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Welcome to the Western National Parks Store

With your help, we’ve provided more than $176 million in support to national parks. 

This store is operated by Western National Parks (WNP), a nonprofit education partner of the National Park Service (NPS). WNP supports more than 71 parks across the West, developing products, services, and programs that enrich the visitor experience. 

Since 1938 WNP has worked to connect new generations to parks in meaningful ways, all with one simple goal: to create advocates who want to preserve and protect these special places for everyone, for all time. 

Every Purchase Makes a Difference  

When you shop, donate, or become a member with Western National Parks, you're doing more than checking out—you’re giving back. Your support helps fund educational programs, ranger talks, cultural demonstrations, youth activities, community events, vital research, and park projects across more than 71 national parks and monuments.  

These programs don’t just enhance the visitor experience—they plant the seeds of lifelong connection. When children attend a Junior Ranger event or a family joins a guided hike, they learn to value and protect our public lands. Many of today’s park stewards, advocates, and volunteers got their start with a simple visit or a meaningful moment in a national park.  

 Every purchase creates a ripple effect—strengthening today’s parks and inspiring tomorrow’s advocates.  

Support the parks. Shop with purpose.

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A place for everyone to immerse, learn, and marvel

WNP has made the national park experience possible for everyone since 1938, when the staff of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument decided to form a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the educational mission of the NPS.

Thank you for helping make the national park experience possible.

Here are just a few highlights from WNP history:

July 22, 1938

Southwest Monuments Association (SWMA), the precursor to WNPA, is established in Casa Grande, Arizona. It serves 18 national monuments.

December 1938

SWMA publishes its first book, The Guide to Southwestern National Monuments. The third editionis still in print today and can be purchased here.

1940s

the SWMA home office consolidates with the NPS Regional Office in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

1952

the SWMA home office relocates to Globe, Arizona.

Late 1960s

because SWMA now serves more than just national monuments, it reincorporates as Southwest Parks and Monuments Association (SPMA).

1972

SPMA serves 37 partner parks.

1984

the SPMA home office relocates to Tucson, Arizona.

1988

by its 50th anniversary, SPMA works with 48 partner parks, has an award-winning publishing program, and funds grants to support scientific research in its parks.

1993

SPMA’s cumulative financial aid to parks exceeds $10 million.

2002

SPMA moves to its current home in Oro Valley, Arizona, putting corporate and warehouse operations under one roof. They also opened The National Parks Store.

2002

SPMA reincorporates as Western National Parks Association (WNPA). WNPA serves 62 national parks.

2011

WNPA becomes a major sponsor of the Tucson Festival of Books and hosts The National Park Experience Pavilion.

2016

WNPA’s online store, Western National Parks Store, undergoes a major redesign, making it easier for more people to bring the parks home.

2018

By its 80th anniversary, WNPA supports 71 national parks and operates 81 park stores.

2025

Western National Parks Association (WNPA) rebrands as Western National Parks (WNP), reflecting a renewed focus on connecting people with the parks they love.