The National Park Service breaks down most visitors to the parks

The National Park Service has just published visiting data for 2024 and reported on a record -breaking number of visitors, just like the federal staff cuts, the financing of freezing points and the proposed disassembly of the infrastructure have involved the agency in chaos and uncertainty.

The parking service recorded 331.9 million visits in 2024, including visits to national parks, national monuments and national recreation areas. This is an increase of 2%or 6.36 million visits compared to its number of visitors in 2023. The last record was set in 2016 when the Park Service recorded 330,971,689 visits in its facilities.

“The National Park Service has just reported the highest visit to its history because the administration is carrying out massive shots and the visitor centers and public security facilities are at risk,” said Kristen Brengel, Senior Vice President for government matters of the National Park Conservation Association, in a press release.

According to data, which were put together with the query builder of the Park Service, the most visited national park in California Yosemite was visited with just over 4 million. This was followed by the Joshua Tree National Park, Death Valley National Park, Sequoia National Park, Kings Canyon National Park, Redwood National and State Parks, Lassen Vulcanic National Park, Pinnacles National Park and Channel Islands National Park.

With more than 12 million visits, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was the most visited national park in the country. This was followed by Zion National Park, the Grand Canyon National Park, Yellowstone National Park, the Rocky Mountain National Park and Yosemite, all of which recorded between 4 and 5 million visitors.

According to the National Park Conservation Association, increased visitor traffic with new challenges for parking personnel and resources in the disaster should mean.

“It is a slap in the face for the hundreds of millions of people who explored our parks last year and want to go back,” said Brengel in the press release. “Americans love their national parks; These cuts have no public support. “