2019 Visitation Highlights

In 2019, the National Park Service received over 327.5 million recreation visits; up 9 million visits (2.9%) from 2018. 2019 edged out 2018 as the third highest year for recreation visits (behind 2016 and 2017). The graphs on this page display top ten parks by recreation visits for 2019. There are two graphs – one displays 2018 and 2019 recreation visit totals for the top 10 National Park System units and the other displays 2018 and 2019 recreation visit totals for the top 10 national parks (national parks are a subset of all National Park System units that includes only those sites designated as national parks and excludes national monuments, national recreation areas, etc). Historic visitation totals and the 2019 visitation highlights discussed below are also available for download.

To access more visitor use data for 2018 and other years, please visit our Visitor Use Statistics portal.