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January 29, 2007 : Grasslands National Park

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Keywords: Poaceae | Saskatchewan

Grasslands National Park
Grasslands National Park

Annual visitation numbers of Canadian and US National “Places” I've visited in the last few years (sources: US National Park Service Visitation Reports and Wikipedia):

  • Grand Canyon National Park (US): 4 401 522 (2005) – 4 927 km2
  • Banff National Park (Canada): 3 927 557 (2004/2005) – 6 641 km2
  • Olympic National Park (US): 3 142 774 (2005) – 3 734 km2
  • Point Reyes National Seashore (US): 1 988 585 (2005) – 288 km2
  • Jasper National Park (Canada): 1 908 000 (2004) – 10 878 km2
  • Joshua Tree National Park (US): 1 375 111 (2005) – 3 196 km2
  • Death Valley National Park (US): 800 113 (2005) – 13 628 km2
  • Saguaro National Park (US): 727 208 (2005) – 370 km2
  • Petrified Forest National Park (US): 598 378 (2005) – 885 km2
  • Redwood National Park (US): 394 144 (2005) – 455 km2
  • Chiricahua National Monument (US): 60 224 (2005) – 49 km2
  • Grasslands National Park (Canada): ~ 6000 annually – 907 km2

More people visit Grand Canyon National Park in under 12 hours than Grasslands National Park (previously on BPotD) in a year.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at January 29, 2007 12:00 AM

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Thank goodness.

Posted by: Bonnie Moro at January 29, 2007 6:50 AM

Agree totally with Ms. Moro. Grasslands is a treasure as these photos show.

Posted by: Michael Williamson at January 29, 2007 8:48 AM

I added the area information so that one could calculate a measure of “solitude” – with Grasslands clearly being the winner, by a factor of roughly 10 over Death Valley NP (though at certain times of the year, I can imagine DVNP to be nearly empty).

I know it's more complicated than at first glance, but I also found visitorship interesting when comparing parks with outstanding landform features vs. botanical features. Other factors complicate this, of course (proximity to a major city, for example).

Lastly, I should point out we saw 2 of Canada's Endangered species (swift fox and burrowing owl) and one species of Special Concern (black-tailed prairie dog) in the span of a day at Grasslands.

Posted by: Daniel Mosquin Author Profile Page at January 29, 2007 9:41 AM

Extraordinary ...

Posted by: Cyndy Henderson at January 29, 2007 5:48 PM

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