The Top 100 Most Popular National Parks, Monuments, and Historic Sites

Millions visit our nations parks and monuments every year. Think you know where the Grand Canyon or the White House fit in? The answer might surprise you.

• 1. Blue Ridge Parkway

  

  Visitors: 14,517,118 | Photo: Brian Stansbury

• 2. Golden Gate National Recreational Area

  

  Visitors: 14,271,503 | Photo: Superchillum

• 3. Great Smokey Mountains National Park

  

  Visitors: 9,463,538 | Photo: Mike Miley

• 4. Gateway National Recreational Area (Jacob Riis Park)

  

  Visitors: 8,820,757 | Photo: Padraic

• 5. Lake Mead

  

  Visitors: 7,080,758 | Photo: KJKolb

• 6. George Washington Memorial Parkway

  

  Visitors: 6,925,099 | Photo: Anne Dayton

• 7. Lincoln Memorial

  

  Visitors: 6,042,315 | Photo: ChadH

• 8. Natchez Trace Parkway

  

  Visitors: 5,910,950 | Photo: Beckwan

• 9. Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area

  

  Visitors: 5,285,761 | Photo: Mike Parker

• 10. Cape Cod National Seashore

  

  Visitors: 4,653,706 | Photo: SeduisantRedux

• 11. Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park

  

  Visitors: 4,555,371 | Photo: Nilly Hathorn

• 12. Grand Canyon National Park

  

  Visitors: 4,388,386 | Photo: Kyle Monohan

• 13. Gulf Islands National Seashore

  

  Visitors: 4,283,747 | Photo: National Parks Service

• 14. San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park

  

  Visitors: 4,130,970| Photo: Christopher J. Wood

• 15. Castle Clinton National Monument

  

  Visitors: 4,126,378 | Photo: Unknown Photographer / Public Domain

• 16. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park

  

  Visitors: 4,111,238 | Photo: Lorax

• 17. World War II Memorial

  

  Visitors: 3,964,351| Photo: Carol McKinney Highsmith

• 18. Yosemite National Park

  

  Visitors: 3,901,408 | Photo: chensiyuan

• 19. Statue of Liberty National Monument

  

  Visitors: 3,833,288 | Photo: Elcobbola

• 20. Independence National Historic Park

  

  Visitors: 3,751,007 | Photo: National Park Service

• 21. Yellowstone National Park (Home Of Old Faithful)

  

  Visitors: 3,640,185| Photo: Public Domain

• 22. Colonial National Historic Park

  

  Visitors: 3,459,965| Photo: Sarah Stierch

• 23. Korean War Veterans Memorial

  

  Visitors: 3,072,716| Photo: Carol M. Highsmith

• 24. Chattahoochee River National Recreational Area

  

  Visitors: 3,011,393 | Photo: JT

• 25. Rocky Mountain National Park

  

  Visitors: 2,955,821 | Photo: K.lee

• 26. Olympic National Park

  

  Visitors: 2,844,563 | Photo: National Park Service

• 27. Grand Teton National Park

  

  Visitors: 2,669,374 | Photo: Christopher Sokolowski

• 28. Zion National Park

  

  Visitors: 2,665,972 | Photo: Dillif

• 29. Acadia National Park

  

  Visitors: 2,504,208 | Photo: Into The Fray

• 30. Cuyahoga Valley National Park

  

  Visitors: 2,492,670 | Photo: Taximes

• 31. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

  

  Visitors: 2,436,110 | Photo: Taximes

• 32. Mount Rushmore National Memorial

  

  Visitors: 2,331,237 | Photo: Dean Franklin

• 33. Thomas Jefferson Memorial

  

  Visitors: 2,305,856 | Photo: CIA World Factbook

• 34. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

  

  Visitors: 2,238,052 | Photo: National Park Service

• 35. Glacier National Park

  

  Visitors: 2,200,048| Photo: National Park Service

• 36. Cape Hatteras National Seashore

  

  Visitors: 2,193,292 | Photo: US Air Force

• 37. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

  

  Visitors: 2,150,345 | Photo: JoeyBLS

• 38. Glen Canyon National Recreational Area

  

  Visitors: 2,124,467 | Photo: Sbuckley

• 39. Assateague Island National Seashore

  

  Visitors: 2,106,090 | Photo: Fritz Geller-Grim

• 40. Point Reyes National Seashore

  

  Visitors: 2,067,271 | Photo: Miguel.v

• 41. Boston National Historic Park (Bunker Hill)

  

  Visitors: 2,060,497 | Photo: Chensiyuan

• 42. Rock Creek Park

  

  Visitors: 1,883,457| Photo: TrailVoice

• 43. Valley Forge National Historic Park

  

  Visitors: 1,617,511 | Photo: JGHowes

• 44. Amistad National Recreational Area

  

  Visitors: 1,574,322 | Photo: National Park Service

• 45. Buffalo National River

  

  Visitors: 1,545,599 | Photo: Chris Light

• 46. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

  

  Visitors: 1,512,191| Photo: Lonesome Crow

• 47. Joshua Tree National Park

  

  Visitors: 1,434,976 | Photo: Doug Dolde

• 48. Ozark National Scenic Riverways

  

