Post Script: The Ten Most Visited National Parks

The Ten Most Visited National Parks

Who knew?

We were surprised that the Acadia National Park in Maine was among the top ten most visited National Parks in the U.S.  I hadn't even heard of it until we were about to visit there.  So, of course, I had to find out what the top ten were. Here goes:

Great Smoky Mountains National Park     9.6 million visitors last year
Grand Canyon                                           4.4 "   "
Yosemite                                                    3.8
Yellowstone                                               3.4
Rocky Mountain                                        3.2
Zion                                                           2.9
Olympic                                                     2.8
Grand Teton                                              2.7
Acadia                                                       2.4
Cuyahoga Valley                                      2.3

Wonder why places like Niagara Falls aren't on here?  It's because Niagara Falls is a State Park and
doesn't qualify as a National Park.

Just for the record, there are lots of federal designations, to wit:

National Park
National Monument
National Preserve
National Historic Site
National Battlefield
National Cemetery
National Seashore
National Lakeshore
National River
National Parkway
National Trail

I think we saw at least one of each on our trip!