diff --git a/_drafts/2019-7-10-top-ten-national-parks.md b/_drafts/2019-7-10-top-ten-national-parks.md index 44f4fd58e336d..203c3ae68f5e2 100644 --- a/_drafts/2019-7-10-top-ten-national-parks.md +++ b/_drafts/2019-7-10-top-ten-national-parks.md @@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ title: The "top ten" national parks. date: 10-7-2019 tags: national-park-service --- +Let's take a look at the top ten parks in terms of visits. The parks are in order of total visits in 2018 are listed in the table below. +{% include 20190710_visit_parks_sorted_by_visits_top_10_national_parks.html %} +These parks account for 47,935,147 of the total national park visits in 2018, which is 56% of all visits. Over half of visits to the 61 national parks are to these 10 parks! The top 10 parks contain 7,413,557 acres which is 14% of the total acreage of the national parks. + +Are visits to these top ten parks growing faster than to the national park system as a whole? Let's take a look. +![Plot image]({{ site.baseurl }}/assets/20190710_visit_park_visits_vs_year_highest_10_national_parks.png) diff --git a/_includes/20190710_visit_parks_sorted_by_visits_top_10_national_parks.html b/_includes/20190710_visit_parks_sorted_by_visits_top_10_national_parks.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..ab44499df5701 --- /dev/null +++ b/_includes/20190710_visit_parks_sorted_by_visits_top_10_national_parks.html @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Park NameVisits in 2018
1Great Smoky Mountains National Park11,421,200
2Grand Canyon National Park6,380,495
3Rocky Mountain National Park4,590,493
4Zion National Park4,320,033
5Yellowstone National Park4,115,000
6Yosemite National Park4,009,436
7Acadia National Park3,537,575
8Grand Teton National Park3,491,151
9Olympic National Park3,104,455
10Glacier National Park2,965,309
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