Yellowstone visitation statistics for September 2023 - NPS

 

NEWS RELEASE

Yellowstone visitation statistics for September 2023

Ranger Summer and visitors at Madison Information Station

NPS / Jacob W. Frank

News Release Date: October 18, 2023

Contact: Morgan Warthin, (307) 344-2015

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park hosted 838,458 recreation visits in September 2023. This is a 48% increase from September 2022 (567,587 recreational visits) and a 21% increase from September 2019* (693,118 recreational visits).
 
So far in 2023, the park has hosted 4,161,602 recreation visits, up 38% from 2022 (3,005,194 recreation visits), and up 9% from 2019 (3,807,815 recreation visits).

The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years (through September): 
 
2023 – 4,161,602
2022 – 3,005,194 (The park was closed June 13 through June 21. Three entrances opened on June 22.)
2021 – 4,472,687  
2020 – 3,393,642 (The park was closed March 24 through May 17. Two entrances opened on May 18 and the remaining three opened on June 1.)
2019 – 3,807,815
2018 – 3,860,695
    
More data on park visitation, including how we calculate these numbers, is available on the NPS Stats website.  

Editor’s note: *We compare 2023 visitation to 2019 visitation since 2019 was pre-COVID and the subsequent years until 2023 included unusual visitation trends due to COVID (2020, 2021) and the historic flood event in 2022 that closed the park for about two weeks in June.