Visitation · National Battlefield Park

Richmond National Battlefield Park visitation by month and year

October is the busiest month at Richmond, when the average temperature nearby is 60 degrees. February is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 41 degrees. The gap between them is narrow, 15,890 against 10,642. The warmest month is July, a little off the peak. Annual visits fell 24.2 percent, from 197,242 in 2019 to 149,545 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 Richmond Intl AP, 2 miles from the park's reference point at 164 feet, station USW00013740 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	149,545	-4.5%
2024	156,538	-7.5%
2023	169,145	-2.3%
2022	173,124	+13.7%
2021	152,308	-15.2%
2020	179,598	-8.9%
2019	197,242	-1.1%
2018	199,344	-11.0%
2017	224,014	+7.2%
2016	208,969	+13.5%

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, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USW00013740, 164 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.