Chart assignment
Charts to read and discuss
Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.
Chart 1 of 1 · National parks
Which national parks grew fastest over 10 years?
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Over the 10 years to 2025, Redwood's recreation visits grew 128%, the most of the parks compared. Hot Springs (76%), Kings Canyon (67%), Pinnacles (66%) and New River Gorge (66%) came next. Only parks with at least 100,000 visits in the first of those years are compared. A sudden one-year jump can come from a change in how a park counts visitors, not only from more visitors.
Questions to discuss
- In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
- Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
- Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics (Public domain (U.S. government work); source National Park Service) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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