  Visitors: 1,416,529 | Photo: Kbh3rd

• 49. World War II Valor in the Pacific NM (USS Arizona Memorial)

  

  Visitors: 1,372,724 | Photo ErgoSum88

• 50. National Capital Parks Central (At the National Mall)

  

  Visitors: 1,363,389 | Photo: Carol M Highsmith

• 51. Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Area

  

  Visitors: 1,324,074 | Photo: James Stripes

• 52. Fort Point National Historic Site

  

  Visitors: 1,315,241 | Photo: Leaflet

• 53. Hot Springs National Park

  

  Visitors: 1,311,807 | Photo: Chris Light

• 54. San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

  

  Visitors: 1,304,690 | Photo: Liveon001

• 55. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

  

  Visitors: 1,304,667 | Photo: MartinRe

• 56. Bryce Canyon National Park

  

  Visitors: 1,285,492 | Photo: National Park Service

• 57. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

  

  Visitors: 1,280,932| Photo: Andrew McFarlane

• 58. Chickasaw National Recreational Area

  

  Visitors: 1,253,637 | Photo: Jason Daniel Brown

• 59. Shenandoah National Park (Whiteoak Canyon)

  

  Visitors: 1,253,386 | Photo: Gspatter

• 60. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway (Grand Teton)

  

  Visitors: 1,222,931 | Photo: Dave Bezaire & Susi Havens-Bezaire

• 61. Mount Rainier National Park

  

  Visitors: 1,191,754 | Photo: Cullen328

• 62. National Capital Parks East (Frederick Douglass House)

  

  Visitors: 1,181,960 | Photo: Walter Smalling for the Historic American Buildings Survey and the Library of Congress

• 63. New River Gorge National River

  

  Visitors: 1,151,213 | Photo: Jarekt

• 64. Haleakala National Park

  

  Visitors: 1,105,606 | Photo: Michael Oswald

• 65. San Juan National Historic Site

  

  Visitors: 1,105,252 | Photo: Jmoliver

• 66. Minute Man National Historical Park

  

  Visitors: 1,073,748 | Photo: Flying Jazz

• 67. Gettysburg National Military Park

  

  Visitors: 1,031,554| Photo: Sallicio

• 68. Arches National Park

  

  Visitors: 1,014,405 | Photo:palacemusic

• 69. Sequoia National Park

  

  Visitors: 1,002,979 | Photo:Photo: Smith FL

• 70. Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

  

  Visitors: 993,948 | Photo: ebyabe

• 71. Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park

  

  Visitors: 991,901 | Photo: Bedford

• 72. Death Valley National Park

  

  Visitors: 984,775 | Photo: Roger469

• 73. Badlands National Park

  

  Visitors: 977,778 | Photo: Jsoo1

• 74. Curecanti National Recreational Area

  

  Visitors: 969,549 | Photo: National Parks

• 75. Canaveral National Seashore

  

  Visitors: 966,099 | Photo: Joneboi

• 76. White House

  

  Visitors: 922,335 | Photo: UpstateNYer

• 77. Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

  

  Visitors: 918,746 | Photo: J65467

• 78. Everglades National Park

  

  Visitors: 915,538 | Photo: MDuchek

• 79. Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park

  Visitors: 899,936 | Photo: RebelAt

• 80. Lake Meredith National Recreational Area

  

  Visitors: 883,586

• 81. Muir Woods National Monument

  

  Visitors: 834,356 | Photo: Public Domain

• 82. Canyon de Chelly National Monument

  

  Visitors: 827,247 | Photo: Library of Congress

• 83. Salem Maritime National Historic Site

  

  Visitors: 806,506 | Photo: Urdangaray

• 84. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Alaska

  

  Visitors: 797,716 | Photo: Reywas92

• 85. Fort Sumter National Monument

  

  Visitors: 797,713 | Photo: Bubba73

• 86. Whiskeytown National Recreational Area

  

  Visitors: 788,065 | Photo: Monica's Dad

• 87. Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

  

  Visitors: 786,989 | Photo: jacki

• 88. Cabrillo National Monument

  

  Visitors: 763,140 | Photo: Kmf164

• 89. Saguaro National Park

  

  Visitors: 717,614 | Photo: pgmr

• 90. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

  

  Visitors: 708,549 | Photo: Shreeg88

• 91. Ross Lake National Recreation Area

  

  Visitors: 682,736 | Photo: PWhittle

• 92. Fort Matanzas National Monument

  

  Visitors: 673,700 | Photo: Intergalacticz9

• 93. Big Cypress National Preserve

  

  Visitors: 665,523 | Photo: Hammbeen

• 94. Petrified Forest National Park

  

  Visitors: 664,725 | Photo: Moondigger

• 95. Capitol Reef National Park (Petroglyph)

  

  Visitors: 662,661 | Photo: Axcordian

• 96. Ford's Theatre National Historic Site

  

  Visitors: 662,298 | Photo: UpstateNYer

• 97. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

  

  Visitors: 658,452 | Photo: Jeff Clemmons

• 98. Big South Fork National River and Recreational Area

  

  Visitors: 656,374 | Photo: Brian Stansberry

• 99. Washington Monument

  

  Visitors: 628,665 | Photo: Diliff

• 100. Arlington House The R.E. Lee Memorial

  

  Visitors: 627,576 | Photo: Howcheng