The best National Park-themed gifts do more than celebrate the great outdoors—they honor America’s tradition of preserving awe-inspiring landscapes.
These parks give nature lovers the chance to reconnect with the wild, recharge their soul, and experience the vastness of untouched scenery.
Whether it’s hand-drawn maps, outdoor gear, or keepsakes that inspire their next adventure, these thoughtful gifts for National Parks fans will keep their love for these incredible spaces alive all year long.
Here are the gifts every National Park fan will adore this holiday season.
It offers access to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites, including all the National Parks, for a full year.
But why not up your gift-giving game by getting them this bundle, instead? It includes the National Park pass plus a membership to AllTrails+, an outdoor app with more than 200 National Park guides, offline maps, and 3D views of trails.
The bundle has everything they need to plan, explore, and enjoy their next adventure like a pro.
Each one depicts an iconic scene from an actual park (think: Joshua trees, snow-capped Rocky Mountain peaks, the forest-flanked beaches of Acadia).
And with a portion of each purchase donated to the National Parks Foundation, these necklaces make genuinely heartfelt gifts.
Check out these cozy beanies from The Landmark Project, an apparel and accessories brand focused on iconic outdoor destinations.
Crowned by a classic pom-pom, each colorful hat features the name of a National Park on its brim and relevant artwork—like the cliffs of Zion and the bison of Yellowstone—on its body.
It’ll keep a loved one warm and help them shine a spotlight on one of their favorite parks.
It features seven distinctive flip-out tools, including a blade, nail file, scissors, and tweezers, all tucked within a case they’ll admire for years.
Choose from a dozen different designs depicting some of the most popular parks, including Yellowstone, Everglades, and Rocky Mountain National Park.
Inside the wallet-style folio, you’ll find 10 blank notecards printed with Rice’s paintings of Half Dome and Yosemite Falls in full color on high-quality paper.
It’s a thoughtful gift for a National Park enthusiast who hasn’t lost the art of old-fashioned letter writing
Readers will chuckle when they read baffling thoughts from these reviewers, like one who said Glacier National Park was “too cold for me” and another who felt that Bryce Canyon was just “too spiky!”
It’s not all snark, though. The book balances its irreverent side with genuine anecdotes and tips from rangers and insights into the most popular parks.
Each of the eight scents draws inspiration from a specific park. The Yosemite National Park car fragrance, for instance, alludes to the park’s native foliage with a woody cottonwood and oak aroma.
These air fresheners come with a couple of bonuses, too. They feature a QR code that links to a handy visitor guide for each park.
Better yet, a portion of each purchase is directed to the National Park Foundation to support conservation and preservation efforts.
The limited-edition straight bourbon whiskey is made from 100% Wyoming-grown grains and water from a local limestone aquifer.
It complements the flavors of the holidays with notes of créme brulee, vanilla, candied ginger and dark chocolate.
In honor of the bourbon’s release, Wyoming Whiskey donated $150,000 to Yellowstone Forever to help support park preservation efforts.
Handmade in the U.S., each map can be customized with the name of an individual, couple, or family, and arrives ready to hang on the wall.
It also comes with 100 map pins the recipient can use to mark where they’ve been (and see at a glance which other parks they still need to visit).
While designed for cycling, the comfortable zip-up jersey can also keep you cool and dry while hiking or doing any other outdoor activity.
Primal’s got versions of this jersey for both men and women, as well as others themed around several different parks, so poke around the site to find a great gift for the National Park enthusiast on your ‘nice’ list.
It comes with a mix of toy hiking gear—including a working flashlight, map and activity card, wooden granola bar, safety whistle, and first aid items—along with binoculars that showcase scenes of the Grand Canyon on four photo discs.
After playing with this set, they’ll be begging you to pack up the car and head straight to the Grand Canyon for a real-life adventure!
The stainless steel bottle is printed with black-and-white icons of 63 National Parks in the U.S.
As your favorite Parks fan visits each destination, they can use the accompanying stickers to track it on the bottle, bringing each illustration into full color.
