MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Park-wide vehicle entries through the Memorial Day weekend showed a 50% increase over the same weekend in 2019. This year is compared to 2019 because in 2020, during the same time frame, only the Wyoming park entrances were open due to COVID-19.
Visitation statistics (*vehicle entries) per day for May 28-31, 2021, compared to May 24-27, 2019, are listed below.
|
Park entrance
|
Vehicle entries
|
Percent increase 2021 over 2019
|
|
|
Friday, May 28, 2021
|
Friday, May 24, 2019
|
|
|
East
|
902
|
368
|
145%
|
|
North
|
1,796
|
983
|
83%
|
|
Northeast
|
475
|
350
|
36%
|
|
South
|
1,731
|
920
|
88%
|
|
West
|
4,565
|
2,652
|
72%
|
|
Total
|
9,469
|
5,273
|
80%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Saturday, May 29, 2021
|
Saturday, May 25, 2019
|
|
|
East
|
1,131
|
833
|
36%
|
|
North
|
2,170
|
1,651
|
31%
|
|
Northeast
|
702
|
394
|
78%
|
|
South
|
1,958
|
1,320
|
48%
|
|
West
|
5,424
|
3,818
|
42%
|
|
Total
|
11,385
|
8,016
|
42%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sunday, May 30, 2021
|
Sunday, May 26, 2019
|
|
|
East
|
1,249
|
997
|
25%
|
|
North
|
2,240
|
1,597
|
40%
|
|
Northeast
|
870
|
426
|
104%
|
|
South
|
2,046
|
1,405
|
46%
|
|
West
|
5,635
|
4,122
|
37%
|
|
Total
|
12,040
|
8,547
|
41%
|
|
Monday, May 31, 2021 |
Monday, May 27, 2019 |
|
| East |
1,219 |
918 |
33% |
| North |
2,110 |
1,402 |
50% |
| Northeast |
755 |
369 |
105% |
| South |
1,735 |
1,365 |
27% |
| West |
4,703 |
3,000 |
57% |
| Total |
10,522 |
7,054 |
49% |
Editor’s note: *Vehicle entry data is collected from park entrance stations point of sale system. This data informs official visitation stats, posted after the end of each month at NPS Stats website. Vehicle entry data will be shared in press releases following summer holiday weekends (Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day).
