Grand Teton NP Reports Busiest July And Busiest Month Ever On Record

Grand Teton National Park had its busiest month on record in July.

That month is almost always the busiest month for tourism in the park in northwestern Wyoming. 

Park officials say last month, almost 830,000 people visited.

That was up from 796,000 in July 2018, the second-busiest month in records dating to 1979.

July was the first time Grand Teton topped 800,000 visitors in 1 month. 

Visitation was up almost 10% compared to July 2020, when the park had just reopened after being mostly closed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Accompanying the tourism surge, camping was up 2.7%, backcountry camping was up 15% and trail use was up 21% in July 2021 compared to July 2019.

Park Officials say researchers this summer have been studying the relationship between the number of vehicles entering Grand Teton and visitor traffic at key areas of the park.