National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Yellowstone National Park
P.O. Box 168
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
October 8, 2014 14-080
Al Nash
(307) 344-2015
YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE
September 2014 Visitation to Yellowstone Breaks Monthly Record
Yellowstone National Park recorded its highest ever September visitation in 2014.
A total of 571,764 recreational visitors came to Yellowstone in September. That is an increase of 2.48% compared to September 2013 numbers.
There were 3,288,804 recreational visits to Yellowstone in first nine months of 2014, an increase of 5.68% over the same period in 2013.
With three months left in the calendar year, Yellowstone has already received more visitors in 2014 than it did the entire previous year. Park visitation in 2013 was 3,188,030, the fifth highest visitation year in the park’s history.
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 %
August
773,357
725,136
+ 6.65 %
September
571,764
557,925
+ 2.48 %
Total Year-To-Date
3,288,804
3,111,924
+ 5.68 %
The North, Northeast, and West entrances all recorded an increase in the number of automobiles and passengers for the month of September compared to 2013 levels. Bus and bus passenger numbers were up at all but the North entrance for the month to September 2013.
July is typically the peak visitation month in Yellowstone, 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
