Yellowstone August 2012 Visitation

Date: September 12, 2012

National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior

Yellowstone National Park
P.O. Box 168
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
   
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 12, 2012    12-077   

Al Nash or Dan Hottle
[phone]
[e-mail]

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Yellowstone August 2012 Visitation

Visitation to Yellowstone National Park for August down slightly compared to year ago levels. The park recorded 780,286 recreational visitors in August 2012, down 3.1 percent from last year. Despite the decline, it was still the third highest August visitation recorded.

Recreational Visitors	August	Year-to-Year Change
2012	780,286	-3.1%
2011	805,173	-5.8%
2010	854,837	+13.5%
2009	752,983	+3.0%
2008	731,063	+3.0%
2007	710,781

The number of recreational visitors entering Yellowstone for the first eight months of the calendar year is up compared to 2011. The park recorded 2,710,518 recreational visitors from January through August 2012, a 2.1 percent year-to-year increase.

Recreational Visitors	2012	2011	Change
January	24,766	24,517	+1.0%
February	27,752	28,174	-1.5%
March	20,248	18,728	+8.1%
April	29,056	28,147	+3.2%
May	268,251	207,842	+29.1%
June	671,825	634,316	+5.9%
July	888,335	906,935	-2.1%
August	780,286	805,173	-3.1%
Total Year-To-Date	2,710,518	2,653,832	+2.1%

July is typically the park's peak visitation month, followed by August, June, September, and May.

Detailed park visitation information is available online at http://www.nature.nps.gov/stats/.

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