YOUR GUIDES: Visiting America’s Newest National Park

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On Oct. 20, 2026, President Donald Trump signed a document upgrading Chiricahua National Monument to national park status. Congress had given its approval the prior month. Both the U.S. Congress and U.S. President are required for a unit to gain national park status.Chiricahua is our country’s 64th national park, the first new entry to this category since 2020 when West Virginia’s New River Gorge National River became a national park.kAmr9:C:429F2 }2E:@?2= !2C<[ =@42E65 :? 6IEC6>6 D@FE962DE6C? pC:K@?2[ :D 2 D@>6H92E F?FDF2= D6=64E:@? 7@C 82:?:?8 ?2E:@?2= A2C< DE2EFD] xE :D BF:E6 D>2== 2E F?56C d_ DBF2C6 >:=6D W*6==@HDE@?6 4@>AC:D6D ?62C=J b[d__ DBF2C6 >:=6DX[ 92D =:>:E65 G:D:E2E:@? H:E9 f_[___ :?5:G:5F2=D :? a_ad Wv=24:6C }2E:@?2= !2C< H6=4@>65 b]` >:==:@? E96 D2>6 J62CX 2?5 :D AC6EEJ >F49 2 @?6\5:>6?D:@?2= A2C< 2C:=J 7@C :ED F?FDF2= DE2?5:?8 C@4< 7@C>2E:@?D] (96E96C E96 A2C< :D H@CE9J @7 ?2E:@?2= A2C< DE2EFD :D 2? @A6? BF6DE:@?

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