{"id":12254,"date":"2024-09-11T12:47:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T18:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/?p=12254"},"modified":"2024-09-11T12:47:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T18:47:50","slug":"yellowstone-visitation-ticks-up-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/?p=12254","title":{"rendered":"Yellowstone visitation ticks up in August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/east-gate.jpg\" alt=\"Yellowstone East Gate\" class=\"wp-image-3041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/east-gate.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/east-gate-336x193.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/east-gate-400x229.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visitors wait to enter through Yellowstone National Park&#8217;s East Gate. (Ruffin Prevost\/Yellowstone Gate file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WYO. \u2014 Yellowstone National Park hosted 871,163 recreation visits in August 2024, up 3% from August 2023 (846,389 recreation visits), according to figures released in a statement from the park&#8217;s public affairs office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But August visitation for this year showed a 5% decrease from August 2021 (921,844 recreation visits), which was the busiest year on record for the park. In 2021, a total of more than 4.8 million visitors flocked to Yellowstone in an effort to escape the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in large cities around the country.<br><br>So far in 2024, the park has hosted 3,497,254 recreation visits, up 6% from 2023 (3,308,924 recreation visits), and down 3% from 2021 (3,590,609 recreation visits).<br><br>The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years (through August):<br><br>2024 \u2013 3,497,254<br>2023 \u2013 3,308,924<br>2022 \u2013 2,437,607 (The park was closed June 13 through June 21 due to the historic flood\u00a0event. Three entrances opened on June 22.)<br>2021 \u2013 3,590,609<br>2020 \u2013 2,556,528 (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.)<br>2019 \u2013 3,114,697<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yellowstone National Park hosted 871,163 recreation visits in August 2024, up 3% from August 2023 (846,389 recreation visits), according to figures released in a statement from the park&#8217;s public affairs office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":3041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[312],"tags":[132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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