MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS — Yellowstone National Park hosted 837,499 recreation visits in September 2020. This is a 21 percent increase from September 2019, making it the busiest September on record.
So far in 2020, the park has hosted 3,383,872 recreation visits, down 11 percent from the same period last year.
The park was closed due to health and safety reasons related to COVID-19 beginning March 24, 2020. Two Wyoming entrances opened on May 18 and three Montana entrances opened on June 1, 2020. All five entrances have been open since June 1.
Even though September was the busiest September on record, the average recreation visits are still down overall.
The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years (through September):
- 2020 – 3,383,872
- 2019 – 3,807,815
- 2018 – 3,860,695
- 2017 – 3,872,775
- 2016 – 3,970,778
- 2015 – 3,814,178
