Crater Lake also recorded an increase in overnight stays in the backcountry. In 2016, people spent 4,706 nights in the backcountry, compared to 3,253 overnight stays in 2015. This was a 44.6 percent increase. The National Park Service also reported record-breaking visitation in 2016. The national parks system received 330,971,689 recreation visits in 2016—up by 23.7 million visits (7.7%) over 2015. Of the 417 parks in the national park system, 382 count visitors and 77 of those parks—about 20 percent of reporting parks—set a new record for annual recreation visits.