Historic Site and National Park Statistics
Top Ten Most Visited Historic Sites 2008
2008
Rank

National Park Site

Recreation Visits (2008)
2007
Rank
1 Great Smokey Mountains National Park 9,044,010 1
2 Lincoln Memorial 4,678,861 3
3 Grand Canyon National Park 4,425,314 2
4 Vietnam Memorial 4,243,573 7
5 World War II Memorial 4,153,749 4
6 San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park 4,086,211 5
7 Independence National Historic Park 4,076,638 6
8 Castle Clinton National Memorial 3,727,030 8
9 Korean War Veterans Memorial 3,654,976 10
10 Statue of Liberty National Monument 3,555,244 11
Dropped Out of Top Ten: Yosemite National Park
Source: National Park Service.  (National Historic Sites does not include National Parkways, Recreation Areas, or Shorelines)
Top Ten Most Visited National Parks, Parkways,
and Recreation Areas 2008
2008
Rank

National Park Site

Recreation Visits (2008)
2007
Rank
1 Blue Ridge Parkway 16,309,307 1
2 Golden Gate National Recreation Area 14,554,750 2
3 Gateway National Recreation Area 9,431,021 4
4 Great Smokey Mountains National Park 9,044,010 3
5 Lake Mead National Recreation Area 7,601,863 5
6 George Washington Memorial Parkway 7,009,630 6
7 Natchez Trace Parkway 5,747,235 7
8 Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area 5,127,074 8
9 Lincoln Memorial 4,678,861 11
10 Cape Cod National Seashore 4,644,235 10
Dropped Out of Top Ten: Grand Canyon National Park
Source: National Park Service.


National Park Attendance Losers

Falling Back

Rank    Park, % Decrease
351    Alibates Flint Quarries NM, -43.0%
352    Cape Lookout NS, -43.4%
353    Chaco Culture NHP, -45.5%
354    National Park of American Samoa, -45.6%
355    Ford's Theatre NHS, -54.1%
356    Yukon-Charley Rivers NPRES, -57.3%
357    Aniakchak NM & PRES, -61.5%
358    Fort Necessity NB, -63.9%
359    Katmai NP & PRES, -90.4%
360    Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS, -94.1%


Note: % Decrease recreation visits 2008 vs. 2007

Blue Ridge Parkway

Largest Loser, Gross Recreation Visits

Blue Ridge Parkway lost 1,042,979 recreation visits in 2008 over 2007, a 6% drop.



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National Park Attendance Winners

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On the Rise

Rank    Park, % Increase
1          Tuskegee Airmen NHS, +242.7%
2          Governors Island NM, +197.1%
3          Saugus Iron Works NHS, +184.1%
4          Cape Krusenstern NM, +111.4%
5          Palo Alto Battlefield NHS, +107.7%
6          Kobuk Valley NP, +84.8%
7          Piscataway Park, +75.7%
8          Ninety Six NHS, +70.6%
9          Federal Hall NMEM, +66.8%
10        Andrew Johnson NHS, +59.8%


Note: % Increase recreation visits 2008 vs. 2007


Largest Gainer, Gross Recreation Visits


Gateway National Recreation Area gained 617,817 recreation visits, an increase of 7.0% over 2007.







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