Most- and least-attended national parks
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Oldest, newest, largest, smallest — a roundup of U.S. national park superlatives
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National Park Service lands are as diverse as the visitors. You might be surprised which parks attract the biggest crowds or smallest number of visitors.
10,712, 674 visitors (2015) Great Smoky Mountains, located in North Carolina and Tennessee, is the most-visited U.S. national park. It still retains an enchanted quality, a place where emerald moss carpets boulders and a dreamy, “smoky” mist recalls the region’s Cherokee name, Shaconagay, which means “land of the blue smoke.” To read more about all of the 59 U.S. national parks, click here. David Davis Photoproductions RF/Alamy Stock Photo
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The National Park Service is turning 100 on Aug. 25. It protects 59 national parks that are beautiful to the extreme.
We want to hear your experiences of these national treasures: childhood summers, cross-country road trips or adventures with your own children or grandchildren.