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Yellowstone visitation statistics for August 2024

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Bison jam in Hayden Valley during rut

NPS / Jacob W. Frank

News Release Date: September 11, 2024
Contact: Morgan Warthin, [phone]

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park hosted 871,163 recreation visits in August 2024, up 3% from August 2023 (846,389 recreation visits). This August’s visitation showed an 5% decrease from August 2021 (921,844 recreation visits).

So far in 2024, the park has hosted 3,497,254 recreation visits, up 6% from 2023 (3,308,924 recreation visits), and down 3% from 2021 (3,590,609 recreation visits).

The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years (through August):

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.

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