National Parks Are The Best Place To Elope

Elope in a National Parks

Some of the most beautifully Majestic places in the United States are national parks. What better venue is there than the natural one that you already love exploring as a couple. The place that even brought you together as the couple you are today. The great outdoors that made you realize this is THE person you want to explore with.

We can thank President Theodore Roosevelt for signing the Antiquities Act and the many environmentalists, like John Muir who fought for wilderness preservation. So many glorious lands were preserved for the people of the United States. For more information on the history, check out The History Channel and The National Park Foundation.

We all want to make sure the parks stay alive and thrive as they naturally would without adverse human influence. Let’s practice Leave no trace and follow all the local rules of the parks. All of the National Parks have slightly different rules for wedding ceremonies, so check the website. When in doubt, call the ranger’s station and they will know all the details and can answer any questions you may have. Most of them will require a wedding ceremony permit with a location and date.

Here’s a full list of all 61 National Parks in the U.S.:

Acadia National Park: Maine

American Samoa National Park: American Samoa

Arches National Park: Utah

Badlands National Park: South Dakota

Big Bend National Park: Texas

Biscayne National Park: Florida

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park: Colorado

Bryce Canyon National Park: Utah

Canyonlands National Park: Utah

Capitol Reef National Park: Utah

Carlsbad Caverns National Park: New Mexico

Channel Islands National Park: California

Congaree National Park: South Carolina

Crater Lake National Park: Oregon

Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Ohio

Death Valley National Park: California, Nevada

Denali National Park: Alaska

Dry Tortugas National Park: Florida

Everglades National Park: Florida

Gates of the Arctic National Park: Alaska

Gateway Arch National Park: Missouri

Glacier Bay National Park: Alaska

Glacier National Park: Montana

Grand Canyon National Park: Arizona

Grand Teton National Park: Wyoming

Great Basin National Park: Nevada

Great Sand Dunes National Park: Colorado

Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Tennessee, North Carolina

Guadalupe Mountains National Park: Texas

Haleakalā National Park: Hawaii

Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park: Hawaii

Hot Springs National Park: Arkansas

Indiana Dunes National Park: Indiana

Isle Royale National Park: Michigan

Joshua Tree National Park: California

Katmai National Park: Alaska

Kenai Fjords National Park: Alaska

Kings Canyon National Park: California

Kobuk Valley National Park: Alaska

Lake Clark National Park: Alaska

Lassen Volcanic National Park: California

Mammoth Cave National Park: Kentucky

Mesa Verde National Park: Colorado

Mount Rainier National Park: Washington

North Cascades National Park: Washington

Olympic National Park: Washington

Petrified Forest National Park: Arizona

Pinnacles National Park: California

Redwood National Park: California

Rocky Mountain National Park: Colorado

Saguaro National Park: Arizona

Sequoia National Park: California

Shenandoah National Park: Virginia

Theodore Roosevelt National Park: North Dakota

Virgin Islands National Park: United States Virgin Islands

Voyageurs National Park: Minnesota

Wind Cave National Park: South Dakota

Wrangell—St. Elias National Park: Alaska

Yellowstone National Park: Wyoming, Montana, Idaho

Yosemite National Park: California

Zion National Park: Utah

If you’ve ever been to any of these parks, you know, they are pretty amazing. You explore the land like it was always meant to be explored, no big obnoxious buildings, no noisy drones, no trash laying around and no loud music. You are viewing the land untouched and perfectly preserved. This is what we all dream of every time we enter a National Park.

This is why we practice, Leave No Trace! We want to leave our National Parks better than how we found them! To learn more about LNT, check out

These National Parks are already so much of a part of your weekend warrior life that it is the perfect spot to say your vows. It will bring even more meaning to your favorite places! It’s an adventure to get married and you might as well make your vows a really big adventure!