🏞️ Most Visited US National Parks
National parks ranked by recreation visits in the latest full year.
Great Smoky Mountains12%
Zion5.3%
Yellowstone5.1%
Grand Canyon4.7%
Yosemite4.6%
Rocky Mountain4.4%
Acadia4.3%
Grand Teton4%
Olympic3.8%
Glacier3.3%
Cuyahoga Valley3.2%
Joshua Tree3.1%
Indiana Dunes2.8%
Hot Springs2.7%
Gateway Arch2.4%
Bryce Canyon2.1%
New River Gorge2.1%
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes2%
Shenandoah
Mount Rainier
Arches
Capitol Reef
Sequoia
Death Valley
Redwood
Badlands
Haleakalā
Saguaro
Canyonlands
Kings Canyon
Everglades
Glacier Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
Mammoth Cave
White Sands
Crater Lake
Wind Cave
Big Bend
Denali
23 others5.4%
1
Great Smoky MountainsNorth Carolina, Tennessee
11.53M
2
ZionUtah
4.98M
3
YellowstoneWyoming, Montana, Idaho
4.76M
4
Grand CanyonArizona
4.43M
5
YosemiteCalifornia
4.28M
6
Rocky MountainColorado
4.17M
7
AcadiaMaine
4.08M
8
Grand TetonWyoming
3.80M
9
OlympicWashington
3.58M
10
GlacierMontana
3.14M
11
Cuyahoga ValleyOhio
3.03M
12
Joshua TreeCalifornia
2.93M
13
Indiana DunesIndiana
2.63M
14
Hot SpringsArkansas
2.49M
15
Gateway ArchMissouri
2.21M
16
Bryce CanyonUtah
1.97M
17
New River GorgeWest Virginia
1.96M
18
Hawaiʻi VolcanoesHawaii
1.88M
19
ShenandoahVirginia
1.68M
20
Mount RainierWashington
1.64M
21
ArchesUtah
1.51M
22
Capitol ReefUtah
1.39M
23
SequoiaCalifornia
1.38M
24
Death ValleyCalifornia, Nevada
1.32M
25
RedwoodCalifornia
1.20M
26
BadlandsSouth Dakota
1.14M
27
HaleakalāHawaii
0.85M
28
SaguaroArizona
0.85M
29
CanyonlandsUtah
0.80M
30
Kings CanyonCalifornia
0.78M
31
EvergladesFlorida
0.78M
32
Glacier BayAlaska
0.74M
33
Theodore RooseveltNorth Dakota
0.73M
34
Mammoth CaveKentucky
0.66M
35
White SandsNew Mexico
0.66M
36
Crater LakeOregon
0.63M
37
Wind CaveSouth Dakota
0.61M
38
Big BendTexas
0.57M
39
DenaliAlaska
0.54M
40
Lassen VolcanicCalifornia
0.50M
41
BiscayneFlorida
0.49M
42
Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands
0.47M
43
Mesa VerdeColorado
0.46M
44
Great Sand DunesColorado
0.43M
45
Kenai FjordsAlaska
0.43M
46
Carlsbad CavernsNew Mexico
0.41M
47
PinnaclesCalifornia
0.34M
48
Petrified ForestArizona
0.32M
49
CongareeSouth Carolina
0.29M
50
Black Canyon of the GunnisonColorado
0.25M
51
Channel IslandsCalifornia
0.23M
52
Guadalupe MountainsTexas
0.21M
53
VoyageursMinnesota
0.21M
54
Great BasinNevada
0.16M
55
Wrangell–St. EliasAlaska
0.11M
56
Dry TortugasFlorida
0.09M
57
North CascadesWashington
0.05M
58
American SamoaAmerican Samoa
0.04M
59
KatmaiAlaska
0.03M
60
Isle RoyaleMichigan
0.03M
61
Lake ClarkAlaska
0.02M
62
Gates of the ArcticAlaska
0.01M
63
Kobuk ValleyAlaska
0.01M
Highlights
Within United States, Great Smoky Mountains ranks first in 2025 with 11.53M, followed by Zion (4.98M) and Yellowstone (4.76M).
Great Smoky Mountains is 2.3 times higher than Zion, the runner-up.
Across 63 entries, values run from 11.53M (Great Smoky Mountains) to 0.01M (Kobuk Valley), with a median of 0.74M.
Source: National Park Service, recreation visits (2025) (via Wikipedia), 2025. Unit: million visits.
Source: National Park Service, recreation visits (2025) (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited agency · fetched Oct 13, 2026