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| Above, bison in a Yellowstone meadow. Photo by Aramdn Vaquer. |
We may be in a pandemic (which is debatable), but that hasn't stopped people from visiting Yellowstone National Park in September.
Fact is, last month was the park's busiest September on record.
According to the Big Horn Radio Network:
After nearly breaking its August visitation record, Yellowstone National Park experienced its highest September visitation in history.
Park officials released the latest year-to-date numbers along with September’s totals. The park hosted 837,499 recreation visits in September, an 21% increase from September 2019, and the highest number on record for Yellowstone for September visitation.
This is the continuation of a trend of high visitation. August 2020’s visitation was 7.5% higher than August 2019 with 881,453 visits. Only August 2017 was busier — the year a total solar eclipse was visible in the park and across Wyoming.
The park’s annual visitation is still below recent years. By the end of September, 3,383,872 recreation visits were recorded.
That’s an 11% decline from the same period in 2019 (3,807,815.)
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