National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Yellowstone National Park
P.O. Box 168
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
August 7, 2014 14-054
Al Nash
(307) 344-2015
YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE
Yellowstone Visitation Nears Two Million At The End Of July
Visitation to Yellowstone National Park for the month of July is up almost 6 percent compared to the previous year. Visitation for the first seven months of 2014 is nearing the two million mark.
There were 858,857 recreational visits to Yellowstone in July and a total of 1,943,683 for the first seven months of 2014. That compares to 812,212 recreational visits for July 2013 and 1,828,862 recreational visits for January through July 2013.
Recreational Visits 2014
Recreational Visits 2013
Change
January
26,778
24,699
+ 8.42 %
February
28,233
31,053
- 9.08 %
March
18,778
18,613
+ 0.89 %
April
31,356
24,606
+27.43 %
May
310,039
293,250
+5.73 %
June
669,642
624,429
+ 7.24 %
July
858,857
812,212
+5.74 %
Total Year-To-Date
1,943,683
1,828,862
+ 6.28%
Visitation at each of the park’s five entrances for the month of July and for the first seven months of 2014 is up compared to 2013 levels, with the greatest increase continuing at the West entrance.
The highest percentage growth in visitation continues to be in the number of bus passengers. The July bus passenger numbers are up 43 percent at the South entrance, 23 percent at the West entrance, and 19 percent at the East entrance compared to July 2013.
While bus statistics are based on actual visitor counts, recreational visitation statistics are calculated by taking the actual number of wheeled vehicles entering the park gates and using a person-per-vehicle multiplier to calculate the number of monthly recreational visits.
July is typically the park’s peak visitation month, followed in order by August, June, September, and May.
Detailed park visitation information and additional information on how these statistics are calculated is available online at https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
