National Park Service Reports More Than 323M Visits in 2025

March 13, 2026

The National Park Service recorded more than 323 million recreation visits in 2025, including over 13 million overnight stays. Despite the impressive numbers, it represents a decrease of 8.85 million recreation visits, or 2.7 percent, from the record year in 2024.

The 43-day partial government shutdown in October and November 2025 likely impacted the year’s visitation numbers, as many sites were forced to partially or fully close to visitors as staff were furloughed.

Even with the complications of the shutdown, twenty-six parks set a record for annual recreation visits. Twenty-nine percent of total visitors across the National Park System were to national parks, and visitation peaked during the summer months. RVPRO