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Park	Rank	Recreation Visits	% of Total
Blue Ridge PKWY	1	15,711,004	5.04%
Golden Gate NRA	2	15,638,911	5.01%
Great Smoky Mountains NP	3	12,937,633	4.15%
Gateway NRA	4	8,728,291	2.80%
Lincoln Memorial	5	7,825,397	2.51%
George Washington MEM PKWY	6	7,397,120	2.37%
Natchez Trace PKWY	7	6,543,533	2.10%
Gulf Islands NS	8	5,685,155	1.82%
Lake Mead NRA	9	5,578,226	1.79%
Vietnam Veterans MEM	10	4,886,254	1.57%
World War II Memorial	11	4,815,309	1.54%
Grand Canyon NP	12	4,732,101	1.52%
Zion NP	13	4,692,417	1.50%
Delaware Water Gap NRA	14	4,380,225	1.40%
Rocky Mountain NP	15	4,300,424	1.38%
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal NHP	16	4,286,185	1.37%
Korean War Veterans Memorial	17	4,010,009	1.29%
Acadia NP	18	3,970,260	1.27%
Cape Cod NS	19	3,968,672	1.27%
Yosemite NP	20	3,667,550	1.18%
Chattahoochee River NRA	21	3,537,848	1.13%
Castle Clinton NM	22	3,471,661	1.11%
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial	23	3,321,897	1.06%
Franklin Delano Roosevelt MEM	24	3,291,313	1.05%
Yellowstone NP	25	3,290,242	1.05%
Statue of Liberty NM	26	3,141,213	1.01%
Joshua Tree NP	27	3,058,294	0.98%
San Francisco Maritime NHP	28	3,034,750	0.97%
Thomas Jefferson MEM	29	2,975,148	0.95%
Cuyahoga Valley NP	30	2,913,312	0.93%
Glacier NP	31	2,908,458	0.93%
Big Cypress NPRES	32	2,903,159	0.93%
Cape Hatteras NS	33	2,862,844	0.92%
Glen Canyon NRA	34	2,842,776	0.91%
Indiana Dunes NP	35	2,834,180	0.91%
Grand Teton NP	36	2,806,223	0.90%
Colonial NHP	37	2,762,273	0.89%
Independence NHP	38	2,688,302	0.86%
Hot Springs NP	39	2,646,133	0.85%
Mount Rushmore NMEM	40	2,440,449	0.78%
Olympic NP	41	2,432,972	0.78%
Bryce Canyon NP	42	2,354,660	0.75%
Assateague Island NS	43	2,340,269	0.75%
Point Reyes NS	44	2,336,202	0.75%
Boston NHP	45	2,123,246	0.68%
Canaveral NS	46	2,122,075	0.68%
Rock Creek Park	47	2,026,156	0.65%
Valley Forge NHP	48	1,645,298	0.53%
Mount Rainier NP	49	1,622,395	0.52%
Gateway Arch NP	50	1,618,774	0.52%
New River Gorge NP & PRES	51	1,593,523	0.51%
Stonewall NM	52	1,581,961	0.51%
Hawaii Volcanoes NP	53	1,580,961	0.51%
Pearl Harbor NMEM	54	1,545,582	0.50%
Whiskeytown NRA	55	1,505,134	0.48%
Sleeping Bear Dunes NL	56	1,501,117	0.48%
Arches NP	57	1,460,652	0.47%
Chickasaw NRA	58	1,455,530	0.47%
Shenandoah NP	59	1,449,300	0.46%
Kennesaw Mountain NBP	60	1,322,003	0.42%
Buffalo NR	61	1,306,932	0.42%
Ozark NSR	62	1,291,305	0.41%
Lake Meredith NRA	63	1,276,717	0.41%
National Capital Parks East	64	1,267,873	0.41%
San Antonio Missions NHP	65	1,238,920	0.40%
Capitol Reef NP	66	1,227,608	0.39%
Everglades NP	67	1,155,193	0.37%
Sequoia NP	68	1,153,198	0.37%
Death Valley NP	69	1,128,862	0.36%
Lake Roosevelt NRA	70	1,128,725	0.36%
Timucuan EHP	71	1,102,223	0.35%
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. MEM PKWY	72	1,091,196	0.35%
Haleakala NP	73	1,087,616	0.35%
San Juan NHS	74	1,027,264	0.33%
Badlands NP	75	1,006,809	0.32%
Ross Lake NRA	76	998,019	0.32%
Curecanti NRA	77	992,749	0.32%
