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National Parks sorted by crowds, from most crowded to less crowded

Table sorted by "crowd factor", as explained in this post.

Area
(sq miles)
Visits Visits
Rank
Hours Hours
Rank
Crowd
Factor
Crowd
Rank
Gateway Arch 0.14 2,006,982 12 8,027,927 19 13092 1
Hot Springs 9 1,380,780 16 2,921,406 33 74 2
Acadia 74 2,605,536 9 14,506,845 12 45 3
Bryce Canyon 56 1,565,676 15 10,266,170 15 42 4
Cuyahoga Valley 51 2,359,884 10 6,879,998 22 31 5
Virgin Islands 23 432,377 39 2,659,118 36 26 6
Zion 229 3,233,651 6 22,409,146 8 22 7
Great Smoky Mountains 815 9,951,197 1 73,751,865 3 21 8
Haleakala 45 1,097,150 20 2,767,447 35 14 9
Yosemite 1,189 3,996,500 3 69,060,263 4 13 10
Rocky Mountain 415 3,447,870 5 23,853,991 7 13 11
Sequoia 631 1,060,315 21 34,300,080 5 12 12
Mesa Verde 81 542,916 31 3,838,543 28 11 13
Grand Canyon 1,902 4,894,769 2 77,132,187 1 9.3 14
Grand Teton 484 2,824,532 8 19,163,408 9 9 15
Mammoth Cave 83 519,706 34 3,265,414 32 9 16
Mount Rainier 368 1,201,686 18 14,397,328 13 8.9 17
Arches 120 1,194,247 19 4,679,489 25 8.9 18
Wind Cave 44 571,858 30 1,708,104 41 8.9 19
Shenandoah 311 1,248,024 17 9,982,367 16 7.3 20
Lassen Volcanic 166 425,829 40 4,713,159 24 6.5 21
Kings Canyon 722 577,854 29 18,852,981 10 6 22
Black Canyon of the Gunnison 51 198,211 48 1,168,051 46 5.2 23
Carlsbad Caverns 73 422,600 41 1,643,787 44 5.1 24
Pinnacles 42 229,210 46 912,448 50 5 25
Yellowstone 3,468 3,601,693 4 75,042,496 2 4.9 26
Hawaii Volcanoes 505 1,565,752 14 9,854,364 17 4.5 27
Theodore Roosevelt 110 607,803 28 2,061,979 37 4.3 28
Glacier 1,584 2,320,217 11 27,089,324 6 3.9 29
Crater Lake 286 532,266 33 3,428,235 30 2.7 30
Badlands 379 931,199 24 4,243,177 27 2.6 31
Petrified Forest 146 666,467 27 1,682,902 43 2.6 32
Congaree 41 121,036 50 469,065 53 2.6 33
Olympic 1,442 3,137,907 7 15,067,414 11 2.4 34
Joshua Tree 1,234 1,728,215 13 12,475,720 14 2.3 35
Redwood 176 432,380 38 1,699,816 42 2.2 36
Great Basin 121 105,880 51 1,161,639 47 2.2 37
Canyonlands 527 539,336 32 4,369,735 26 1.9 38
Great Sand Dunes 233 307,125 44 1,875,242 39 1.8 39
Channel Islands 390 307,829 43 2,825,672 34 1.7 40
Saguaro 143 721,678 26 1,034,186 49 1.7 41
Dry Tortugas 101 62,764 53 733,466 52 1.7 42
Big Bend 1,252 359,403 42 8,683,348 18 1.6 43
Biscayne 270 504,554 35 1,718,672 40 1.5 44
Voyageurs 341 227,996 47 1,897,482 38 1.3 45
Capitol Reef 284 783,314 25 1,275,862 45 1 46
Guadalupe Mountains 135 175,588 49 454,766 55 0.77 47
American Samoa 14 17,321 57 34,642 59 0.56 48
Everglades 2,357 989,970 23 3,642,777 29 0.35 49
Death Valley 5,269 1,041,596 22 7,861,951 20 0.34 50
Isle Royale 893 17,972 56 1,151,455 48 0.29 51
Glacier Bay 5,039 480,802 37 6,175,456 23 0.28 52
Denali 7,408 481,744 36 6,977,855 21 0.22 53
Kenai Fjords 1,047 291,727 45 903,085 51 0.2 54
North Cascades 789 24,164 55 468,323 54 0.14 55
Wrangell St Elias 13,005 72,362 52 3,328,672 31 0.06 56
Katmai 5,741 36,825 54 284,277 56 0.01 57
Lake Clark 4,093 13,402 58 106,848 58 0.006 58
Gates of the Arctic 11,756 11,038 60 168,313 57 0.003 59
Kobuk Valley 2,735 11,939 59 34472 60 0.003 60