Introducing Parkographer: Track (and Prove) Every U.S. National Park You've Visited
Parkographer is a free tracker for all 63 U.S. National Parks - check off your visits, fill in your map, earn ranks, and GPS-verify you were really there.
I have a confession: for the past 3 years, my record of which National Parks I'd visited was a half- remembered mental list and a chaotic notes-app file. I decided to build something better.
It's called Parkographer, it's free, and it's live today.
What it does
Parkographer tracks your journey through all 63 U.S. National Parks:
- Check off the parks you've visited and watch your map fill in. There's something genuinely satisfying about seeing the country light up one park at a time.
- Rate and date your visits, so your list becomes a real travel journal instead of a vague memory.
- Earn ranks and achievements as you go - from Wanderer on your first park to Grandmaster Cartographer once you've conquered the map.
- Add friends and climb a leaderboard. Turns out "I've done more parks than you" is an excellent motivator.
- Browse community rankings - see which parks the people who've actually been rate highest. Great for deciding where to go next.
The part I'm proudest of: you can prove it
Anyone can check a box. Parkographer lets you GPS-verify a visit: when you're standing inside a park, you tap "verify," and it confirms you're actually within the park's boundary. It's a bucket list you can't (easily) cheat - and honestly, tapping "verify" at the rim of the Grand Canyon and getting that little ✅ is way more fun than it has any right to be.
Verifying is optional - you can always just check parks off the old-fashioned way. But if you're the kind of person who wants the receipts, they're there. Your achievments have a verified tier which reinforces your credibility.
It's free, and it works right now
No app to download — Parkographer runs in any browser, including your phone's. Just sign in with Google and start checking off parks. A native iOS app is on the way, I'll let you know the moment it's out.
Why I built it
The 63 National Parks are one of the best things the US has, and "trying to see them all" is a quietly common life goal. It deserved a better home than a spreadsheet. I wanted something that made the progress feel as good as the trips - a map that fills in, a rank you climb, a profile you can show off, a little friendly competition.
If that sounds like you, I'd love for you to try it.
👉 Start tracking your parks at Parkographer — and tell me how many you've done. I'm building this in the open and reading every piece of feedback.
Which park is at the top of your list? Let me know.