Grand Teton Hosts Almost 3.3 Million Visits in Pandemic Year

Grand Teton National Park hosted 3,289,639 recreation visits in 2020, the fourth highest number of recreation visits for one year in the park’s history. During 2020 the park was closed for almost two months, March 24-May 18, due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to 2019, total recreation visits decreased by only 3.4%, despite the pandemic.

Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Chip Jenkins said, “National parks and public lands were extremely important to everyone this past year, providing fresh air, open space and respite from the pandemic. We anticipate that we will see continued high interest in visiting Grand Teton National Park.”

  The top five years for recreation visits in Grand Teton National Park are:

2018 - 3,491,151 

2019  - 3,405,614 

2017 - 3,317,000 

2020 - 3,289,639 

2016 - 3,270,076

Of the top ten national parks for recreation visits, Grand Teton National Park was the fifth highest. For National Park Service annual visitation summaries and individual park figures visit the Visitor Use Statistics web page.


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