Golden Gate National Recreation Area Remains the Most-Visited Site in the National Park System

Date: February 28, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO – In 2019, much more than 23.5 million people frequented Golden Gate Countrywide Recreation Place, Muir Woods Countrywide Monument, Fort Point Nationwide Historic Site, Position Reyes National Seashore, and San Francisco Maritime Nationwide Historic Park. Visitation to the 419 national parks in 2019 exceeded 300 million recreation visits for the fifth consecutive yr. The 327.5 million complete is the third best given that record keeping commenced in 1904. 

Golden Gate Nationwide Recreation Location hosted over 15 million guests. Golden Gate Nationwide Recreation Region remained the most-visited web-site in the National Park Method ahead of the Blue Ridge Parkway.  

2019 by the figures: 

“We are thrilled to supply an outstanding nationwide park experience to our communities and readers from all all around the earth,” stated Charles Strickfaden, Communications Director for Golden Gate National Recreation Spot.”Our gifted Nationwide Park Support staff, concessionaires, non-income partners and local community corporations are committed to furnishing a broad assortment of products and services for guests from all above the world.” 

“Your Bay Place parks, such as our sister parks at Issue Reyes National Seashore and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, offer recreation, peace, and inspiration for Bay Spot citizens and global guests alike. We thank our communities for their support in 2019.” 

For an in-depth glimpse at 2019 visitation studies, such as personal park figures, remember to check out the National Park Service Social Science site.  

In 2018, national park visitor shelling out contributed a lot more than $40 billion to the U.S. economic climate. Locally, this spending supported 12,658 jobs and had a cumulative profit to the nearby economy of $1.6 billion, in accordance to last year’s National Park Support Visitor Paying Consequences report. The 2019 report on the economic benefits from visitor expending is anticipated afterwards this spring. 

To find out far more about nationwide parks in California and how the Nationwide Park Provider functions with California communities to assistance protect regional heritage, conserve the environment, and deliver outside recreation, go to www.nps.gov/california.  

Go to our web-sites for extra data about Golden Gate Countrywide Recreation Spot, Muir Woods National Monument, Fort Stage Nationwide Historic Web page, Point Reyes Countrywide Seashore, or San Francisco Maritime Countrywide Historic Park.