How many people visit Dry Tortugas National Park each year?

89,355 recreation visits in 2025, ranking #56 of the 63 national parks. The 2010s averaged 64,769 a year.

What was Dry Tortugas's busiest year?

2025, with 89,355 recreation visits — the current record. The single busiest month on record was June 2011 (11,518 visits).

Is Dry Tortugas getting more crowded?

2025 visits were +26.1% compared with 2015 and +44.7% 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.

Why does the record start before Dry Tortugas became a national park?

The NPS counts visits by park unit, and the unit kept the same statistics code when it was redesignated a national park in 1992. Earlier years are visits to the same place under its previous designation.

Visitor statistics

How many people visit Dry Tortugas?

Last verified October 5, 2026NPS Visitor Use Statistics1979–2025

89,355 recreation visits in 2025, #56 of 63 national parks. The record is 2025 (89,355). Every year since 1979, straight from the National Park Service’s own counts, including the years before it became a national park in 1992.

A few of the stars at night with a view of Fort Jefferson. — Photo: NPS Photo / Brett Seymour

2025 visits: 89,355; +5.3% vs 2024
Rank, 2025: #56; of 63 national parks
Record year: 2025; 89,355 visits
vs 2015: +26.1%; ten-year change
vs 1979: +884.5%; since the first full year
Busiest month ever: Jun 2011; 11,518 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	89,355	+5.3%	#56
2024	84,873	+0.7%	#55
2023	84,285	+7.4%	#55
2022	78,488	−6.4%	#55
2021	83,817	+72.7%	#55
2020	48,543	−38.7%	#55
2019	79,200	+39.4%	#56
2018	56,810	+4.7%	#56
2017	54,281	−26.3%	#57
2016	73,661	+3.9%	#56
2015	70,862	+9.2%	#56
2014	64,865	+11.1%	#56
2013	58,401	−3.5%	#56
2012	60,550	−19.5%	#56
2011	75,171	+39.5%	#55
2010	53,890	+3.6%	#57
2009	52,011	−18.7%	#56
2008	63,947	+5.0%	#56
2007	60,895	−5.0%	#57
2006	64,122	+3.8%	#56
2005	61,765	−9.1%	#54
2004	67,917	−9.1%	#55
2003	74,741	−6.1%	#55
2002	79,582	+0.5%	#55
2001	79,186	−5.4%	#55
2000	83,704	+12.8%	#54
1999	74,186	+23.4%	#55
1998	60,136	+27.3%	#55
1997	47,224	+34.4%	#55
1996	35,127	+6.9%	#55
1995	32,870	+96.4%	#57
1994	16,736	−30.3%	#59
1993	24,020	+11.3%	#56
1992	21,581	+18.4%	#58
1991	18,231	−6.0%	#59
1990	19,402	−0.2%	#59
1989	19,441	+14.8%	#59
1988	16,937	+3.8%	#60
1987	16,315	+6.1%	#60
1986	15,379	+16.4%	#59
1985	13,213	+11.0%	#58
1984	11,900	+8.1%	#58
1983	11,004	+2.8%	#58
1982	10,700	+5.4%	#57
1981	10,150	+17.4%	#55
1980	8,644	−4.8%	#55
1979	9,076	—	#55

By decade

The long view

1970s: 9,076; avg · 1 yr
1980s: 13,368; avg · 10 yrs
1990s: 34,951; avg · 10 yrs
2000s: 68,787; avg · 10 yrs
2010s: 64,769; avg · 10 yrs
2020s: 78,227; avg · 6 yrs

Seasonality: in 1979–1983 the three busiest months carried 40% of the year’s visits; in 2021–2025 they carried 30% — visits have spread out across the year.

Average visits by month

2021–2025 · NPS IRMA

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Quietest: OctoberBusiest: May

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

Dry Tortugas visitor questions

How many people visit Dry Tortugas National Park each year?: 89,355 recreation visits in 2025, ranking #56 of the 63 national parks. The 2010s averaged 64,769 a year.
What was Dry Tortugas's busiest year?: 2025, with 89,355 recreation visits — the current record. The single busiest month on record was June 2011 (11,518 visits).
Is Dry Tortugas getting more crowded?: 2025 visits were +26.1% compared with 2015 and +44.7% 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.
Why does the record start before Dry Tortugas became a national park?: The NPS counts visits by park unit, and the unit kept the same statistics code when it was redesignated a national park in 1992. Earlier years are visits to the same place under its previous designation.

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