The deadliest national parks, based on National Park Service data, are located across the U.S. More than 2,000 visitors died at national parks from 2014 to 2021, according to records.
has the highest mortality rate at 0.004% with nine deaths between 2014 and 2021.
Alaska's Lake Clark National Park & Preserve came in second, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Reserve was third, Fort Bowie National Historic Site was fourth and Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site rounded out the top five.Fewer than 0.0002% of visitors died within national parks during this range, according to The Hill.In that period, most of the causes of death were listed as"undetermined.
Motor vehicle crashes accounted for 415 deaths. There were also over 400 drownings and 385 medical deaths. A trail sign at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, near Copper Center.In 2020, two of those deaths occurred at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Reserve in south central Alaska. Another death occurred at Yellowstone National Park in 2015, when a 63-year-old Montana man was killed by aA welcome sign is seen as snow blankets Yosemite National Park in California Feb. 23, 2023.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, where human remains have recently been found, had 145 deaths, including 47 from drowning.
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