Park Name State Year Established Annual Visitors (2021) Great Smoky Mountains Tennessee 1934 14,161,548 Zion Utah 1919 5,039,835 Yellowstone Wyoming 1872 4,860,242 Grand Canyon Arizona 1919 4,532,677 Rocky Mountain Colorado 1915 4,434,848 Acadia Maine 1919 4,069,098 Grand Teton Wyoming 1929 3,885,230 Yosemite California 1890 3,287,595 Indiana Dunes Indiana 2019 3,177,210 Glacier Montana 1910 3,081,656 Joshua Tree California 1994 3,064,400 Olympic Washington 1938 2,718,925 Cuyahoga Valley Ohio 1974 2,575,275 Hot Springs Arkansas 1921 2,162,884 Bryce Canyon Utah 1928 2,104,600 Arches Utah 1929 1,806,865 New River Gorge West Virginia 2020 1,682,720 Mount Rainier Washington 1899 1,670,063 Shenandoah Virginia 1935 1,592,312 Capitol Reef Utah 1971 1,405,353 Hawaii Volcanoes Hawaii 1916 1,262,747 Badlands South Dakota 1978 1,224,226 Death Valley California 1994 1,146,551 Gateway Arch Missouri 2018 1,145,081 Saguaro Arizona 1994 1,079,786 Sequoia California 1890 1,059,548 Everglades Florida 1947 942,130 Canyonlands Utah 1964 911,594 Haleakala Hawaii 1961 853,181 Theodore Roosevelt North Dakota 1978 796,085 White Sands New Mexico 2019 782,469 Wind Cave South Dakota 1903 709,001 Biscayne Florida 1980 705,655 Crater Lake Oregon 1902 647,751 Great Sand Dunes Colorado 1932 602,613 Petrified Forest Arizona 1962 590,334 Big Bend Texas 1944 581,220 Kings Canyon California 1940 562,918 Mesa Verde Colorado 1906 548,477 Mammoth Cave Kentucky 1941 515,774 Redwood California 1968 435,879 Kenai Fjords Alaska 1980 411,782 Lassen Volcanic California 1916 359,635 Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico 1930 349,244 Pinnacles California 2013 348,857 Virgin Islands US Virgin Islands 1956 323,999 Channel Islands California 1980 319,252 Black Canyon of the Gunnison Colorado 1999 308,910 Guadalupe Mountains Texas 1972 243,291 Voyageurs Minnesota 1975 243,042 Denali Alaska 1917 229,521 Congaree South Carolina 2003 215,181 Great Basin Nevada 1986 215,181 Glacier Bay Alaska 1980 89,768 Dry Tortugas Florida 1935 83,817 Wrangell-St. Elias Alaska 1980 50,189 Isle Royale Michigan 1940 25,844 Katmai Alaska 1918 24,764 Lake Clark Alaska 1980 18,278 North Cascades Washington 1968 17,855 Kobuk Valley Alaska 1980 11,540 American Samoa American Samoa 1988 8,495 Gates of the Arctic Alaska 1980 7,362


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