Visitor statistics
How many people visit Glacier?
Last verified NPS Visitor Use Statistics1979–2025
3,136,557 recreation visits in 2025, #10 of 63 national parks. The record is 2017 (3,305,512). Every year since 1979, straight from the National Park Service’s own counts.
- 2025 visits
- 3,136,557
- −2.3% vs 2024
- Rank, 2025
- #10
- of 63 national parks
- Record year
- 2017
- 3,305,512 visits
- vs 2015
- +32.6%
- ten-year change
- vs 1979
- +116.9%
- since the first full year
- Busiest month ever
- Jul 2017
- 1,009,665 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 | 3,136,557 | −2.3% | #10 |
| 2024 | 3,208,755 | +9.4% | #10 |
| 2023 | 2,933,616 | +0.9% | #11 |
| 2022 | 2,908,458 | −5.6% | #10 |
| 2021 | 3,081,656 | +81.4% | #10 |
| 2020 | 1,698,864 | −44.3% | #13 |
| 2019 | 3,049,839 | +2.9% | #10 |
| 2018 | 2,965,309 | −10.3% | #10 |
| 2017 | 3,305,512 | +12.2% | #10 |
| 2016 | 2,946,681 | +24.5% | #10 |
| 2015 | 2,366,056 | +1.2% | #10 |
| 2014 | 2,338,528 | +6.8% | #10 |
| 2013 | 2,190,374 | +1.3% | #11 |
| 2012 | 2,162,035 | +16.6% | #12 |
| 2011 | 1,853,564 | −15.7% | #12 |
| 2010 | 2,200,048 | +8.3% | #12 |
| 2009 | 2,031,348 | +12.4% | #12 |
| 2008 | 1,808,027 | −13.2% | #13 |
| 2007 | 2,083,329 | +6.1% | #12 |
| 2006 | 1,964,399 | +2.0% | #12 |
| 2005 | 1,925,101 | −5.4% | #13 |
| 2004 | 2,033,933 | +22.2% | #12 |
| 2003 | 1,664,046 | −12.7% | #14 |
| 2002 | 1,905,689 | +13.4% | #13 |
| 2001 | 1,680,614 | −2.8% | #14 |
| 2000 | 1,728,693 | +2.6% | #14 |
| 1999 | 1,684,604 | −8.0% | #15 |
| 1998 | 1,830,944 | +7.1% | #14 |
| 1997 | 1,708,856 | −0.7% | #14 |
| 1996 | 1,720,805 | −6.5% | #13 |
| 1995 | 1,839,518 | −14.6% | #13 |
| 1994 | 2,152,989 | +0.5% | #12 |
| 1993 | 2,141,704 | −2.6% | #13 |
| 1992 | 2,199,767 | +4.9% | #11 |
| 1991 | 2,096,966 | +5.5% | #11 |
| 1990 | 1,986,737 | +9.1% | #10 |
| 1989 | 1,821,523 | +0.2% | #11 |
| 1988 | 1,817,733 | +9.5% | #12 |
| 1987 | 1,660,737 | +5.2% | #11 |
| 1986 | 1,579,151 | −1.5% | #13 |
| 1985 | 1,603,011 | −17.7% | #11 |
| 1984 | 1,946,703 | −11.7% | #9 |
| 1983 | 2,203,847 | +32.3% | #10 |
| 1982 | 1,666,114 | −6.7% | #12 |
| 1981 | 1,786,523 | +21.2% | #12 |
| 1980 | 1,474,578 | +2.0% | #13 |
| 1979 | 1,446,086 | — | #14 |
By decade
The long view
- 1970s
- 1.45 million
- avg · 1 yr
- 1980s
- 1.76 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 1990s
- 1.94 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2000s
- 1.88 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2010s
- 2.54 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2020s
- 2.83 million
- avg · 6 yrs
Seasonality: in 1979–1983 the three busiest months carried 75% of the year’s visits; in 2021–2025 they carried 66% — visits have spread out across the year.
Average visits by month
2021–2025 · NPS IRMAJFMAMJJASOND
Quietest: FebruaryBusiest: July
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
Glacier visitor questions
- How many people visit Glacier National Park each year?
- 3,136,557 recreation visits in 2025, ranking #10 of the 63 national parks. The 2010s averaged 2,537,795 a year.
- What was Glacier's busiest year?
- 2017, with 3,305,512 recreation visits — +5.4% more than 2025. The single busiest month on record was July 2017 (1,009,665 visits).
- Is Glacier getting more crowded?
- 2025 visits were +32.6% compared with 2015 and +62.9% 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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