Most-visited national park sites 2014

1. Golden Gate National Recreation Area – The National Park Service is made up of 405 sites, including 59 specially designated national parks, plus national seashores, recreation areas, historical sites and other designations. Here are the top 10 most-visited spots in 2014 across all of the park service sites, followed by a list of the top 10 most popular National Parks. California's Golden Gate National Recreation Area, shown here, was the most popular Park Service site for the second year in a row.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

2. Blue Ridge Parkway – This spectacular overlook near Mount Mitchell on the Blue Ridge Parkway, No. 2 on the park service's list of most-visited sites, is in North Carolina. The parkway also crosses into Virginia.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

3. Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Great Smoky Mountains National Park, No. 3 on the list of most-visited park sites, is in North Carolina and Tennessee. It is also the No. 1 most-visited national park.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

4. George Washington Memorial Parkway – George Washington Memorial Parkway in Washington, Virginia and Maryland came in fourth place on this list of most-visited park sites in 2014.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

5. Lincoln Memorial – The Lincoln Memorial in Washington came in fifth place for visitation.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

6. Lake Mead National Recreation Area – The Lake Mead National Recreation Area, in both Arizona (shown here) and Nevada, came in sixth place on the National Park Service list of most-visited park sites.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

7. Gateway National Recreation Area – The Sandy Hook Lighthouse in New Jersey is part of Gateway National Recreation Area, which is also in New York. It came in seventh place on the list.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

8. Natchez Trace Parkway – The Natchez Trace Parkway, shown here near Tupelo, Mississippi, also crosses into Alabama and Tennessee. It came in eighth place on the most-visited sites list.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

9. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park – The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, which landed in ninth place on the park sites list, is in the District of Columbia and the states of Maryland and West Virginia.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

10. Grand Canyon National Park – Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park nudged out last year's tenth place holder, the Delaware Water Gap National Creation Area, to claim the tenth place spot.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

1. Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Many of the most famous parks in the world are among the U.S. National Park Service's 59 headliner national parks. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which was the third most-popular park site in 2013 and 2014, was also the most popular national park for both years. Shown here is the view from Purchase Knob.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

Most-visited national park sites 2014

Most-visited national park sites 2014

4. Yellowstone National Park – Yellowstone National Park, which is mostly in Wyoming but also in Idaho and Montana, was the fourth most-popular national park last year.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

5. Rocky Mountain National Park – Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park, which turned 100 in 2014, moved up one spot in the rankings to take fifth place last year.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

6. Olympic National Park – Olympic National Park in Washington state dropped one spot to sixth place last year.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

7. Zion National Park – Zion National Park in Utah remained in seventh place on the park service's list of most popular national parks for the second year in a row. Here, a hiker wades up the Virgin River in the Zion Narrows.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

8. Grand Teton National Park – Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, which came in eighth place, is home to grizzly bears (shown here), black bears and other wild animals.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

9. Acadia National Park – Maine's beloved Acadia National Park is the ninth most-popular national park in the country.

Most-visited national park sites 2014

10. Glacier National Park, Montana – Glacier National Park in Montana held onto tenth place for the second year in a row.