What is the most touristy national park?

1. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC/TN – 12.9 million. Great Smoky Mountains is the most popular national park in the country – as it has been for decades! This is because it's one of the national parks closest to major metropolitan areas all along the east coast.



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Top 10 most visited NPS sites in 2022
  • Blue Ridge Parkway, 15.71 million visits.
  • Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 15.64 million.
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 12.94 million.
  • Gateway National Recreation Area, 8.73 million.
  • Lincoln Memorial, 7.83 million.
  • George Washington Memorial Parkway, 7.4 million.


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National Park of American Samoa: The least-visited US national park in 2022 saw just 1,887 visits. Most visitors will need a passport to travel to American Samoa. 2. Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska: This vast park contains no roads or trails.

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1. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. The nation's first national park, established in 1872, has so many iconic features it's almost impossible to list them all.

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The Grand Canyon is perfect for first-time National Park goers who are new to the whole schtick, as it attracts newbies from across the *entire* planet daily and is expertly prepared for accomodating visitors.

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Vatnajökull National Park in Iceland is the second largest national park in Europe (the largest is Yugyd Va in Komi, Russia) and a natural world heritage site. The park was founded on 7 June 2008 and includes the former Skaftafell and Jökulsárgljúfur National Parks.

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Acadia National Park, Maine. Chimney Rock National Historic Site, Nebraska. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee/North Carolina.

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Most visited amusement and theme parks worldwide 2019-2022 In 2022, the United States' Magic Kingdom (Walt Disney World) was visited by over 17 million people, making it the most visited amusement park worldwide.

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List of Top 10 Best US National Parks
  • Glacier National Park. Location: Montana, USA. ...
  • Sequoia National Park. Location: California, USA. ...
  • Rocky Mountain National Park. Location: Colorado, USA. ...
  • Voyageurs National Park. Location: Minnesota, USA. ...
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Location: Tennessee & North Carolina, USA.


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The smallest park is Gateway Arch National Park, Missouri, at 192.83 acres (0.7804 km2). The total area protected by national parks is approximately 52.4 million acres (212,000 km2), for an average of 833 thousand acres (3,370 km2) but a median of only 220 thousand acres (890 km2).

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Seven years ago, Brad Ryan and his grandmother, Joy Ryan, set out on the adventure of a lifetime — visiting all 63 U.S. National Parks. Now 41 and 92 years old, the duo will complete their journey this April in American Samoa.

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Sarek National Park is a national park in Jokkmokk Municipality, Lapland in northern Sweden. Established in 1909, the park is among the oldest national parks in Europe. It is adjacent to two other national parks, namely Stora Sjöfallet and Padjelanta.



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The New River Gorge was given National Park Service protection in 1978 as a national river, and was expanded to New River Gorge National Park & Preserve — this country's newest national park — in the plague year of 2020 courtesy of legislation drafted by Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito.

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Today more than 100 nations contain some 1,200 national parks or equivalent preserves. In the years following the establishment of Yellowstone, the United States authorized additional national parks and monuments, many of them carved from the federal lands of the West.

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1) Disneyland Park, Disneyland Paris, France – attendance 9,930,000.

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Some people might say that other parks are larger or have more to offer. Nevertheless, there is a key difference which makes Linnaeushof the largest playground of Europe.

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