Now is the time to plan spring and summer travel, with national parks being among some of the hottest destinations. The latest numbers show nearly 332 million visits to National Park Service sites ...

Nearly 332 million people visited America's national parks last year, a record high. Yosemite, pictured above, logged more than 4 million visits. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) As the Trump ...

Millions of people enjoy Great Smoky Mountains National Park each year. Some enter the park one way and leave another, only ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Yellowstone National Park hosted 566,363 recreation visits in May 2025, up 8% from May 2024. Visitation in May 2025 was the busiest on record and showed a 20% increase from ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) — The National Park Service served ...

National parks saw a record-breaking 331.8 million visitors in the last year, a 2% increase from the previous year. Great Smoky Mountains National Park remains the most visited national park, while ...

The country’s most visited national park got a little less popular in 2024. Just over 12 million people visited the Smokies during 2024, according to preliminary attendance data from the National Park ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Yellowstone National Park recreation visits were up 2% in August, compared to last year. The park hosted 881,936 visits, showing a 4% decrease from the record year 2021. So ...

National Parks Week is here once again, and this year you can enjoy the annual fee-free visits with a set of specially themed “playlists!” While they are not literal ‘playlists’ of music, the theme of ...

As the Trump administration continues to slash the federal workforce, the National Park Service — which has lost nearly 10% of its staff to the sweeping cuts — just reported that 2024 set a record ...