Millions of people visit Grand Canyon National Park each year and only a small handful of those ever require the aid of rescue crews.
But the northern Arizona park claimed the top spot as the national park with the most search and rescue (SAR) incidents. Grand Canyon National Park was ranked first in the country with an estimated 785 SAR missions from 2018 to 2020, according to the digital publication Outforia, which received the data through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Nearby Zion National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area also placed in the top 10. Zion had the sixth-most incidents with 285 during the same time period, while Glen Canyon reported 279...