How many people visit Olympic?
- 2025 visits
- 3,584,187
- −3.6% vs 2024
- Rank, 2025
- #9
- of 63 national parks
- Record year
- 1997
- 3,846,709 visits
- vs 2015
- +9.8%
- ten-year change
- vs 1979
- +72.4%
- since the first full year
- Busiest month ever
- Aug 1994
- 948,440 visits
1979–2025
Every year since the counts began
Show the full table (47 years) ↓
| Year | Recreation visits | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,584,187 | −3.6% | #9 |
| 2024 | 3,717,267 | +26.1% | #8 |
| 2023 | 2,947,503 | +21.1% | #10 |
| 2022 | 2,432,972 | −10.5% | #14 |
| 2021 | 2,718,925 | +8.8% | #12 |
| 2020 | 2,499,177 | −23.0% | #9 |
| 2019 | 3,245,806 | +4.6% | #9 |
| 2018 | 3,104,455 | −8.7% | #9 |
| 2017 | 3,401,996 | +0.3% | #8 |
| 2016 | 3,390,221 | +3.9% | #7 |
| 2015 | 3,263,761 | +0.6% | #7 |
| 2014 | 3,243,872 | +5.1% | #6 |
| 2013 | 3,085,340 | +9.2% | #5 |
| 2012 | 2,824,908 | −4.8% | #7 |
| 2011 | 2,966,502 | +4.3% | #6 |
| 2010 | 2,844,563 | −13.2% | #6 |
| 2009 | 3,276,459 | +6.3% | #5 |
| 2008 | 3,081,451 | +3.1% | #4 |
| 2007 | 2,988,686 | +8.7% | #5 |
| 2006 | 2,749,197 | −12.5% | #5 |
| 2005 | 3,142,774 | +2.2% | #4 |
| 2004 | 3,073,722 | −4.7% | #5 |
| 2003 | 3,225,327 | −12.6% | #4 |
| 2002 | 3,691,310 | +8.1% | #3 |
| 2001 | 3,416,069 | +2.7% | #4 |
| 2000 | 3,327,722 | −1.1% | #5 |
| 1999 | 3,364,266 | −5.9% | #5 |
| 1998 | 3,577,007 | −7.0% | #4 |
| 1997 | 3,846,709 | +14.9% | #3 |
| 1996 | 3,348,723 | −8.5% | #6 |
| 1995 | 3,658,615 | +8.2% | #4 |
| 1994 | 3,381,573 | +26.2% | #4 |
| 1993 | 2,679,598 | −11.6% | #6 |
| 1992 | 3,030,195 | +9.8% | #5 |
| 1991 | 2,759,673 | −1.3% | #5 |
| 1990 | 2,794,903 | +2.1% | #5 |
| 1989 | 2,737,611 | −7.5% | #5 |
| 1988 | 2,959,122 | +4.8% | #5 |
| 1987 | 2,822,850 | −4.0% | #5 |
| 1986 | 2,940,034 | +16.1% | #4 |
| 1985 | 2,532,145 | −8.2% | #5 |
| 1984 | 2,759,011 | +14.4% | #3 |
| 1983 | 2,410,722 | −2.7% | #6 |
| 1982 | 2,478,739 | +7.5% | #6 |
| 1981 | 2,306,032 | +13.5% | #8 |
| 1980 | 2,032,418 | −2.2% | #7 |
| 1979 | 2,078,843 | — | #7 |
By decade
The long view
- 1970s
- 2.08 million
- avg · 1 yr
- 1980s
- 2.6 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 1990s
- 3.24 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2000s
- 3.2 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2010s
- 3.14 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2020s
- 2.98 million
- avg · 6 yrs
Seasonality: in 1979–1983 the three busiest months carried 58% of the year’s visits; in 2021–2025 they carried 51% — visits have spread out across the year.
Average visits by month
2021–2025 · NPS IRMAQuietest: JanuaryBusiest: August
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
Olympic visitor questions
- How many people visit Olympic National Park each year?
- 3,584,187 recreation visits in 2025, ranking #9 of the 63 national parks. The 2010s averaged 3,137,142 a year.
- What was Olympic's busiest year?
- 1997, with 3,846,709 recreation visits — +7.3% more than 2025. The single busiest month on record was August 1994 (948,440 visits).
- Is Olympic getting more crowded?
- 2025 visits were +9.8% compared with 2015 and +14.1% 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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