Did you know Yellowstone was the first officially established national park in 1872? National park lovers would know that and other statistics about these beautiful locations because of how often they visit and explore.
Here are 25 gifts for national park lovers, perfect for year-round to give for birthdays, Easter, Christmas, or just because!
National park tokens from The Wander Club are sentimental, memorable keepsakes to commemorate a national park lover’s many past adventures. There are more than 50 national park names to choose from when you customize the gift for the adventurer in your life. Choose from national park favorites such as Yosemite, Denali, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Great Smoky Mountains, and more.
Enjoy a discount as you purchase more tokens in one transaction. For an additional fee, inscribe the year the adventurer visited the national park on each token. Don’t forget to choose a token holder for the national park lover to hold all those memories close to them.
Here is another way the national park lover in your life can commemorate their visits to 63 locations throughout the United States: using a national parks pin map. Wendy Gold is the California-born collage artist behind the authentic map design.
When you order the map as a gift, you can personalize it by adding one person’s name, a couple who takes adventures together, or a list of family members that regularly visit national parks. Once the national park lovers receive their gift, they have 100 push pins to mark visited locations.
Besides the 400 parks featured in this exhaustive National Geographic travel guide, adventurers can learn and explore historic sites, national monuments, battlefields, and scenic trails. This acts as an excellent resource for planning future national park trips or as reading material during a travel excursion to support learning about the location during a visit.
PNW Apparel sells a comfy, cuffed beanie in your choice of black, gray, or forest green. A woven patch that says “National Park Service 1916” also has a blue and yellow buffalo on it. Inside the buffalo is a mountainous landscape adorned with sun and clouds for a whimsical and stylish presentation. Adventures at national parks can get cold. What better way to help a national park lover stay warm than with a themed beanie?
The customizable set of national park coasters from Etsy is one of the gifts for national park lovers made for daily enjoyment. Choose from 79 national park coasters to customize a commemorative gift package for the adventurer in your life. Select any quantity of coasters for the gift package.
We recommend about three to five of the national park lover’s favorite locations customize the gift so they can decorate their coffee table in style. Now they can sip their coffee while remembering their national park adventures.
The Western National Parks Association sells a 1,000-piece Smokey the Bear jigsaw puzzle. The gift recipient can spend hours strategically piecing this puzzle as they plan their next adventure.
As an officially licensed Smokey Bear product manufactured with soy ink, this high-quality puzzle can remind national parkgoers about their responsibility for forest fire prevention. Don’t forget this National Park Service icon’s commemorative slogan, “Only you can prevent wildfires.”
Ah, the infamous bucket list. Get the national park lover in your life thinking about their travel bucket list with the 2023 National Park Bucket Journal from Amazon. It functions with three uses a bucket list, a travel planner, and a reflective journal.
Initially published in 2021, the 2023 update now includes New River Gorge Park in West Virginia as an exploration option amongst the 63 national parks included in the journal. Plus, you can take trips to five other national parks not listed in the journal with the blank pages provided so your journal does not become outdated so quickly.
In partnership with the National Park Foundation, Hasbro released the USAopoly National Parks Special Edition game in 1998. They can enjoy an at-home adventure to their favorite national park stops between their real-life scheduled trips.
Rather than purchasing properties on the traditional Monopoly streets, you land on national parks instead. For example, landing in Yosemite National Park incurs $350 to build a property, while Sequoia costs $320. Of course, you must pay the corresponding price to purchase properties throughout the game.
The National Parks Book Bargain Bundle from Anderson Design Group combines an adventure guidebook, a 2023 calendar, a coloring book, a postcard stationery set, and a hard-cover informational book into one interactive gift bundle. The national park lover can hang the calendar on their wall while coloring from home. They can send postcards from their current national park location while referencing the adventure guidebook along the way.
Igloo is infamous for its designs on coolers to keep food and drinks cold. This one is green on the bottom with a white handle that says “National Parks” on it. The entire product is made of recycled materials, which is a nod to especially environmentally-conscious national park lovers. It can fit up to 30 cans of 12-ounce beverages or up to 16 quarts of various food and drinks for your national park lunch picnic.
