Yellowstone National Park News
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Yellowstone visitation statistics for May 2025
June 11, 2025 | 4:16 pm
Yellowstone National Park hosted 566,363 recreation visits in May 2025, up 8% from May 2024 (522,450 recreation visits).
Man gored by bison June 10 in Yellowstone National Park
June 10, 2025 | 2:37 pm
On June 10, a 30-year-old man from Randolph, New Jersey, was injured by a bison in Yellowstone National Park.
First confirmed 2025 wildland fire in Yellowstone National Park
May 28, 2025 | 12:41 pm
On Monday May 26, the first confirmed wildland fire of the season in Yellowstone National Park was detected by hikers on the Bighorn Pass Trail.
Top 10 things to know about visiting Yellowstone National Park during the 2025 summer season
May 21, 2025 | 12:24 pm
If you plan to travel to Yellowstone National Park this summer, plan ahead to protect yourself and this wild and awe-inspiring place.
Food-conditioned grizzly bear trapped and killed in Yellowstone National Park
May 15, 2025 | 2:31 pm
Yellowstone National Park staff trapped and killed an 11-year-old male grizzly bear on May 14 after the bear repeatedly sought out human food sources in developed areas of the park.
Man gored by bison in Yellowstone National Park
May 7, 2025 | 9:06 am
On May 4, 2025, a 47-year-old man from Cape Coral, Florida, was injured by a bison in Yellowstone National Park.
Select Yellowstone National Park entrances and roads open to public April 18
April 10, 2025 | 11:24 am
Beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, April 18, 2025, select entrances and roads in Yellowstone National Park will open for the summer season, weather permitting, as part of the annual spring opening.
Yellowstone National Park's winter season begins Dec. 15, 2024
December 10, 2024 | 3:40 pm
Yellowstone National Park’s winter season begins Sunday, Dec. 15. Annually from mid-December until mid-March, visitors can travel most of the park’s roads from the West, South, East and North entrances by approved commercially guided snowmobiles and snowcoaches and via the non-commercially guided snowmobile access program.
Yellowstone visitation statistics for October 2024
November 14, 2024 | 10:31 am
Yellowstone National Park hosted 346,025 recreation visits in October 2024. This is a 16% increase from October 2023 (299,127 recreational visits). This October’s visitation showed a 9% increase from October 2021 (316,662 recreation visits).
Public input sought on proposal to improve Yellowstone National Park’s Northeast Entrance Road
October 29, 2024 | 11:54 am
The National Park Service, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, seeks public comment on a proposal to significantly improve 27 miles of the Northeast Entrance Road between Tower Junction and Yellowstone National Park’s Northeast Entrance.