What is the most difficult National Park to visit?
Darrion Dickinson
2025-10-18 20:01:23
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There are 63 national parks.
According to KÜHL, Grand Canyon and Wrangell-St. Elias in Alaska are the “most dangerous,” followed by Isle Royale in Michigan, North Cascades in Washington and Dry Tortugas off the coast of Florida.
It’s important to note that these rankings are based on seven criteria: total deaths, missing people, search and rescue missions, park ranger presence, proximity to hospitals, trail alerts and visitor data all from National Park Service websites and Google maps.
For proximity to hospitals, KÜHL checked if there was a 24-hour hospital within a one- hour drive of the park.
Both Isle Royale and Dry Tortugas are on islands.
Many other parks are, by nature, in remote places.
What’s the most dangerous park?
That’s the wrong question to ask.
The question is, how can I plan and prepare a safe and amazing adventure to a national park?