Welcome to The Shores System


The favorite National Parks in the United States, as measured by the annual number of visitors arriving at each Park.

Attendance at the ten most popular National Parks in the USA

National Parks
in the USA 		Year
1999 		Year
2000 (est.)
Great Smoky Mountain (Tennessee - North Carolina) 10,283,598 10,655,856
Grand Canyon (Arizona) 4,575,124 4,461,446
Yosemite (California) 3,493,607 3,369,463
Olympic (Washington) 3,364,266 3,450,940
Rocky Mountain (Colorado) 3,186,323 3,216,197
Yellowstone (Montana - Wyoming) 3,131,381 3,092,091
Grand Teton (Wyoming) 2,680,025 2,688,553
Acadia (Maine) 2,602,227 2,522,457
Zion (Utah) 2,449,664 2,411,997
Haleakala (Hawaii) 1,963,187 1,850,510

Source: National Park Service/Public Use Statistics Office. The projections for Year 2000 are based on the previous five years of data.

Discussion Groups

Park Finance discussion group

Environmental Funds discussion group

Site Map  |  Consulting  |  Environmental Funds  |  Pay for Parks   |  Ecotourism   |  Biodiversity
Return to The Shores_System  |   about The Shores_System  |   Contact Us