Visitor statistics
How many people visit Acadia?
Last verified NPS Visitor Use Statistics1979–2025
4,079,318 recreation visits in 2025, #7 of 63 national parks. The record is 1989 (5,440,952). Every year since 1979, straight from the National Park Service’s own counts.
- 2025 visits
- 4,079,318
- +3.0% vs 2024
- Rank, 2025
- #7
- of 63 national parks
- Record year
- 1989
- 5,440,952 visits
- vs 2015
- +45.1%
- ten-year change
- vs 1979
- +46.4%
- since the first full year
- Busiest month ever
- Aug 1989
- 1,045,060 visits
1979–2025
Every year since the counts began
Recreation visits per calendar year, as reported to the NPS Visitor Use Statistics office. The 2025 bar is highlighted; a missing bar means the park did not report all twelve months that year.
Show the full table (47 years) ↓
| Year | Recreation visits | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,079,318 | +3.0% | #7 |
| 2024 | 3,961,661 | +2.1% | #7 |
| 2023 | 3,879,890 | −2.3% | #7 |
| 2022 | 3,970,260 | −2.4% | #5 |
| 2021 | 4,069,098 | +52.5% | #6 |
| 2020 | 2,669,034 | −22.4% | #8 |
| 2019 | 3,437,286 | −2.8% | #7 |
| 2018 | 3,537,575 | +0.8% | #7 |
| 2017 | 3,509,271 | +6.2% | #7 |
| 2016 | 3,303,393 | +17.5% | #8 |
| 2015 | 2,811,184 | +9.7% | #9 |
| 2014 | 2,563,129 | +13.7% | #9 |
| 2013 | 2,254,922 | −7.2% | #10 |
| 2012 | 2,431,052 | +2.4% | #10 |
| 2011 | 2,374,645 | −5.2% | #9 |
| 2010 | 2,504,208 | +12.4% | #9 |
| 2009 | 2,227,698 | +7.3% | #11 |
| 2008 | 2,075,857 | −5.7% | #10 |
| 2007 | 2,202,228 | +5.7% | #11 |
| 2006 | 2,083,588 | +1.6% | #11 |
| 2005 | 2,051,484 | −7.1% | #12 |
| 2004 | 2,207,847 | −9.2% | #11 |
| 2003 | 2,431,062 | −5.0% | #10 |
| 2002 | 2,558,572 | +1.7% | #11 |
| 2001 | 2,516,551 | +1.9% | #10 |
| 2000 | 2,469,238 | −5.1% | #10 |
| 1999 | 2,602,227 | +0.3% | #10 |
| 1998 | 2,594,497 | −6.0% | #10 |
| 1997 | 2,760,306 | +2.1% | #9 |
| 1996 | 2,704,831 | −4.9% | #10 |
| 1995 | 2,845,378 | +5.0% | #9 |
| 1994 | 2,710,749 | +2.1% | #8 |
| 1993 | 2,656,034 | +11.5% | #7 |
| 1992 | 2,382,113 | −3.8% | #10 |
| 1991 | 2,475,857 | +5.8% | #8 |
| 1990 | 2,339,591 | −57.0% | #8 |
| 1989 | 5,440,952 | +20.8% | #2 |
| 1988 | 4,502,283 | +5.0% | #2 |
| 1987 | 4,288,154 | +9.1% | #2 |
| 1986 | 3,929,054 | +4.9% | #2 |
| 1985 | 3,745,570 | +0.3% | #2 |
| 1984 | 3,734,763 | −9.5% | #2 |
| 1983 | 4,124,639 | +15.5% | #2 |
| 1982 | 3,572,114 | +19.2% | #2 |
| 1981 | 2,997,972 | +7.9% | #2 |
| 1980 | 2,779,666 | −0.3% | #2 |
| 1979 | 2,787,366 | — | #2 |
By decade
The long view
- 1970s
- 2.79 million
- avg · 1 yr
- 1980s
- 3.91 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 1990s
- 2.61 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2000s
- 2.28 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2010s
- 2.87 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2020s
- 3.77 million
- avg · 6 yrs
Seasonality: in 1979–1983 the three busiest months carried 53% of the year’s visits; in 2021–2025 they carried 56% — about the same shape as before.
Average visits by month
2021–2025 · NPS IRMAJFMAMJJASOND
Quietest: FebruaryBusiest: August
The weather page puts these crowd levels beside each month’s temperatures.
About these numbers
Figures are the National Park Service’s monthly recreation-visit counts, retrieved from its public statistics service and summed by calendar year. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. The NPS revises recent months occasionally, so small differences from a later nps.gov table are normal. Rankings compare the 63 national parks for the same year. See every park ranked for 2025.
Sources · 2
- 1.NPS Visitor Use Statistics — monthly recreation visits by park, 1979–2025 · National Park Service (U.S. Department of the Interior)
- 2.NPS Visitor Use Statistics Definitions · National Park Service
FAQ
Acadia visitor questions
- How many people visit Acadia National Park each year?
- 4,079,318 recreation visits in 2025, ranking #7 of the 63 national parks. The 2010s averaged 2,872,667 a year.
- What was Acadia's busiest year?
- 1989, with 5,440,952 recreation visits — +33.4% more than 2025. The single busiest month on record was August 1989 (1,045,060 visits).
- Is Acadia getting more crowded?
- 2025 visits were +45.1% compared with 2015 and +98.9% compared with 2005.
- What counts as a recreation visit?
- The NPS counts a recreation visit as one person entering the park for recreation; someone who leaves and re-enters is counted again, and commuters, through-traffic and staff are excluded. Counts come from gate and traffic counters with park-specific multipliers, so they are estimates.
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