According to the National Park Service, North Carolina has….

  • 10 National Parks
  • 2,842 National Register of Historic Places listings
  • 2 National Heritage Areas
  • 13 National Natural Landmarks
  • 38 National Historic Landmarks
  • 1 World Heritage Site, and
  • In 2013 there were 16,138,182 visitors to the national parks

The Economic Impact to the state have also been measured to amount to…..

  • $1,110,300,000 economic benefit from the national park tourism in 2012
  • 158,484 hours of work donated by volunteers
  • $80,439,260 in Land and Water Conservation Fund grants since 1965
  • 250 acres of land transferred by Federal Lands to Parks for local parks since 1948