The Great Outdoors
The most-visited sites in the National Park System in 1992, the latest available figures:
* 1. Site: Blue Ridge National Parkway
Visitors: 17.56 million
Location: Virginia and North Carolina
* 2. Site: Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Visitors: 15.31 million
Location: San Francisco and Marin County
* 3. Site: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Visitors: 8.93 million
Location: North Carolina and Tennessee
* 4. Site: National Capital Parks
Visitors: 8.11 million
Location: Washington D.C., Virginia and Maryland
* 5. Site: Gulf Islands National Seashore
Visitors: 5.42 million
Location: Florida and Mississippi
* Source: National Park Service.
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