Crowds by month
Compare the full year’s monthly recreation visits and normal weather.
Sequoia visitation by year
47 years of annual recreation visits, 1979–2025. This count covers Sequoia alone, not Kings Canyon. 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 | 799,576 | |
| 1980 | 862,397 | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 1,083,002 | +25.6% |
| 1982 | 1,020,500 | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 854,233 | -16.3% |
| 1984 | 979,632 | +14.7% |
| 1985 | 939,468 | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 1,056,527 | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 1,139,389 | +7.8% |
| 1988 | 1,031,129 | -9.5% |
| 1989 | 1,056,020 | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 1,063,538 | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 1,120,278 | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 961,095 | -14.2% |
| 1993 | 1,066,552 | +11.0% |
| 1994 | 1,034,133 | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 844,582 | -18.3% |
| 1996 | 838,060 | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 1,008,931 | +20.4% |
| 1998 | 861,303 | -14.6% |
| 1999 | 873,229 | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 838,947 | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 870,327 | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 920,292 | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 979,297 | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 1,000,177 | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 1,004,843 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 954,507 | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 979,537 | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 930,011 | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 965,170 | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 1,002,979 | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 1,006,583 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,106,584 | +9.9% |
| 2013 | 909,274 | -17.8% |
| 2014 | 1,039,137 | +14.3% |
| 2015 | 1,097,464 | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 1,254,688 | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 1,291,256 | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 1,229,594 | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 1,246,053 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 796,086 | -36.1% |
| 2020 Reduced ops · pandemic | ||
| 2021 | 1,059,548 | +33.1% |
| 2021 KNP Complex Fire closures | ||
| 2022 | 1,153,198 | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 980,567 | -15.0% |
| 2023 Record snowpack · road washouts | ||
| 2024 | 1,309,573 | +33.6% |
| 2025Latest | 1,378,337 | +5.3% |
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 5.3% from 2024.
The longer comparison. 2025 is 25.6% above 2015's 1,097,464 visits. This compares two endpoints, not uninterrupted growth or decline. Annual totals use one reporting unit and the same NPS data package throughout. Historical counting practices and park boundaries may differ; a change in recorded visits does not by itself establish what caused it.
Read individual years. The source records 980,567 in 2023 and 1,378,337 in 2025. 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 Sequoia visitation
How many visits did Sequoia record in 2025?
1,378,337 recreation visits, compared with 1,309,573 in 2024. These are visits, not unique people. This count covers Sequoia alone, not Kings Canyon.
What was Sequoia's highest recorded visitation year?
The maximum in this 1979–2025 dataset is 1,378,337 in 2025. This count covers Sequoia alone, not Kings Canyon.
Is Sequoia visitation increasing?
The reported 2025 total is up 5.3% from 2024. This count covers Sequoia alone, not Kings Canyon. Annual totals alone do not explain what caused a change.
What was Sequoia's lowest recorded visitation year?
2020 has the lowest count in the 1979–2025 series: 796,086 recreation visits. This count covers Sequoia alone, not Kings Canyon.
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 SEQU. 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.
- Comparing years
- Sequoia National Park only (SEQU), not Kings Canyon. Annual totals use one reporting unit and the same NPS data package throughout. Historical counting practices and park boundaries may differ; a change in recorded visits does not by itself establish what caused it.