Crowds by month
Compare the full year’s monthly recreation visits and normal weather.
Redwood visitation by year
47 years of annual recreation visits, 1979–2025. NPS attributes most of the reported 2025 increase to improved counting. This total excludes the state parks. 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 | 413,917 | |
| 1980 | 471,710 | +14.0% |
| 1981 | 549,461 | +16.5% |
| 1982 | 467,126 | -15.0% |
| 1983 | 473,711 | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 467,155 | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 505,791 | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 567,849 | +12.3% |
| 1987 | 610,897 | +7.6% |
| 1988 | 677,135 | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 654,115 | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 348,458 | -46.7% |
| 1991 | 366,280 | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 387,781 | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 421,027 | +8.6% |
| 1994 | 475,033 | +12.8% |
| 1995 | 552,464 | +16.3% |
| 1996 | 426,938 | -22.7% |
| 1997 | 382,488 | -10.4% |
| 1998 | 383,188 | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 369,726 | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 383,253 | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 388,352 | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 404,789 | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 408,126 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 392,029 | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 394,144 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 383,780 | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 385,171 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 396,899 | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 444,426 | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 418,820 | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 380,167 | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 352,517 | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 393,364 | +11.6% |
| 2014 | 429,166 | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 527,143 | +22.8% |
| 2016 | 536,297 | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 445,000 | -17.0% |
| 2018 | 482,536 | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 504,722 | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 265,177 | -47.5% |
| 2020 Reduced ops · pandemic | ||
| 2021 | 435,879 | +64.4% |
| 2022 | 458,400 | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 409,105 | -10.8% |
| 2024 | 622,883 | +52.3% |
| 2025Latest | 1,202,480 | +93.1% |
| 2025 Improved counting accounts for most of the reported increase. | ||
What the visitation trend shows
Read the latest total alongside the record and earlier years.
2025 in the annual record. It is the highest reported total in the 1979–2025 series. The latest total is up 93.1% from 2024.
The longer comparison. 2025 is 128.1% above 2015's 527,143 visits. This compares two endpoints, not uninterrupted growth or decline. NPS attributes most of the reported increase in 2025 to improved visitor counting. The recorded year-over-year change is not a like-for-like measure of growth in demand. This series covers Redwood National Park, not the combined national and state parks.
Read individual years. The source records 409,105 in 2023 and 622,883 in 2024. 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 Redwood visitation
How many visits did Redwood record in 2025?
1,202,480 recreation visits, compared with 622,883 in 2024. These are visits, not unique people. NPS attributes most of the reported 2025 increase to improved counting. This total excludes the state parks.
What was Redwood's highest recorded visitation year?
The maximum in this 1979–2025 dataset is 1,202,480 in 2025. NPS attributes most of the reported 2025 increase to improved counting. This total excludes the state parks.
Is Redwood visitation increasing?
The reported 2025 total is up 93.1% from 2024. NPS attributes most of the reported 2025 increase to improved counting. This total excludes the state parks. Annual totals alone do not explain what caused a change.
What was Redwood's lowest recorded visitation year?
2020 has the lowest count in the 1979–2025 series: 265,177 recreation visits. NPS attributes most of the reported 2025 increase to improved counting. This total excludes the state parks.
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 REDW. 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
- Redwood National Park only (REDW); cooperating California state parks are counted separately. NPS attributes most of the reported increase in 2025 to improved visitor counting. The recorded year-over-year change is not a like-for-like measure of growth in demand. This series covers Redwood National Park, not the combined national and state parks.