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The National Park Service saw another year for the record books in 2023. The agency recently released the numbers from last year, and it shows a steady increase in visitors at most parks, with some setting new records. So, which national park gets the most visitors?
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park continues to top the list, but there were plenty of ranking changes from 2022 to 2023.
Take a look at this year’s most visited national parks:
2023 Ranking
National Park
Number of Visitors
2022 Ranking
1
Great Smoky Mountains
13,297,647
1
2
Grand Canyon
4,733,705
2
3
Zion
4,623,238
3
4
Yellowstone
4,501,382
7
5
Rocky Mountain
4,115,837
4
6
Yosemite
3,897,070
6
7
Acadia
3,879,890
5
8
Grand Teton
3,417,106
12
9
Joshua Tree
3,270,404
8
10
Olympic
2,947,503
14
11
Glacier
2,933,616
10
12
Cuyahoga Valley
2,860,059
9
13
Indiana Dunes
2,765,892
11
14
Hot Springs
2,502,967
13
15
Bryce Canyon
2,461,269
15
16
Gateway Arch
2,422,836
17
17
New River Gorge
1,707,223
18
18
Mount Rainier
1,674,294
16
19
Hawaii Volcanoes
1,620,294
19
20
Shenandoah
1,576,008
21
21
Arches
1,482,045
20
22
Capitol Reef
1,268,861
22
23
Death Valley
1,099,632
25
24
Badlands
1,046,400
27
25
Sagurao
1,010,906
28
26
Sequoia
980,567
24
27
Everglades
810,189
23
28
Canyonlands
800,322
29
29
Haleakala
791,292
26
30
Theodore Roosevelt
746,862
32
31
White Sands
729,096
30
32
Glacier Bay
703,659
36
33
Mammoth Cave
654,450
33
34
Kings Canyon
643,065
34
35
Wind Cave
592,459
35
36
Biscayne
571,242
31
37
Crater Lake
559,976
37
38
Petrified Forest
520,491
39
39
Great Sand Dunes
512,219
41
40
Big Bend
509,129
38
41
Mesa Verde
505,194
40
42
Denali
498,722
44
43
Lassen Volcanic
418,978
43
44
Redwood
409,105
42
45
Carlsbad Caverns
394,121
45
46
Kenai Fjords
387,525
46
47
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
357,069
48
48
Virgin Islands
343,685
53
49
Pinnacles
341,220
49
50
Channel Islands
328,746
47
51
Congaree
250,114
52
52
Guadalupe Mountains
227,340
51
53
Voyageurs
220,825
50
54
Great Basin
143,265
54
55
Dry Tortugas
84,285
55
56
Wrangell-St. Elias
78,305
56
57
North Cascades
40,351
58
58
Katmai
33,763
57
59
Isle Royale
28,965
59
60
Kobuk Valley
17,616
61
61
Lake Clark
16,728
60
62
National Park of American Samoa
12,135
63
63
Gates of the Arctic
11,045
62
As the numbers reveal, the popularity of many parks grew last year. And in some cases, some parks saw huge spikes while others lost a bit of their crowds.
What park did you visit in 2023? What are you looking forward to in 2024?
