THE LEAST VISITED NATIONAL PARKS

There are 63 National Parks int eh United States. The most-visited: Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, which welcomed a record-setting 14 million recreation visits in 2021. Zion, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon are other top visitor draws. But what are the least-visited national parks?
1. Gates of the Arctic National Park: 7,362 visits in 2021
2. National Park of American Samoa: 8,500 visits in 2021
3. Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska: 11,540 visits
4. North Cascades National Park, Washington: 17,855 visits
5. Lake Clark National Park, Alaska: visits
6. Katmai National Park, Alaska: 24,764 visits
7. Isle Royale National Park, Michigan: 25,844 visits
8. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska: 50,189 visits
9. Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida: 83,817 visits
10. Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska: 89,768 visits
11. Great Basin National Park, Nevada: 144,875 visits
12. Congaree National Park, South Carolina – 215,181 visits
* Great news! They’re not crowded! But – for reasons they don’t say – they must suck.
* There are actually a few other national parks that get even fewer visits than these. You might not have heard of them:
– Rattlesnake Nest National Park, Arizona
– Diarrhetic Bat Cave National Park, Virginia
– Jellyfish Beach, Alabama
– Hippie Commune National Preserve, California
– Sulfur Fart Smell Hot Springs, South Dakota
– Lowest Spot In Iowa National Park
– Great Tick Forest National Park, Maine
– Refinery River, New Jersey
– Phlegm Geyser National Park, Utah
– Murder Hornet Hive Preserve and Hedge Maze, Washington