Chart assignment
Charts to read and discuss
Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.
Chart 1 of 1 · National parks
Which months are busiest in the national parks?
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July was the busiest month of 2025 at the 63 national parks, with 13.9 million recreation visits, about 15% of the year's total and 4.7 times the 2.98 million of January, the quietest month. Summer is the busy season: June had 12.4 million visits and August 12.5 million.
Questions to discuss
- In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
- Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
- Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?
Source: National Park Service, Visitor Use Statistics (Public domain (U.S. government work); source National Park Service) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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