![Yellowstone National Park Records Third-Busiest Year](http://townsquare.media/site/101/files/2017/06/688_norris_boardwalk-courtesy-Yellowstone-National-Park.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Yellowstone National Park Records Third-Busiest Year
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park had its third-busiest year on record with more than 4.1 million visitors last year.
The park in Wyoming had about 1,500 fewer visitors in 2018 than in 2017.
Visitation last year was a 3.5 percent decrease from the park's record-breaking 2016, when it recorded more than 4.2 million guests.
The park says it used numbers from an automated counter that records traffic at the north entrance to figure out visitation in late December during the partial government shutdown.
Most of the park's visitors are recorded during the summer months. Visitation drops off in November when most of the park entrances close.
More From Laramie Live
![New Signage Wanted for a Better Laramie Experience](http://townsquare.media/site/245/files/2023/08/attachment-laramie-signs.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Despite COVID, Yellowstone National Park Visitation Down Only Slightly in 2020](http://townsquare.media/site/101/files/2021/01/GettyImages-1801671.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Wyoming Medical Center Will Stop Visitation Starting Friday](http://townsquare.media/site/101/files/2020/10/Wyoming-Medical-Center.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Yellowstone National Park Marks Best-Ever September for Visits](http://townsquare.media/site/101/files/2020/10/Old-Faithful-Airial-View.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Yellowstone National Park Marks Second-Highest August Visitation](http://townsquare.media/site/101/files/2020/09/Yellowstone-NE-Entrance-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Yellowstone Visits Down 32% in June, but Climbing](http://townsquare.media/site/101/files/2020/05/Yellowstone-East-Gate-Sign-5-3-20.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Yellowstone Visitation in July Exceeds 936,000](http://townsquare.media/site/101/files/2017/05/Yellowstone-National-Park-East-Entrance11.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![BREAKING: Homicide Victim Found at Mirror Lake in Albany County Identified](http://townsquare.media/site/245/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-2024-07-25T100445.069.jpg?w=980&q=75)