Visitation by

Visits
The entry of one person into a recreation area or site to carryon one or more recreational activities.
Note that in order to align better with other federal agencies and also to provide a consistent reporting and application mechanism for our use, the Camping visit is now reported as per person per night (as opposed to the old per person per trip basis). For example, two campers stay 4 nights in our campground will now be counted as 8 visits (instead of 2 as in the old reporting system). No change to how we count day use visits.

Visitor Hours
The presence of one or more persons on an area of land or water for the purpose of engaging in one or more recreational activities during continuous, intermittent, or simultaneous periods of time aggregating 60 minutes.

Recreation Activities
Activity information is based on survey data. The following categories were recorded:

• Camping or Lodging (includes overnight stays in cabins, lodges, inns, on gov't fee owned lands)
• Went out on a boat (Total Boating):
• Boating-In a powered craft
• Boating-In a non-powered craft
• Went fishing (Total Fishing):
  Fished from a boat.
  Fished from shore. (Includes piers/docks) Water Contact Activities (swimming, wading, waterskiing, scuba diving, parasailing, etc.)
• Water Contact Activities (Swimming or water contact activities including wading, waterskiing, scuba diving, parasailing, etc.)
• Hiking, walking, running, or jogging (Includes walking dog, running, or hiking fitness focused, activities on foot)
• Picnic or a meal in the park today (focused on family or group land-based activities, including reunions at shelters).
• Bicycling, skating, or skateboarding (fitness activities on wheels using foot power)
• Played or watched field sports with a ball or frisbee. (activities with some thrown or passed object like a ball or throwing toy)
• Attended a tournament, special event or large gathering. (typically with 20 or more participants; include watching games and tournaments)
• Other: Activity not described in list.
• Sightseeing: includes only those that participated in sightseeing and no other activities identified.