| Park / Original stewards | Days | Best time to visit | UNES CO |
|---|---|---|---|
Yellowstone Shoshone (Tukudika), Crow, Blackfeet, Nez Perce, Bannock, Flathead | 3 to 5 | Late May to June; Sept | Yes |
Grand Canyon Havasupai, Hualapai, Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Southern Paiute | 2 to 4 | Mar to May; Sept to Nov | Yes |
Yosemite Ahwahneechee (Miwok and Mono peoples) | 3 to 4 | Apr to May; Oct | Yes |
Great Smoky Mountains Cherokee Nation -- over 1,000 years of continuous presence | 2 to 3 | Apr to May; early Oct | Yes |
Zion Southern Paiute -- called it Mukuntuweap (straight canyon) | 2 to 3 | Mar to May; Oct to Nov | No |
Acadia Wabanaki: Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot | 3 | Late May to June; late Sept to Oct | No |
Olympic Quileute, Hoh, Quinault, Klallam, Makah, Skokomish | 3 to 4 | July to Sept | Yes |
Glacier Blackfeet Nation, Salish, Kootenai | 3 to 5 | July to mid-Sept | Yes |
Grand Teton Eastern Shoshone, Bannock, Crow, Gros Ventre | 3 to 4 | June to Sept | No |
Rocky Mountain Arapaho, Ute, Cheyenne | 2 to 3 | June to Sept | No |
Mesa Verde Ancestral Puebloans -- cliff dwellings 600 to 1300 CE | 2 | May to Oct | Yes |
Bryce Canyon Paiute -- called the hoodoos legend people turned to stone | 1 to 2 | May to June; Sept | No |
Arches Ute, Navajo, Fremont people (ancestral) | 1 to 2 | Mar to May; Sept to Oct | No |
| Park / Original stewards | Days | Best time to visit | UNES CO |
|---|---|---|---|
Canyonlands Ancestral Puebloans, Fremont, Ute, Navajo | 2 to 3 | Mar to May; Sept to Oct | No |
Everglades Miccosukee, Seminole Nation | 2 to 3 | Dec to Apr (dry season) | Yes |
Hawaii Volcanoes Native Hawaiians -- home of Pele, goddess of fire | 2 | Year-round; fewer crowds Nov to Mar | Yes |
Great Basin Western Shoshone, Northern Paiute | 2 | June to Sept | No |
Shenandoah Manahoac, Monacan; Cherokee and Shawnee | 2 to 3 | Oct for foliage; May to June | No |
Redwood Yurok, Tolowa, Karuk, Wiyot | 2 to 3 | June to Oct | Yes |
Carlsbad Caverns Mescalero Apache, ancestral Jornada Mogollon | 1 to 2 | Spring and fall; summer evenings | Yes |
Death Valley Timbisha Shoshone -- still hold land within the park | 2 | Oct to Apr | No |
Denali Athabascan peoples -- called it Deenaalee, the high one | 3 to 5 | June to Aug | No |
Crater Lake Klamath tribes -- considered the lake sacred | 1 to 2 | July to Sept | No |
White Sands Mescalero Apache, Jornada Mogollon (ancestral) | 1 | Oct to Apr | No |
Heartwood -- June Book Club (Appalachian Trail, ME) Wabanaki -- Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, Micmac | 3+ in Maine | Late May to June; Sept | No |
Brave the Wild River -- Aug Book Club (Grand Canyon, AZ) Havasupai, Hualapai, Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Southern Paiute | 2 to 4 | Mar to May; Sept to Nov | Yes |