US National Parks Set Attendance Record in 2014

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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California. Photo source: ©© Simon Barber

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A staggering 292.8 million visitors toured a national park, seashore or historic site last year, topping the previous record of 287.2 million visits set in 1987, the NPS just announced…

For the second year in a row, the most visited place in the national park system was California’s Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco. More than 15 million tourists and locals flocked to this group of historic sites and parks, which includes Alcatraz, Ocean Beach and the Presidio…

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