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 Name | +Visits in 2018 | +
---|---|---|
1 | +Great Smoky Mountains National Park | +11,421,200 | +
2 | +Grand Canyon National Park | +6,380,495 | +
3 | +Rocky Mountain National Park | +4,590,493 | +
4 | +Zion National Park | +4,320,033 | +
5 | +Yellowstone National Park | +4,115,000 | +
6 | +Yosemite National Park | +4,009,436 | +
7 | +Acadia National Park | +3,537,575 | +
8 | +Grand Teton National Park | +3,491,151 | +
9 | +Olympic National Park | +3,104,455 | +
10 | +Glacier National Park | +2,965,309 | +