Gary E. Everhardt (July 8, 1934 – December 27, 2020),[2] was the ninth Director of the US National Park Service (NPS).

He began his NPS career as an engineer in 1957 and rose to the superintendency of Grand Teton National Park in 1972.

As director he oversaw a great increase in park development and interpretive programming for the Bicentennial of the American Revolution.

The return of an NPS careerist to the job was much applauded by park employees and supporters, but Everhardt's leadership fell short of expectations, and the new Carter administration returned him to the field as Blue Ridge Parkway's superintendent in May 1977.

Everhardt pushed wilderness designation and hailed a Presidential proposal for a $1.5 billion Bicentennial Land Heritage Program.