Yellowstone National Park September 2026 Visitor Numbers Are Up From Previous Year

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Yellowstone National Park hosted 868,450 recreation visits in September 2026, up 3% from September 2025 (839,579 recreation visits).

Visitation in September 2026 showed a 2% decrease from September 2021 (882,078 recreation visits), which was Yellowstone’s record-breaking year with over 4.8 million recreation visits and the busiest September on record.

So far in 2026, the park has hosted 4,360,300 recreation visits, down 1% from 2025 (4,387,546 recreation visits), and down 3% from 2021 (4,472,687 recreation visits).

The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years (through September):

 2026 – 4,360,300
 2025 – 4,387,546
 2024 – 4,346,785
 2023 – 4,147,382
 2022 – 3,005,194 _(The park was closed June 13 through June 21 due to the historic flood event. Three entrances opened on June 22.)
 2021 – 4,472,687

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