Can you name the ten most visited National Parks in the United States in 2008?

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Most Visited National Parks Quiz

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Created by: dldove77 -
Published: August 19th, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 59,921

Tags: State Quizzes, united, United States, park, 2008, ten, visited, visitor, National Parks, national

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	NCBerge:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 17:58 GMT	0 points
	Does anybody know how many of these are free? I known Great Smoky is, and I always heard that was the reason it was #1. Are any of the other 9 free?

	HPZ:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 18:13 GMT	3 points
	@rockgolf: As you'll see from the source link, this is a list of the most visited national parks, not the most visited NPS units. (I admit I tried Lincoln Memorial myself)

	lalalala:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 18:14 GMT	14 points
	no bonus for jellystone?

	Disclaimer:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 18:22 GMT	25 points
	@NCBerge - I think the biggest reason that Great Smoky is #1 is location. I'd bet that it's a days drive from 100 million people. All the ones in the west are much more remote my comparison. Grand Canyon and Yellowstone are really pretty remote, and even the ones in the West that are near to population centers don't have as many people to draw on as Great Smoky. I'm sure being free helps a little, but by far the major expense of visiting a national park is travel - gas, food, lodging, etc. - even at the expensive parks the cash you pay at the gate is, for most people, a small part of your total costs, so my guess is it's not a huge factor.

	Disclaimer:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 18:26 GMT	15 points
	btw - Requiring the pluralization of "mountains" in Great Smoky is a little rough. I typed "Great Smoky Mountain National Park" and it didn't take it. I guess it's not wrong to refuse that, but it seems overly strict.

	Kazbar:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 18:40 GMT	6 points
	I was surprised Arches wasn't in here. Oh well.

	Tex17:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 18:43 GMT	14 points
	9 out of 10. A little surprised Everglades isn't on the list.

	davidr:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 18:50 GMT	4 points
	@NCBerge: #1 and #6 are free all year round and #10 is free from November to April inclusive each year. There's no fee to drive down US-191, which passes through #9, but you do need to pay to enter any other part of the Park.

	davidr:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 19:01 GMT	8 points
	@Disclaimer: Another reason why Great Smoky Mountains NP gets so many visitors is presumably that US-441 passes straight through the park so one would assume that anyone who travels down that road is counted as a visitor. (Indeed, the reason that the park is free to enter is that a condition of the transfer of ownership of that road from the State of Tennessee was that no fee or toll would ever be charged to travel on the road.) The passage of US-191 through #9 might boost the numbers there, but, then again, they might just be counting the number of people who pay the entrance fee, in that case.

	Keonyn:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 19:06 GMT	3 points
	I thought Glacier would make the list, such an amazing park, and easy to hit on the same vacation as Yellowstone.

	NYCub:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 19:25 GMT	0 points
	I typed in "Great Smoky Mountains," "Rocky Mountain" and "Grand Teton," and it wouldn't accept any of those replies.

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	davidr:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 19:52 GMT	2 points
	@NYCub: Must've been a glitch or typos on your part: they all work.

	xander:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 19:54 GMT	2 points
	Very cool quiz, I love national parks! And thanks for all the insight (as usual) Davidr

	davidr:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 19:55 GMT	9 points
	@btroup1: Um. No. It's not even administered by the National Park Service.

	jUNKIEd:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 20:02 GMT	-2 points
	never heard of cuyahoga national park? I'm guessing its in Ohio. Got the rest.

	dsee:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 20:54 GMT	3 points
	whooo hooo lets hear it for wyoming two of the parks on this list, though they are right next to each other. not much else in wyoming to look at though.

	shel99:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 21:02 GMT	2 points
	didn't realize there was a Great before Smoky Mountain...oh well!

	zigra:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 21:06 GMT	2 points
	@jUNKIEd: Cuyahoga Valley was designated a NP in 2000, so even though I spent much of the late 90s hiking it, I still missed it :(

	RyanUR:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 21:30 GMT	2 points
	Surprised Shenandoah wasn't on here for the same reason as the Smokies.

	Supernuke:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 21:51 GMT	2 points
	shouldn't they accept Grand Teton for Grand Teton National Park?

	batmann:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 22:02 GMT	0 points
	smoky mountain is that many? wow i wouldve thought grand canyon and yellowstone as the top 2.

	TIMTEBOW15:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 22:10 GMT	0 points
	Everglades should count for the same reason that the smoky mts are because alligator alley goes right through, and its a really busy road

	TIMTEBOW15:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 22:13 GMT	0 points
	nevermind, its big cyprus national preserve, it wouldn't count

	davidr:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 22:15 GMT	2 points
	@Supernuke: It does accept Grand Teton. You don't need to type out `National Park' for any of the answers.

	Iceberg:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 22:31 GMT	5 points
	So when do we get least visited? Anyone for a trip to Kobuk Valley National Park?

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	davidr:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 22:35 GMT	3 points
	@dsee: Devils Tower and the Wind River Range. OK, I'm done.

	davidr:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 22:38 GMT	4 points
	@Doctor_Tom: Mount Rushmore is a National Memorial, not a National Park.

	WCRoentgen:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 22:41 GMT	1 point
	Biggest surprises for not being on the list: Shenandoah, Everglades, Mt. Rainier, all of which are near large population centers.

	Yurian:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 23:11 GMT	-2 points
	Yellowstone you let me down so much on most visited! (Sob) I expected better of you!!!!!! I really did, does anybody else thought Yellowstone had most visited also lol? Great quiz

	davidr:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 23:20 GMT	2 points
	@Iceberg: I've just written a quiz for the least-visited, though I doubt that it, like the Parks in it, will be very popular. :-) Full NPS visitor stats are at http://www.nature.nps.gov/stats/viewReport.cfm for anyone who's interested.

	motomoto:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 00:58 GMT	1 point
	@ncBERGE - Cuyahoga Valley is definitely free, as I work about 500 yards from it and travel through it all the time. It's really not laid out in a way that would be condusive to establishing park entrance stations, as it has many roads running through it.

	zalagreensbury:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 02:14 GMT	3 points
	All this quiz does is remind me how deprived and sheltered a life I've lived pouts in corner

	Bigdenverman:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 02:57 GMT	3 points
	Great Smoky Mountains is the only major National Park of it's kind in the area, drawing people from many major metropolitan areas nearby. Yellowstone, Glacier, Mount Rainier, Zion and Bryce Canyon are more spectacular (just an opinion) but they are more remote. They need a quiz in which you simply name all the National Parks.

	ZapRowsdower:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 03:01 GMT	0 points
	I submitted this very idea to the suggestions box on sporcle labs the day that the box went live, and no credit? I didn't see anyone else suggest it.

	jmarshallg:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 05:50 GMT	2 points
	I had no idea Olympic was so popular.

	davidr:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 07:13 GMT	1 point
	@ZapRowsdower: Maybe the author of the quiz just had the same idea as you and wrote it on their own.

	ulashima:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 08:15 GMT	2 points
	The three most guessed were also my only three guesses....and I don't know any US national parks apart from those. And where did I learn about one: Yogi Bear!