Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site visitation by month and year
July is the busiest month at Knife River Indian Villages, when the average temperature nearby is 70 degrees. December is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 18 degrees. An average July draws 2,219 visits where an average December draws 47. The crowd arrives with the warm weather and leaves with it. Annual visits fell 12.6 percent, from 10,354 in 2019 to 9,048 in 2025.
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Visits by month, with average temperature
Annual visits, 1981 to 2025
The last ten years
| Year | Recreation visits | Change on prior year |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9,048 | -16.7% |
| 2024 | 10,867 | +33.6% |
| 2023 | 8,134 | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 9,217 | -17.9% |
| 2021 | 11,223 | +113.2% |
| 2020 | 5,263 | -49.2% |
| 2019 | 10,354 | -11.4% |
| 2018 | 11,682 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 11,644 | -12.6% |
| 2016 | 13,328 | +17.1% |
Visitation at other parks
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 USC00327585, 1,962 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.