These were the most visited national parks and memorials in 2022

These were the most visited national parks and memorials in 2022

Visits to U.S. national parks and memorials are starting to return to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.The National Park Service, which oversees federal parks, memorials and historic sites released its annual visitation figures, and there were about 312 million attendees in 2022, a 5% increase from the previous year and a 4.7% decrease from 2019 before the coronavirus swept the nation.Here were the most visited sites across the country in 2022.Top 1…

These were the most visited national parks and memorials in 2022

Notable sites such as the Smoky Mountains and the Lincoln Memorial rounded out the top 10 visited places in the National Park System as visits began rebounding from 2021.