The increase in visitation to Crater Lake National Park paralleled the record-breaking numbers reported by the National Park Service as a whole. More than 305 million people visited national parks in 2015, eclipsing the all-time visitation record for the National Park Service in the previous year. The unofficial visitation numbers for 2015 were announced by National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, as the National Park Service is celebrating its centennial year in 2016.