Statistical abstract: 2022
Ziesler PS and Spalding CM. 2023. Statistical abstract: 2022. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/NRSS/EQD/NRDS—2023/1394. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/2299316
In the pages that follow, a series of tables and figures display visitor use data for calendar year 2022. By documenting these visits across the National Park System, the National Park Service (NPS) Statistical Abstract offers a historical record of visitor use in parks and provides NPS staff and partners with a useful tool for effective management and planning. In 2022, 395 of 424 National Park System units collected and reported visitor use data; the remainder are unable to do so for a variety of reasons, such as administration by another agency, non-federal land ownership, or new parks that lack staff and facilities for the management of visitor use statistics. The responsibility for compiling and summarizing visitor use statistics resides with the NPS Social Science Program in the Environmental Quality Division, National Resource Stewardship and Science Directorate. The Program relies on the conscientious efforts of NPS field personnel to count, record, and report visitor use. This system of collecting and summarizing monthly visitor use data is combined with continuous review and assessment of park visitor use estimation procedures to promote consistency and accuracy of data. Detailed instructions for the units that collect data, monthly visitation summaries, and reports displaying trends in park visitation are available on the NPS Visitor Use Statistics website (https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Ziesler, Pamela; Spalding, Claire
- Date of Issue
- 2023-06
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.36967/2299316
- Units
- EQD , NRSS
- Keywords
- Abstract, Public Use Statistics, Social Science, Statistical Abstract, Statistics, Visitation, Visitation Statistics, Visitor Use