News Release

Yellowstone visitation statistics for July 2025

Boardwalks along Black Pool

NPS / Jacob W. Frank

News Release Date: August 12, 2025

Contact: Yellowstone Public Affairs, [phone]

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY –  Yellowstone National Park hosted 975,109 recreation visits in July 2025, down 2% from July 2024 (992,352 recreation visits).

This July’s visitation showed an 10% decrease from July 2021 (1,080,767 recreation visits). The park’s record-breaking year was 2021, with over 4.8 million recreation visits.

So far in 2025, the park has hosted 2,666,031 recreation visits, up 1.5% from 2024 (2,626,091 recreation visits), and down 0.1% from 2021 (2,668,765 recreation visits).

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

2025 – 2,666,031
2024 – 2,626,091
2023 – 2,462,535
2022 – 1,855,396 (The park was closed June 13 through June 21 due to the historic flood event. Three entrances opened on June 22.)
2021 – 2,668,765
2020 – 1,674,699 (The park was closed March 24 through May 17 due to COVID-19. Two entrances opened on May 18 and the remaining three opened on June 1.)

Visiting Yellowstone National Park during the busy summer months? Plan ahead by browsing our top things to know and downloading the free NPS app. Protect yourself and the park by taking the Yellowstone Pledge, act responsibly and safely, and set a good example for others.

More data on park visitation, including how we calculate these numbers, is available on the NPS Stats website.

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