Did you get to enjoy a national park during National Parks Week, which is just wrapping up?
It’s the 110th anniversary of the national park system, truly one of our most fantastic national treasures.
About 323 million people visited a National Park Service site in 2025. That’s with a 43-day government shutdown, the longest ever, that left most parks running on skeleton crews through October and November.
The 10 most popular national parks, according to the website More Than Just Parks, an advocacy group, are:
1. Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Location: Tennessee and North Carolina
2025 Visitation: 11,527,939
2. Zion National Park
Location: Utah
2025 Visitation: 4,984,525
3. Yellowstone National Park
Location: Wyoming, Montana and Idaho
2025 Visitation: 4,762,988
4. Grand Canyon National Park
Location: Arizona
2025 Visitation: 4,430,653
5. Yosemite National Park
Location: California
2025 Visitation: 4,278,413
6. Rocky Mountain National Park
Location: Colorado
2025 Visitation: 4,171,431
7. Acadia National Park
Location: Maine
2025 Visitation: 4,079,318
8. Grand Teton National Park
Location: Wyoming
2025 Visitation: 3,800,648
9. Olympic National Park
Location: Washington
2025 Visitation: 3,584,187
10. Glacier National Park
Location: Montana
2025 Visitation: 3,136,557
As National Parks Week closes, it’s a great time to support the nation’s 400 national parks because the pressure to exploit and sell them is increasing dramatically.
The National Parks Foundation invites you to sign up to get information about the parks and make a donation to help preserve these wonderful places.
More Than Just Parks also takes donations for its work to defend public lands.
Photo: Olympic National Park
