Yellowstone National Park News

Yellowstone sees dip in September visitation numbers

Posted: Oct 8, 2012 10:32 AM

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - Visitation numbers dipped for Yellowstone National Park for the month of September.

Visitation was down 1.6 percent from last year with 527,610 recreational visitors recorded for September 2012. In 2011, there were 536,349 recreational visitors in the park.

Despite the decline, it was still the third highest September visitation ever recorded, the park reports.

Recreational September Year to Year
Visitors Change

2012 527,610 - 1.6 %
2011 536,349 - 2.6 %
2010 550,504 + 12.5 %
2009 489,438 + 11.9 %
2008 437,552 - 5.7 %
2007 463,994

The number of recreational visitors entering Yellowstone for the first nine months of the calendar year is up compared to 2011. The park recorded

3,238,128 recreational visitors from January through September 2012, a 1.5 percent year-to-year increase.

Recreational 2012 2011 Change
Visitors

January 24,766 24,517 + 1.0 %
February 27,752 28,174 - 1.5 %
March 20,248 18,728 + 8.1 %
April 29,056 28,147 + 3.2 %
May 268,251 207,842 + 29.1 %
June 671,825 634,316 + 5.9 %
July 888,335 906,935 - 2.1 %
August 780,286 805,173 - 3.1 %
September 527,610 536,349 - 1.6 %

Total
Year-To-Date 3,238,128 3,190,181 + 1.5 %

"With three months left in the calendar year, more recreational visits to Yellowstone have been recorded this year than in all of 2007, which was previously the fourth highest visitation year on record," according to the park.