The U.S. National Park Service
and its 392 different locations have hosted almost record numbers of
visitors in recent years. In response, many of the parks have created plans
to handle the large crowds. In 2009, about 285 million people visited one of
the various parks, which is the highest number since 1999 when just over 287
million people visited.
|
Rank |
Name and location |
Number of visitors |
|
1. |
Blue Ridge PKWY |
18,953,478 |
|
2. |
Golden Gate NRA |
13,486,824 |
|
3. |
Great Smoky Mountains
NP |
9,289,215 |
|
4. |
Gateway NRA |
8,456,456 |
|
5. |
Lake Mead NRA |
7,777,753 |
|
6. |
George Washington
Memorial PKWY |
6,872,213 |
|
7. |
Natchez Trace PKWY |
5,713,583 |
|
8. |
Delaware Water Gap NRA |
5,254,216 |
|
9. |
Grand Canyon NP |
4,487,716 |
|
10. |
Cape Cod NS |
4,279,439 |
Top 10 Most
Visited National Parks
|
Rank |
Park Name |
Visitation |
|
1. |
Great Smoky Mountains NP
|
9,289,215 |
|
2. |
Grand Canyon NP
|
4,279,439 |
|
3. |
Yosemite NP
|
3,242,644 |
|
4. |
Yellowstone NP
|
2,870,295 |
|
5. |
Olympic NP
|
2,749,197 |
|
6. |
Rocky Mountain NP
|
2,743,676 |
|
7. |
Zion NP
|
2,567,350 |
|
8. |
Cuyahoga Valley NP
|
2,468,816 |
|
9. |
Grand Teton NP
|
2,406,476 |
|
10. |
Acadia NP
|
2,083,588 |
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Our Kid Magazine's Top 10
National Parks
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Glacier National Park, Montana
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park,
New Mexico
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Yellowstone, Wyoming
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Sequoia/Kings Canyon National
Park, California
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
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Grand Canyon National Park,
Arizona
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Everglades National Park, Florida
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Rocky Mountain National Park,
Colorado
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Olympic National Park,
Washington
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Mesa Verde, Colorado
GORP's top
10 Biking National Parks
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Acadia, ME
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Shenandoah, VA |
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Big
Bend, TX |
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Rocky
Mountain, CO |
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Grand
Teton, WY |
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Canyonlands, UT |
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Death
Valley, CA |
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Redwood, CA |
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Crater Lake, OR |
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Olympic, WA |
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This listing of the
Top Ten Most Popular National Parks is constantly being revised on an annual basis. So, if you feel we are missing one,
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