These were the most visited national parks and memorials in 2022
George Washington Memorial Parkway, 7.4 million
Natchez Trace Parkway, 6.5 million
Gulf Islands National Seashore, 5.7 million
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 5.6 million
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 4.9 million
Visitors to the top eight parks accounted for 26% of total visitation. Some of the least visited sites include the John F. Kennedy National Historic Site, the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site and the Clara Barton National Historic Site.
Other notable parks, such as the Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Yellowstone ranked at number 12, 20 and 25, respectively.
Thirty-eight percent of people went to recreation parks, 32% went to historical and cultural parks and 30% went to nature parks.
Since the agency began recording attendance in 1904, there have been 15.7 billion recreational visits to the National Park System.
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Monday, March 6, 2023 at 8:35 am