visitation

Now that winter is here, all roads in Yellowstone, with one exception, are closed to automobile traffic until late April.

Current visiting restrictions will stay in place until the end of visiting hours at 6 p.m. Thursday.

If you are sick, do not visit the park. Self-quarantine to avoid exposing others.

Services are limited in the park.

The national park's overall visits are down 49% from last year.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park recorded 936,062 visits last month as the busy summer tourist season ramped up. The July visitation was down by about 4,500 from July 2018 when over 940,500 people visited the park...

Most of the park's visitors are recorded during the summer months.

More than 1 million visitors have entered the park so far this year.

Park managers say the eclipse weekend was estimated to be the busiest period in the park's history.

Yellowstone National Park staffing levels and funding have remained flat over the past decade.