Visitors watch Old Faithful geyser erupt from a second-floor observation deck at the Old Faithful Inn. (Ruffin Prevost/WyoFile - click to enlarge) — Visitors watch Old Faithful geyser erupt from a second-floor observation deck at the Old Faithful Inn. (Ruffin Prevost/WyoFile – click to enlarge)

Slight Uptick In Yellowstone Visitation For First Five Months Of 2014

— June 11, 2014

(Press Release) — Visitation to Yellowstone National Park for the month of May and for the first five months of 2014 is up almost six percent compared to the previous year.

Visitation to the world’s first national park begins to pick up in May as weather improves and interior roads and visitor facilities begin to open to the public.

There were 310,039 recreational visitors to Yellowstone in May and a total of 415,185 for the first five months of 2014. That compares to 293,250 recreational visitors for May 2013 and 392,222 recreational visitors for January through May 2013.

Visitation at each of the park’s five entrances for the month of May and for the first five months of 2014 is up compared to 2013 levels.

	Recreational Visits 2014	Recreational Visits 2013	Change
January	26,778	24,699	+ 8.42 %
February	28,233	31,053	– 9.08 %
March	18,778	18,613	+ 0.89 %
April	31,356	24,606	+ 27.43 %
May	310,039	293,250	+ 5.73 %
Total Year-To-Date	415,185	392,222	+ 5.85%

Visitation statistics are calculated by taking the actual number of wheeled vehicles entering the park gates, and using a person-per-vehicle multiplier to calculate the number of monthly recreational visitors.

July is typically the park’s peak visitation month, followed in order by August, June, September, and May.

Detailed park visitation information and additional information on how these statistics are calculated is available online at https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/ReportList.

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Slight Uptick In Yellowstone Visitation For First Five Months Of 2014

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