Yellowstone National Park saw a significant increase in visitor numbers in October 2024, welcoming 346,025 recreation visits, a 16% rise compared to October 2023, which saw 299,127 visits. This October’s numbers were also up 9% from October 2021, which had 316,662 visits.
Year-to-date, Yellowstone has hosted 4,692,810 visitors in 2024, marking a 6% increase over the same period in 2023 (4,446,509 visits). However, this is a slight decrease from 2021, when the park recorded 4,789,349 visits by the end of October.
Here’s a quick look at October year-to-date recreation visits over the past several years:
- 2024: 4,692,810
- 2023: 4,446,509
- 2022: 3,241,761 (Park closures in June due to flooding)
- 2021: 4,789,349
- 2020: 3,753,531 (Park closures due to COVID-19)
- 2019: 3,979,154
As winter approaches, most park roads closed to vehicle traffic at the end of October. Yellowstone will reopen for snowmobile and snowcoach travel on December 15. For more detailed visitation statistics, Yellowstone National Park provides additional data on its website.
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