We love board games! We love national parks! I wanted to dig up the fun games that combined both of those loves and share them. Always be sure to check out the game selection when you visit national park gift shops, too! We scored a great deal on Trekking the National Parks while we were in the Badlands over the summer.
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10+ national parks board game options
These national park trivia cards are designed to go with a classic Trivial Pursuit board, but it would be fun and easy to use these just quizzing each other, too! I especially love that they’re sold by the National Park Foundation.
- Suggested age range: 12+
- 2+ players
Everyone knows yahtzee but this National Park Yahtzee version kicks it up with fun little critter designs and national park facts mixed in!
- Suggested age range: 8+
- 1+players
Trekking the National Parks is a super popular game that plays similarly to Ticket to Ride, moving around the board with a mix of luck and strategy to connect to the different parks. I love that it was designed by a family who went to all the parks with their kiddo, too!
- Suggested age range: 10+ (I think this is too high, our 6 year old can play!)
- 2-5 players
Another classic game with a twist, this National Parks Monopoly gets great reviews! I’m not normally a fan but it would be fun to “own” Acadia right?
- Suggested age range: 8+
- 2-6 players
I haven’t heard much about PARKS but it looks beautiful and the reviews are good! Players take different hikes and collect memory tokens, moving along an illustrated board.
- Suggested age range: 10+
- 1-5players
From the makers of Trekking the National Parks, the newer trivia game has everyone making a guess at trivia question answers and whoever is closest to the right answer wins points!
- Suggested age range: 10+
- 2-6 players
A second monopoly version that’s geared at younger kids, National Parks Opoly!
- Suggested age range: 6+
- 2-4 players
Memory games are classic and this national park memory game looks beautiful!
- Suggested age range: 8+
- 1+players
A twist on all the board games, this is a bingo game that travels with you! Play bingo while you drive, placing stickers when you spot different wildlife species while actually inside the national parks.
- Suggested age range: N/A
- 1+ players
Who loves playing bingo! Here is a national parks bingo game, with beautiful parks photos and a classic bingo experience.
- Suggested age range: N/A
- 1+ players
We have this one, Guess that Park is a trivia game that teaches national park trivia, it’s a fun one.
- Suggested age range: 8+
- 2+ players
Okay, no actual board, but lots of game players can use national park playing cards! These are such pretty designs, they sell these in the national park gift shops often too.
Have you played any of these? Or did I miss any of your favorites? Leave a comment for me!
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