Many visitors to national parks

The answer to “Many visitors to national parks” in the New York Times crossword is HIKERS — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on February 1, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 45-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Many visitors to national parks” answer

HIKERS (6 letters)

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Why the answer is HIKERS

HIKERS is the 6-letter solution that fits "Many visitors to national parks" in the NYT Crossword crossword on February 1, 2026 (45-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does HIKERS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of HIKERS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Many visitors to national parks” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

February 1, 2026 (most recent) → HIKERS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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