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Prince William Forest Park visitation by month and year

May is the busiest month at Prince William Forest, when the average temperature nearby is 66 degrees. December is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 40 degrees. The gap between them is narrow, 35,811 against 15,016. The warmest month is July, a little off the peak. Annual visits were about level between 2019 and 2025, 339,693 against 339,015.

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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 Quantico Mcas, 8 miles from the park's reference point at 10 feet, station USW00013773 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	339,015	-4.6%
2024	355,196	+20.1%
2023	295,630	+0.2%
2022	294,916	-9.3%
2021	325,248	-2.6%
2020	333,903	-1.7%
2019	339,693	+8.3%
2018	313,629	-13.0%
2017	360,540	+4.7%
2016	344,435	+10.4%

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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 USW00013773, 10 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.