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325.5 Million Visits to National Parks in 2023

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News Release Date: February 23, 2024
Contact: Carrie Wittmer, 907-822-7255

COPPER CENTER, AK – Today, the National Park Service announced that 400 national parks reported a total of 325.5 million visits in 2023, an increase of 13 million or 4% over 2022. 

At Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, visitation numbers increased from 65,236 in 2022 to 78,305 in 2023. The report shows that July was the busiest month, with 28,446 visits, and August the second highest month with 20,278 visits. 

Visitation figures and trends guide how the National Park Service manages parks to ensure the best experience possible for park visitors. The Visitation Statistics Dashboard provides recreational visit statistics for every park in the US for 2023 and also for previous years, dating back to 1979 for some parks. There are 429 parks in the National Park System, and 400 parks counted visitors in 2023. For the first time, there are now parks reporting their visitation numbers from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and four US territories. Five national parks began reporting in 2023, and this is the first year a park from Delaware is included.

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