Visitation · National Battlefield

Cowpens National Battlefield visitation by month and year

April is the busiest month at Cowpens, when the average temperature nearby is 58 degrees. December is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 42 degrees. The gap between them is narrow, 18,824 against 12,215. The warmest month is July, a little off the peak. Annual visits fell 21.7 percent, from 223,413 in 2019 to 175,020 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 Chesnee 7 WSW, 9 miles from the park's reference point at 748 feet, station USC00381625 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, 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	175,020	+12.0%
2024	156,287	-31.0%
2023	226,369	+6.5%
2022	212,534	+3.8%
2021	204,811	-9.7%
2020	226,903	+1.6%
2019	223,413	+18.0%
2018	189,410	-10.9%
2017	212,692	-0.3%
2016	213,299	+3.2%

Visitation at other parks

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park Congaree National Park Petersburg National Battlefield Stones River National Battlefield

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 USC00381625, 748 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.