Top US National Parks - by number of visitors in 2016

Top US National Parks - by number of visitors in 2016
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Every year National Park Service publishes the Annual Park Ranking Report for Recreation Visitors.

More than 330 million people visited our national parks in 2016 (src: nps.gov stats)

You can see the complete list at http://nationalparksimages.org/parksrank.html

Here are the ones that made to the top of the list. Let us know (in comments) how many of these you have been to.

<p>#1. <a href="http://nationalparksimages.org/grsm/" target="_blank" role="link" rel="nofollow" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Great Smoky Mountains National Park" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="58f9185ae4b0f02c3870e815" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://nationalparksimages.org/grsm/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="1">Great Smoky Mountains National Park</a>, North Carolina/Tennessee (11,312,786 visitors)</p>

#1. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina/Tennessee (11,312,786 visitors)

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<p><a href="http://nationalparksimages.org/grca/" target="_blank" role="link" rel="nofollow" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Grand Canyon National Park" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="58f9185ae4b0f02c3870e815" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://nationalparksimages.org/grca/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="2">Grand Canyon National Park</a>, Arizona (5,969,811 visitors)</p>

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (5,969,811 visitors)

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<p><a href="http://nationalparksimages.org/yose/" target="_blank" role="link" rel="nofollow" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Yosemite National Park" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="58f9185ae4b0f02c3870e815" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://nationalparksimages.org/yose/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="3">Yosemite National Park</a>, California (5,028,868 visitors)</p>

Yosemite National Park, California (5,028,868 visitors)

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<p><a href="http://nationalparksimages.org/romo/" target="_blank" role="link" rel="nofollow" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Rocky Mountains National Park" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="58f9185ae4b0f02c3870e815" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://nationalparksimages.org/romo/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="4">Rocky Mountains National Park</a>, Colorado (4,517,585 visitors)</p>

Rocky Mountains National Park, Colorado (4,517,585 visitors)

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<p><a href="http://nationalparksimages.org/zion/" target="_blank" role="link" rel="nofollow" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Zion National Park" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="58f9185ae4b0f02c3870e815" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://nationalparksimages.org/zion/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="5">Zion National Park</a>, Utah (4,295,127 visitors)</p>

Zion National Park, Utah (4,295,127 visitors)

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<p><a href="http://nationalparksimages.org/yell/" target="_blank" role="link" rel="nofollow" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Yellowstone National Park" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="58f9185ae4b0f02c3870e815" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://nationalparksimages.org/yell/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="6">Yellowstone National Park</a>, Idaho/Montana/Wyoming (4,257,177 visitors)</p>

Yellowstone National Park, Idaho/Montana/Wyoming (4,257,177 visitors)

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<p><a href="http://nationalparksimages.org/olym/" target="_blank" role="link" rel="nofollow" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Olympic National Park" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="58f9185ae4b0f02c3870e815" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://nationalparksimages.org/olym/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="7">Olympic National Park</a>, Washington (3,390,221 visitors)</p>

Olympic National Park, Washington (3,390,221 visitors)

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<p><a href="http://nationalparksimages.org/acad/" target="_blank" role="link" rel="nofollow" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Acadia National Park" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="58f9185ae4b0f02c3870e815" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://nationalparksimages.org/acad/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="8">Acadia National Park</a>, Maine (3,303,393 visitors)</p>

Acadia National Park, Maine (3,303,393 visitors)

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<p><a href="http://nationalparksimages.org/grte/" target="_blank" role="link" rel="nofollow" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Grand Teton National Park" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="58f9185ae4b0f02c3870e815" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://nationalparksimages.org/grte/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="9">Grand Teton National Park</a>, Wyoming (3,270,076 visitors)</p>

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (3,270,076 visitors)

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