LOTTERY
Congaree National Park Firefly Viewing Lottery
In FY25, this reservation product recorded 25,465 orders.
FY25 orders
25,465
Recorded Recreation.gov orders
Historical demand
High
Based on FY25 order volume
Median observed lead
42 days
FY25 reservations with valid lead data
Peak month
May
Month with the most FY25 start dates
Historical demand does not measure reservation difficulty.
Observed booking lead
Mutually exclusive FY25 buckets from order date versus start date. Same calendar day means both fell on the same date.
- Same calendar day0% · 4
- 1–7 days—
- 8–14 days—
- 15–30 days1.7% · 435
- 31–60 days98.3% · 25,026
- 61+ days—
Historical seasonality
Share of FY25 orders by reservation start month.
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Tours
- Congaree Fireflies Festival · Nature Tour · 180
- Firefly Event · Nature Tour · 180
Data limitations
- FY25 Recreation.gov orders only (1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025).
- Does not report current availability, current booking windows, current prices, or quotas.
- Historical demand does not measure availability or difficulty.
- Median observed booking lead is not a “book X days ahead” instruction.