Visitation Statistics

The park is open every day of the year, including holidays. The park occasionally has to close in the winter time due to snow storms. The busiest months of the year are July and August. The second week in August is traditionally the busiest week of the entire year with as many as 3,000 people a day entering the park. Some of the slowest winter days will see less than 50 people in the park.

Year	Park Visitors
1906	27
1910	250
1920	2,890
1930	16,741
1940	36,172
1950	88,184
1960	225,708
1970	527,207
1980	540,826
1985	656,271
1990	611,375
1991	678,075
1992	742,080
1993	666,056
1994	699,644
1995	680,833
1996	633,628
1997	648,596
1998	623,510
1999	656,023
2000	471,084
2001	537,474
2002	419,662
2003	454,742
2004	474,080
2005	519,649