lovers than scratch-off posters to help them keep track of their visits? This extra-compact scratch-off map from Huckberry starts off black and white, then scratches off to a color version. The Enno Vatti scratch-off map and Mappinners scratch-off maps are a bit larger. And then there’s this extra-special personalized scratch-off map from Uncommon Goods. The national park fan in your life is sure to appreciate any one of these!

Illustration of a mother bear and two cubs crossing a log bridge between two cliffs against a colorful sunset backdrop, with the sky transitioning from orange to blue over forested mountains and a lime green topographical map pattern in the background.

Rumpl National Parks Blankets

These colorful Rumple National Parks Blankets help your loved one celebrate their favorite national park, no matter where they are. These puffy blankets come with a clip so that they can fasten the blanket around themselves like a cape–perfect for a chilly night by the fire! These blankets easily stuff away in a compact roll-top sack for easy storage and portability.

Three stylish fanny packs featuring designs inspired by Zion, Yosemite, and Yellowstone are displayed on a yellow background with a contour map design, complete with adjustable straps and earthy color schemes.

National Park Explorer’s Fanny Pack

How about a National Park Explorer’s Fanny Pack? These sturdy carryalls are made with water-resistant ripstop nylon, keeping valuables safe and stylish. Choose from eight popular national park designs. 

Two national park posters with retro designs: the left one features a desert scene with a yucca plant for White Sands National Park, and the right one showcases white flowers and a river flowing under a bridge for New River Gorge National Park.

Landmark Project Posters

You can feel good about purchasing your gift from The Landmark Project, which directs funds and volunteer support  to conservation non-profits around the country. These vintage-style graphic posters in a wide variety of styles and colors help bring their favorite park home. 

A green, passport-style journal titled "Another National Park in the Books," with a circular emblem stating "Passport Collection" at the bottom, against an orange background with wavy lines resembling a topographic map.

National Park Passport Journal

The compact National Park Passport Journal is, indeed, about the size of a passport–perfect for bringing along on their travels. In it, they can track their national park bucket list, log hikes, and make notes on dedicated pages for each park so that they remember the animals they saw, favorite moments, etc. There’s even room for sketches or photos. Have a national park-loving kid on your list? Check out this kid-friendly version.

Two colorful towels: the left with an abstract landscape in green, orange, yellow, and black segments; the right with a stylized sunset featuring a white mountain and buffalo silhouettes, both on a vibrant green textured background.

Nomadix National Park Towels

Sustainably made Nomadix National Park Towels are lightweight, super absorbent, and really cool! With graphic prints depicting a variety of national parks, you can pick their favorite, such as Joshua Tree, Yosemite, or the Everglades.

Box of a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle titled "National Parks of America," featuring an illustrated map of the USA with national parks, animals, and geographical features, set against a yellow topographic line pattern.

National Park Puzzles

If your National Parks fan is also a puzzle lover, their interests can converge perfectly with a 1000-piece national park puzzle! The Galison National Parks of America Puzzle features a flora-and-fauna-filled US map illustrated by Anne Bentley, while the MyPuzzle Jigsaw Puzzle and this 1000 piece puzzle both feature vintage poster collages. And then there is the beautifully illustrated National Parks Wonderland Puzzle from Parks Project, which comes with the bonus of knowing that your purchase helps preserve national parks. 

A set of four illustrated national park posters on a teal background, featuring Rocky Mountain, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Glacier National Parks with iconic landscapes like mountains, lakes, and canyons.

National Park Coasters

These Build-a-Coaster Sets are the perfect national parks gifts for a friend or family member who has a few celebrated favorites. Select specific national parks, one for each coaster, and build a custom coaster set of their top parks. 

Whiskey Peaks Glasses

Peak gifting! These Hand Blown Whiskey Peaks Glasses feature their favorite mountain sculpted right in the base of their glass. Whether they’re fans of Mt. Rainier, Tetons, Denali, or another national park mountain, they’ll love these glasses.

Three "Field Notes" memo books are displayed side by side against a green gradient background with subtle topographic lines, featuring artwork of Joshua Tree, Grand Canyon, and Mount Rainier National Parks covers that each state 48 pages and Made in the U.S.A.

Field Notes National Parks Notebooks

If your National Park lover is also a scribe, these Field Notes National Parks Notebooks are perfect for them! Whether journaling their latest nature discoveries or jotting down plans for the next national park trip, the beautiful covers are a journey all their own. 

Two vertically stacked towels feature artistic illustrations of Zion National Park landscapes: the left towel has a blue sky and multicolored mountains, while the right towel shows an orange sky with stylized cliffs and green vegetation on a yellow patterned backdrop.

Buff CoolNet Neck Gaiter (National Parks Edition)

The Buff CoolNet Neck Gaiter (National Parks Edition) keeps your loved one’s neck protected in national parks style! The UPF 50 CoolNet(r) fabric helps keep them cool, protected from the sun, and repels insects whether they’re hiking at their favorite park or anywhere else.

