Southwest Alaska Ecosystem issued the following announcement on Feb. 27.
America’s national parks continue to be popular destinations for visitors. With 327.5 million recreation visits, 2019 was the third highest year for visitation. In fact, visitation in 2019 surpassed 2018 by more than 9 million! Did you visit a national park area in 2019?
Top Ten Most Visited National Park Service Sites:
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, CA , 15 million
Blue Ridge Parkway, NC, VA, 14.9 million
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN, 12.5 million
Gateway National Recreation Area, NY, NJ, 9.4 million
Lincoln Memorial (National Mall and Memorial Parks) 7.8 million
George Washington Memorial Parkway , DC, MD, VA, 7.5 million
Lake Mead National Recreation Area - National Park Service , AZ, NV, 7.5 million
Natchez Trace Parkway, AL, MS, TN, Parkway 6.3 million
Grand Canyon National Park , AZ, 5.97 million
Gulf Islands National Seashore ,FL, MS, 5.6 million
Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/2019-visitation-numbers.htm
For an in-depth look at 2019 visitation statistics, including individual park figures, please visit the National Park Service Social Science site at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/visitation.htm
Image: Many people walking in different directions on a boardwalk at Mud Volcano at Yellowstone National Park. NPS/Neal Herbert
Original source can be found here.
Source: Southwest Alaska Ecosystems
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