Tourists wait in long lines to enter Yellowstone from Idaho on Memorial Day weekend 2017. The West Entrance to Yellowstone is a half-hour drive from Island Park.
Yellowstone National Park hosted 938,845 recreation visits in June 2021, making it the park’s most-visited June on record. This is a 64% increase from June 2020 (573,205 recreational visits) and a 20% increase from June 2019 (781,853 recreation visits).
So far in 2021, the park has hosted 1,587,998 recreation visits, up 17% from 2019. This year is compared to 2019 instead of 2020 because of COVID-19.
The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits during the last several years (through June):
2021 – 1,587,998
2020 – 719,054*
2019 – 1,358,629
2018 – 1,381,708
2017 – 1,354,137
2016 – 1,432,071
Summer is Yellowstone’s busiest season. Millions of people visit the park in June, July and August. If you plan to travel to Yellowstone this summer, plan ahead, expect crowding, and recreate responsibly.
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