Wednesday, 30 May 2012

10 heavily visited parks in America


1.   Great Smoky Mountains

 

National Park's busiest, Great Smoky Mountains attracts more than 9 million visitors a year, double the amount of any other national park. It is located in Tennessee and North Carolina.

2. Grand Canyon

 

Grand Canyon National Park is a conservation area in Arizona, USA. In this national park is a large canyon Grand Canyon each year attracted nearly 5 million people travel the canyon. 90% of visitors were first to see the canyon from the South Rim.

However, visitors can hike through the trails of the park or driving to the cool green forests of the North Rim.

3. Yosemite

 

Yosemite Park is located in the State of California, United States attracted more than 3 million visitors each year. Park in 1984 by UNESCO as world cultural heritage. Park, famous throughout the world with beautiful granite cliffs, high waterfalls, the great pine tree and the recent biodiversity.

4. Yellowstone

 

Yellowstone National Park is the first and oldest in the world, located in Wyoming, USA. Yellowstone is famous for wild animals such as elk, Bighorn sheep, grizzly bears ... and the geysers and hot springs, geysers, especially Old Faithul.

5. Rocky Mountain


 
Rocky Mountain National Park located in Colorado. This park has 150 lakes, streams up to 450 miles plus the different ecosystems from the swamps, pine forests to the tundra.

The park has many wild animals live as elk, beaver, Bighorn sheep and many birds.

6. Olympic


 
Olympic National Park is located in Washington on the Olympic Peninsula. The park can be divided into three basic areas: Pacific Coast, the Olympic mountains, and temperate rain forest.

Park to 1441 square miles wide, relatively untouched landscape, landscape park, designated by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage in 1981 and is the international biosphere reserve.

7. Grand Teton



Grand Teton National Park is located in the north of the state of Wyoming and in the south of Yellowstone National Park. Teton is the name taken from the name of the highest mountain in the region.

Although tourists can enjoy the scenic park to park throughout the year but in September and October bring the guests feel comfortable, less crowded and have more chances to see elk.

8. Zion

 
Zion National Park is the state of Utah, United States, attracting 2.5 million visitors a year. This is the shrine is made of sandstone, limestone, volcanic rock, shale and sedimentary rocks are layered together infinite convex and concave.

9. Acadia


 
Acadia National Park located in Maine, each year attracting two million tourists to visit. Many people came to Acadia park to enjoy the sunrise, especially to find themselves the first to welcome the new day in America.

Many tourists come to visit Cadillac Mountain, waiting for the sun. Cadillac is the highest peak Maine coast and the northeastern United States. The sun will rise here before other parts of the vast country the United States.

10. Cuyahoga Valley


 
Cuyahoga Valley National Park is located in Ohio of the United States is among the top 10 national parks most heavily visited. Although the Cuyahoga Valley to people attracted to Blue Hen falls Brandywine but beautiful waterfall is equally attractive.


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