New beta feature: your personal national parks map

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We’re excited to introduce a new feature that is now available for beta testing on National Parks USA: the Personal National Parks Map!

The Personal Map is connected to your Explorer Passport and automatically creates your own map of the U.S. National Parks based on the parks you have visited.

Build your own National Parks map​

Start adding the National Parks you’ve visited to your Explorer Passport. Your Personal Map will then show your progress across the United States.

You can keep adding visits as your National Parks journey continues, including multiple visits to the same park.

Parks you still want to explore can be added to your Bucket List, so your Explorer Passport becomes your personal record of both past adventures and future plans.

Your interactive Personal Map​

Your map isn’t just an image. It’s interactive.

You can explore your visited parks directly from the map and use the park markers to visit their pages in the National Parks Explorer.



And when you want a map to keep or share, you can create your own high-resolution version using the Print, PNG and JPG options.

You can even add your name to the exported map — or leave it blank if you prefer.

See my Personal Map​

I’ve already started filling in my own National Parks visits, so you can see an example here:

https://www.national-parks-usa.com/forum/members/guidod.2/?npusa_explorer=map#npusa-explorer

I’ll also share my own exported PNG below as an example of what you can create.

Everyone can join the beta​

The Personal Map is currently in beta, which means we’re still testing and fine-tuning the feature — but it is open for everyone to use.

If you don’t have an account yet, simply register for a free National Parks USA account, start adding the National Parks you’ve visited, and your own Personal Map will begin to take shape.

Existing members can start using it right away.

Help us test it!​

This is exactly what a beta is for, so please give it a try.

Add your visited parks, build your map, try the print/download options and let us know if you encounter anything that doesn’t work as expected — or if you have an idea that could make the feature even better.

And most importantly:

Share your Personal National Parks Map with us!

We’d love to see how much of the National Park System everyone has explored.

Have fun exploring!

 

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How to start your Explorer Passport​

Want to add parks to your Explorer Passport and build your Personal Map? It only takes a few steps:

1. Visit the Places List:
   https://www.national-parks-usa.com/forum/explorer/places/
2. Choose a National Park and open its park page.
3. On the park page, click Passport in the upper-right corner.
4. From there you can:
   
   • Add a visit if you’ve already visited the park.
   • Add to Bucket List if you still want to visit it.

Your Explorer Passport and Personal Map will update automatically as you add parks.

Start adding your parks and see your National Parks journey come to life!

 

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Where to find your Passport & Personal Map​

Once you’ve added some National Parks, you can find your Explorer Passport and Personal Map directly from your own profile.

1. Open your profile
2. Find the Explorer tab in the profile navigation bar.
3. Under Explorer, you’ll find:
   
   • Passport – view your visited parks and Bucket List.
   • Map – view your personal National Parks map.

Your Passport and Personal Map are automatically updated whenever you add new visits or parks to your Bucket List.

You can also print or download your Personal Map as a PNG or JPG and share your National Parks journey with others!

 

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Explore & share​

You can also visit other members’ profiles and view their Explorer Passport and Personal Map when they have chosen to make them visible.

Want to show friends, family or other National Park fans how many parks you’ve explored? Simply share the link to your profile or Personal Map with them.

And if you want an image to share, you can print or download your Personal Map as a PNG or JPG.

Build your Passport, explore other members’ adventures, and share your own National Parks journey!

 

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Your privacy, your choice​

You decide whether other members can see your Explorer Passport and Personal Map.

If you prefer to keep your National Park visits private, you can change the Explorer Passport privacy setting in your profile privacy settings. When set to Only me, other members will not be able to view your Passport or Personal Map.

Prefer to share your adventures? Set it to Everyone and you can share your profile or Personal Map with friends, family and other National Park fans.

You’re always in control of who can see your National Parks journey.

 

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Print & download your Personal Map​

Your Personal Map is yours to print and download. For privacy reasons, only you can use the Print, PNG and JPG options on your own map — other members viewing your profile cannot generate or download your map.

When you choose Print, PNG or JPG, you’ll be asked if you want to add your name to the map.

Enter your name – it will be included on your Personal Map.
Skip – your map will be created without a name.

This makes it easy to create a personalized National Parks map to print, save or share with friends, family or on social media.