Please enjoy these pictures of the top 10 most Visited National Parks along with the visitor numbers from the National Park Service recently released 2012 data report. The top 10 most visited National Parks accounted for over 37 million visits which represents over 13% of the total number of park visits. Also, take a look at the 10 least visited National Parks to see if you are one of the few that visited these "overlooked" National Parks in 2012.
1) Great Smoky Mountains NP - 9,685,829 visitors, 3.43% of total
Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photo used under creative commons by princedd.
2) Grand Canyon NP - 4,421,352 visitors, 1.56% of total
Grand Canyon National Park. Photo used under creative commons by Jeremy Vandel.
3) Yosemite NP - 3,853,404 visitors, 1.36% of total
Yosemite National Park. Photo used under creative commons by Georg Lester.
4) Yellowstone NP - 3,447,729 visitors, 1.22% of total
Yellowstone National Park. Photo used under creative commons by Alaskan Dude.
5) Rocky Mountain NP - 3,229,617 visitors, 1.14% of total
Rocky Mountain National Park. Photo used under creative commons by krossbow.
6) Zion NP - 2,973,607 visitors, 1.05% of total
Zion National Park. Photo used under creative commons by Bryan_Chan.
7) Olympic NP - 2,824,908 visitors, 1.00% of total
Olympic National Park. Photo used under creative commons by Jason Pratt.
8) Grand Teton NP - 2,705,256 visitors, .96% of total
Grand Teton National Park. Photo used under creative commons by rarvesen.
9) Acadia NP - 2,431,052 visitors, .86% of total
Acadia National Park. Photo used under creative commons by Josh and Melanie Rosenthal.
10) Cuyahoga Valley NP - 2,299,722 visitors, .81% of total
Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Photo used under creative commons by betsyweber.
