Most Visited National Parks in North Carolina (2025)

18,697,757 recreation visits across 10 park units in North Carolina. Visitors spent 137,080 nights in a recreation vehicle and 13,907 in a park lodge.

Busiest first

Overnight columns are blank where a park has no such accommodation. A park crossing a state line is counted here with this state's share only.

Park	Visits	Change	RV nights	Tent nights	Lodge nights
Blue Ridge PKWY	11,276,914	+0.1%	15,154	16,665	13,907
Great Smoky Mountains NP	2,724,486	-5.5%	47,365	60,411	—
Cape Hatteras NS	2,684,009	-2.9%	74,561	65,105	—
Cape Lookout NS	512,737	-7.2%	—	—	—
Guilford Courthouse NMP	449,802	-2.5%	—	—	—
Wright Brothers NMEM	341,576	-16.0%	—	—	—
Appalachian NST	290,954	—	—	—	—
Fort Raleigh NHS	266,775	-2.9%	—	—	—
Carl Sandburg Home NHS	94,796	-16.4%	—	—	—
Moores Creek NB	55,708	-19.4%	—	—	—

Calendar year 2025 figures.

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