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The national parks set a visitation record in 2021, with more than 92 million visitors. [9] Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee has been the most-visited park since 1944, [ 10 ] and had almost 13 million visitors in 2022. [ 11 ]
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a major tourist attraction in the region. It has been the most visited national park for many years, with over 14.1 million recreational visitors (tourists) in 2021. [102]
In 2020, the recreation area went over the 4 million visitor level and in 2021 saw 4.34 million visitors. The highest came in 2022 with 4.38 million visitors while last year's official count was ...
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the US Department of the Interior.The service manages all national parks; most national monuments; and other natural, historical, and recreational properties, with various title designations.
Times Square is the most visited public (not privately owned) tourist site in the United States, with about 50 million visitors annually.. This is a list of the most popular individual tourist attractions in the United States, lists of tourist attractions organized by subject region, and a selection of other notable tourist attractions and destinations.
The National Park Service, as a whole, experienced 325.5 million visits in 2023 and visitor spending of $26.4 billion near national parks, supporting 415,400 jobs.
Death Valley National Park, notorious for its below sea level desert, also has soaring mountains, including Telescope Peak, its highest. This is a list of United States National Parks by elevation. Most of America's national parks are located in mountainous areas. Even among those located close to the ocean, not all are flat.
There are 21 national preserves in the United States, 19 of which are counted by the National Park System as official units. Ten are stand-alone official units, while eleven others are designated areas where hunting or grazing is permitted as part of a larger "national park and preserve" or "national monument and preserve".