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Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park visitation by month and year

July is the busiest month at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace, when the average temperature nearby is 76 degrees. January is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 35 degrees. July runs about 5.1 times the visits of January. The crowd arrives with the warm weather and leaves with it. Annual visits fell 10.6 percent, from 238,226 in 2019 to 212,899 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with average temperature

Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Hodgenville Lincoln P, 5 miles from the park's reference point at 788 feet, station USC00153929 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals.

Annual visits, 1979 to 2025

Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

Year	Recreation visits	Change on prior year
2025	212,899	-14.6%
2024	249,166	+3.8%
2023	239,950	-9.7%
2022	265,707	+5.8%
2021	251,188	+10.1%
2020	228,141	-4.2%
2019	238,226	-8.7%
2018	260,964	-3.2%
2017	269,580	+6.8%
2016	252,495	+69.9%

Visitation at other parks

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Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USC00153929, 788 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.