national park

noun

: an area of special scenic, historical, or scientific importance set aside and maintained by a national government and in the U.S. by an act of Congress

Examples of national park in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And so, in late September, my friend Sarra and I plotted a week-long road trip linking four national parks and three state parks in Utah. — Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2026

The funding for the tree removal is also coming from visitor fees collected at the nation’s biggest national parks. — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026

The department’s mandate includes overseeing tribal affairs, managing national parks, regulating extractive industries like coal and operating dams across the West. — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2026

How to Get Around You’ll definitely want to have your own car to explore the greater Gatlinburg area and have free range in the national park. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for national park

• arc
• ark
• bark
• barque
• dark
• hark
• lark
• marc
• mark
• marque
• narc
• quark

Kids Definition

national park

noun

: an area of special scenic, historical, or scientific importance set aside and maintained by a national government and in the U.S. by an act of Congress