A study carried out by travel information site Places To Travel examined Instagram hashtag data and the size of each US national park to find the one with the highest ‘hashtags per acre’.
The study revealed that Gateway Arch National Park situated in Missouri is the most Instagrammable national park in the US. The park is set on a total of just 90.9 acres and has 11,221 hashtags on Instagram making it top of the list with 123.44 hashtags per acre.
In second place is Bryce Canyon National Park, which has the ninth-highest number of Instagram hashtags at 728,221. Located in Utah, the park is distinguished by the canyon’s steep red cliffs and offers many opportunities for hiking. It sits on 35,835.08 acres of land resulting in the second-highest number of hashtags per acre of 20.32.
Hot Springs National Park and Haleakalā National Park rank sixth and seventh respectively. Hot Springs National Park has 8.61 hashtags per acre as a result of 5,548 acres and 47,815 total hashtags, whilst Haleakalā National Park spans across 33,264 acres and has a total of 261,253 hashtags, resulting in 7.85 hashtags per acre.
In eighth place is American Samoa National Park, based across four islands in the territory of American Samoa. It is situated across 8,256 acres with 59,542 total hashtags on Instagram, resulting in 7.21 hashtags per acre.
Rounding out the top ten is Indiana Dunes National Park in ninth with 6.12 hashtags per acre and Yosemite National Park in tenth with 4.46 hashtags per acre.
National Park
Acres
Hashtag count
Hashtags per Acre
Rank
Gateway Arch
90.9
11,221
123.44
1
Bryce Canyon
35,835.08
728,221
20.32
2
Acadia
49,075.26
579,344
11.80
3
Zion
14,7237
1,428,038
9.69
4
Arches
76,678.98
669,062
8.72
5
Hot Springs
5,548.01
47,815
8.61
6
Haleakalā
33,264.62
261,253
7.85
7
American Samoa
8,256.67
59,542
7.21
8
Indiana Dunes
15,067
92,337
6.12
9
Yosemite
761,747.5
3,404,670
4.46
10