Yellowstone News and Information

  The Past 30 Years in Yellowstone, Part 4: Mike Finley

  150 years of drawing a crowd: Yellowstone National Park looks toward a future with more people

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  Yellowstone’s shattered visitation record in ‘21? It’s complicated

NEWS RELEASE Yellowstone 2021 visitation statistics Cars coming through the East Entrance                NPS / Jacob W. Frank Release Date: January 21, 2022                            Contact: Morgan Warthin, (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The park hosted 4,860,537 recreation visits in 2021, up 28% from 2020 (3,806,306 visits), making it the busiest year on record. In 2021, visitation for May, June, July, August, and September were the busiest on record. July was also the most-visited month on record in Yellowstone’s history and the first time visitation exceeded 1 million visits in a single month. The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years: 2021 - 4,860,537 2020 - 3,806,306* 2019 - 4,020,288 2018 - 4,115,000 2017 - 4,116,524 2016 - 4,257,177 Although the park accurately counted 4.86 million visits in 2021, a close ana...

Yellowstone supervisor uses 150th anniversary to reflect on lessons learned

  This Is the Best Way to Visit Yellowstone National Park

  News Release Update: Yellowstone adjusts September 2021 visitation statistics; up by 9,383 visits Park exceeds 2016 year-to-date visits Crowds gather for an afternoon Old Faithful geyser eruption in September 2021. NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date: October 14, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015   10/14/21 Update: Yellowstone adjusts September 2021 visitation statistics; up by 9,383 visits MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - An adjustment to Yellowstone's visitation press release from October 13 should reflect an increase of 9,383 visits. The park accidentally undercounted recreation-visit numbers from one entrance station. With this adjustment, the park hosted  882,078  (instead of  872,695 previously reported ) recreation visits in September 2021. This is a  5%  (instead of  4% previously reported ) increase from September 2020 and a  27%  (instead of  26% previously reported ) incr...

  News Release Yellowstone visitation statistics for September 2021 Park exceeds 2016 year-to-date visits Crowds gather for an afternoon Old Faithful geyser eruption in September 2021. NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date: October 13, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park hosted 872,695 recreation visits in September 2021. This is a 4% increase from September 2020 (837,114 recreation visits) and a 26% increase from September 2019 (693,118 recreation visits). This is the busiest September on record and the first time the park hosted over 4 million visits year-to-date. So far in 2021, the park has hosted 4,463,599 recreation visits, up 32% from the same period last year, and up 17% from 2019. The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years (through September): 2021 – 4,463,599 2020 – 3,393,642 *    2019 – 3,807,815 2018...

  As crowds pile into parks, officials mull management options Reservations, timed-entry and other solutions being considered

  Kaye’s Corner: Yellowstone National Park

  National parks face overcrowding as COVID-19 pandemic continues

  National park managers search for answers to overcrowding

  U.S. National Parks Propose ‘Selfie Stations’ to Combat Overcrowding

  Yellowstone National Park Considering Timed Entry Plan

  More than 1 million visit Yellowstone in July

  This new National Park Service restriction could impact your summer vacation

  National Parks Are So Crowded That Congress Is Getting Involved   also   Senate subcommittee looks at impacts of record visitation on national parks (NBC Montana)  

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  Yellowstone sees record-setting crowds ahead of Fourth of July weekend