21 National Parks Gift Ideas Perfect for the Holiday Season
Looking for the perfect gift ideas for the national parks obsessed person in your life?
I’ve got you covered with these fantastic national parks-themed items in a variety of price points for both men and women.
From mugs to posters to home decor, you’ll be sure to find something in the list below. I’ve included items for both home and travel to make this a one stop shopping inspiration for everyone in your outdoorsy family.
Plus, there are smaller items great for stocking stuffers and more impactful gifts that shine on their own.
Below, you’ll find everything you need to do parks-themed shopping quickly and easily. While you can’t wrap up an entire national park, these fun gifts are as close as you can get!
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The Best National Parks Gifts for Adults
Explore some incredible national parks themed gifts for both men and women below.
If you have Amazon Prime, these can all be delivered with their 2 day delivery, which is great for those last minute purchases.
You can also save these ideas for upcoming birthdays or other special occasions as nearly all of them are not specifically holiday themed.
In any case, we’ve got you covered for the easily gift giving experience ever!
National Parks Passport
When I really got into visiting the national parks, this passport was one of my first purchases.
I wish I’d had it even earlier as there are several parks that I’ve visited that I don’t have stamps for.
The official NPS National Parks passport is small enough to stick in a pocket with a sturdy cover that will take a fair amount of jostling and abuse.
This is the one you’ll see being sold in the national parks gift shop!
It also has room for the yearly park stickers, which are released annually to highlight some of the incredible places in the different regions of the US.
There are blank sheets in each of the regional areas for you to get the official cancellation stamps at each of the NPS locations.
This passport is excellent if you’re planning to visit both the national parks and other NPS sites like the national battlefields, national monuments, and national historic sites.
On the other hand, my daughter wanted a passport that had dedicated pages for each of the national parks, something that the official NPS passport doesn’t offer.
She also wanted an area for the official cancellation stamp and space to journal about her visit. After much deliberation, she settled on this National Park Adventure Guide.
It is absolutely beautiful! I’m a little jealous of the vintage-style illustrations for each of the parks as well as the added journaling page.
This book is a few inches larger than official NPS passport, but it does have a similar spiral binding. The cover is made from thick cardboard and there are full color illustrations throughout.
These are great if you’re only visiting the national parks and no other NPS sites as there are no places to add stamps or journaling from non-national park sites.
Either of these would make for an excellent stocking stuffer for anyone you know who loves visiting national parks and having a portable, inexpensive way to keep track of their visits.
National Parks Mug
What better way to start out your morning that with a steaming mug of tea or coffee decorated with cute national parks posters?
Your family member or friend can have that morning every day when you gift this cute mug!
This ceramic mug includes colorful illustrations of various vintage-style posters that highlight a variety of national parks, including Yellowstone, Glacier, Mammoth Cave, Zion, and Yosemite.
It’s microwave and dishwasher safe, so it’s easy to use and take care of.
Plus, the mug arrives already packaged in a white box.
All you’ll need to do is wrap it with some cut wrapping paper, perhaps this roll of cute, outdoor-themed paper!
National Parks Water Bottle with Stickers
I LOVE to keep track of my travels and do so with a variety of journals, passports, checklists, and more.
But this fun water bottle means that you get to share that collection with everyone around you, since all of your accomplishments are on display as you stay hydrated.
Plus, thanks to its personalization by stickers and geometric design, it’s quite the conversation starter.
The original national parks water bottle is by Wondery, who came up with this clever ideas several years ago.
I love that the company pledges to give back 3% of their profits to the National Parks Conservation Association to support ongoing efforts in the parks.
The bottle is made of stainless steel, and the plastic wide mouth lid can be switched out if you don’t like the lid with straw that comes with it.
The water bottle comes with all 63 national parks stickers, which are made from a tough, waterproof laminate. The stickers are bright and eye catching, and they come in a variety of colors to match the color of your selected water bottle.
Plus, this water bottle is on sale, so snap it up for the holiday season while you can!
If you’d rather have a Stanley-style cup with the same concept, check out this national parks tumbler with stickers.
Scratch Off National Parks Poster
Let your friends and family show off their travels with one of these interactive scratch off national parks posters!
