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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, just below the record 94.3 million of 2024 and up from 52.6 million in 1979, when month...
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 is the busiest month: the 63 national parks had 13.9 million recreation visits in July 2025, about 15% of the year's total and more than four times the ...
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, more than twice any other of the 63 national parks. Zion (5.0 million), Yellowstone (4.8 mi...
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?
The Blue Ridge Parkway had 16.5 million recreation visits in 2025, the most of any of the 400 sites the National Park Service runs, just ahead of Golden Gate...
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?
From 2015 to 2025, Redwood's recreation visits grew 128%, to 1.2 million, most of it in 2025 alone. Hot Springs (76%), Kings Canyon (67%), Pinnacles (66%) an...
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025