Visitation · National Scenic River

Bluestone National Scenic River visitation by month and year

July is the busiest month at Bluestone, when the average temperature nearby is 75 degrees. February is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 37 degrees. An average July draws 3,995 visits where an average February draws 98. The crowd arrives with the warm weather and leaves with it. Annual visits fell 67.0 percent, from 37,663 in 2019 to 12,446 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Bluestone Lake, 8 miles from the park's reference point at 1,390 feet, station USC00460939 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain and snow from the same station, also 1991 to 2020 averages.

Annual visits, 1993 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	12,446	+69.9%
2024	7,327	-66.1%
2023	21,592	+53.0%
2022	14,113	-47.2%
2021	26,710	+6.0%
2020	25,207	-33.1%
2019	37,663	+20.3%
2018	31,316	-2.2%
2017	32,028	-6.2%
2016	34,139	-7.1%

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, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USC00460939, 1,390 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.