Visitation · National Military Park

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park visitation by month and year

May is the busiest month at Horseshoe Bend, when the average temperature nearby is 69 degrees. January is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 43 degrees. The gap between them is narrow, 7,152 against 3,130. The warmest month is July, a little off the peak. Annual visits rose 11.8 percent from 45,372 in 2019 to 50,738 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 Camp Hill 2Nw, 12 miles from the park's reference point at 680 feet, station USC00011324 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	50,738	-20.8%
2024	64,063	-11.9%
2023	72,725	+7.3%
2022	67,773	+16.3%
2021	58,285	+103.8%
2020	28,600	-37.0%
2019	45,372	-6.4%
2018	48,491	-34.7%
2017	74,255	-10.9%
2016	83,370	-6.6%

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 USC00011324, 680 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.