Crowds by month
Compare the full year’s monthly recreation visits and normal weather.
Acadia visitation by year
47 years of annual recreation visits, 1979–2025. Counting changed in 1990. Compare the earlier peak separately from later years. The chart shows the long-run shape; the table keeps every total and its change from the previous year.
| Year | Recreation visits | Year-over-year |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 2,787,366 | |
| 1980 | 2,779,666 | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 2,997,972 | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 3,572,114 | +19.2% |
| 1983 | 4,124,639 | +15.5% |
| 1984 | 3,734,763 | -9.5% |
| 1985 | 3,745,570 | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 3,929,054 | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 4,288,154 | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 4,502,283 | +5.0% |
| 1989Highest | 5,440,952 | +20.8% |
| 1990 | 2,339,591 | -57.0% |
| 1990 Visitation calculation changed in 1990. | ||
| 1991 | 2,475,857 | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 2,382,113 | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 2,656,034 | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 2,710,749 | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 2,845,378 | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 2,704,831 | -4.9% |
| 1997 | 2,760,306 | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 2,594,497 | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 2,602,227 | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 2,469,238 | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 2,516,551 | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 2,558,572 | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 2,431,062 | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 2,207,847 | -9.2% |
| 2005 | 2,051,484 | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 2,083,588 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 2,202,228 | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 2,075,857 | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 2,227,698 | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 2,504,208 | +12.4% |
| 2011 | 2,374,645 | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 2,431,052 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 2,254,922 | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 2,563,129 | +13.7% |
| 2015 | 2,811,184 | +9.7% |
| 2016 | 3,303,393 | +17.5% |
| 2017 | 3,509,271 | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 3,537,575 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 3,437,286 | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 2,669,034 | -22.4% |
| 2020 Reduced ops · pandemic | ||
| 2021 | 4,069,098 | +52.5% |
| 2022 | 3,970,260 | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 3,879,890 | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 3,961,661 | +2.1% |
| 2025Latest | 4,079,318 | +3.0% |
What the visitation trend shows
Read the latest total alongside the record and earlier years.
2025 in the annual record. It ranks 5 of 47 annual totals, 25.0% below the 1989 maximum of 5,440,952. The latest total is up 3.0% from 2024.
Compare the reporting periods. 2025 has the highest total from 1990 onward, at 4,079,318 visits. Acadia changed its visitation calculation in 1990. The 1989 maximum predates that change. Treat comparisons across 1989–1990 separately from later years.
Read individual years. The source records 5,440,952 in 1989 and 2,339,591 in 1990. The table retains each intervening year. Annual counts do not establish the cause of a change or predict crowding on a particular date.
Questions about Acadia visitation
How many visits did Acadia record in 2025?
4,079,318 recreation visits, compared with 3,961,661 in 2024. These are visits, not unique people. Counting changed in 1990. Compare the earlier peak separately from later years.
What was Acadia's highest recorded visitation year?
The maximum in this 1979–2025 dataset is 5,440,952 in 1989. From 1990 onward, the highest total is 4,079,318 in 2025. Counting changed in 1990. Compare the earlier peak separately from later years.
Is Acadia visitation increasing?
The reported 2025 total is up 3.0% from 2024. Counting changed in 1990. Compare the earlier peak separately from later years. Annual totals alone do not explain what caused a change.
What was Acadia's lowest recorded visitation year?
2005 has the lowest count in the 1979–2025 series: 2,051,484 recreation visits. Counting changed in 1990. Compare the earlier peak separately from later years.
How we built this page.
An independent guide using official data. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Park Service.
- Official annual data
- NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025. Each total sums twelve monthly TRV recreation-visit values for reporting unit ACAD. The table covers 1979–2025.
- What is counted
- Visits, not unique visitors. Repeat visits are not combined into distinct people. The totals do not measure visitor spending, individual trails or parking availability.
- Reading changes
- Recorded changes do not establish causes. Year-over-year percentages compare a total with the previous year. Historical reporting practices and boundaries may differ. The series maximum makes no claim about years before 1979.
- Counting methods
- Acadia National Park (ACAD). Acadia changed its visitation calculation in 1990. The 1989 maximum predates that change. Treat comparisons across 1989–1990 separately from later years.