Grand Teton sees second busiest November for visitation

MOOSE, Wyo. (KIFI) — Grand Teton National Park statistics show November 2021 was the second busiest November on record for recreation visits.

The park hosted an estimated 61,674 recreation visits in November 2021. This is a 28% increase from November 2019 and an 8% increase from November 2020.

The park has hosted more than 3.8 million recreation visits so far this year and surpassed the busiest full year on record back in September. From January to November 2021, there was a 9% increase in recreation visits compared to the entire year of 2018, which previously hosted the park’s highest amount of visitation on record with 3,491,151 recreation visits.

November recreation visits over the last several years:

• November 2021— 61,674
• November 2020— 57,039* COVID-19 pandemic
• November 2019— 48,132
• November 2018— 44,651
• November 2017— 45,496
• November 2016— 50,508

Additional data on National Park Service visitor-use statistics is available at irma.nps.gov/STATS/.