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Mark your calendars! The National Park Service is offering free admission to sites that normally charge an entrance fee during 10 days throughout 2017.
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Many national parks are free every day, but more than 100 of them regularly charge fees between $3 and $30.
The fee waiver includes entrance fees, commercial tour fees and transportation entrance fees. Here are the fee-free days that you’ll want to plan your visit around:
Here’s a state-by-state list of the sites participating in the free entrance days:
Denali National Park & Preserve
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Petrified Forest National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument
Saguaro National Park
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Tonto National Monument
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Tuzigoot National Monument
Walnut Canyon National Monument
Wupatki National Monument
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Pea Ridge National Military Park
Cabrillo National Monument
Death Valley National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lava Beds National Monument
Muir Woods National Monument
Pinnacles National Park
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Yosemite National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Colorado National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
Mesa Verde National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Canaveral National Seashore
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Dry Tortugas National Park
Everglades National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore
Fort Pulaski National Monument
HaleakalÄ National Park
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Pu’uhonua o HÃ…naunau National Historical Park
Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve
Yellowstone National Park
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Antietam National Battlefield
Assateague Island National Seashore
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
Fort Washington Park
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Adams National Historical Park
Cape Cod National Seashore
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Vicksburg National Military Park
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Glacier National Park
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Yellowstone National Park
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Death Valley National Park
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Morristown National Historical Park
Aztec Ruins National Monument
Bandelier National Monument
Capulin Volcano National Monument
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
White Sands National Monument
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Wright Brothers National Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
James A. Garfield National Historic Site
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Crater Lake National Park
Lewis & Clark National Historical Park
Steamtown National Historic Site
San Juan National Historic Site
Badlands National Park
Jewel Cave National Monument
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Big Bend National Park
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Padre Island National Seashore
Arches National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park
Canyonlands National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Spike National Historic Site
Natural Bridges National Monument
Zion National Park
Christiansted National Historic Site
Assateague Island National Seashore
Colonial National Historical Park
George Washington Memorial Parkway’s Great Falls Park
Prince William Forest Park
Shenandoah National Park
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Lewis & Clark National Historical Park
Mount Rainier National Park
Olympic National Park
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Devils Tower National Monument
Grand Teton National Park
Yellowstone National Park
In addition to the fee-free days, any fourth grade student can get a free annual pass as part of the Every Kid in a Park program. Free passes are also available to active duty military and disabled citizens.
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This post was last modified on August 24, 2017 2:07 pm
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