The Great Outdoors

The most-visited sites in the National Park System in 1992, the latest available figures:

* 1. Site: Blue Ridge National Parkway

Visitors: 17.56 million

Location: Virginia and North Carolina

* 2. Site: Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Visitors: 15.31 million

Location: San Francisco and Marin County

* 3. Site: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Visitors: 8.93 million

Location: North Carolina and Tennessee

* 4. Site: National Capital Parks

Visitors: 8.11 million

Location: Washington D.C., Virginia and Maryland

* 5. Site: Gulf Islands National Seashore

Visitors: 5.42 million

Location: Florida and Mississippi

* Source: National Park Service.