Yellowstone National Park hosted 846,389 recreation visits in August 2023. This is a 45% increase from August 2022 (582,211 recreational visits) and a 3% increase from August 2019 (820,006 recreational visits).
So far in 2023, the park has hosted 3,313,244 recreation visits, up 36% from 2022 (2,437,607 recreation visits), and up 6% from 2019 (3,114,697 recreation visits).
The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years (through August):
2023 – 3,313,244
2022 – 2,437,607 (The park was closed June 13 through June 21. Three entrances opened June 22.)
2021 – 3,590,609
2020 – 2,556,528 (The park was closed May 1 through May 17. Two entrances opened May 18 and the remaining three opened June 1.)
2019 – 3,114,697
2018 – 3,136,241
More data on park visitation, including how we calculate these numbers, is available at: go.nps.gov/23037
Yellowstone National Park compares 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.