Top 10 Most Visited Parks

 1. Great Smoky Mountains

Clouds in a dark valley in the National Park Great Smoky Mountains. Most visited park in the country, Great Smoky Mountains, draws over nine million visitors a year, double the number of other national parks. It is located in Tennessee and North Carolina.Fog throws a veil over Clingmans Dome, the highest point of the Great Smoky Mountains, 6643 feet. The park preserves the world's best examples of hardwood and an unparalleled variety of plants and animals.

2. Grand Canyon

The sun strikes the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Nearly five million people travel in the canyon each year.A visitor at the point of view of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Ninety percent of the first visitors see the canyon from the South Rim, but people can avoid many hiking trails in the park or driving the cool evergreen forests of the north coast.

3. Yosemite

317-foot Vernal Falls viewed from the canyons of California, Yosemite National Park. In addition, the waterfalls, the park offers deep valleys, ancient SEQUOIAS, and hundreds of animal species.Winter sunlight affect on the set of Yosemite National Park, Horsetail Falls in flames. Thirdly, the most visited national park, Yosemite is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

4. Yellowstone

Mist from a hot spring near hides almost two bison grazing on winter pastures in the Yellowstone National Park. The park is also home to moose, bighorn sheep, grizzlies and other Rocky Mountain Lone Star Geyser fauna.The eruption of 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

A broad view is one of the main attractions in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. The park has 150 lakes and tundra 450 miles of rivers and ecosystems ranging from wetlands to pine forests in mountainous areas of Alpine skiing. An elk in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. A wide variety of animals that inhabit the park, including beavers, moose and bighorn sheep, and many species of birds.

6. Olympic

Outcrops called sea stacks are home to birds and other animals on the Pacific coast of Olympic National Park Washington. The coast is one of three different ecosystems within the National Park covers 1.441 miles park.Olympic square of the Olympic Peninsula. Due to the conditions of the park is relatively untouched and unforgettable landscapes, UNESCO declared both an International Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site.

7. Grand Teton

Autumn brings vibrant color to a valley in Wyoming in Grand Teton National Park. Although visitors can enjoy the park this year, September and October bring pleasant days and nights faster, less crowded, and a better chance of seeing moose in the Teton Range peaks summer.The at sunrise sun seen Schwabacher Landing, a popular point of view. Affected by the foot, the beautiful and impressive peaks do one of the boldest statements of the geology of the Rockies.

8. Zion

The increase in the high plateau country of Utah, Virgin River cuts its way through Zion Canyon in the desert below. Striking topography of the park vertical rock towers, canyons and sandstone cliffs, attracts 2.5 million visitors a mountaineer year.A tests a block of sandstone in Utah, Zion National Park. Founded in 1919, Zion has more than 100 miles of desert trails crisscross the backcountry.

9. Acadia

Mountains and the sea are found in Acadia National Park in Maine. Most of the park is on Mount Desert Island, a mosaic of green property, private and resort villages.Eagle lake is visible from a wooded hill in Acadia National Park. The park has over 120 miles of trails ranging from easy walks along the ocean to climb steep mountains and Cadillac others.

10. Cuyahoga Valley

While Brandywine Falls attracts more tourists to Ohio Cuyahoga Valley National Park, less cluttered Hen Blue Falls, pictured here, offers an oasis in a wooded valley.A cardinal perches on a branch along the Towpath Trail in Cuyahoga Valley National Popular Park . Founded in 2000, the park includes wetlands with abundant wildlife, vistas of hills covered with trees, and isolated paths through rugged canyons.