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Post by tommyFL on Jun 8, 2021 14:58:00 GMT -5
Here are the five most popular U.S. national parks by number of visitors. It varies from year to year, so I did an average of the last five years (2016-2020). Since these parks are huge, they have a large diversity of climates. To simplify things, I chose the station nearest to the park headquarters for each one. irma.nps.gov/STATS/SSRSReports/National%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Ranking%20Report%20(1979%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)#1. Great Smoky Mountains (11,743,268 visitors)  #2. Grand Canyon (5,495,211 visitors)  #3. Rocky Mountain (4,304,109 visitors)  #4. Zion (4,239,899 visitors)  #5. Yellowstone (4,063,059 visitors)  |
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Post by Benfxmth on Jun 8, 2021 15:04:01 GMT -5
Zion Nat'l Park for me
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2021 15:15:52 GMT -5
Gatlinburg, TN (Great Smoky Mountains)
It almost has three satisfactory summer months, and is really the only climate here that doesn't suffer from being way too cold and/or dry - though those winters are still no picnic.
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Post by deneb78 on Jun 8, 2021 15:21:16 GMT -5
Zion NP for sure. Summers are a bit toasty but at least it's a dry heat.
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Post by greysrigging on Jun 8, 2021 15:22:17 GMT -5
The Smokies one, not bad at all....
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Post by jetshnl on Jun 8, 2021 15:37:55 GMT -5
Zion NP. Warmer winter and Nice warm summer evenings.
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Post by cuntle, fæglèr, antares, VODKÆ on Jun 8, 2021 16:06:50 GMT -5
Yellowstone
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Post by Speagles84 on Jun 8, 2021 16:31:27 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2021 16:52:02 GMT -5
Yellowstone. Love those cold, snowy winters. Please do more of these!
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Post by cuntle, fæglèr, antares, VODKÆ on Jun 8, 2021 16:58:00 GMT -5
Yellowstone. Love those cold, snowy winters. Please do more of these! Same thing for Canada would be cool too.  |
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Post by tommyFL on Jun 8, 2021 16:59:10 GMT -5
Yellowstone. Love those cold, snowy winters. Please do more of these! Maybe I'll work my way down the list, doing 5 at a time. There are 58 more of them. |
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Post by knot on Jun 8, 2021 17:02:58 GMT -5
Grand Canyon, AZ in a heartbeat. Far and away the best snow:temps ratio.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2021 17:03:36 GMT -5
Yellowstone. Love those cold, snowy winters. Please do more of these! Same thing for Canada would be cool too. I totally agree! We need to show Canada some love.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2021 17:05:35 GMT -5
Yellowstone. Love those cold, snowy winters. Please do more of these! Maybe I'll work my way down the list, doing 5 at a time. There are 58 more of them. I can't wait! |
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Post by cuntle, fæglèr, antares, VODKÆ on Jun 8, 2021 17:08:36 GMT -5
Same thing for Canada would be cool too. I totally agree! We need to show Canada some love. I will attempt to do one later today. |
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Post by nei on Jun 8, 2021 17:25:06 GMT -5
surprised Yosemite isn't in the top 5; dramatic site + near lots of people
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Post by tommyFL on Jun 8, 2021 17:34:40 GMT -5
surprised Yosemite isn't in the top 5; dramatic site + near lots of people States with the most COVID restrictions saw 2020 park visitation drop the most. 2020 numbers were low enough to drag it down to #6. They had 2.3M visitors in 2020 vs 4.4M in 2019. Most parks were not affected as much. |
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Post by Metsfan257 on Jun 8, 2021 18:22:13 GMT -5
I'll take Zion for the wettest winters of the climates with drier summers, and good thunderstorms. The temps are near perfect all year except too hot in summer, but it's truly a dry heat so that shouldn't be an issue.
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Post by Steelernation on Jun 8, 2021 20:33:46 GMT -5
Grand Canyon is the easy winner.
BTW, I’ve been to all of these parks. The smokies are boring, Zion is ok, the other 3 are awesome.
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Post by alex992 on Jun 8, 2021 20:58:29 GMT -5
Hard pick between Rocky Mountain NP and Yellowstone NP, ultimately went with Yellowstone for the slightly colder winters though.
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