Independence Day Travel, Summer Vacations & National Parks
Published July 2, 2024 at 11:48 AM · News Releases and Bulletins
A lot of us will be traveling this 4th of July holiday turning the Thursday holiday into one that combines Friday, Saturday and Sunday into four days and not one. Some of you will be traveling to one of the nation’s many parks.
Though not everyone travels over the 4th, a huge percentage of us will be taking a summer, or early Fall, vacation. Some of those trips will be to a park or two, or more.
KUHL recently did a report on the safest and least safe of the nation’s national parks. The company says the odds of dying in a national park are quite low at 1 in 664,099. That’s a lot, lot lower than the odds of dying as a pedestrian at 1 in 485, or choking to death on food at 1 in 2,659 or the very fall from a wobbly ladder at 1 in 680.
The leading cause of deaths in national parks is falling. They count for 20% of all deaths. Next up is medical issues at 15.4%. Drowning is 12.9% and motor vehicle crashes account for 11.8.
Men account for a staggering 74.1% of the deaths in national parks.
Most Dangerous
1. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Visitors 2007 to 2023: 77,878,144
Total deaths 2007 to 2023: 165
Search & rescue missions 2007 to 2020: 233
Park rangers: 58
24-hour Hospitals within one hour of the park: 0
2. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, Alaska
Visitors 2007 to 2023: 1.070,756
Total deaths 2007 to 2023: 9
Search & rescue missions 2007 to 2020: 50
Park rangers: 10
24-hour Hospitals within one hour of the park: 0
3. Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
Visitors 2007 to 2023: 305,691
Total deaths 2007 to 2023: 69
Search & rescue missions 2007 to 2020:
Park rangers: 11
24-hour Hospitals within one hour of the park: 0
4. North Cascades National Park, Washington
Visitors 2007 to 2023: 408,359
Total deaths 2007 to 2023: 24
Search & rescue missions 2007 to 2020: 216
Park rangers: 1
24-hour Hospitals within one hour of the park: 0
5. Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Visitors 2007 to 2023: 1,035,392
Total deaths 2007 to 2023: 6
Search & rescue missions 2007 to 2020: 11
Park rangers: 2
24-hour Hospitals within one hour of the park: 0
Least Dangerous
1. Gateway Arch National Park, Missouri
Visitors 2007 to 2023: 29,766,575
Total deaths 2007 to 2023: 0
Search & rescue missions 2007 to 2020: 43
Park rangers: 11
24-hour Hospitals within one hour of the park: 14
2. Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Visitors 2007 to 2023: 9,996,792
Total deaths 2007 to 2023: 0
Search & rescue missions 2007 to 2020: 7
Park rangers: 10
24-hour Hospitals within one hour of the park: 0
3. Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska
Visitors 2007 to 2023: 166,718
Total deaths 2007 to 2023: 0
Search & rescue missions 2007 to 2020: 0
Park rangers: 7
24-hour Hospitals within one hour of the park: 0
4. National Park of American Samoa
Visitors 2007 to 2023: 283,818
Total deaths 2007 to 2023: 0
Search & rescue missions 2007 to 2020: 0
Park rangers: 2
24-hour Hospitals within one hour of the park: 0
5. Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
Visitors 2007 to 2023: 24,239,225
Total deaths 2007 to 2023: 4
Search & rescue missions 2007 to 2020: 42
Park rangers: 5
24-hour Hospitals within one hour of the park: 3
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