Yellowstone National Park visitation statistics on Memorial Day weekend 2021 - NPS
NPS / David Kreuger
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Contact: Morgan Warthin, 307-344-2015
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Park-wide vehicle entries through the Memorial Day weekend showed a 50% increase over the same weekend in 2019. This year is compared to 2019 because in 2020, during the same time frame, only the Wyoming park entrances were open due to COVID-19.
Visitation statistics (*vehicle entries) per day for May 28-31, 2021, compared to May 24-27, 2019, are listed below.
Park entrance |
Vehicle entries |
Vehicle entries |
Percent increase
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Friday, May 28, 2021 |
Friday, May 24, 2019 |
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East |
902 |
368 |
145% |
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North |
1,796 |
983 |
83% |
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Northeast |
475 |
350 |
36% |
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South |
1,731 |
920 |
88% |
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West |
4,565 |
2,652 |
72% |
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Total |
9,469 |
5,273 |
80% |
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Saturday, May 29, 2021 |
Saturday, May 25, 2019 |
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East |
1,131 |
833 |
36% |
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North |
2,170 |
1,651 |
31% |
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Northeast |
702 |
394 |
78% |
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South |
1,958 |
1,320 |
48% |
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West |
5,424 |
3,818 |
42% |
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Total |
11,385 |
8,016 |
42% |
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Sunday, May 30, 2021 |
Sunday, May 26, 2019 |
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East |
1,249 |
997 |
25% |
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North |
2,240 |
1,597 |
40% |
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Northeast |
870 |
426 |
104% |
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South |
2,046 |
1,405 |
46% |
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West |
5,635 |
4,122 |
37% |
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Total |
12,040 |
8,547 |
41% |
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Monday, May 31, 2021 |
Monday, May 27, 2019 |
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East |
1,219 |
918 |
33% |
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North |
2,110 |
1,402 |
50% |
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Northeast |
755 |
369 |
105% |
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South |
1,735 |
1,365 |
27% |
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West |
4,703 |
3,000 |
57% |
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Total |
10,522 |
7,054 |
49% |
Summer is Yellowstone’s busiest season. Millions of people visit the
park in June, July and August. If you plan to travel to Yellowstone this
summer, plan ahead, expect crowding and recreate responsibly to protect yourself and the park.
Editor’s
note: *Vehicle entry data is collected from park entrance stations
point of sale system. This
data informs official visitation stats, posted after the end of each
month at NPS Stats website. Vehicle
entry data will be shared in press releases following summer holiday
weekends (Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day).