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Number of visitors to national parks and sites in the United States 2010-2017, by type

Number of visitors to national parks and sites in the United States from 2010 to 2017, by type of park (in millions)

The data displays the number of visitors to national parks and sites in the U.S. from 2010 to 2017, by type of park. There were approx. 52.11 million visitors to National Recreation Areas in the United States in 2017.

National Park 64.62 62.61 64.88 63.51 68.93 75.29 82.9 84.05
National Recreation Area 49.04 47.37 44.68 44 45.22 46.23 50.33 52.11
National Memorial 30.8 30.64 35.44 34.33 36.03 40.54 41.64 40.1
National Historical Park 28.14 27.69 28.65 28.61 30.47 30.52 33.02 33.5
National Parkway 28.58 29.71 29.39 27.48 28.53 29.56 32.8 31.42
National Monument 23.01 23.02 21.79 18.66 24.45 24.89 25.73 26.33
National Seashore 18.12 18.8 18.88 18.66 18.55 18.71 19.8 18.47
National Historic Site 9.75 9.6 10.14 9.61 9.93 9.97 11.02 10.36
Park (Other) 8.13 7.76 6.65 7.34 8.64 8.5 8.94 9.33
National River 4.77 4.31 4.33 4.12 4.46 4.69 5.17 5
National Military Park 4.57 5.05 5.07 5.05 4.44 4.55 4.81 4.7
National Lakeshore 4.09 3.93 4.18 3.75 3.77 4.13 4.34 4.82
National Preserve 2.63 2.9 2.89 2.93 3.23 3.35 3.54 3.45
National Battlefield Park 2.26 2.58 2.74 2.67 2.87 2.97 3.31 3.66
National Battlefield 1.77 1.78 1.99 1.75 1.84 1.91 2.05 1.96
National Wild & Scenic River 0.95 1.04 0.96 1.05 1.35 1.33 1.46 1.47
National Reserve 0.09 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.11 0.11 0.13