Yellowstone sees large increase in September visits

Posted 10/19/23

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS — Yellowstone National Park saw a nearly 50% increase in September visits this year compared to last, according to a park release.

Yellowstone saw 838,458 …

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Yellowstone sees large increase in September visits

A bison walks along the road near Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park. The 2023 attendance at the world’s first national park places this year (through September) as the second busiest year in the 150-year history of the park.

Tribune photo by Mark Davis

Posted Thursday, October 19, 2023 8:05 am

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS — Yellowstone National Park saw a nearly 50% increase in September visits this year compared to last, according to a park release.

Yellowstone saw 838,458 recreation visits in September, 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).

That tally is second only to the record-breaking 2021, which saw 4,472,687 visits. The park is comparing visitation numbers to 2019, however, since the 2020, 2021 and 2022 years were unusual due to COVID-19 in the first two instances and the historic floods in 2022.