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Walnut Canyon National Monument visitation by month and year

April is the busiest month at Walnut Canyon, when the average temperature nearby is 48 degrees. January is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 33 degrees. April runs about 3.6 times the visits of January. The warmest month is July, a little off the peak. Annual visits were about level between 2019 and 2025, 152,333 against 153,317.

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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 Walnut Canyon NM, under a mile from the park's reference point at 6,695 feet, station USC00029156 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	153,317	-18.1%
2024	187,205	+22.7%
2023	152,548	-15.0%
2022	179,396	-15.5%
2021	212,328	+97.7%
2020	107,422	-29.5%
2019	152,333	-9.2%
2018	167,736	+1.6%
2017	165,134	+8.3%
2016	152,444	-0.6%

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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, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USC00029156, 6,695 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.