National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Yellowstone National Park
P.O. Box 168
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
September 8, 2014 14-070
Al Nash
(307) 344-2015
YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE
Yellowstone Visitation Exceeds 2.7 Million
Visitation to Yellowstone National Park for the first eight months of the year has hit the 2.7 million mark. With four months left in the calendar year, Yellowstone is on track to have one of its highest visitation years on record.
A total of 773,357 recreational visitors came to Yellowstone in August, an increase of 6.65 % compared to August 2013 numbers. There were 2,717,040 recreational visits for the first eight months of 2014 compared to 2013 levels, an increase of 6.38 %.
Recreational Visits 2014
Reacreational 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 %
August
773,357
725,136
+ 6.65 %
Total Year-To-Date
2,717,040
2,554,000
+ 6.38 %
Each of the park’s five entrances show an increase in automobiles for the month of August compared to 2013 levels. Bus visitation numbers continue to increase at all of the entrances as well, except for the north entrance, for the month compared to August of 2013.
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
