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National parks charts
6 charts about national parks, each with its public source, its numbers and its date.
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How many people visit America's national parks each year?
Today's 63 national parks had 93.9 million recreation visits in 2025, against the record 94.3 million of 2024 and 52.6 million in 1979, when monthly counts b...
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which months are busiest in the national parks?
July was the busiest month of 2025 at the 63 national parks, with 13.9 million recreation visits, about 15% of the year's total and 4.7 times the 2.98 millio...
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How many visits does the whole National Park System get each year?
All the sites the National Park Service runs, from national parks to monuments, parkways, seashores and memorials, had 323 million recreation visits in 2025,...
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which national parks get the most visitors?
Great Smoky Mountains had 11.5 million recreation visits in 2025, the most of the 63 national parks and 2.3 times as many as the next, Zion (4.98 million). Y...
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which National Park Service sites get the most visitors?
Blue Ridge Parkway had 16.5 million recreation visits in 2025, the most of any site the National Park Service runs, ahead of Golden Gate National Recreation ...
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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Which national parks grew fastest over 10 years?
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 ...
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025