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Despite hosting more than 925,000 visits in June and being up 1% over last year in June, attendance was down 1% from 2021, the record year for Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone officials …
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Despite hosting more than 925,000 visits in June and being up 1% over last year in June, attendance was down 1% from 2021, the record year for Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone officials stated the nation's first national park hosted 928,250 recreation visits last month, up 1% from June, 2024 (914,612 recreation visits). This June’s visitation showed a 1% decrease from June 2021 (938,845 recreation visits). The park’s record-breaking year was 2021 with over 4.8 million recreation visits.
So far in 2025, the park has hosted 1,690,922 recreation visits, up 4% from 2024 (1,633,739 recreation visits), and up 6% from 2021 (1,587,998 recreation visits). The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years (through June):
2025 – 1,690,922
2024 – 1,633,739
2023 – 1,492,843
2022 – 1,258,834
(The park was closed June 13 through June 21 due to the historic flood event. Three entrances opened on June 22.)
2021 – 1,587,998
2020 – 719,054
(The park was closed March 24 through May 17 due to Covid. Two entrances opened on May 18 and the remaining three opened on June 1.)
July is the busiest month in Yellowstone. Last year in July the park hosted 992,352 recreational visits. In 2021, the park hosted 1,080,767 recreational visits.
