Tag: visitors

• NPS VISITORS 2017

  14″ x 8.5″ Hover for zoom This look and technique was taken from a map by John Nelson. It uses monthly visitor data to show when people are visiting US National Parks, rather than how many. The bigger the ring, the bigger the spike in visitation for that month. Parks with a tight spread – […]

  First posted:

  October 20, 2018

• NPS VISITORS 2016

  

  13″ x 49″ Hover for zoom This map series breaks down 2016 National Park Service visitor data, with the addition of park sizes for context. For the camping metrics, I compared every park against the average of all parks that offered that specific type of access (tent, RV, backcountry). This doesn’t account for total number […]

  First posted:

  October 20, 2018