What Are The Most Dangerous National Parks In The U.S.?

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[+] Lake on June 20, 2024. in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. (Photo by Jonathan Newton/Getty Images) Getty Images It’s summer, and the thoughts of millions of Americans turn to death in the National Parks.

Considering that 325 million people visited U.S. National Parks in 2023, their concern is understandable.

Indeed, the National Parks Service even maintains a webpage called, unsurprisingly, Deaths in National Parks . Spoiler alert: the National Parks are actually relatively safe. An average of 358 people die annually on National Park Service lands, so with 325 million visitors in 2023, that represents a death rate of just over one person per one million visitors.

Who does die in National Parks? They tend to be disproportionately male; 79% occurred among males. And people 45 and older accounted for more than half of all deaths (52%). While some parks are statistically more dangerous than others, the National Park Service won’t tell you which they are.

Rather hilariously, the Park Service has a webpage dedicated to NOT answering the question “ What is the most dangerous park ?” It says “We get this question a lot. There is not a “most dangerous national park.” Parks have hazards.

Hazards are potential sources of harm. ” The subject of the most dangerous National Parks is obviously sensitive for the Par.