What are the most popular national parks in the US?
By far the most popular national park in the US is Great Smoky Mountains National Park—it received a whopping 11.5 million visitors in 2025. The next most-visited parks were Zion and Yellowstone, which welcomed 4.98 million and 4.76 million visitors, respectively. But if we’re talking cultural popularity, the Grand Canyon takes that prize. You’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone, anywhere, who hasn’t heard of it.