My husband bought one for our family, and it’s one of our favorite things to do once we’ve checked off another park.
The poster is made of thick paper which will stand the test of time. It’s large enough to catch your visitor’s eye while still being a manageable size when it’s time to scratch off another destination.
When the poster arrives, you’ll see all of the national parks covered in a metallic finish. You then carefully scratch that covering off with a coin to reveal the full color image for each park.
We’ve found that the metallic covering over each park is easy to remove, even for our younger child. It’s a great way to get the entire family involved in reminiscing about your travels.
Because the poster is so visually striking even without all of the park logos revealed, you can frame it as soon as you get it. We’ve left the glass off until we’ve completed the entire poster for easier access.
When you’ve visited them all, pop on the glass and you’ll have an incredible keepsake.
This is a budget friendly gift for any national parks lover!
National Parks Posters Puzzle
This fun yet challenging puzzle features 34 iconic national parks poster icons once it is completed!
With 1000 pieces, this is a puzzle that will keep the entire family engaged for hours. Since it can be an individual or group activity, this puzzle is a great gift for a couple or family with older kids.
The posters featured in the puzzle’s design are based on the WPA designs created in the 1930s and 1940s to promote America’s national parks.
You can even buy larger versions of the individual posters at the national parks gift shops!
The puzzle includes icons from across the national parks system, featuring Denali, Shenandoah, Death Valley, Big Bend, Zion, and more.
I love to gift things that I know people can use again and again, so this puzzle is perfect for that person in your life who wants something long lasting.
Wooden National Parks Tracker
This beautiful wooden tracker is another excellent way for your friends and family to display their travels!
The map showcases the continental United States with Alaska and Hawaii included in the lower left hand corner.
In each national park location, the wood has been cut to fit a small wooden tree.
The 63 trees to complete the map are included. Each of the trees has peelable sticker paper on the back to help affix it to the proper location on your map.
If you’re looking for something sturdier than the national parks scratch off poster (above), this is a great gift option!
This map is smaller than the poster, but it comes ready to hang. Another upside is that you don’t have to fuss with framing it.
It does come at a higher price point, but the it makes for an attractive and eye-catching present for that outdoorsy person in your life.
National Parks Daily Perpetual Calendar
Take your love of the national parks to your office!
This perpetual calendar comes with a ring binder at the top, colorful illustrations throughout, and a daily fun fact about one of the national parks.
The small size of this desk calendar fits just about anywhere in your office and is a convenient reminder for the day.
By the end of the year, you’ll have learned multiple facts about each of the national parks.
Each of the pages includes a full color photograph or a vintage poster from the spotlighted national park.
Since the pages do not include a year—just a month and day—you simply flip the calendar back to the beginning when January 1 rolls back over again.
Because it doesn’t outlive its usefulness in a single year, this calendar is the gift that keeps on giving.
National Parks Themed Packing Cubes
How cute are these parks-themed packing cubes?
Whether you’re heading out on a 2 week national parks road trip or just to your family’s house for the holidays, you need to stay organized.
We’ve found that packing cubes are a game changer for travel, especially now that we have kids.
We can easily divide out the kids’ clothes into each of the cubes to help them know what to wear each day, keep their suitcases tidy, and make life on the road a little bit easier.
This 7-pack of cubes gives you options in your own travel organization, all while reminding you of your favorite parks. The brightly colored bags each have a different design, which further helps you organize your clothing.
One of the cubes also works as a laundry bag to keep those stinky hiking clothes away from your other gear on the way home.
The cubes have light compression in them and can carry much more than you’d think. There’s also a dedicated shoe cube, which keeps your boots or sneakers away from the rest of your suitcase and clothing.
Subpar Parks by Amber Share
Give a giggle for the holidays this year with this funny book about the parks’ least impressed visitors.
While it might seem impossible to find fault with the stunning landscapes, wildlife, and outdoor opportunities at the national parks, there’s always that one person who has to complain.
To those jaded visitors, Yellowstone’s thermal pools are no more majestic than watching a pot boil on the stove, and Grand Canyon is just another hole in the ground.
Those funny comments are off-set by the author’s tongue-in-cheek writing style and colorful illustrations, which take this book from potentially depressing to funny.
