Visitor statistics
How many people visit Haleakalā?
Last verified NPS Visitor Use Statistics1979–2025
853,711 recreation visits in 2025, #27 of 63 national parks. The record is 1999 (1,963,187). Every year since 1979, straight from the National Park Service’s own counts.
- 2025 visits
- 853,711
- +16.6% vs 2024
- Rank, 2025
- #27
- of 63 national parks
- Record year
- 1999
- 1,963,187 visits
- vs 2015
- −29.8%
- ten-year change
- vs 1979
- +26.7%
- since the first full year
- Busiest month ever
- May 1997
- 303,376 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 | 853,711 | +16.6% | #27 |
| 2024 | 732,477 | −7.4% | #32 |
| 2023 | 791,292 | −27.2% | #29 |
| 2022 | 1,087,616 | +27.5% | #26 |
| 2021 | 853,181 | +167.3% | #29 |
| 2020 | 319,147 | −67.9% | #40 |
| 2019 | 994,394 | −4.8% | #27 |
| 2018 | 1,044,084 | −6.1% | #25 |
| 2017 | 1,112,390 | −12.0% | #25 |
| 2016 | 1,263,558 | +3.8% | #22 |
| 2015 | 1,216,772 | +6.5% | #21 |
| 2014 | 1,142,040 | +45.4% | #21 |
| 2013 | 785,300 | −28.3% | #26 |
| 2012 | 1,094,668 | +14.4% | #22 |
| 2011 | 956,989 | −13.4% | #23 |
| 2010 | 1,105,606 | −0.3% | #21 |
| 2009 | 1,109,104 | −6.4% | #21 |
| 2008 | 1,185,068 | −10.4% | #18 |
| 2007 | 1,322,817 | −7.2% | #15 |
| 2006 | 1,426,068 | −3.3% | #15 |
| 2005 | 1,474,681 | +1.3% | #16 |
| 2004 | 1,455,477 | +0.7% | #15 |
| 2003 | 1,444,668 | −5.0% | #16 |
| 2002 | 1,521,080 | +7.8% | #15 |
| 2001 | 1,410,974 | −12.9% | #16 |
| 2000 | 1,620,083 | −17.5% | #15 |
| 1999 | 1,963,187 | +32.9% | #12 |
| 1998 | 1,476,842 | −11.8% | #16 |
| 1997 | 1,673,561 | +7.7% | #15 |
| 1996 | 1,553,344 | −2.6% | #15 |
| 1995 | 1,594,596 | +4.4% | #17 |
| 1994 | 1,527,329 | +15.9% | #17 |
| 1993 | 1,317,433 | +11.4% | #18 |
| 1992 | 1,183,124 | −3.7% | #20 |
| 1991 | 1,228,332 | −2.6% | #20 |
| 1990 | 1,260,601 | −7.8% | #17 |
| 1989 | 1,367,761 | +4.0% | #14 |
| 1988 | 1,314,683 | −1.4% | #14 |
| 1987 | 1,333,900 | +4.1% | #15 |
| 1986 | 1,281,219 | +7.2% | #16 |
| 1985 | 1,194,651 | +19.0% | #15 |
| 1984 | 1,003,821 | +16.1% | #20 |
| 1983 | 864,289 | +12.0% | #20 |
| 1982 | 771,762 | +22.2% | #23 |
| 1981 | 631,684 | +12.8% | #25 |
| 1980 | 560,238 | −16.9% | #30 |
| 1979 | 673,955 | — | #24 |
By decade
The long view
- 1970s
- 673,955
- avg · 1 yr
- 1980s
- 1.03 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 1990s
- 1.48 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2000s
- 1.4 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2010s
- 1.07 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2020s
- 772,904
- avg · 6 yrs
Seasonality: in 1979–1983 the three busiest months carried 32% of the year’s visits; in 2021–2025 they carried 30% — about the same shape as before.
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
Haleakalā visitor questions
- How many people visit Haleakalā National Park each year?
- 853,711 recreation visits in 2025, ranking #27 of the 63 national parks. The 2010s averaged 1,071,580 a year.
- What was Haleakalā's busiest year?
- 1999, with 1,963,187 recreation visits — +130.0% more than 2025. The single busiest month on record was May 1997 (303,376 visits).
- Is Haleakalā getting more crowded?
- 2025 visits were −29.8% compared with 2015 and −42.1% compared with 2005. The low point of recent years was 2020 (319,147).
- 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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