The halt is hitting seasonal workers at parks, where staff shortages can mean fewer visitor programs, neglected bathrooms and ...

Long before Hurricane Helene hit the Smokies, the National Park Service already knew the visitation count for 2024 would be ...

The best times to visit Yellowstone National Park are from late April to May as well as September ... The reason it's better to visit toward the end of April and during the month of May is all due to ...

National Park recreational visits dropped nearly 7% year-over-year in Dec. to 15,226,874 from 16,293,521 in a seasonally slow month, while visits slipped by 2% for all of 2024 to 320,086,808 from ...

The country’s most-visited national park had its lowest number of visits since 2018. The drop can't be attributed entirely to ...

The National Park Service Visitor Use Statistics Office began looking ... The park service “observed an average decrease in monthly visitation of 8%” in the Smokies, Barak said.