News Release

Yellowstone National Park visitation statistics on Memorial Day weekend 2021

Crowds gather for an Old Faithful Eruption

NPS / David Kreuger

News Release Date: June 7, 2021

Contact: Morgan Warthin, 307-344-2015

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Park-wide vehicle entries through the Memorial Day weekend showed a 50% increase over the same weekend in 2019. This year is compared to 2019 because in 2020, during the same time frame, only the Wyoming park entrances were open due to COVID-19.  

Visitation statistics (*vehicle entries) per day for May 28-31, 2021, compared to May 24-27, 2019, are listed below.

 

Park entrance	Vehicle entries	Vehicle entries	Percent increase 2021 over 2019
	Friday, May 28, 2021	Friday, May 24, 2019
East	902	368	145%
North	1,796	983	83%
Northeast	475	350	36%
South	1,731	920	88%
West	4,565	2,652	72%
Total	9,469	5,273	80%
	Saturday, May 29, 2021	Saturday, May 25, 2019
East	1,131	833	36%
North	2,170	1,651	31%
Northeast	702	394	78%
South	1,958	1,320	48%
West	5,424	3,818	42%
Total	11,385	8,016	42%
	Sunday, May 30, 2021	Sunday, May 26, 2019
East	1,249	997	25%
North	2,240	1,597	40%
Northeast	870	426	104%
South	2,046	1,405	46%
West	5,635	4,122	37%
Total	12,040	8,547	41%
	Monday, May 31, 2021	Monday, May 27, 2019
East	1,219	918	33%
North	2,110	1,402	50%
Northeast	755	369	105%
South	1,735	1,365	27%
West	4,703	3,000	57%
Total	10,522	7,054	49%

Summer is Yellowstone’s busiest season. Millions of people visit the park in June, July and August. If you plan to travel to Yellowstone this summer, plan ahead, expect crowding and recreate responsibly to protect yourself and the park. 

Editor’s note: *Vehicle entry data is collected from park entrance stations point of sale system. This data informs official visitation stats, posted after the end of each month at NPS Stats website. Vehicle entry data will be shared in press releases following summer holiday weekends (Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day).