Today we are sharing the most visited National Park Sites in the United States. We started this list by looking at all of the parks that have over 1 million visitors. We honestly thought there might be 25 or 30 parks with this many visitors.
You can imagine our surprise when we realized the list is at 77 parks with over a million visitors in 2018! This list is actually 4 less than it was from 2017. A few parks saw big changes in their visitation numbers.
Some of the parks honestly surprised us with their visitation numbers. We have been to many of these parks and a lot of them never felt that busy but it could have been the time of year that we visited. There are other parks that we never would have imagined having over a million visitors. Are there any parks on this list that surprised you?
2018 Most Visited US National Park Sites
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
State – California
2018 visitation – 15,223,697
Blue Ridge Parkway
State – North Carolina, Virginia
2018 visitation – 14,690,418
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
State – North Carolina, Tennessee
2018 visitation – 11,421,200
Gateway National Recreation Area
State – New Jersey/New York
2018 visitation – 9,243,305
Lincoln Memorial
State – Washington DC
2018 visitation – 7,804,683
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
State – Nevada
2018 visitation – 7,578,958
George Washington Memorial Parkway
State – DC
2018 visitation – 7,288,623
Grand Canyon National Park
State – Arizona
2018 visitation – 6,380,495
Natchez Trace Parkway
State – Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee
2018 visitation – 6,326,439
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
State – Washington DC
2018 visitation – 4,719,148
World War II Memorial
State – Washington DC
2018 visitation – 4,652,865
Rocky Mountain National Park
State – Colorado
2018 visitation – 4,590,493
Independence National Historical Park
State – Pennsylvania
2018 visitation – 4,576,456
Castle Clinton National Monument
State – New York
2018 visitation – 4,533,564
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
State -Washington DC, Maryland, West Virginia
2017 visitation – 4,438,818
Statue of Liberty National Monument
State – New York
2018 visitation – 4,335,431
Zion National Park
State – Utah
2018 visitation – 4,320,033
Gulf Islands National Seashore
State – Mississippi, Florida
2018 visitation – 4,229,968
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
State – California
2018 visitation – 4,223,542
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
State – Arizona, Utah
2018 visitation – 4,219,441
Yellowstone National Park
State – Wyoming, Idaho, Montana
2018 visitation – 4,115,000
Korean War Veterans Memorial
State – Washington DC
2018 visitation – 4,107,520
Yosemite National Park
State – California
2018 visitation – 4,009,436
Cape Cod National Seashore
State – Massachusetts
2018 visitation – 3,926,462
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
State – Washington DC
2018 visitation – 3,567,434
Acadia National Park
State – Maine
2018 visitation – 3,537,575
Grand Teton National Park
State – Wyoming
2018 visitation 3,491,151
Colonial National Historical Park
State – Virginia
2018 visitation – 3,294,224
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
State – Washington DC
2018 visitation – 3,288,299
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
State – New Jersey, Pennsylvania
2018 visitation – 3,261,921
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
State – Washington DC
2018 visitation – 3,198,859
Olympic National Park
State – Washington
2018 visitation 3,104,455
Boston National Historical Park
State – Massachusetts
2018 visitation – 3,053,241
Glacier National Park
State – Montana
2018 visitation – 2,965,309
Joshua Tree National Park
State – California
2018 visitation – 2,942,382
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
State – Georgia
2018 visitation – 2,873,866
Bryce Canyon National Park
State – Utah
2018 visitation – 2,679,478
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
State – North Carolina
2018 visitation – 2,591,056
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
State – Georgia
2018 visitation – 2,549,164
Point Reyes National Seashore
State – California
2018 visitation – 2,397,722
Rock Creek Park
State – Washington DC
2018 visitation – 2,395,342
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
State – South Dakota
2018 visitation – 2,311,273
Assateague Island National Seashore
State – Maryland, Virginia
2018 visitation – 2,136,889
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
State – Ohio
2018 visitation – 2,096,053
Gateway Arch National Park
State – Missouri
2018 visitation – 2,016,180
Valley Forge National Historical Park
State – Pennsylvania
2018 visitation – 1,881,251
National Capital Parks-Central
State – Washington DC
2018 visitation – 1,800,329
World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
State – Hawaii, California, Alaska
2018 visitation – 1,779,143
Indiana Dunes National Park
State – Indiana
2018 visitation – 1,756,079
Death Valley National Park
State – California, Nevada
2018 visitation – 1,678,660
Arches National Park
State – Utah
2018 visitation – 1,663,557
Canaveral National Seashore
State – Florida
2018 visitation – 1,657,855
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
State – Michigan
2018 visitation – 1,643,600
Mount Rainier National Park
State – Washington
2018 visitation – 1,518,491
Hot Springs National Park
State – Arkansas
2018 visitation – 1,506,887
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway
State – Wyoming
2018 visitation – 1,504,561
Chickasaw National Recreation Area
State – Oklahoma
2018 visitation – 1,477,906
National Capital Parks-East
State – Washington DC
2018 Visitation – 1,447,273
Fort Point National Historic Site
State – California
2018 visitation – 1,400,491
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
State – Washington
2018 visitation – 1,276,722
Shenandoah National Park
State – Virginia
2018 visitation – 1,264,880
Ozark National Scenic Riverways
State – Missouri
2018 visitation – 1,264,657
Buffalo National River
State – Arkansas
2018 visitation – 1,240,119
New River Gorge National River
State – West Virginia
2018 visitation – 1,232,627
Sequoia National Park
State – California
2018 visitation – 1,229,594
Capitol Reef National Park
State – Utah
2018 visitation – 1,227,627
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
State – Texas
2018 visitation – 1,208,104
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
State – Florida
2018 visitation – 1,134,857
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
State – Hawaii
2018 visitation – 1,116,891
Amistad National Recreation Area
State – Texas
2018 visitation – 1,111,770
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
State – Texas
2018 visitation – 1,106,233
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
State – Oregon, Washington
2018 visitation – 1,098,553
Haleakala National Park
State – Hawaii
2018 visitation – 1,044,084
President’s Park
State – Washington DC
2018 visitation – 1,035,737
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park – Skagway
State – Alaska
2018 visitation – 1,017,298
Minute Man National Historical Park
State – Pennsylvania
2018 visitation – 1,014,803
Badlands National Park
State – South Dakota
2018 visitation – 1,008,942
Did this list surprise you? There are a few parks on here that we did not realize had such huge visitation numbers. There are also a few that we can’t wait to visit and see why so many people go to them each year.
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