Park and outdoor statistics

Park visits

The National Park System recorded 323,014,305 recreation visits in 2025. Source: National Park Service, 13 March 2026.

From the np.guide field guides

np.guide has published guides for 10 national parks. Those 10 parks are also the 10 most visited national parks in 2025. Sample: the 10 published guides in this site.

Those guides list 95 places. 90 of the 95 have weak, limited, or no mobile signal. Sample: 95 mapped places.

The same guides list 50 short hikes and 41 permit notes.

Pages

• National park statistics 2026. Visits, overnight stays, spending, deaths, search and rescue.
• Hiking statistics 2026. Hikers in the U.S. and hiking visits on federal land.
• Camping statistics 2026. Overnight stays, campers, and why there is no 2026 national permit total.
• Outdoor recreation statistics 2026. Forest Service, BLM, wildlife refuges, and recreation areas.
• National park visitation trends. 35 years of NPS recreation visits for 62 of the 63 national parks, with population context.
• Best month to visit each national park. Busiest and quietest months from NPS monthly visit counts (2025).
• Visits per acre at each national park. 2025 recreation visits divided by park acres for all 63 national parks.
• Did timed entry cut crowds?. Before-and-after visits at the five parks with reservation systems.
• 110-degree days and heat closures. How many 110°F days Death Valley, the inner Grand Canyon, and Zion get, and how the parks handle heat.
• Entrance fees vs inflation at each national park. Current fees for all 63 national parks against June 2018 fees and CPI inflation.

How to cite

Use the number, the year, and the named agency. A recreation visit is one entry by one person on one day. It is not a unique person.

Do not add National Park Service, Forest Service, and BLM visit totals together. They do not use one counting method.