Top 10 Most Visited National Parks #Part1

1. Great Smoky Mountains

Photograph by Kushal Mukherjee, My Shot

Clouds obscure a valley in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The nation’s busiest park, Great Smoky Mountains draws more than nine million visitors a year, twice the number of any other national park. It's located in Tennessee and North Carolina.

Great Smoky Mountains

Photograph by Siyuan Yang, My Shot

Fog casts a veil over Clingmans Dome, the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains at 6,643 feet. The park preserves the world’s best examples of deciduous forest and a matchless variety of plants and animals

2. Grand Canyon

Photograph by Mihail Diaconu, My Shot

The setting sun strikes the Grand Canyon's North Rim. Nearly five million people travel to the canyon each year.

Grand Canyon

Photograph by Chris Laurion, My Shot

A visitor takes in the view from the South Rim of Arizona’s Grand Canyon. Ninety percent of travelers first see the canyon from the South Rim, but crowds can be avoided by hiking the park’s many trails or driving to the cool evergreen forests of the North Rim.

3. Yosemite

Photograph by Phil Hawkins, My Shot

The 317-foot Vernal Fall is seen from a gorge in California’s Yosemite National Park. In addition to waterfalls, the park boasts deep valleys, ancient sequoias, and hundreds of animal species.

Yosemite

Photograph by Nikhil Shahi, My Shot

Winter sunlight appears to set Yosemite National Park’s Horsetail Fall aflame. The third most visited national park, Yosemite is also a UNESCO World Heritage site.

4. Yellowstone

Photograph by Ed Riche, My Shot

Fog from a nearby hot spring nearly conceals two bison grazing on winter grasses in Yellowstone National Park. The park is also home to elk, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, and other Rocky Mountain fauna.

Yellowstone

Photograph by Rade Svorcan, My Shot

The Lone Star Geyser erupts in Yellowstone National Park. Located in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, the park has more geysers and hot springs than anywhere else on Earth.
 

5. Rocky Mountain

Photograph by Mark Sanders, My Shot

Sweeping vistas are a main attraction at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. The park contains 150 lakes and 450 miles of streams, plus ecosystems ranging from wetlands to pine forests to montane areas to alpine tundra.

Rocky Mountain

Photograph by Zack Clothier, My Shot

An elk in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. A wide variety of animals inhabit the park, including beaver, elk, and bighorn sheep, as well as many bird species. Source Article 
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