Plus, this well-designed bottle will keep them hydrated as they hit the parks.
Packed in a set of three, each notebook features vintage-style art from a specific National Park, along with a brief history of that park printed inside of the front cover.
Better still, 5 percent of sales go to the National Park Service, helping preserve these natural treasures for years to come.
Filled with eye candy, this 367-page hardcover book features stunning full-color images of National Park sites, along with essential info readers can use to plan their next adventure in the American wild.
It comes from Parks Project, a purpose-driven brand that donates millions of dollars to National Parks-focused nonprofits, so consider it the gift that keeps on giving.
She uses her experience camping in National Parks throughout the country to come up with distinctive fragrances that evoke each park’s unique atmosphere, like peppercorn, vanilla, and juniper berry for Rocky Mountain and desert lavender, sage, and dried herbs for Zion. The candles have a 45-hour burn time and come wrapped in retro artwork.
Give a National Parks traveler this portable telescope from Celestron so they can take advantage of stargazing opportunities on their next trip.
Designed for people on the move, the scope and tripod fit comfortably in their accompanying backpack and can be set up at a moment’s notice—perfect for spotting planets, the moon, and star clusters on even the most far-flung adventures.
The super-soft premium fleece throw comes in three earthy colors and features original art that showcases the history and characteristic features of the park, including its towering sequoias and gushing waterfalls.
Well Told also has designs for Acadia, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Great Smoky Mountains, so you can give someone a blanket themed around their personal favorite National Park. What’s more, every sale supports the National Park Foundation.
Made from sustainably sourced merino wool, the hand-embroidered ornament nods to the badges worn by park rangers.
It’s a charming gift someone will find new ways to display long after the holidays are over.
These ones from Xplorer Maps have been created through a partnership with the National Park Service and each of the park’s official nonprofit partners in an effort to ensure the cartography is geographically accurate and culturally relevant.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park map, for example, is speckled with inspiring illustrations of the park’s wildlife and plants, as well as famed attractions, like Clingmans Dome.
Choose from lithographic prints or a matted and framed map that’s ready to hang on a wall.
Check out Lucky Bears. Designed by a mother-daughter team who have a shared love of the parks, this fast-paced game requires a bit of quick-thinking and strategy to gather National Park tokens.
But watch out for the mischievous bears along the way!
Give them this fun puzzle from Galison for the holidays to keep them connected with all of America’s National Parks, even when it’s too cold to go outside.
It features a map of the U.S. and its parks illustrated by artist Anne Bentley, broken up into 1,000 pieces. It may even help them find new National Parks to add to their bucket list.
Designed to withstand even the most rugged conditions, this waterproof, crush-proof, and dust-proof case from Evergreen protects your essentials, including action cameras, hard drives, keys, and more.
It’s lightweight, floats while holding up to 3 pounds of gear, and is tough enough to handle everything from mountain trails to lake days.
The best part? It comes in a variety of National Park-themed designs.
It showcases four classic vintage posters of some of the most popular National Parks: Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Zion, and Lassen Volcanic.
This National Park gift also comes with the added bonus of a fold-out insert to use as a puzzle guide then hang as a poster after you plug in the last piece of the puzzle.
Score!
Available in five neutral colors, the hoodie comes emblazoned with an eye-catching illustration of the famous arch in St. Louis, which memorializes the Westward Expansion of the United States during the 19th century.
Proceeds of each sale go to support the nonprofit dedicated to the preservation and conservation of Gateway Arch National Park.
This one captures the sunset at Cholla Cactus Garden, setting a dreamy mood in a space. The limited-edition fine art print is available in almost any size and can come matted, framed, and ready to wrap!
With notes of fern and cactus flower, the soy wax Grand Canyon candle evokes the earthiness and serenity of the Southwest’s most famous landscape.
The short-sleeve shirt depicts Smokey Bear, who has been the face of forest fire prevention and awareness for nearly 80 years.
And for every shirt sold, the Landmark Project will donate a portion of sales to nationwide wildfire prevention campaign.
This unisex garment will become the recipient’s go-to hiking shirt.