America's National Parks by the Numbers

Name: National Park Visitation Data (1979–2025)
Creator: National Park Service

Visitation data for 63 national parks from 1979 to 2025, including recreation visits, overnight stays, and monthly patterns.

Summary

PARK	LOCATION	VISITS	OVERNIGHT
Acadia National Park	Maine	4.08M	196.5K
Arches National Park	Utah	1.51M	49.12K
Badlands National Park	South Dakota	1.14M	48.38K
Big Bend National Park	Texas	568.1K	178.1K
Biscayne National Park	Florida	486.6K	2.60K
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	Colorado	250.1K	18.73K
Bryce Canyon National Park	Utah	1.97M	153.7K
Canyonlands National Park	Utah	796.1K	90.02K
Capitol Reef National Park	Utah	1.39M	55.01K
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	New Mexico	410.8K	82
Channel Islands National Park	California	227.2K	109.1K
Congaree National Park	South Carolina	287.8K	11.77K
Crater Lake National Park	Oregon	632.2K	53.60K
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Ohio	3.03M	3.33K
Death Valley National Park	California	1.32M	190.3K
Denali National Park & PRES	Alaska	543.3K	47.48K
Dry Tortugas National Park	Florida	89.36K	16.35K
Everglades National Park	Florida	778.2K	80.04K
Gates of the Arctic National Park & PRES	Alaska	14.92K	4.48K
Gateway Arch National Park	Missouri	2.21M	—
Glacier Bay National Park & PRES	Alaska	740.0K	36.02K
Glacier National Park	Montana	3.14M	390.5K
Grand Canyon National Park	Arizona	4.43M	961.4K
Grand Teton National Park	Wyoming	3.80M	631.4K
Great Basin National Park	Nevada	161.2K	38.36K
Great Sand Dunes National Park & PRES	Colorado	432.5K	77.14K
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Tennessee	11.53M	448.8K
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Texas	206.4K	32.36K
Haleakala National Park	Hawaii	853.7K	28.00K
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Hawaii	1.88M	110.6K
Hot Springs National Park	Arkansas	2.49M	34.24K
Indiana Dunes National Park	Indiana	2.63M	39.32K
Isle Royale National Park	Michigan	29.09K	63.18K
Joshua Tree National Park	California	2.93M	325.1K
Katmai National Park & PRES	Alaska	34.48K	16.18K
Kenai Fjords National Park	Alaska	425.4K	1.29K
Kings Canyon National Park	California	779.8K	179.4K
Kobuk Valley National Park	Alaska	7.79K	1.65K
Lake Clark National Park & PRES	Alaska	19.78K	16.64K
Lassen Volcanic National Park	California	504.8K	98.11K
Mammoth Cave National Park	Kentucky	660.7K	84.66K
Mesa Verde National Park	Colorado	463.1K	66.81K
Mount Rainier National Park	Washington	1.64M	134.4K
National Park of American Samoa	American Samoa	43.26K	—
New River Gorge National Park & PRES	West Virginia	1.96M	42.86K
North Cascades National Park	Washington	46.92K	20.75K
Olympic National Park	Washington	3.58M	426.7K
Petrified Forest National Park	Arizona	316.0K	816
Pinnacles National Park	California	343.2K	113.2K
Redwood National Park	California	1.20M	16.73K
Rocky Mountain National Park	Colorado	4.17M	190.2K
Saguaro National Park	Arizona	847.7K	2.46K
Sequoia National Park	California	1.38M	253.8K
Shenandoah National Park	Virginia	1.68M	247.5K
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	North Dakota	729.9K	37.24K
Virgin Islands National Park	Virgin Islands	471.1K	42.96K
Voyageurs National Park	Minnesota	206.3K	71.54K
White Sands National Park	New Mexico	659.7K	—
Wind Cave National Park	South Dakota	606.3K	19.05K
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & PRES	Alaska	108.8K	24.35K
Yellowstone National Park	Wyoming	4.76M	1.24M
Yosemite National Park	California	4.28M	1.53M
Zion National Park	Utah	4.98M	286.1K

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