It’s part guidebook, part comedy routine, and fully a great gift. The writing is easy to read, so you can pick it up and put it down in between adventures.
Plus, Share includes fun facts about each park highlighted, so that you’ll come away both entertained and informed for your next visit.
If nothing else, the book reminds us all to truly appreciate the incredible offerings within the national parks system—even if others can’t!
National Parks Cookbook
If you have a friend who loves cooking and the national parks, this cookbook is a no brainer gift.
You’ll get to experience some of the most popular recipes served up at the lodges and restaurants from national parks around the country, as well as even more recipes inspired by the cultures and locations of those parks.
The book is divided into 4 main parts: one on the top 10 visited parks, one on the parks of the East and Midwest, another on the parks of the West, and the final section on the parks in Alaska.
Throughout the book are beautiful, full color photo pages that highlight the parks focused on in the different sections. There are also photos of the completed recipes, which I’m always appreciative of so I know how well (or how poorly) my recipe has turned out.
At the start of each recipe is a short blurb about the park that inspired the food and key tips on how to make that recipe as good as possible.
It makes for a lovely holiday gift or housewarming present, and it will surely be used for years to come.
America’s National Park Candle Collection
Smell the towering sequoias in California, the pines of Glacier, and the desert winds of Joshua Tree when you gift these adorable candles.
The candles are hand poured soy wax, and each comes with a unique scent that’s sure to bring back memories of your time at your favorite national park.
The collection offers up 10 national park-themed candles: Bryce Canyon, Death Valley, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Rocky Mountain, Sequoia, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Zion, so you can customize the gift to your friend or family’s travels.
The candle packaging includes a kraft paper label, brown glass, and vintage-style type, which adds to the earthy feel of the present.
Plus, you’re supporting a small business when you order!
It’s a great choice for a small but thoughtful gift this holiday season.
National Park Ornaments
Decorate your Christmas tree with the national parks!
These handblown glass signs are so cute and will bring your travel memories into your holiday decor.
Each of the ornaments includes a different design of a national parks entrance sign, while the traditional hand blown style elevates any tree.
The individual designs are further highlighted with delicate sprinkles of glitter and cute Christmas elements like Christmas trees and wreaths.
Choose from a variety of national parks to hang on your tree, including Bryce Canyon, Rocky Mountain, Grand Canyon, Acadia, Great Smoky, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Glacier, Sequoia, Zion, Kings Canyon, and Grand Teton.
These beautiful, delicate ornaments are true keepsakes that will be brought out each holiday season with cheer.
Women’s National Park novelty socks
How do you know you’re really an adult? When you are excited to get a pair of socks in your stocking!
These adorable national park printed cotton socks are such a fun, whimsical gift for anyone in your life who loves the national parks.
Give a pair to the lady in your life who loves one of the specific national parks offered, or who dreams of one day visiting.
There are 12 national park designs offered, one each for Grand Teton, Joshua Tree, Olympic, Great Smoky Mountains, Glacier, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Zion, and 2 designs each for Grand Canyon and Rocky Mountain.
The socks are bright and colorful, making them an excellent pair to lounge around in or a fun pop of color in an outfit.
The socks fit most sizes between a women’s 5 and 10, so this a great gift to give everyone at the holidays.
National Parks Word Search Puzzles
Challenge your friends and families and have them put their national parks trivia to the test in these engaging word searches.
This spiral bound book is packed with 160 pages of word search puzzles and clues, each themed to a specific national park or region.
You’ll find a complete, color coded answer guide in the back if you get stuck on any of the puzzles.
See how quickly your friends can find the 14-20 words in each puzzle!
There are a variety of skill levels included, so anyone can find a puzzle that challenges them perfectly.
The book measures 8” by 9”, which is a great size for tossing in a purse or jacket pocket if you know you’re going to have a long wait or downtime somewhere.
It’s a great stocking stuffer, and at a price point of less than $10, it’s one that won’t break the bank in your Christmas shopping.
National Parks Service Patch Hat
Let your friends and family live out their park ranger dreams with this iconic NPS patch trucker hat.
