32 responses

US national parks: where I'd live, averaged

Would you live in each national park? Every national park is colored by its mean rating. This is a survey of the people who filled it in, not of the country.

Park locations from the National Park Service, public domain.
Acadia National Park: 3.67 average; 12 responsesArches National Park: 3.20 average; 10 responsesBadlands National Park: 3.09 average; 11 responsesBig Bend National Park: 2.92 average; 12 responsesBiscayne National Park: 2.77 average; 13 responsesBlack Canyon of the Gunnison National Park: 3.80 average; 15 responsesBryce Canyon National Park: 3.10 average; 10 responsesCanyonlands National Park: 3.10 average; 10 responsesCapitol Reef National Park: 3.20 average; 10 responsesCarlsbad Caverns National Park: 2.67 average; 12 responsesChannel Islands National Park: 3.43 average; 14 responsesCongaree National Park: 2.20 average; 10 responsesCrater Lake National Park: 3.50 average; 12 responsesCuyahoga Valley National Park: 2.00 average; 11 responsesDenali National Park: 3.48 average; 25 responsesDeath Valley National Park: 2.18 average; 17 responsesDry Tortugas National Park: 2.43 average; 14 responsesEverglades National Park: 2.71 average; 14 responsesGates of the Arctic National Park: 3.09 average; 23 responsesGlacier National Park: 4.00 average; 13 responsesGlacier Bay National Park: 3.48 average; 23 responsesGreat Basin National Park: 2.45 average; 11 responsesGrand Canyon National Park: 3.39 average; 18 responsesGreat Sand Dunes National Park: 2.54 average; 13 responsesGreat Smoky Mountains National Park: 4.09 average; 11 responsesGrand Teton National Park: 4.36 average; 11 responsesGuadalupe Mountains National Park: 2.83 average; 12 responsesHaleakalā National Park: 3.47 average; 15 responsesHawai'i Volcanoes National Park: 3.21 average; 14 responsesHot Springs National Park: 2.14 average; 14 responsesIndiana Dunes National Park: 2.46 average; 13 responsesIsle Royale National Park: 3.23 average; 13 responsesGateway Arch National Park: 1.86 average; 14 responsesJoshua Tree National Park: 2.80 average; 15 responsesKatmai National Park: 3.39 average; 23 responsesKenai Fjords National Park: 3.43 average; 23 responsesKings Canyon National Park: 3.27 average; 15 responsesKobuk Valley National Park: 3.04 average; 23 responsesLake Clark National Park: 3.26 average; 23 responsesLassen Volcanic National Park: 3.38 average; 16 responsesMammoth Cave National Park: 2.17 average; 12 responsesMesa Verde National Park: 2.85 average; 13 responsesMount Rainier National Park: 4.30 average; 10 responsesNew River Gorge National Park and Preserve: 2.56 average; 9 responsesNorth Cascades National Park: 4.00 average; 10 responsesNational Park of American Samoa: 2.75 average; 20 responsesOlympic National Park: 4.10 average; 10 responsesPetrified Forest National Park: 3.00 average; 15 responsesPinnacles National Park: 3.13 average; 15 responsesRedwood National Park: 3.63 average; 16 responsesRocky Mountain National Park: 3.87 average; 15 responsesSaguaro National Park: 2.73 average; 15 responsesSequoia National Park: 3.73 average; 15 responsesShenandoah National Park: 3.20 average; 10 responsesTheodore Roosevelt National Park: 3.25 average; 12 responsesVirgin Islands National Park: 3.10 average; 10 responsesVoyageurs National Park: 3.15 average; 13 responsesWhite Sands National Park: 2.50 average; 12 responsesWind Cave National Park: 3.18 average; 11 responsesWrangell-St. Elias National Park: 3.18 average; 22 responsesYellowstone National Park: 4.15 average; 13 responsesYosemite National Park: 3.81 average; 16 responsesZion National Park: 3.50 average; 10 responses
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The ranking
Highest average first
  1. 01Grand Teton National Park4.36n=11
  2. 02Mount Rainier National Park4.30n=10
  3. 03Yellowstone National Park4.15n=13
  4. 04Olympic National Park4.10n=10
  5. 05Great Smoky Mountains National Park4.09n=11
  6. 06Glacier National Park4.00n=13
  7. 07North Cascades National Park4.00n=10
  8. 08Rocky Mountain National Park3.87n=15
  9. 09Yosemite National Park3.81n=16
  10. 10Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park3.80n=15
  11. 11Sequoia National Park3.73n=15
  12. 12Acadia National Park3.67n=12
  13. 13Redwood National Park3.63n=16
  14. 14Crater Lake National Park3.50n=12
  15. 15Zion National Park3.50n=10
  16. 16Denali National Park3.48n=25
  17. 17Glacier Bay National Park3.48n=23
  18. 18Haleakalā National Park3.47n=15
  19. 19Kenai Fjords National Park3.43n=23
  20. 20Channel Islands National Park3.43n=14
Where people disagreed most
Widest split first
  1. Sequoia National Park60% agreed · n=15
  2. Joshua Tree National Park33% agreed · n=15
  3. Channel Islands National Park36% agreed · n=14
  4. Yosemite National Park56% agreed · n=16
  5. Kings Canyon National Park33% agreed · n=15
  6. Kobuk Valley National Park26% agreed · n=23
  7. National Park of American Samoa35% agreed · n=20
  8. Redwood National Park44% agreed · n=16
  9. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park27% agreed · n=22
  10. Denali National Park40% agreed · n=25