Yellowstone National Park

The Madison and Firehole Rivers and their tributaries, and the Gibbon River downstream from Norris campground are open again to fishing from sunrise to 2 p.m.

Looking at visitation over the entire year, Yellowstone is just over 42,000 visitors shy of matching the record set in 2021.

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This July, the park tallied 975,109 recreation visits. That’s 2% fewer visits than last year and 10% down from the record-setting year of 2021.

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These include the Madison and Firehole Rivers and their tributaries, and the Gibbon River and tributaries downstream of Norris campground.

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At nearly 1.7 million visitors from the start of the year through June, visitation is 4% higher than it was through this time last year and 6% higher than the same timeframe in 2021.

The Madison and Firehole Rivers, and their tributaries, will be closed from 2 p.m. to dawn the next day, as well as the Gibbon River and all its tributaries downstream of Norris Campground.

The park is on track to have its busiest year ever.