Olympic is back in the Top 10 after spending 2022 at #14. The last time this stunning Washington state park made the 10 Most Visited National Parks was 2020.
The national park that meets at the crossover between two deserts dropped a notch in 2023, but the real story here is that Joshua Tree National Park shattered visitation records in 2023 with 3,270,404 guests.
After dropping to #12 in 2022, Grand Teton National Park worked its way where it belongs, back in the top 10. The 2022 drop was likely a ripple effect of Yellowstone's closures and flooding impact.
America's easternmost national park dropped two spots in 2023, but still hovers near that 4 million visitor benchmark while staying in the Top 10 Most Visited Parks.
Yosemite holds onto its number six spots in 2023, rising more than 6% in visitation. For the first November on record, Yosemite saw more than 250,000 people in November.
Visitation bounced back 38% between the floods and closures of 2022 and 2023, but still fell second to 2021 as the most visited year. Yellowstone will always be a fan favorite.
Zion National Park is much more than a park - it's an enigma that attracts people to the point of overcrowding. As the second smallest park in the most visited list, it still wins the top 3 spot.
After a few fluctuating years, the Grand Canyon seems to have regained its #2 spot. Unfortunately, this is likely the highest it will ever get because the most visited national park in America is also the most visited in the world.
The Smokies stay at the #1 spot of Most Visited National Parks in USA, and it will be hard to dethrone the park. At the same time, Great Smoky Mountain National Park hasn't' been able to get back to more than 14 million visitors it saw in 2021.
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