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Great Smoky Mountains remains America's most visited national park by a long shot.

people visited the park straddling North Carolina and Tennessee last year, according to newly released  That's fewer than the 14.1 million who visited in 2021 but still far more than any of the other 62 national parks.

"The 2022 visitation report confirms what we have long known to be true – Great Smoky Mountains National Park continues to be a special place for millions of visitors," Superintendent Cassius Cash said in a . "We are thinking about what average visitation over the last ten years means for the next ten years and how we will preserve a high-quality visitor experience as well as park resources."

The most parks popular are nearly all household names like Grand Canyon,��Joshua Tree and America's first national Park, Yellowstone,��but there are two that may surprise casual fans. 

Cuyahoga Valley ���Ի���Indiana Dunes both saw more visitors last year than places like Arches ���Ի���Everglades, which didn't make the top 15. 

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15 most-visited national parks in 2022

1. Great Smoky Mountains National Park - 12,937,633
2. Grand Canyon National Park - 4,732,101
3. Zion National Park - 4,692,417
4. Rocky Mountain National Park - 4,300,424
5. Acadia National Park - 3,970,260
6. Yosemite National Park - 3,667,550
7. Yellowstone National Park - 3,290,242
8. Joshua Tree National Park - 3,058,294
9. Cuyahoga Valley National Park - 2,913,312
10. Glacier National Park - 2,908,458
11. Indiana Dunes National Park - 2,834,180
12. Grand Teton National Park - 2,806,223
13. Hot Springs National Park - 2,646,133
14. Olympic National Park - 2,432,972
15. Bryce Canyon National Park - 2,354,660

Source: National Park Service

For perspective, the least visited park,��, only saw 1,887 recreational visits last year.