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Final Report – October 2001
Stay length compared across the six survey sites is fairly evenly distributed, except for
the very high peak of day-use visitors attending the Visitor’s Center (Table 22, Figure
19). In fact, this extremely high value may mask the stay length overall when the site
data is pooled. In any case, respondents who were interviewed at the Visitor’s Center
tended to have shorter visits to the Park than survey respondents elsewhere.
Table 22. Stay length (by site)
Site Day 1 night 2 nights 3 nights 4 to 6 7 to 13 14 or more
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
MPS 30 5.4 28 8.5 40 9.4 28 12.2 29 14.4 7 12.1 2 3.8
VC 225 40.5 76 23.0 78 18.4 35 15.3 32 15.9 12 20.7 16 30.2
CC 90 16.2 47 14.2 72 16.9 51 22.3 47 23.4 16 27.6 14 26.4
BPC 95 17.1 47 14.2 85 20.0 43 18.8 55 27.4 11 19.0 7 13.2
BV 49 8.8 71 21.5 69 16.2 34 14.8 9 4.5 4 6.9 8 15.1
FC 67 12.1 61 18.5 81 19.1 38 16.6 29 14.4 8 13.8 6 11.3
Total 556 330 425 229 201 58 53
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Figure 19. Stay length (by site)
About a quarter of people surveyed were first-time visitors to the Park. An additional
twenty-five percent reported that they had been to the Park within the previous year
(Table 23). A noticeable difference between the fall and spring survey population is that
the latter included more first-time visitors, whereas the fall sampled more recent
visitors—those who had been to the Park within the previous six months.
Table 23. Time since last visit (by season)
Season 1st < 6 mo < 12 mo < 2 yr < 5 yr < 10 yr More
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fall 188 23.1 258 31.7 174 21.4 72 8.9 59 7.3 35 4.3 27 3.3
Spring 288 29.3 210 21.3 210 21.3 111 11.3 92 9.3 32 3.3 41 4.2
Total 476 468 384 183 151 67 68
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