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Pendleton’s beanie carries the stripes from its park blankets onto the cuff, with a small tab naming the park. It’s a good choice if you prefer color to a landscape patch. Grand Canyon, Crater Lake, Glacier, Olympic, Yellowstone and Acadia are available, while the Zion color is sold out.
Our picks
Beanie$35
Pendleton
Your park’s stripes on the cuff, with a small name tab.
Cheaper in the park$29.50
Pendleton · sold by Yellowstone General Stores
The Yellowstone beanie for $29.50 at the park’s general stores.
Smokies$29.50
National Park Trucker Hat, Smoky Mountains
Pendleton
A log cabin in fall color on a brown trucker, $29.50.
What it sells
Pendleton is a family-owned Oregon company that has made woolens since 1863, and its park collection started with a Glacier blanket in 1916. The park hats are a stripe beanie and a trucker cap.
The beanie has the park’s stripes on the cuff and a small tab with its name.
The trucker has Pendleton’s emblem for the park on the front, a rope across the flat brim and a mesh back. It comes for Glacier, Grand Canyon, Crater Lake, Yellowstone, Joshua Tree and Olympic.
Before you buy
Where the money goes
Pendleton says part of every National Park Collection purchase goes to the National Park Foundation, and that it has given nearly $2.4 million so far.
The other brands that give are in which national park hats give back.
Where to buy
Pendleton’s site charges $9.95 to ship orders under $150. You have 60 days to return a hat, and returns are free at a Pendleton store but cost $9.25 by mail.
In the parks, Delaware North’s general stores sell the Yellowstone beanie and trucker and the Grand Canyon beanie and trucker for $29.50 each.
The hats
Best for your park's colors on a beanie
National Park Stripe Beanie
Pendleton
- Style
- Cuffed knit beanie
- Design
- Park stripes on the turn-back cuff; seven park colorways
- Made of
- Acrylic
- Fit
- One size, pull-on
- Care
- Hand wash cold, dry flat (Pendleton says)
- Giving
- Pendleton says it supports the National Park Foundation, nearly $2.4 million so far
- Made in
- USA, of imported material (Pendleton says)
- Reviews
- 4.5 from 77 reviews on Pendleton's site
The stripes are easy to recognize if you know Pendleton’s blankets, but the beanie is acrylic rather than wool. It’s made in the US and needs to be dried flat after hand washing.
Downsides
It’s acrylic, so it’s for camp and the car more than a cold, wet hike. Some buyers say the top is boxy and doesn’t sit close to the head.
Best for Pendleton's park emblem on a cap
National Park Trucker Hat
Pendleton
- Style
- 5-panel trucker cap with mesh panels
- Design
- Pendleton park emblem patch
- Made of
- Cotton and polyester
- Fit
- Snapback
- Giving
- Pendleton says it supports the National Park Foundation, with nearly $2.4 million contributed so far
- Reviews
- 5.0 from 2 reviews on Pendleton's site
The trucker uses Pendleton’s park emblem in place of the beanie’s stripes. Its foam front and flat brim give it a more structured shape, with a rope along the visor.
Best for the Yellowstone beanie for less
Yellowstone Stripe Beanie
Pendleton, sold by Yellowstone General Stores
- Style
- Knit beanie
- Design
- Pendleton's Yellowstone park stripes
- Made of
- 100% acrylic
- Fit
- Pull-on; one size
- Care
- Hand wash (store page)
- Giving
- Sold by a for-profit park concessioner; part of its franchise fee goes to the park
Yellowstone General Stores sells a Pendleton Yellowstone stripe beanie for $29.50, $5.50 less than Pendleton’s own price.
Best for the only Pendleton cap for the Smokies
National Park Trucker Hat, Smoky Mountains
Pendleton
- Style
- Trucker cap, brown front with brown mesh sides and back (as pictured)
- Design
- Octagonal park patch with a log cabin in fall color
- Made of
- Cotton/polyester (listing; no split given)
- Fit
- One size, snapback; no size range listed
- Care
- Spot clean (listing)
- Giving
- Pendleton says it supports the National Park Foundation, nearly $2.4 million so far
It’s a $29.50 brown trucker with an octagonal patch of a log cabin in fall color.