How many people visit Zion?
- 2025 visits
- 4,984,525
- +0.8% vs 2024
- Rank, 2025
- #2
- of 63 national parks
- Record year
- 2021
- 5,039,835 visits
- vs 2015
- +36.6%
- ten-year change
- vs 1979
- +379.0%
- since the first full year
- Busiest month ever
- Jun 2021
- 675,799 visits
1979–2025
Every year since the counts began
Show the full table (47 years) ↓
| Year | Recreation visits | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,984,525 | +0.8% | #2 |
| 2024 | 4,946,592 | +7.0% | #2 |
| 2023 | 4,623,238 | −1.5% | #3 |
| 2022 | 4,692,417 | −6.9% | #3 |
| 2021 | 5,039,835 | +40.3% | #2 |
| 2020 | 3,591,254 | −20.0% | #3 |
| 2019 | 4,488,268 | +3.9% | #4 |
| 2018 | 4,320,033 | −4.1% | #4 |
| 2017 | 4,504,812 | +4.9% | #3 |
| 2016 | 4,295,127 | +17.7% | #5 |
| 2015 | 3,648,846 | +14.4% | #6 |
| 2014 | 3,189,696 | +13.6% | #7 |
| 2013 | 2,807,387 | −5.6% | #7 |
| 2012 | 2,973,607 | +5.2% | #6 |
| 2011 | 2,825,505 | +6.0% | #7 |
| 2010 | 2,665,972 | −2.5% | #8 |
| 2009 | 2,735,402 | +1.7% | #7 |
| 2008 | 2,690,154 | +1.2% | #8 |
| 2007 | 2,657,281 | +3.5% | #7 |
| 2006 | 2,567,350 | −0.7% | #8 |
| 2005 | 2,586,665 | −3.4% | #8 |
| 2004 | 2,677,342 | +8.9% | #9 |
| 2003 | 2,458,792 | −5.2% | #9 |
| 2002 | 2,592,545 | +16.9% | #10 |
| 2001 | 2,217,779 | −8.8% | #11 |
| 2000 | 2,432,348 | −0.7% | #11 |
| 1999 | 2,449,664 | +3.4% | #11 |
| 1998 | 2,370,048 | −3.1% | #11 |
| 1997 | 2,445,534 | −2.1% | #11 |
| 1996 | 2,498,001 | +2.8% | #11 |
| 1995 | 2,430,162 | +7.0% | #11 |
| 1994 | 2,270,871 | −5.1% | #11 |
| 1993 | 2,392,580 | +0.1% | #11 |
| 1992 | 2,390,626 | +6.9% | #9 |
| 1991 | 2,236,997 | +6.4% | #9 |
| 1990 | 2,102,400 | +5.2% | #9 |
| 1989 | 1,998,856 | +2.6% | #9 |
| 1988 | 1,948,332 | +9.6% | #9 |
| 1987 | 1,777,619 | +6.4% | #9 |
| 1986 | 1,670,503 | +11.1% | #11 |
| 1985 | 1,503,272 | +9.1% | #13 |
| 1984 | 1,377,254 | +8.2% | #14 |
| 1983 | 1,273,030 | +2.1% | #15 |
| 1982 | 1,246,290 | −3.3% | #14 |
| 1981 | 1,288,808 | +14.7% | #14 |
| 1980 | 1,123,846 | +8.0% | #17 |
| 1979 | 1,040,528 | — | #17 |
By decade
The long view
- 1970s
- 1.04 million
- avg · 1 yr
- 1980s
- 1.52 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 1990s
- 2.36 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2000s
- 2.56 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2010s
- 3.57 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2020s
- 4.65 million
- avg · 6 yrs
Seasonality: in 1979–1983 the three busiest months carried 53% of the year’s visits; in 2021–2025 they carried 36% — visits have spread out across the year.
Average visits by month
2021–2025 · NPS IRMAQuietest: JanuaryBusiest: June
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
Zion visitor questions
- How many people visit Zion National Park each year?
- 4,984,525 recreation visits in 2025, ranking #2 of the 63 national parks. The 2010s averaged 3,571,925 a year.
- What was Zion's busiest year?
- 2021, with 5,039,835 recreation visits — +1.1% more than 2025. The single busiest month on record was June 2021 (675,799 visits).
- Is Zion getting more crowded?
- 2025 visits were +36.6% compared with 2015 and +92.7% 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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