We predicted 2010 would be a good year for folks visiting Yellowstone National Park. That prediction was borne out in the numbers released by the Park Service: June was a record month for attendance at America's Oldest National Park.

Nearly 700,000 visitors came to Yellowstone National Park during June. It marks the second record June in a row, and the third record June out of the last four years. Visitor numbers this June are 100,000 higher than those recorded in June 2008.

Recreational Visitors     2010      2009    Change

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January                 25,595    24,770  + 3.3 %

February                29,108    28,355  + 2.7 %

March                   21,028    17,317  + 21.4 %

April                   32,763    24,831  + 31.9 %

May                    250,445   261,763  - 4.3 %

June                   694,841   643,844  + 7.9 %

Total Year-To-Date   1,053,780 1,000,880  + 5.3 %

Recreational Visitors    June   Year to Year Change

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2010                  694,841               + 7.9 %

2009                  643,844               + 8.5 %

2008                  593,405               - 2.7 %

2007                  609,606               + 9.4 %

2006                  557,213               - 0.5 %

2005                  560,014

Visitor numbers were up at all four entrances when compared to year-ago levels, with double-digit increases reported through the East and Northeast Entrances.

The West Entrance remains the park’s busiest, with over 280,000 visitors recorded this June, compared to just over 261,000 a year ago. 

Visitation to the park for the first six months of the year is over the one million mark, up 5.3 percent over the same period a year ago.

July is typically the park’s peak visitation month, followed by August, June, September, and May.

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