How many recreation visits do U.S. national parks get each year?
USA medium Data from 2023
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The answer
325,000,000 visits
Roughly 325M.
The National Park Service logs around 325 million recreation visits a year across 400+ sites — roughly one visit per American, though a handful of parks take most of them. Great Smoky Mountains alone draws more than twice as many visits as the Grand Canyon.
Where this number comes from
| Source | U.S. National Park Service |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | visits |
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