With Memorial Day around the corner, many Americans are gearing up to start planning their summer travel soon! In fact, 48% of Americans say visiting a National Park is on their bucket list.

KURU Footwear analyzed all 63 U.S. National Parks to rank the top ten based on number of trails, miles of trails, average trail rating, and park crowd levels. See the full ranking here.

Highlights from the report:

• Three of the top 10 best national parks for hiking are in California.
• If you tried to hike every single National Park trail in the United States, it would take 11 years if you did one trail per day!
• 325.5 million Americans visited a national park in 2023, up more than 13 million people than the previous year!

Top 10 National Parks for Hikers in 2024:

1. Yosemite National Park (CA)
2. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (NC/TN)
3. Yellowstone National Park (WY)
4. Olympic National Park (WA)
5. Shenandoah National Park (VA)
6. Glacier National Park (MT)
7. Rocky Mountain National Park (CO)
8. Sequoia National Park (CA)
9. Grand Canyon National Park (AZ)
10. Kings Canyon National Park (CA)