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Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park visitation by month and year

July is the busiest month at Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit, when the average temperature nearby is 67 degrees. February is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 44 degrees. July runs about 4.1 times the visits of February. The peak falls with the warmth, though February is not the coldest month. Annual visits fell 27.5 percent, from 109,799 in 2019 to 79,564 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 Seattle Boeing Fld, 5 miles from the park's reference point at 20 feet, station USW00024234 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain from the same station, which publishes no snowfall normal.

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	79,564	-2.6%
2024	81,652	+13.4%
2023	71,990	+19.1%
2022	60,423	+67.9%
2021	35,977	+176.7%
2020	13,003	-88.2%
2019	109,799	+32.9%
2018	82,646	-2.5%
2017	84,759	+22.1%
2016	69,435	+15.0%

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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 USW00024234, 20 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.