Fort Vancouver NHS	78	964,318	0.31%
Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMP	79	964,272	0.31%
Minute Man NHP	80	960,343	0.31%
Fort Point NHS	81	955,454	0.31%
Pictured Rocks NL	82	925,685	0.30%
National Capital Parks Central	83	920,643	0.30%
Amistad NRA	84	912,283	0.29%
Saguaro NP	85	908,194	0.29%
World War I Memorial	86	848,634	0.27%
Saint Croix NSR	87	833,773	0.27%
Muir Woods NM	88	798,625	0.26%
Big South Fork NRRA	89	797,726	0.26%
Santa Monica Mountains NRA	90	795,217	0.25%
Canyonlands NP	91	779,147	0.25%
Mojave NPRES	92	773,463	0.25%
Cabrillo NM	93	768,076	0.25%
Gettysburg NMP	94	764,576	0.25%
Dwight D. Eisenhower MEM	95	760,603	0.24%
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP	96	756,296	0.24%
Cumberland Gap NHP	97	732,916	0.23%
Little River Canyon NPRES	98	726,239	0.23%
President’s Park	99	714,224	0.23%
White Sands NP	100	705,127	0.23%
Biscayne NP	101	701,023	0.22%
San Juan Island NHP	102	700,325	0.22%
Fort Matanzas NM	103	698,895	0.22%
Cedar Breaks NM	104	688,644	0.22%
Theodore Roosevelt NP	105	668,679	0.21%
Mammoth Cave NP	106	663,147	0.21%
Kings Canyon NP	107	640,986	0.21%
Castillo de San Marcos NM	108	624,841	0.20%
Wind Cave NP	109	607,418	0.19%
Glacier Bay NP & PRES	110	545,758	0.17%
Cape Lookout NS	111	541,533	0.17%
Manassas NBP	112	532,727	0.17%
Padre Island NS	113	531,624	0.17%
Crater Lake NP	114	527,259	0.17%
Big Bend NP	115	514,107	0.16%
Petrified Forest NP	116	505,209	0.16%
Mesa Verde NP	117	499,790	0.16%
Great Sand Dunes NP & PRES	118	493,428	0.16%
Devils Tower NM	119	480,713	0.15%
Colorado NM	120	480,442	0.15%
Fort Pulaski NM	121	471,077	0.15%
Redwood NP	122	458,400	0.15%
Catoctin Mountain Park	123	450,322	0.14%
Lassen Volcanic NP	124	446,291	0.14%
Wolf Trap NP for the Performing Arts	125	445,497	0.14%
Wright Brothers NMEM	126	437,391	0.14%
Denali NP & PRES	127	427,562	0.14%
Stones River NB	128	417,791	0.13%
Vicksburg NMP	129	410,487	0.13%
Harpers Ferry NHP	130	407,008	0.13%
Fort Washington Park	131	406,917	0.13%
Fire Island NS	132	393,749	0.13%
Salem Maritime NHS	133	392,836	0.13%
Carlsbad Caverns NP	134	390,932	0.13%
Boston African American NHS	135	390,765	0.13%
Kenai Fjords NP	136	389,943	0.12%
Guilford Courthouse NMP	137	389,057	0.12%
Shiloh NMP	138	387,205	0.12%
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie NHP	139	385,472	0.12%
War in the Pacific NHP	140	380,578	0.12%
Montezuma Castle NM	141	364,014	0.12%
Canyon de Chelly NM	142	354,972	0.11%
Dinosaur NM	143	351,019	0.11%
Flight 93 NMEM	144	346,559	0.11%
Nez Perce NHP	145	344,517	0.11%
Klondike Gold Rush NHP Alaska	146	342,909	0.11%
Petroglyph NM	147	339,394	0.11%
Fort Caroline NMEM	148	329,363	0.11%
Vanderbilt Mansion NHS	149	326,012	0.10%
Channel Islands NP	150	323,245	0.10%
Ford’s Theatre NHS	151	319,596	0.10%
Pu’uhonua o Honaunau NHP	152	311,441	0.10%
Arlington House The R.E. Lee MEM	153	306,686	0.10%
Obed W&SR	154	306,502	0.10%
Mississippi NRRA	155	303,882	0.10%
Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP	156	297,257	0.10%
