US National Parks 2023 - Parks most Visited
Last year, the national parks of the United States broke their historical record of visitors, reaching 298 million visits.
National parks are great generators of economic activity in their respective areas. Those responsible for the National Park Service estimate that visitor spending in 2019 amounted to 15,000 million dollars and that a minimum of 250,000 jobs are directly related to the activity of the parks. Below is the list of three most visited National Parks in 2022.
Grand Canyon NP - US National Parks 2023
State: Arizona
Location: 36.06°N 112.14°W
Creation Date: February 26, 1919
Area: 1,201,647.03 (4,862.9 km2)
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Great Smoky Mountains
State: North Carolina and Tennessee
Location: 35.68 ° N 83.53 ° W
Creation Date: June 15, 1934
Area: 522,426.88 acres (2,114.2 km2)
Acadia National Park 2023
State: Maine
Location: 44.35 ° N 68.21 ° W
Creation Date: February 28, 1919
Area: 49,075.26 acres (198.6 km2)
Yellowstone
State: Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
Location: 44.60 ° N 110.50 ° W
Creation Date: March 1, 1872
Area: 2,219,790.71 acres (8,983 km2)