The striking brown hat features the official arrowhead patch of the National Park Service with the bison, mountain, and tree.
The wide brim will keep the sun off of your face on hikes while the beige mesh backing helps to keep your head cool no matter how hard the sun beats down.
Plus, it makes for a great accessory to wear while you’re standing next to some of the national park’s most recognizable icons like Old Faithful, McDonald Lake, giant sand dunes, or New River Gorge.
Since one size fits all, you don’t have to worry about your friend or family member outgrowing it or having to return it for another size.
The neutral brown and khaki is sure to match a wide variety of clothing in your recipient’s wardrobe, too.
Just pop it in a gift bag, and you’re off to the holiday party!
Black Lantern National Parks Pint Glasses
Prost! Add a bit of national park cheer to your next gathering with these elegant pint glasses.
Each set features a bold black and white design that pays homage to one of 8 national parks.
Choose from the Everglades, Canyonlands, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Yosemite, Olympic or Rocky Mountain.
While they’re almost too pretty to use, these glasses are made to be tough enough for daily use, thanks to the heat set ink.
When purchasing these, you’re also supporting a small business based in the US, as every set is hand printed in the Black Lantern store in Colorado.
These are perfect for that guy or gal who already seems to have everything, and the modern, minimalist design is sure to match the drinkware they already own.
These heavyweight glasses come ready for gift giving in a crisp white box, making this one of the easiest gift options on this list.
Rumpl National Park blanket
I received one of these Rumpl National Park blankets last year for my birthday, and it quickly became the first thing I pack on camping trips.
I saw the Yellowstone themed one while I was at Yellowstone National Park, but made the mistake of not buying on the trip. So, you can imagine how excited I was when my parents surprised me with one just a few months later.
These blankets are so versatile for both home and camping, and they are worth every penny. The colorful designs are easy to spot even in a pile of other gear.
The down fill keeps me warm even on chilly nights by the campfire, and (my favorite part) there’s a clasp on the side so you can turn it into a cape for hands-free comfort. Plus, it is machine washable, and water and stain resistant.
It’s also about the same size as a standard sleeping bag, so you can use it as another layer at bedtime, or as a blanket or padding in a hammock.
While I have the Yellowstone Rumpl blanket featuring the colorful Grand Prismatic Springs, there are 8 other designs for Yosemite, Glacier, Grand Teton, Great Smoky Mountains, Zion, Arches, Denali, and Grand Canyon.
These blankets are incredibly well made and would be a great gift for any of your outdoorsy friends. (And yes, they are totally worth the price!)
Staying cozy in my Yellowstone National Park Rumpl blanket on a recent camping trip
National Park Travel Charms
Here’s another unique way to help your friend or family member keep track of their national parks adventures!
If you have someone in your life who loves travel, national parks, and jewelry, these cute charms by Jet Set Candy are the perfect present.
Choose one (or more) of the charms, slip it through a silk cord, metal chain, or leather band, and turn it into a unique gift featuring your recipient’s favorite destination. Choose one of the chains or bracelets from the same company, or add the charms to one you’ve purchased separately.
The charms are made of high quality materials like gold, sterling silver and enamel for an eye-catching piece of jewelry that’s sure to last.
The charms are unique to the specific destination you choose, and each has its own colorful design. There are 13 different charms, one each for Arches, Denali, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Joshua Tree, Olympic, Redwood, Rocky Mountain, Sequoia, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Zion.
Shop the sterling silver and colored enamel charms here.
Shop the gold and colored enamel charms here.
UniKeep National Parks Binder
And last by not least, here’s a great gift option for the scrapbooker in your life!
This unique binder keeps all of those maps, parks brochures, postcards, and stickers in one safe place, so that your recepient can return to see them again and again.
Or, gift it to someone who loves to organize their travels ahead of a trip, so that everything from hotel reservations to national park entrance times will be at their fingertips.
This isn’t an ordinary 3-ring binder, as the front has a plastic lip around it to create a box when the binder is closed.
This design feature keeps any of those important papers from sliding around or out.
The binder features an eye catching, full color cover with various park icons like Delicate Arch from Arches National Park, the geysers from Yellowstone National Park, and a saguaro cactus from Saguaro National Park.
