YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — On Wednesday, July 9, Yellowstone National Park (YNP) shared visitation statistics from the month of June, indicating a small bump compared to June 2024.
YNP hosted 928,250 recreation visits in June, up just 1% from June of last year, which saw 914,612 visits. The park saw a 1% decrease from June 2021 (938,845 visits), which was part of the busiest year at YNP. During that record-breaking year, over 4.8 million people visited the park.
So far this year, YNP has hosted 1,690,922 recreation visits, which is up 4% from last year (1,633,739 visits). The park is still on pace to see more visitors than the record-breaking year of 2021. So far in 2025, visitation is up 6% from 2021, which saw 1,587,998 visits.
See the list below for year-to-date trends in recreation visits through June over the years:
- 2025 — 1,690,922
- 2024 — 1,633,739
- 2023 — 1,492,843
- 2022 — 1,258,834 (The park was closed June 13 through 21 due to a historic flood event. Three entrances opened on June 22.)
- 2021 — 1,587,998
- 2020 — 719,054 (The park was closed March 24 through May 17 due to COVID-19. Two entrances opened on May 18, and the remaining three opened on June 1.)
To learn more about park visitation data and how the numbers are calculated, visit the NPS Stats website.
