Employee count at Grand Canyon National Park in 2018
One of the world's most spectacular landscapes
Located in Arizona, the Grand Canyon National Park provides access to a large river canyon that is 277 miles long and with widths of up to 18 miles. Grand Canyon was among the most visited parks in the United States in 2018, being visited by over six million people. The most visited national park was Great Smoky Mountains, which had almost 11 and a half million visitors in that year.
Recreational visitors to U.S. National Parks Service sites
National parks are an increasingly popular vacation and adventure destination among Americans. Since the early 2000’s, the number of recreational national park visitors in the U.S. has grown substantially. In 2017, a total of nearly 331 million people visited sites that are managed by the National Park Service.