YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Yellowstone National Park (YNP) has shared its visitation numbers for August, noting that the park saw an uptick compared to past August.
YNP hosted 871,163 recreation visits in August, up 3% from August 2023 (846,389 recreation visits), but down 5% from August 2021 (921,844 recreation visits).
So far this year, YNP has seen 3,497,254 recreation visits, up 6% from 2023 (3,308,924 recreation visits), but down 3% from 2021 (3,590,609 recreation visits).
This year, Yellowstone saw 992,352 recreation visits in July alone.
See the figures below for year-to-date trends in recreation visits through August in years past:
- 2024 – 3,497,254
- 2023 – 3,308,924
- 2022 – 2,437,607 (The park was closed June 13 through June 21 due to the historic flood event. Three entrances opened on June 22.)
- 2021 – 3,590,609
- 2020 – 2,556,528 (The park was closed March 24 through May 17 due to COVID. Two entrances opened on May 18 and the remaining three opened on June 1.)
- 2019 – 3,114,697
More data on park visitation, including how we calculate these numbers, is available on the NPS Stats website.