A poster titled "The Greatest 100 Hikes of the National Parks" displayed against a light green background with topographical lines, features rows of numbered boxes and two highlighted boxes magnifying specific hikes.

The 100 Greatest National Hikes Scratch-Off Poster

The 100 Greatest National Hikes Scratch Off Poster helps national park fans track their hikes in parks all over the country. They can scratch off epic hikes like Angel’s Landing and Half Dome to commemorate their accomplishment, and it’s also a great way to get inspiration for their next life-changing National Park hike. 

The cover of "National Parks of the U.S.A." by Kate Siber features an illustration of a hiker and a child on a trail with mountains, trees, and birds in the background against an orange topographic map pattern.

National Parks of the USA Book for Kids (+ Activity Book)

Kids love national parks too! This National Parks of the USA book (and matching activity book) is perfect for early elementary ages, taking them on a tour of 21 popular parks, learning about the flora and fauna of each destination. The activity book contains loads of accompanying activities like puzzles, quizzes, and more. 

A colorful 2025 calendar displaying January with an illustration of a desert landscape, cacti, mountains in the background, set against a bright green abstract background with Texas Parks and Wildlife branding.

National Parks Calendar

This is one of those national park gift ideas that helps them count down the days to their next national park adventure! With a different illustrated park highlighted every month, this National Parks Calendar from The Landmark Project might help them find some inspiration for their bucket list, too. 

The image shows the cover of a coloring book titled "The National Parks" by National Geographic, illustrated by Lulu Mayo, with colorful illustrations of mountains, arches, and wildlife on a yellow topographic map pattern background.

National Park Coloring Book

Kids and adults alike love coloring books! National Geographic’s The National Parks Coloring Book, The Art of the National Parks Coloring Book, and Color Me National Parks books contain detailed black and white illustrations perfect for a meditative grown-up coloring session. Let’s Go Exploring all 63 National Parks is a national park present that’s a little more kid-friendly but still fun for adults, too.

Personalized National Park Push Pin Map

This personalized national park push-pin map helps your National Park lover track their travels in style. Available in three different sizes, from small to large–and the set even comes complete with push pins.

Image of five colorful triangular patches arranged in a semi-circle, each depicting landmarks from a different U.S. national park on an orange background: Yellowstone, Yosemite, Arches, Capitol Reef, and Great Basin.

Enamel Pins

These neat mountain-shaped enamel pins help them track the parks they’ve visited, or just collect pins of the ones they love. Each pin depicts a different national park with a unique, colorful design.

Book cover of "Knitting the National Parks" by Nancy Bates, featuring the title, a scenic national park image, two knitted nature-inspired hats, and the subtitle "63 Easy-to-Follow Designs for Beautiful Beanies Inspired by the US National Parks.

Knitting the National Parks

If your loved one is a fiber arts fiend who also happens to love National Parks, this book is for them! The Knitting the National Parks book contains patterns for 63 different gorgeous national park inspired beanies. Maybe you’ll get lucky and receive a freshly knitted beanie the next time you receive a gift from them!

Cover image of "Complete National Parks of the United States" by National Geographic, showing a river winding through a canyon with cacti in the foreground, against a yellow background with topographic lines.

National Geographic Complete National Parks of the United States Guide Book

Help them plan their travels with National Geographic’s Complete National Parks of the United States guidebook. This expansive 544-page travel guide covers recreation areas, historic sites, hikes, and more. With full-color photos and maps, this guidebook is a wealth of National Park knowledge.

A folded blanket with horizontal stripes in red, beige, yellow, and blue, featuring a geometric patch and rectangular label in the bottom corner, set against a turquoise background with abstract swirling patterns.

Pendleton National Park Blanket

Pendleton quality in a national-park-themed blanket! These pure virgin wool blankets are available in full or queen sizes and come in colorways representing several popular national parks. Made in the USA, Pendelton national park blankets are finished with a national parks badge and leather Pendleton logo.  

Image of a white water bottle covered in triangle-shaped stickers representing different national parks in the USA, next to a sticker sheet with similar park badges, set against an orange topographic map design background.

Wondery National Parks Bucket List Water Bottle

Now they can hydrate and track their bucket list! This National Park present is a black and white illustrated water bottle with sturdy vinyl stickers that can be placed to mark all the parks they’ve visited. This bottle can be used for cold or hot beverages, keeping both at temperature for hours. Get it from Amazon or Uncommon Goods.

Brightly colored travel packing cubes with illustrations inspired by U.S. national parks—Arches, Yosemite, Tetons, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, and Zion—are set against a green topographic map background.

National Park Travel Packing Cubes

Travel cubes are magic for packing light, and when they’re National Park themed, all the better! The National Park Travel Packing Cubes Set contains six pieces in various sizes, with illustrations inspired by various national parks like Grand Canyon, Arches, Tetons, and more.

