Top 20 in 2025
| Rank | Park | State | Visits in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains | North Carolina and Tennessee | 11,527,939 |
| 2 | Zion | Utah | 4,984,525 |
| 3 | Yellowstone | Wyoming, Montana and 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 |
| 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 |
The 63 parks with a 2025 count recorded 93,892,121 recreation visits between them. Chiricahua, a national park only since October 2026, was counted as a national monument.
Why the Smokies lead
It is free to enter, it sits within a day’s drive of a large share of the U.S. population, and major roads run through it.
See the other end of the list: least visited national parks.
Sources
Sources last checked 1 November 2026.
