Having broken its attendance record in 2019 for the fifth time in six years, Rocky Mountain National Park maintained its position as the third-busiest park in the system, according to figures released today by the National Park Service.
Rocky, which , released its figures two weeks ago. On Thursday, the park service confirmed that Great Smoky Mountains National Park was No. 1 on the list and Grand Canyon was second, as they were in 2018. Rocky was one of six parks that topped four million visitors.
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison broke a record for that park that was set in 1976 with nearly 433,000 visitors in 2019.
Overall, the park system attracted 327.5 million visitors in 2019, the third-highest number ever and nine million more than in 2018. That number includes national park “service sites,” such as the Golden Gate Recreation Area, the most-visited site of all with 15 million visitors.
Here are the top 10 national parks in 2019 by attendance:
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 12.5 million
- Grand Canyon National Park, 5.97 million
- Rocky Mountain National Park, 4.7 million
- Zion National Park, 4.5 million
- Yosemite National Park, 4.4 million
- Yellowstone National Park, 4 million
- Acadia National Park, 3.4 million
- Grand Teton National Park, 3.4 million
- Olympic National Park, 3.2 million
- Glacier National Park, 3 million
