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Stones River National Battlefield visitation by month and year

May is the busiest month at Stones River, when the average temperature nearby is 67 degrees. February is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 41 degrees. The gap between them is narrow, 45,188 against 24,004. The warmest month is July, a little off the peak. Annual visits rose 59.8 percent from 284,516 in 2019 to 454,614 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 Murfreesboro 5 N, 4 miles from the park's reference point at 535 feet, station USC00406371 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	454,614	+1.9%
2024	446,160	+31.5%
2023	339,364	-18.8%
2022	417,791	+14.2%
2021	365,833	+21.4%
2020	301,270	+5.9%
2019	284,516	+6.8%
2018	266,503	+15.6%
2017	230,562	-33.4%
2016	346,213	+30.7%

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 USC00406371, 535 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.