Yellowstone National Park saw a 2% decrease in July visitation between July 2025 and July 2024. According to the latest visitation data from the National Park Service, this past July saw 975,109 recreation visits to the park, while July 2024 saw 992,352 recreation visits. This July also marked a significant 10% drop from July 2021, when Yellowstone recorded 1,080,767 visits during its record-breaking year of over 4.8 million total recreation visits.
Yellowstone 2025 Visitation Statistics
Despite the July dip, Yellowstone’s 2025 season is still one of the most visited in the park’s history. Year-to-date visitation through July reached 2,666,031, up 1.5% from 2024’s 2,626,091 visits. However this figure is nearly flat compared to 2021’s 2,668,765 visits, showing a stabilization in post-pandemic travel trends. For context, here’s how Yellowstone’s year-to-date visitation stacks up over recent years:
- 2025: 2,666,031
- 2024: 2,626,091
- 2023: 2,462,535
- 2022: 1,855,396 (impacted by a historic flood, closing the park from June 13–21)
- 2021: 2,668,765
- 2020: 1,674,699 (affected by COVID-19 closures from March 24–May 17)
Planning A Summer Trip To Yellowstone
Visiting Yellowstone during the busy summer months? Preparation is key to enjoying the park’s iconic geysers, wildlife, and trails. Reservations are not required to enter the park, but you will have to pay for a park entrance pass. Be prepared for crowds at the most popular sites and lines at the entrance gates. Check the park roads webpage to ensure that you know what’s open and what’s closed. In order to protect Yellowstone’s pristine environment and ensure a safe experience, take the Yellowstone Pledge to encourage responsible behavior.
Dig Deeper into Yellowstone Visitation Data
The National Park Service Social Science Program collects visitation data on all National Parks across the United States. Data goes back over a century to 1904, when the first data was collected. In that first year, a total of 140,954 visitors were reported across six national parks.
