Trends in US National Park Visitation (1985 - 2008)

Visits to US National Parks has been plateaued since the recorded high in 1987 of 287 million recreation visits.

Year	Recreation Visits (million)
1985 1986 1987 1988 1089 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008	263.4 281.1 287.2 282.5 269.4 255.6 267.8 274.7 273.1 268.6 269.6 265.8 275.2 286.8 287.1 285.9 279.9 277.3 266.1 276.9 273.5 272.6 275.6 274.8

Source: www.nature.nps.gov/stats/park.cfm