How many people visit Guadalupe Mountains?
- 2025 visits
- 206,423
- −8.7% vs 2024
- Rank, 2025
- #52
- of 63 national parks
- Record year
- 2021
- 243,291 visits
- vs 2015
- +21.8%
- ten-year change
- vs 1979
- +86.9%
- since the first full year
- Busiest month ever
- Mar 2017
- 51,285 visits
1979–2025
Every year since the counts began
Show the full table (47 years) ↓
| Year | Recreation visits | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 206,423 | −8.7% | #52 |
| 2024 | 226,134 | −0.5% | #52 |
| 2023 | 227,340 | +3.3% | #52 |
| 2022 | 219,987 | −9.6% | #51 |
| 2021 | 243,291 | +60.8% | #49 |
| 2020 | 151,256 | −19.9% | #49 |
| 2019 | 188,833 | +9.6% | #50 |
| 2018 | 172,347 | −23.5% | #51 |
| 2017 | 225,257 | +23.9% | #52 |
| 2016 | 181,839 | +7.3% | #52 |
| 2015 | 169,535 | +1.6% | #52 |
| 2014 | 166,868 | +14.6% | #52 |
| 2013 | 145,670 | −8.6% | #52 |
| 2012 | 159,360 | +4.5% | #52 |
| 2011 | 152,546 | −20.6% | #52 |
| 2010 | 192,210 | −3.4% | #51 |
| 2009 | 198,882 | +21.5% | #50 |
| 2008 | 163,709 | −0.8% | #51 |
| 2007 | 165,110 | −5.2% | #51 |
| 2006 | 174,157 | +2.2% | #50 |
| 2005 | 170,383 | −6.6% | #51 |
| 2004 | 182,351 | +0.5% | #50 |
| 2003 | 181,357 | −10.6% | #50 |
| 2002 | 202,911 | −8.7% | #50 |
| 2001 | 222,307 | +11.8% | #50 |
| 2000 | 198,762 | −9.5% | #50 |
| 1999 | 219,591 | −3.7% | #50 |
| 1998 | 227,924 | −1.7% | #50 |
| 1997 | 231,980 | +3.8% | #49 |
| 1996 | 223,485 | +6.9% | #50 |
| 1995 | 208,972 | +2.7% | #51 |
| 1994 | 203,520 | +1.2% | #49 |
| 1993 | 201,054 | +14.8% | #48 |
| 1992 | 175,120 | −12.6% | #50 |
| 1991 | 200,398 | +3.9% | #49 |
| 1990 | 192,890 | +14.2% | #50 |
| 1989 | 168,872 | −5.6% | #50 |
| 1988 | 178,910 | +14.4% | #50 |
| 1987 | 156,344 | −4.3% | #51 |
| 1986 | 163,313 | +10.5% | #51 |
| 1985 | 147,758 | −2.7% | #50 |
| 1984 | 151,862 | +6.4% | #49 |
| 1983 | 142,736 | +1.5% | #49 |
| 1982 | 140,620 | −1.4% | #49 |
| 1981 | 142,641 | +25.3% | #48 |
| 1980 | 113,825 | +3.0% | #48 |
| 1979 | 110,478 | — | #48 |
By decade
The long view
- 1970s
- 110,478
- avg · 1 yr
- 1980s
- 150,688
- avg · 10 yrs
- 1990s
- 208,493
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2000s
- 185,993
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2010s
- 175,447
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2020s
- 212,405
- avg · 6 yrs
Seasonality: in 1979–1983 the three busiest months carried 33% of the year’s visits; in 2021–2025 they carried 39% — visits have become more concentrated in the peak season.
Average visits by month
2021–2025 · NPS IRMAQuietest: AugustBusiest: March
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
Guadalupe Mountains visitor questions
- How many people visit Guadalupe Mountains National Park each year?
- 206,423 recreation visits in 2025, ranking #52 of the 63 national parks. The 2010s averaged 175,447 a year.
- What was Guadalupe Mountains's busiest year?
- 2021, with 243,291 recreation visits — +17.9% more than 2025. The single busiest month on record was March 2017 (51,285 visits).
- Is Guadalupe Mountains getting more crowded?
- 2025 visits were +21.8% compared with 2015 and +21.1% 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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