Prince William Forest Park	157	294,916	0.09%
Kaloko Honokohau NHP	158	291,342	0.09%
Fort Raleigh NHS	159	287,650	0.09%
Wilson’s Creek NB	160	282,914	0.09%
Lewis & Clark NHP	161	279,924	0.09%
Big Thicket NPRES	162	276,788	0.09%
Pinnacles NP	163	275,023	0.09%
Upper Delaware S&RR	164	270,718	0.09%
Jean Lafitte NHP & PRES	165	269,748	0.09%
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHP	166	265,707	0.09%
Washington Monument	167	260,317	0.08%
Fort Necessity NB	168	258,293	0.08%
Apostle Islands NL	169	254,952	0.08%
Paterson Great Falls NHP	170	248,293	0.08%
Morristown NHP	171	245,231	0.08%
Fort Frederica NM	172	245,214	0.08%
Piscataway Park	173	243,212	0.08%
Martin Luther King, Jr. NHP	174	242,789	0.08%
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac	175	242,325	0.08%
River Raisin NBP	176	241,998	0.08%
Kings Mountain NMP	177	238,656	0.08%
Craters of the Moon NM & PRES	178	237,774	0.08%
White House	179	236,380	0.08%
Fort McHenry NM & HS	180	223,957	0.07%
Voyageurs NP	181	221,434	0.07%
Guadalupe Mountains NP	182	219,987	0.07%
Bighorn Canyon NRA	183	217,660	0.07%
Cowpens NB	184	212,534	0.07%
Bandelier NM	185	210,941	0.07%
Lowell NHP	186	209,284	0.07%
Congaree NP	187	204,522	0.07%
Virgin Islands NP	188	196,752	0.06%
Palo Alto Battlefield NHP	189	196,252	0.06%
Wupatki NM	190	194,448	0.06%
Fort Donelson NB	191	183,638	0.06%
Petersburg NB	192	180,907	0.06%
Walnut Canyon NM	193	179,396	0.06%
Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS	194	176,144	0.06%
Scotts Bluff NM	195	174,651	0.06%
De Soto NMEM	196	173,150	0.06%
Richmond NBP	197	173,124	0.06%
Theodore Roosevelt Island	198	171,500	0.05%
Little Bighorn Battlefield NM	199	168,433	0.05%
John Day Fossil Beds NM	200	165,201	0.05%
Gauley River NRA	201	163,510	0.05%
El Malpais NM	202	162,755	0.05%
Timpanogos Cave NM	203	155,995	0.05%
Ocmulgee Mounds NHP	204	155,242	0.05%
Johnstown Flood NMEM	205	148,142	0.05%
Lincoln Home NHS	206	145,144	0.05%
Devils Postpile NM	207	144,453	0.05%
Great Basin NP	208	142,115	0.05%
Sitka NHP	209	134,451	0.04%
Organ Pipe Cactus NM	210	133,317	0.04%
Missouri NRR	211	133,162	0.04%
General Grant NMEM	212	132,542	0.04%
Coronado NMEM	213	131,359	0.04%
Lava Beds NM	214	130,969	0.04%
Monocacy NB	215	127,111	0.04%
Fort Smith NHS	216	123,229	0.04%
George Rogers Clark NHP	217	123,229	0.04%
Jewel Cave NM	218	119,343	0.04%
Manzanar NHS	219	116,843	0.04%
Tuzigoot NM	220	116,639	0.04%
Antietam NB	221	115,619	0.04%
Ninety Six NHS	222	108,082	0.03%
Lincoln Boyhood NMEM	223	105,819	0.03%
Minuteman Missile NHS	224	105,776	0.03%
Herbert Hoover NHS	225	103,804	0.03%
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS	226	100,665	0.03%
Christiansted NHS	227	96,587	0.03%
George Washington Birthplace NM	228	96,234	0.03%
Grand Portage NM	229	93,108	0.03%
Little Rock Central High School NHS	230	92,108	0.03%
Sagamore Hill NHS	231	91,735	0.03%
Perry’s Victory & Intl. Peace MEM	232	90,988	0.03%
Capulin Volcano NM	233	88,541	0.03%
Waco Mammoth NM	234	88,240	0.03%
