Wyoming

Yellowstone visitation statistics for October 2023

By News Team

November 9, 2023 10:41 AM

Published November 9, 2023 11:01 AM

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. (KIFI) – Yellowstone National Park hosted 299,127 recreation visits in October 2023. This is a 26% increase from October 2022 (236,567 recreational visits). It is also a 75% increase from October 2019 (171,339 recreational visits) when several short-term, weather-related road closures likely impacted visitation.

So far in 2023, the park has hosted 4,446,509 recreation visits, up 37% from 2022 (3,241,761 recreation visits), and up 12% from 2019 (3,979,154 recreation visits).

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

2023 – 4,446,509
2022 – 3,241,761 (The park was closed June 13 through June 21. Three entrances opened on June 22.)
2021 – 4,789,349
2020 – 3,753,531 (The park was closed March 24 through May 17. Two entrances opened on May 18 and the remaining three opened on June 1.)
2019 – 3,979,154
2018 – 4,078,771

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

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