Yellowstone National Park hosted 938,845 recreation visits in June 2021, the National Parks Service (NPS) reported.
The total is the most Yellowstone registered in any June. It is a 64% increase from June 2020 (573,205 recreational visits) and a 20% increase from June 2019 (781,853 recreation visits).
So far in 2021, the park has hosted 1,587,998 recreation visits, up 17% from 2019. This year is compared with 2019 rather than 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions which closed and limited entrances.
The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years (through June):
- 2021 – 1,587,998
- 2020 – 719,054*
- 2019 – 1,358,629
- 2018 – 1,381,708
- 2017 – 1,354,137
- 2016 – 1,432,071
Summer is Yellowstone’s busiest season. Millions of people visit the park in June, July and August. More data on park visitation, including the way NPS calculates these numbers, is available on the NPS Stats website.
