Date: June 20th, 2026 9:26 PM
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1. Great Smoky Mountains (Tennessee; North Carolina) - 11,527,939
2. Zion (Utah) - 4,984,525
3.Yellowstone (Wyoming; Montana; Idaho) - 4,762,988
4. Grand Canyon (Arizona) - 4,430,653
5. Yosemite (California) - 4,278,413
6. Rocky Mountain (Colorado) - 4,171,431
7. Acadia (Maine) - 4,079,318
8. Grand Teton (Wyoming) - 3,800,648
9. Olympic (Washington) - 3,584,187
10. Glacier (Montana) - 3,136,557. Note - contiguous with Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada (544,602). Combined total: 3,681,159
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11. Cuyahoga Valley (Ohio) - 3,025,325
12. Joshua Tree (California) - 2,932,644
13. Indiana Dunes (Indiana) - 2,629,497
14. Hot Springs (Arkansas) - 2,494,611
15. Gateway Arch (Missouri) - 2,209,028
16. Bryce Canyon (Utah) - 1,967,367
17. New River Gorge (West Virginia) - 1,958,440
18. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes (Hawaii) - 1,877,854
19. Shenandoah (Virginia) - 1,682,152
20. Mount Rainier (Washington) - 1,635,342
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21. Arches (Utah) - 1,511,740
22. Capitol Reef (Utah) - 1,388,476
23. Sequoia (California) - 1,378,337
24. Death Valley (California; Nevada) - 1,320,134
25. Redwood (California) - 1,202,480
26. Badlands (South Dakota) - 1,139,361
27. Haleakalā (Hawaii) - 853,711
28. Saguaro (Arizona) - 847,749
29. Canyonlands (Utah) - 796,057
30. Kings Canyon (California) - 779,791
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31. Everglades (Florida) - 778,198
32. Glacier Bay (Alaska) - 740,044
33. Theodore Roosevelt (North Dakota) - 729,893
34. Mammoth Cave (Kentucky) - 660,734
35. White Sands (New Mexico) - 659,742
36. Crater Lake (Oregon) - 632,242
37. Wind Cave (South Dakota) - 606,258
38. Big Bend (Texas) - 568,104
39. Denali (Alaska) - 543,300
40. Lassen Volcanic (California) - 504,777
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41. Biscayne (Florida) - 486,567
42. Virgin Islands (US Virgin Islands) - 471,074
43. Mesa Verde (Colorado) - 463,130
44. Great Sand Dunes (Colorado) - 432,498
45. Kenai Fjords (Alaska) - 425,369
46. Carlsbad Caverns (New Mexico) - 410,778
47. Pinnacles (California) - 343,208
48. Petrified Forest (Arizona) - 315,951
49. Congaree (South Carolina) - 287,833
50. Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colorado) - 250,086
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51. Channel Islands (California) - 227,186
52. Guadalupe Mountains (Texas) - 206,423
53. Voyageurs (Minnesota) - 206,326
54. Great Basin (Nevada) - 161,210
55. Wrangell–St. Elias (Alaska) - 108,840. Note - contiguous with Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada (48,472). Combined total: 157,312
56. Dry Tortugas (Florida) - 89,355
57. North Cascades (Washington) - 46,925
58. National Park of American Samoa (American Samoa) - 43,258
59. Katmai (Alaska) - 34,479
60. Isle Royale (Michigan) - 29,091
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61. Lake Clark (Alaska) - 19,778
62. Gates of the Arctic (Alaska) - 14,923. Note - contiguous with Ivvavik and Vuntut National Parks, Yukon, Canada (160). Combined total: 15,083
63. Kobuk Valley (Alaska) - 7,786
Fuller list with national monuments, historic sites, etc:
https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/National%20Reports/Visitation%20By%20State%20and%20By%20Park%20(2017%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)
Note that this divides parks by state, so that some parks have to be added up to get the total number of visitors. Also, Big Bend in Texas is contiguous with a park called Cañón de Santa Elena in Mexico, but Mexican park visitor estimates are a mess.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5876055&forum_id=2E#49952405)