How many people visit Kobuk Valley?
- 2025 visits
- 7,786
- −54.8% vs 2024
- Rank, 2025
- #63
- of 63 national parks
- Record year
- 2012
- 29,550 visits
- vs 1982
- +106.3%
- since the first full year
- Busiest month ever
- Sep 2012
- 4,400 visits
1982–2025
Every year since the counts began
Show the full table (44 years) ↓
| Year | Recreation visits | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,786 | −54.8% | #63 |
| 2024 | 17,233 | −2.2% | #61 |
| 2023 | 17,616 | +4.1% | #60 |
| 2022 | 16,925 | +46.7% | #61 |
| 2021 | 11,540 | +3.2% | #61 |
| 2020 | 11,185 | −29.1% | #58 |
| 2019 | 15,766 | +5.5% | #62 |
| 2018 | 14,937 | −3.6% | #61 |
| 2017 | 15,500 | ±0.0% | #62 |
| 2016 | 15,500 | — | #62 |
| 2015 | 0 | — | #63 |
| 2014 | 0 | −100.0% | #63 |
| 2013 | 16,875 | −42.9% | #60 |
| 2012 | 29,550 | +157.3% | #58 |
| 2011 | 11,485 | +263.0% | #61 |
| 2010 | 3,164 | +68.4% | #62 |
| 2009 | 1,879 | +20.1% | #63 |
| 2008 | 1,565 | +84.8% | #63 |
| 2007 | 847 | −71.8% | #63 |
| 2006 | 3,005 | −40.3% | #62 |
| 2005 | 5,037 | +6.2% | #61 |
| 2004 | 4,744 | +18.4% | #62 |
| 2003 | 4,006 | −1.0% | #62 |
| 2002 | 4,046 | −4.1% | #62 |
| 2001 | 4,217 | +59.4% | #62 |
| 2000 | 2,646 | −58.1% | #62 |
| 1999 | 6,309 | +13.7% | #61 |
| 1998 | 5,550 | +99.6% | #62 |
| 1997 | 2,781 | ±0.0% | #62 |
| 1996 | 2,781 | ±0.0% | #61 |
| 1995 | 2,781 | ±0.0% | #61 |
| 1994 | 2,781 | −1.2% | #61 |
| 1993 | 2,816 | −0.5% | #61 |
| 1992 | 2,829 | +1.2% | #61 |
| 1991 | 2,795 | +8.1% | #61 |
| 1990 | 2,586 | +31.3% | #61 |
| 1989 | 1,970 | −13.4% | #61 |
| 1988 | 2,275 | +889.1% | #61 |
| 1987 | 230 | −78.8% | #62 |
| 1986 | 1,085 | −16.9% | #62 |
| 1985 | 1,305 | +21.4% | #62 |
| 1984 | 1,075 | −54.5% | #61 |
| 1983 | 2,365 | −37.4% | #59 |
| 1982 | 3,775 | — | #59 |
By decade
The long view
- 1980s
- 1,760
- avg · 8 yrs
- 1990s
- 3,401
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2000s
- 3,199
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2010s
- 12,278
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2020s
- 13,714
- avg · 6 yrs
Seasonality: in 1982–1986 the three busiest months carried 61% of the year’s visits; in 2021–2025 they carried 45% — visits have spread out across the year.
Average visits by month
2021–2025 · NPS IRMAQuietest: 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
Kobuk Valley visitor questions
- How many people visit Kobuk Valley National Park each year?
- 7,786 recreation visits in 2025, ranking #63 of the 63 national parks. The 2010s averaged 12,278 a year.
- What was Kobuk Valley's busiest year?
- 2012, with 29,550 recreation visits — +279.5% more than 2025. The single busiest month on record was September 2012 (4,400 visits).
- 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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