Live National Park Webcams — State-by-State Guide (USA)

The US has 63 official National Parks plus hundreds of National Monuments, Historic Sites, and other NPS units. Webcam coverage is uneven — some parks have multiple cams, many have none. This is the state-by-state directory of every NPS-operated live cam we track.

Alaska

Denali NP

• Wonder Lake area cams (seasonal)
• Park entrance / visitor center cams
• Live coverage best summer (June-September). Winter darkness limits cam usefulness.

Glacier Bay NP

• Limited cam coverage. NPS posts seasonal photo updates.

Katmai NP

• Brooks Falls Bear Cam — most famous wildlife cam in the US (operated by Explore.org in cooperation with NPS). Peak season July 4 - mid August during salmon run.

Kenai Fjords NP

• Visitor center area cam (seasonal)

California

Yosemite NP

• Half Dome (Pixelcaster) — iconic
• Sentinel Dome — valley view
• Turtleback Dome — scenic overlook
• Combined: best NP cam coverage of any park in California

Sequoia & Kings Canyon NP

• ARD large-format cam (/featurecontent/ard/webcams/images/sekilarge.jpg)

Joshua Tree NP

• ARD large-format cam (added May 2026)
• Desert + dramatic boulders. Best at golden hour.

Death Valley NP

• Hot deck visitor cams (limited)
• Not great cam content (mostly bright washed-out daylight)

Colorado

Rocky Mountain NP

• Bear Lake (NPS Beaver Meadows entrance area)
• Long’s Peak view
• Trail Ridge Road (CDOT runs road condition cams)

Mesa Verde NP

• Limited official cams

Florida

Everglades NP

• Limited NPS cam coverage
• Ranger station cams on rotation

Hawaii

Hawaii Volcanoes NP (Big Island)

• Kilauea V1cam, V2cam, V3cam — USGS operates inside the park; the most-watched park cams in the system
• Kilauea-USGS-Summit — JPG snapshot of the active vent
• Mauna Loa from Mauna Kea (MKcam) — sunrise above the cloud deck
• See full breakdown: Hawaii Volcanoes NP guide

Haleakala NP (Maui)

• HaleSummitCamCrater — the iconic crater view. Best at sunrise (huge crowd phenomenon at the actual summit).

Maine

Acadia NP

• Jordan Pond (Bar Harbor Cam, partner cam) — The Bubbles mountains in background
• Cadillac Mountain area — first US sunrise October-March

Montana

Glacier NP

• Lake McDonald — multiple angles
• Apgar Lookout — west glacier overview
• Many Glacier — east-side dramatic views
• Best season: July-September (Going-to-the-Sun Road open). October cams capture early snow.

North Carolina / Tennessee

Great Smoky Mountains NP

• Kuwohi (formerly Clingmans Dome) — 4K resolution, layered blue ridges, signature fog rolls
• Newfound Gap — multiple parking-area cams
• Cades Cove — wildlife viewing

Oregon

Crater Lake NP

• Sinnott Memorial Overlook — south rim view
• Camera (general overlook) — additional angle
• Both open seasonally — winter snow can take cams offline

Utah

Zion NP

• Angels Landing lower viewpoint
• The Watchman view from visitor center area
• Temple of Sinawava (The Narrows trailhead)

Bryce Canyon NP

• ARD ozone monitoring cam (limited)

Arches NP / Canyonlands NP

• Limited official cam coverage

Virginia

Shenandoah NP

• ARD large-format cam (added May 2026)
• Blue Ridge Mountains, fall foliage country

Washington

Olympic NP

• Hurricane Ridge (NPS) — alpine zone
• Hoh Rainforest (limited)
• Pacific coast strip — minimal cam coverage

Mount Rainier NP

• Paradise (mountain view) — south side, classic cam
• Tatoosh Mountains — sub-range view
• East Mountain — alternate angle

North Cascades NP

• Limited NPS cam coverage. Some WSDOT pass cams cover access roads.

Wyoming / Montana

Yellowstone NP

• Mammoth Hot Springs (multiple cams)
• Mount Washburn — northeast Lamar Valley overview
• Electric Peak — northern range
• Old Faithful — official NPS cam (sometimes called “Upper Geyser Basin”)

Grand Teton NP

• Limited NPS cams (Jackson Hole town has more)
• Town Square camera (Jackson Hole)

Pacific Northwest cluster

If you’re focused on the PNW national parks specifically:

• Olympic + North Cascades + Mt Rainier in WA
• Crater Lake + Cascades / Three Sisters in OR

See the dedicated Pacific Northwest webcams cluster post for the regional roundup.

Why use this guide

Most NPS pages bury cam links 3 clicks deep. We’ve collected them all in one place, organized by state. Bookmark this for trip planning, current conditions, or just rotating through your favorite parks.

When NPS adds new cams (which happens 2-3 times per year), they appear here once we add them to our capture rotation.

NPS cam URL patterns (technical reference)

If you want to find/scrape cams for any park yourself, the NPS uses two consistent patterns:

1. /featurecontent/ard/webcams/images/{4-letter-code}large.jpg — Air Resources Division high-res cams. Codes: acad, arch, bryc, cany, glac, grca, grcd (Smokies), grsa, jotr, mora, olym, redw, romo, seki, shen, wrst, yell, yose, zion, etc.

2. /webcams-{4-letter-code}/{filename}.jpg — park-specific feeds. Filenames vary per park.

Both patterns are stable URLs (don’t rotate). Good for personal scraping/timelapse projects.

Visiting

For NPS trip planning, Recreation.gov handles entry permits and timed-entry reservations. Viator’s national park tours covers most major parks with guided options.