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City Of Rocks National Reserve visitation by month and year

June is the busiest month at City Of Rocks, when the average temperature nearby is 63 degrees. February is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 34 degrees. An average June draws 15,428 visits where an average February draws 1,054. The peak falls with the warmth, though February is not the coldest month. Annual visits fell 8.5 percent, from 99,311 in 2019 to 90,898 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 Oakley, 15 miles from the park's reference point at 4,559 feet, station USC00106542 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, 1992 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	90,898	+1.1%
2024	89,949	-2.3%
2023	92,059	+9.6%
2022	83,996	-13.7%
2021	97,376	-11.6%
2020	110,203	+11.0%
2019	99,311	-30.2%
2018	142,250	+9.2%
2017	130,276	+20.8%
2016	107,865	+2.4%

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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 USC00106542, 4,559 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.