Visitors numbers booming at Garden of the Gods Visitors numbers are booming at Garden of the Gods,so is traffic. and last updated 2021-07-26 21:26:13-04 COLORADO SPRINGS â Visitation at Garden of the Gods Park is booming. "We're up about 370-thousand visitors in 2021 compared to 2020," said Park Manger, John Stark. The jump is year to date. It is a large margin for just six months. You also have to consider it is a comparison to months at the height of the pandemic. Contrasting to numbers before the pandemic in 2019, still show a significant increase. "Pre pandemic and visitation's up in the park as well, up around 180 thousand,â said Stark.