A pair of stylish sunglasses with light blue frames, blue lenses, and light blue and orange arms featuring a map-like pattern, with the brand name "goodr" printed on the orange section against a yellow topographic map background.

Goodr National Park Sunglasses

This national park present is a bright idea! Goodr National Park Sunglasses protect their eyes with polarized lenses in frames that are designed after their favorite national park. 

Cover of "The Complete Guide to the National Parks of the USA" by Fodor’s Travel showing a lush, forested area with a flowing stream and text highlighting, "63 parks from Maine to American Samoa," with information on maps, lodging, and hiking.

Fodor’s Travel Guides: The Complete Guide to the National Parks of the USA

With over 70 detailed maps, recommendations from locals, and up-to-date information about all of their favorite parks, Fodor’s Travel Guides The Complete Guide to the National Parks of the USA: All 63 Parks from Maine to American Samoa is a comprehensive guidebook that makes the perfect gift for the national park lover. 

The National Parks Cookbook: The Best Recipes from (and Inspired by) America’s National Parks

Now they can bring the flavors of the national parks home with The National Parks Cookbook by Linda Ly! This colorful cookbook contains over 70 savory recipes, cocktails, and desserts inspired by the national parks’ lodges and scenery.

Good & Well Supply Co. National Parks Candles

When their love for the parks burns bright, candles are the perfect national parks gift idea! Hand-poured Good & Well Supply Co National Parks Candles come in colorful tins with scents that evoke their favorite national park. Zion, for instance, smells like desert lavender, sage, dried herbs, and sunshine; while Grand Teton brings the mountain vibes with cedarwood, black pepper, and patchouli. 

Wooden National Park Map Checklist

This high-quality Wooden National Park Map Checklist looks great on the wall and is the perfect way for them to track their visits. The map features tiny tree cut-outs for each national park, and as they visit each park, they place a wooden tree in the hole showing they’ve been there. This one can be personalized with a name and quote for a really cool custom gift for national parks lovers. 

A tapestry displaying a dark green map of the United States on a light tan background, with national parks marked by small triangles and labeled, and a list of all parks at the bottom.

US National Parks Wall Tapestry

If their love of the national parks is huge, this US National Parks Wall Tapestry is perfect! It features a giant map of the U.S. with all 63 national parks marked. Select a size from 34”x40” all the way up to 88”x104”! 

An illustrated book cover titled "USA National Parks Family Adventure Guide + Journal" against an orange, topographic-patterned background with colorful illustrations of various national park landscapes, including mountains, forests, and lakes.

USA National Parks Family Adventure Guide & Journal

The whole family will love getting involved in national park adventures with this USA National Parks Family Adventure Guide + Journal: 63 Parks For Parents, By Parents. With loads of information about all 63 parks, this one’s an invaluable resource for planning family trips to the parks. 

A wooden box of playing cards with a black shield logo that says "Protect Our National Parks" is set against a lime green background featuring subtle topographic map lines.

National Parks Playing Cards

With these playing cards, they can play their favorite card game while enjoying scenes from the parks. Choose the elegantly designed National Parks Playing Cards from The Landmark Project or the gorgeously illustrated Lantern Press Protect Our National Parks Playing Cards set, which comes with a pinewood box (available from World Market or Uncommon Goods).

A Swiss Army knife features a design of Mount Rainier National Park with an illustrated mountain, trees, water, and a red cross emblem on the front, and "Mount Rainier National Park - U.S. National Park Service" on a blue background on the back.

National Park Swiss Army Classic Knife

A practical stocking stuffer, this National Parks Edition Swiss Army Knife features one of ten different national park designs, and comes packed with 7 tools in one keychain.

Cover image of the book "National Parks A to Z: Adventure from Acadia to Zion! by Gus D'Angelo," featuring cartoon characters including a bison, an owl, and a fox dressed as park rangers, walking together against a green background with topographical map lines.

National Parks A to Z

For the littlest national parks fans, this National Parks A to Z book helps them practice their ABCs while learning about animals at their favorite parks. From an avocet at Acadia to a zebra-tailed lizard at Zion, this is more than just an A to Z book–it also discusses national park landscapes, history, wildlife, and more. 

The cover of a National Geographic book titled "Secrets of the National Parks: The Experts’ Guide to the Best Experiences Beyond the Tourist Trail" features images of landscapes, wildlife, and scenic spots with text highlighting 350 tips, best wildlife spots, and easy trails.

National Geographic Secrets of the National Parks

They can dig deep into the national parks with this book! National Geographic Secrets of the National Parks contains info from park rangers and local guides about oft-missed sights in famous national parks. They’ll love having this book on hand when planning their next national park adventure.

The image shows a "Little Park Ranger" box set by Mudpuppy, featuring multiple books with colorful illustrations of nature, animals, and iconic park landscapes on a bright green background with a subtle pattern.

Little Park Ranger Board Book Set

Toddlers will love this Little Park Ranger Board Book Set, with four adorable mini board books featuring the land, plants, water, and animals of the national parks. 

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