Lyndon B. Johnson NHP	235	87,386	0.03%
City of Rocks NRES	236	83,996	0.03%
Appomattox Court House NHP	237	83,483	0.03%
Pea Ridge NMP	238	81,992	0.03%
Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP	239	81,303	0.03%
Niobrara NSR	240	80,071	0.03%
Carl Sandburg Home NHS	241	79,123	0.03%
Casa Grande Ruins NM	242	78,557	0.03%
Dry Tortugas NP	243	78,488	0.03%
Pipestone NM	244	78,036	0.03%
Oregon Caves NM & PRES	245	72,923	0.02%
Fort Stanwix NM	246	71,716	0.02%
Natural Bridges NM	247	71,249	0.02%
Steamtown NHS	248	71,232	0.02%
Saratoga NHP	249	70,742	0.02%
Horseshoe Bend NMP	250	67,773	0.02%
Florissant Fossil Beds NM	251	67,174	0.02%
Wrangell-St. Elias NP & PRES	252	65,236	0.02%
Natchez NHP	253	64,691	0.02%
Cumberland Island NS	254	64,387	0.02%
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP	255	63,956	0.02%
Valles Caldera NPRES	256	63,738	0.02%
Chiricahua NM	257	61,377	0.02%
Greenbelt Park	258	60,800	0.02%
Longfellow House Washington’s HQ NHS	259	60,558	0.02%
El Morro NM	260	60,501	0.02%
Klondike Gold Rush NHP Seattle	261	60,423	0.02%
Andersonville NHS	262	60,109	0.02%
Hopewell Furnace NHS	263	57,238	0.02%
Pennsylvania Avenue NHS	264	56,928	0.02%
Effigy Mounds NM	265	56,422	0.02%
Sunset Crater Volcano NM	266	54,787	0.02%
Big Hole NB	267	54,781	0.02%
Moores Creek NB	268	53,681	0.02%
Andrew Johnson NHS	269	52,873	0.02%
Whitman Mission NHS	270	52,000	0.02%
Hopewell Culture NHP	271	51,850	0.02%
Aztec Ruins NM	272	50,396	0.02%
Hubbell Trading Post NHS	273	50,017	0.02%
Pecos NHP	274	49,683	0.02%
Golden Spike NHP	275	49,042	0.02%
Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM	276	47,674	0.02%
Homestead NHP	277	47,614	0.02%
Fort Davis NHS	278	45,401	0.01%
Buck Island Reef NM	279	45,365	0.01%
Hamilton Grange NMEM	280	45,198	0.01%
Governors Island NM	281	44,345	0.01%
Gila Cliff Dwellings NM	282	43,608	0.01%
Katahdin Woods and Waters NM	283	43,231	0.01%
Chaco Culture NHP	284	41,594	0.01%
Navajo NM	285	41,118	0.01%
Federal Hall NMEM	286	40,229	0.01%
Fort Laramie NHS	287	39,657	0.01%
John Muir NHS	288	38,878	0.01%
Tumacacori NHP	289	38,786	0.01%
Kalaupapa NHP	290	38,771	0.01%
Lake Chelan NRA	291	38,207	0.01%
Weir Farm NHP	292	37,977	0.01%
New Orleans Jazz NHP	293	37,410	0.01%
Rosie The Riveter WWII Home Front NHP	294	37,359	0.01%
Salinas Pueblo Missions NM	295	37,190	0.01%
Jimmy Carter NHP	296	35,308	0.01%
Women’s Rights NHP	297	34,294	0.01%
Katmai NP & PRES	298	33,908	0.01%
Roger Williams NMEM	299	33,838	0.01%
Thomas Edison NHP	300	33,095	0.01%
Ulysses S. Grant NHS	301	32,354	0.01%
James A. Garfield NHS	302	32,173	0.01%
Pu’ukohola Heiau NHS	303	31,602	0.01%
Tonto NM	304	31,504	0.01%
North Cascades NP	305	30,154	0.01%
African Burial Ground NM	306	29,743	0.01%
George Washington Carver NM	307	29,725	0.01%
Boston Harbor Islands NRA	308	29,241	0.01%
Hovenweep NM	309	28,446	0.01%
William Howard Taft NHS	310	27,740	0.01%
Saugus Iron Works NHS	311	27,478	0.01%
Manhattan Project NHP	312	27,265	0.01%
Fort Scott NHS	313	26,854	0.01%
