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Frederick Douglass National Historic Site visitation by month and year

July is the busiest month at Frederick Douglass, when the average temperature nearby is 81 degrees. April is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 58 degrees. The gap between them is narrow, 2,277 against 1,158. The peak falls with the warmth, though April is not the coldest month. Annual visits fell 51.9 percent, from 61,063 in 2019 to 29,378 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 Washington Reagan AP, 3 miles from the park's reference point at 10 feet, station USW00013743 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	29,378	+13.7%
2024	25,836	+100.2%
2023	12,904	+6015.6%
2022	211	-88.3%
2021	1,807	-83.5%
2020	10,969	-82.0%
2019	61,063	-13.8%
2018	70,869	-7.4%
2017	76,569	+13.6%
2016	67,387	+25.1%

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 USW00013743, 10 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.