The National Park Service (NPS) just released visitation numbers from 2025, including a ranking of the U.S. parks by the number of visits. The most-visited park last year was Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, followed by Zion National Park in Utah. The least-visited park was Kobuk Valley National Park in Alaska.
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The data suggests there were 323 million recreational visits to NPS-managed sites during 2025. That’s fewer visits than 2024, which had  8.85 million more visits (2.7% more).
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Here are the top 10 U.S. national parks by visitation numbers in 2025, according to the NPS:
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Zion National Park
- Yellowstone National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Yosemite National Park
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Acadia National Park
- Grand Teton National Park
- Olympic National Park
- Glacier National Park
See the full list here.
Did your favorite park rank in the top 10 most-visited national parks in 2025?
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