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34 • Footwear Insight ~ January 2020
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11,421,200
47,860,000
Number of visitors in 2018 to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — the most visited national park — in
2018. The park, which sits on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, has almost twice as many visitors as
the second most visited park, the Grand Canyon, which saw 6,380,495 visitors in 2018. (National Park Service)
The number of Americans who day-hiked in 2018 — up 6.6 percent from the year prior.
20 PERCENT
The success rate for 2016 AT thru-hikers.
3,735 people attempted a northbound,
Georgia-to-Maine thru-hike of the
Appalachian Trail in 2017, up 155 percent
from 2010.
(Appalachian Trail Conservancy)
$5,500
The average spent by an Appalachian
Trail thru-hiker in FY14, an average of
$2 to $3 per mile or $4,400 to $6,600
total for everything from food and lodging
to transportation and gear.
(REI)
7,331
The number of long-distance permits issued
by the Pacific Crest Trail Association on
behalf of the U.S. Forest Service in 2018.
(The Pacific Crest Trail Association 2018 Annual Report)
8 PERCENT
The projected compound annual growth rate
for 2018 to 2023 of the global hiking and trail
footwear market. The fastest-growing market?
Europe, followed by North America.
(Technavio)
55.9 MILLION
The number of American adults who either
run, jog or trail run. That's 19 percent of
the population.
(OIA 2018 Outdoor Recreation/Participation Report)
85 MILLION
Acres of land covered by the National Park
Service. The 419 protected areas — national
parks, monuments, battlefields and more —
are found in every U.S. state, Washington,
D.C., American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico
and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (National Park Service)
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
(SFIA 2019 Topline Report)