Adopt a bison calf on behalf of your national park lover from the World Wildlife Fund. Choose from one of three gift packages. The most bang for your buck comes with a baby calf plush, an adoption certificate with a frame, a photo of bison in the wild with information on the back, a surprise gift box, and a gift bag. Proceeds benefit caring for baby bison born every year in the Northern Great Plains of the United States.
The National Parks Coloring Book from Etsy is for the artsy national park lover that likes to get away from it all once in a while by getting creative. Color landscapes inspired by 32 national parks throughout the United States. Alongside each coloring page is a quick description of the national park to learn more about it.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Christmas ornament is one of the many gifts for national park lovers on Amazon from Destinations Decal. Finished with shiny Pewter metal and shaped like a snowflake, the gift recipient can reminisce on their trip to the Great Smoky Mountains as they decorate their Christmas tree every year.
The Nefeeko collapsible water bottle is one of the best gifts for national park lovers because it is instrumental and functional in their daily hikes on mountains and trails. Select from black, blue, green, pink, mint green, purple, and orange.
It’s a leak-proof bottle made of high-quality silicone. The bottle can hold 18 ounces of water. When collapsed down, it can fit easily in your hiking bag so you have room for other tools and extra clothes.
This simple magnet from Etsy speaks a thousand words about a national park lover’s fridge. While being cost-effective, the magnet is also waterproof and resistant to UV rays. Hence, they can take the magnet with them on their adventures when it’s not sitting on their fridge at home. Pair the magnet as a supporting gift alongside their favorite water bottle and survival tools.
National park lovers, assemble for an awesomely themed game night with National Parks Scrabble! It comes with 26 cards themed behind national parks along with four park guides and their specific rules for each one. Challenge each other to spell words related to what you may see in a national park or what could be in your backpack during your adventure.
Hike up the mountain or down a trail in style during your next national park trip by wearing this vintage-style camping T-shirt. Select from one of seven colors including silver gray, slate gray, heather gray, white, blue, yellow, or pink.
Sizes range from small to 3X for men and women and extra small to large for youth including size options for toddlers aged two to four. Hence, the whole family can match with the same shirt in their favorite color.
Every smart national park lover needs a survival kit when they are hiking on mountains and trails. The portable kit includes a compass, water bottle clip, flashlight, firestarter, utility knife, carabiner, emergency blanket, and other much-needed accessories while on your own in the wilderness. What a practical yet instrumentally useful gift!
Is your national park lover tired of setting up camp with a tent or sleeping on the cold ground in a sleeping bag? Give them the gift of an easy camp set-up and a comfortable sleeping experience with the ENO DoubleNest Hammock.
It hooks securely to where you want it to go and has a 400-pound capacity. The nylon material is breathable to control heat levels during slumber and includes a triple-stitched seam for a longer-lasting product. When not in use, fold it up and place it in the backpack provided.
MapleandHen from Etsy prints their national parks tea towels on demand with each order. National park lovers can cook in the kitchen or the wilderness in style with this tea towel that has 63 national park names and fun corresponding artistic images. Made with 100% cotton and measuring 28” x 28” when unfolded, you have ample space to store completed dishes on top of it for easy cleanup.
Ok, so this would not be for the adult traveler, but they can dress their little one in themed national park style with the organic National Parks Advocate onesie from ParkShop. Sizes range from newborn to 18 months with six colors to choose from including pink, yellow, green, white, blue, and gray.
The snap closures for the onesie are nickel-free, and five colors are made with 100% organic cotton. The heather gray variety is made of 15% polyester and 85% cotton.
For the national park lover that favors exploring snowy terrain, this snowshoe kit is a perfect gift option! Made of a strong 6000 aluminum, it can accommodate a 250-pound weight capacity during snow exploration adventures. The snowshoes come with poles to help guide you down the steepest slopes for takeoff.
Get ready for torrential winds when exploring national parks in the fall and winter with the Antarctica Gear heated jacket. Choose from blue, white, or black with universal fits for men and women from extra small to 3X. Made with 100% polyester and three heating levels, you won’t be shivering in the cold again when wearing this heated jacket!
This insulated mug says “And So the Adventure Begins” with a stainless steel body that is break resistant and a cork bottom. It holds 12 ounces of your favorite hot beverage including coffee, tea, hot chocolate, or any cold beverage such as water or juice. Keep your hot beverages warmer longer and cold drinks cooler for extended periods.
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