National Parks by total number of visitor hours

Table sorted by annual recreational hours averaged from year 2008 to year 2017, from most visit hours to least visit hours. For comparison, number of visits are also provided. Hours take into account how much time a visitor spends in the park, unlike visits.

	visits	visits rank	hours	hours rank
Grand Canyon	4,894,769	2	77,132,187	1
Yellowstone	3,601,693	4	75,042,496	2
Great Smoky Mountains	9,951,197	1	73,751,865	3
Yosemite	3,996,500	3	69,060,263	4
Sequoia	1,060,315	21	34,300,080	5
Glacier	2,320,217	11	27,089,324	6
Rocky Mountain	3,447,870	5	23,853,991	7
Zion	3,233,651	6	22,409,146	8
Grand Teton	2,824,532	8	19,163,408	9
Kings Canyon	577,854	29	18,852,981	10
Olympic	3,137,907	7	15,067,414	11
Acadia	2,605,536	9	14,506,845	12
Mount Rainier	1,201,686	18	14,397,328	13
Joshua Tree	1,728,215	13	12,475,720	14
Bryce Canyon	1,565,676	15	10,266,170	15
Shenandoah	1,248,024	17	9,982,367	16
Hawaii Volcanoes	1,565,752	14	9,854,364	17
Big Bend	359,403	42	8,683,348	18
Gateway Arch	2,006,982	12	8,027,927	19
Death Valley	1,041,596	22	7,861,951	20
Denali	481,744	36	6,977,855	21
Cuyahoga Valley	2,359,884	10	6,879,998	22
Glacier Bay	480,802	37	6,175,456	23
Lassen Volcanic	425,829	40	4,713,159	24
Arches	1,194,247	19	4,679,489	25
Canyonlands	539,336	32	4,369,735	26
Badlands	931,199	24	4,243,177	27
Mesa Verde	542,916	31	3,838,543	28
Everglades	989,970	23	3,642,777	29
Crater Lake	532,266	33	3,428,235	30
Wrangell St Elias	72,362	52	3,328,672	31
Mammoth Cave	519,706	34	3,265,414	32
Hot Springs	1,380,780	16	2,921,406	33
Channel Islands	307,829	43	2,825,672	34
Haleakala	1,097,150	20	2,767,447	35
Virgin Islands	432,377	39	2,659,118	36
Theodore Roosevelt	607,803	28	2,061,979	37
Voyageurs	227,996	47	1,897,482	38
Great Sand Dunes	307,125	44	1,875,242	39
Biscayne	504,554	35	1,718,672	40
Wind Cave	571,858	30	1,708,104	41
Redwood	432,380	38	1,699,816	42
Petrified Forest	666,467	27	1,682,902	43
Carlsbad Caverns	422,600	41	1,643,787	44
Capitol Reef	783,314	25	1,275,862	45
Black Canyon of the Gunnison	198,211	48	1,168,051	46
Great Basin	105,880	51	1,161,639	47
Isle Royale	17,972	56	1,151,455	48
Saguaro	721,678	26	1,034,186	49
Pinnacles	229,210	46	912,448	50
Kenai Fjords	291,727	45	903,085	51
Dry Tortugas	62,764	53	733,466	52
Congaree	121,036	50	469,065	53
North Cascades	24,164	55	468,323	54
Guadalupe Mountains	175,588	49	454,766	55
Katmai	36,825	54	284,277	56
Gates of the Arctic	11,038	60	168,313	57
Lake Clark	13,402	58	106,848	58
American Samoa	17,321	57	34,642	59
Kobuk Valley	11,939	59	34,472	60