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Welcome to this month's news from the parks episode of the America's National Parks

podcast where we round up the latest info about happenings

at America's greatest treasures.

I'm Jason Epperson.

This month the National Park Service released its visitation numbers for 2019,

confirming that the parks continue to be a popular destination.

2019 was the fifth consecutive year that recreation visits exceeded 300 million, with a total of

327,500,000 visitors.

The third highest year since record keeping began in

1904. Additionally, visitation in 2019 surpassed 2018 by more than 9 million, a 2.9% increase.

Last year also saw 33 parks setting new recreation

visitation records, with two parks breaking long standing records.

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park with 432,818 visits

surpassed a record held since 1976,

and Capulan Volcano National Monument

broke a 1968 record with 81,17 visits.

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