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California national parks set attendance record, despite controversy
Despite morale-sapping staff layoffs, bizarre executive orders and a 43-day federal government shutdown last fall, the grandeur and serenity of national parks in California remain irresistible to outdoors lovers looking to unwind.
The nine national parks in the Golden State — including Yosemite, Death Valley and Joshua Tree — attracted nearly 12 million recreational visits in 2025, according to statistics from the National Park Service.
That’s up more than 800,000 visits from 2024 and up more than 300,000 from the previous record set in 2019, according to the data, which stretches back to 1979.
Nationally, visits were high, at 323 million, but down a couple of percentage points from the record set in 2024, according to a park service press release.
Despite shutdown and flooding, Death Valley sees fourth-highest visitation in 2025
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Despite a government shutdown and damage from flooding, Death Valley National Park still saw its fourth-highest visitation in 2025.
The park welcomed more than 1.32 million visitors last year, according to a Tuesday news release from the National Park Service (NPS).
Last year's partial shutdown of the federal government lasted 43 days, from Oct. 1 to Nov. 12, but the NPS says it worked to keep parks open and accessible wherever possible.
Visitation dropped slightly in August, September and November, when flash flooding scoured roads and left behind rocks, closing popular attractions like Artist's Palette.
The record for Death Valley visitation is over 1.74 million people in 2019, per National Park Service statistics.
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