Each release gives you a headline finding, a per-unit data table, the full methodology, and downloadable CSVs and PNGs cleared for editorial use. Everything is computed from the official NPS Visitor Use Statistics package, so the numbers survive fact-checking against the primary source.
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Utah's national parks, visitation through 2025 and the Arches timed-entry question
Official NPS recreation-visit counts for all five Utah national parks, plus the Arches timed-entry timeline, cleared for editorial use with attribution.
Read the analysis →New Mexico national parks, least-busy months in print-ready charts
Two high-resolution charts for Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands, built from official NPS monthly recreation-visit data and cleared for editorial use with attribution.
Read the analysis →The shoulder season is the new peak season at America's national parks
Two-thirds of the units we could measure are seeing it. Of the 354 National Park Service units with complete monthly data from 2012 to 2024, 233 gained shoulder-season share. At Yellowstone, summer's share of the year fell 8 points in a decade.
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