This is When America's National Parks Will be Free to Visit in 2017
Four hundred national parks and thousands upon thousands of monuments and historical sites are waiting to be discovered in the USA. Best of all, for eight days this year you won’t have to pay a single penny to see them.
While 137 sites typically charge admission, entrance fees will be waived on these eight days in 2017:
Saturday and Sunday, April 15–16 and 22–23: Weekends of National Park Week
Friday, August 25: National Park Service Birthday
Saturday, September 30: National Public Lands Day
Saturday and Sunday, November 11–12: Veterans Day Weekend
And if you can’t wait that long or are travelling to the US before these dates, buy an annual pass for a reasonable $80.
Here are the 137 National Park Service sites you’ll be able to explore for absolutely nothing this year:
Alaska
Arizona
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Park Pipe Spring National Monument
Saguaro National Park
Tonto National Monument
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Walnut Canyon National Monument
Wupatki National Monument
Arkansas
Pea Ridge National Military Park
California
Death Valley National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
Lava Beds National Monument
Muir Woods National Monument
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Yosemite National Park
Colorado
Colorado National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
Mesa Verde National Park
Florida
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Dry Tortugas National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Georgia
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore
Hawaii
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
Idaho
Yellowstone National Park
Indiana
Maine
Maryland
Assateague Island National Seashore
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Fort Washington Park
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Massachusetts
Cape Cod National Seashore
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Vicksburg National Military Park
Missouri
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Montana
Glacier National Park
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Yellowstone National Park
Nebraska
Nevada
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Morristown National Historical Park
New Mexico
Bandelier National Monument
Capulin Volcano National Monument
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Valles Caldera National Preserve
New York
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Saratoga National Historical Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Oklahoma
Oregon
Lewis & Clark National Historical Park
Pennsylvania
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
South Dakota
Jewel Cave National Monument
Tennessee
Texas
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Utah
Bryce Canyon National Park
Canyonlands National Park
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument
Golden Spike National Historic Site
Natural Bridges National Monument
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Assateague Island National Seashore
Colonial National Historical Park
Prince William Forest Park
Shenandoah National Park
Washington
Lewis & Clark National Historical Park
Mount Rainier National Park
West Virginia
Wyoming
Devils Tower National Monument
Yellowstone National Park
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