Visitation · National Historical Park

Nez Perce National Historical Park visitation by month and year

June is the busiest month at Nez Perce, when the average temperature nearby is 61 degrees. December is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 31 degrees. The gap between them is narrow, 38,762 against 19,761. The warmest month is August, a little off the peak. Annual visits rose 59.2 percent from 216,068 in 2019 to 343,910 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 Kooskia 5 SSE, 3 miles from the park's reference point at 2,330 feet, station USC00105013 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	343,910	+0.3%
2024	342,924	-9.1%
2023	377,392	+9.5%
2022	344,517	+11.4%
2021	309,165	+2.6%
2020	301,473	+39.5%
2019	216,068	-29.8%
2018	307,645	+29.0%
2017	238,424	-0.6%
2016	239,908	+6.6%

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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 USC00105013, 2,330 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.