Whether you visited Acadia once or many times in 2021, chances are you noted an uptick in the number of visitors in the park. Now, that uptick is quantified: Acadia National Park set a record of 4.07 million estimated visits in 2021.

The summit of Gros Morne Mountain, which includes the 8-kilometre (5-mile) Summit Trail, is closed May 1 to June 23 to protect rock ptarmigan, caribou and arctric hare in Newfoundland's Gros Morne National Park during critical weeks of reproduction and growth.

Point Pelee National Park — the Ontario home to songbird and monarch migrations — has cracked the top 10 list of Canada’s most visited national parks in 2021. It joins Banff National Park and Jasper National Park, which stayed securely in first and second place respectively.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host the annual synchronous firefly viewing opportunity at Elkmont beginning Friday, June 3 through Friday, June 10. The public may apply for the limited viewing opportunity by entering a lottery for a vehicle pass through www.recreation.gov. The lottery opens for vehicle pass applications on Friday, April 29, at 10 a.m. through Tuesday, May 3, at 10 a.m. All applications, regardless of the time or date of entry, are considered equally in the pool of lottery applicants.