September 2014 visits to YNP break record

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — The world’s first national park recorded its highest ever September visitation in 2014.

A total of 571,764 recreational visitors came to Yellowstone in September.  That is an increase of 2.48% compared to September 2013 numbers.

There were 3,288,804 recreational visits to Yellowstone in first nine months of 2014, an increase of 5.68% over the same period in 2013.

With three months left in the calendar year, Yellowstone has already received more visitors in 2014 than it did the entire previous year. Park visitation in 2013 was 3,188,030, the fifth highest visitation year in the park’s history.

 

Recreational Visits

 

                                       2014             2013         Change

January                       26,778          24,699        +  8.42 %

February                     28,233          31,053         –  9.08 %

March                         18,778           18,613        +  0.89 %

April                            31,356           24,606        + 27.43 %

May                            310,039         293,250       +  5.73 %

June                            669,642         624,429       +  7.24 %

July                             858,857          812,212       +  5.74 %

August                        773,357          725,136       + 6.65 %

September                  571,764           557,925      +  2.48 %

 

Total Year-To-Date   3,288,804     3,111,924     + 5.68 %

The North, Northeast, and West entrances all recorded an increase in the number of automobiles and passengers for the month of September compared to 2013 levels. Bus and bus passenger numbers were up at all but the North entrance for the month to September 2013.

July is typically the peak visitation month in Yellowstone, followed in order by August, June, September, and May.

Detailed park visitation information and additional information on how these statistics are calculated is available online at https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/Park.