Fort Larned NHS	314	26,219	0.01%
Bent’s Old Fort NHS	315	26,057	0.01%
Saint-Gaudens NHP	316	25,513	0.01%
Isle Royale NP	317	25,454	0.01%
Hagerman Fossil Beds NM	318	25,122	0.01%
Tallgrass Prairie NPRES	319	24,795	0.01%
Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS	320	24,351	0.01%
Pipe Spring NM	321	23,001	0.01%
Arkansas Post NMEM	322	22,791	0.01%
Eisenhower NHS	323	22,250	0.01%
Harry S Truman NHS	324	21,471	0.01%
Booker T. Washington NM	325	20,396	0.01%
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS	326	19,728	0.01%
Eleanor Roosevelt NHS	327	19,076	0.01%
Eugene O’Neill NHS	328	18,754	0.01%
Noatak NPRES	329	18,393	0.01%
Reconstruction Era NHP	330	18,262	0.01%
Lake Clark NP & PRES	331	18,187	0.01%
Fossil Butte NM	332	17,879	0.01%
Chamizal NMEM	333	17,673	0.01%
Cape Krusenstern NM	334	17,403	0.01%
Russell Cave NM	335	16,988	0.01%
Kobuk Valley NP	336	16,925	0.01%
Friendship Hill NHS	337	16,395	0.01%
Agate Fossil Beds NM	338	16,357	0.01%
Camp Nelson NM	339	16,217	0.01%
Tuskegee Airmen NHS	340	16,137	0.01%
Brown v. Board of Education NHP	341	15,564	0.00%
Keweenaw NHP	342	15,255	0.00%
Cane River Creole NHP	343	14,811	0.00%
Springfield Armory NHS	344	14,486	0.00%
Frederick Law Olmsted NHS	345	14,148	0.00%
Bluestone NSR	346	14,113	0.00%
Minidoka NHS	347	13,717	0.00%
New Bedford Whaling NHP	348	13,570	0.00%
Adams NHP	349	12,848	0.00%
Fort Union Trading Post NHS	350	12,822	0.00%
Washita Battlefield NHS	351	12,658	0.00%
Charles Pinckney NHS	352	12,585	0.00%
Hampton NHS	353	12,506	0.00%
Salt River Bay NHP & Ecological Pres	354	12,155	0.00%
Saint Croix Island IHS	355	12,139	0.00%
Martin Van Buren NHS	356	11,702	0.00%
Cesar E. Chavez NM	357	11,585	0.00%
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home NM	358	11,231	0.00%
Edgar Allan Poe NHS	359	10,726	0.00%
Tuskegee Institute NHS	360	9,769	0.00%
Gates of the Arctic NP & PRES	361	9,457	0.00%
Knife River Indian Villages NHS	362	9,217	0.00%
Saint Paul’s Church NHS	363	8,790	0.00%
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS	364	7,948	0.00%
Fort Bowie NHS	365	7,913	0.00%
Fort Union NM	366	7,557	0.00%
Alibates Flint Quarries NM	367	7,520	0.00%
First Ladies NHS	368	7,146	0.00%
President W.J. Clinton Birthplace Home NHS	369	6,078	0.00%
Nicodemus NHS	370	5,307	0.00%
Thomas Stone NHS	371	4,821	0.00%
Maggie L. Walker NHS	372	4,815	0.00%
Sand Creek Massacre NHS	373	4,772	0.00%
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers NM	374	3,518	0.00%
Bering Land Bridge NPRES	375	2,642	0.00%
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS	376	1,995	0.00%
National Park of American Samoa	377	1,887	0.00%
Thaddeus Kosciuszko NMEM	378	1,680	0.00%
Port Chicago Naval Magazine NMEM	379	1,129	0.00%
Yukon-Charley Rivers NPRES	380	744	0.00%
Clara Barton NHS	381	673	0.00%
Rio Grande W&SR	382	263	0.00%
Frederick Douglass NHS	383	211	0.00%
Alagnak Wild River	384	184	0.00%
Aniakchak NM & PRES	385	179	0.00%
John F. Kennedy NHS	386	100	0.00%
Rainbow Bridge NM	387	81	0.00%