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
Denali National Park & Preserve
Arizona
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
Park Pipe Spring National Monument
Saguaro National Park
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Tonto National Monument
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Walnut Canyon National Monument
Wupatki National Monument
Arkansas
Fort Smith National Historic Site
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
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Yosemite National Park
Colorado
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
Florida
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Dry Tortugas National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Georgia
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore
Fort Pulaski National Monument
Hawaii
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
Idaho
Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve
Yellowstone National Park
Indiana
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Maine
Maryland
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
Massachusetts
Adams National Historical Park
Cape Cod National Seashore
Michigan
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Minnesota
Mississippi
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Vicksburg National Military Park
Missouri
Harry S Truman National Historic Site
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Montana
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Glacier National Park
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Yellowstone National Park
Nebraska
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Nevada
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
New Hampshire
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
New Jersey
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Morristown National Historical Park
New Mexico
Bandelier National Monument
Capulin Volcano National Monument
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Valles Caldera National Preserve
New York
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saratoga National Historical Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
North Carolina
Wright Brothers National Memorial
North Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Ohio
James A. Garfield National Historic Site
Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial
Oklahoma
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Oregon
Lewis & Clark National Historical Park
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Steamtown National Historic Site
Puerto Rico
San Juan National Historic Site
South Carolina
South Dakota
Jewel Cave National Monument
Tennessee
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Texas
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Padre Island National Seashore
Utah
Bryce Canyon National Park
Canyonlands National Park
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Spike National Historic Site
Natural Bridges National Monument
Virgin Islands
Christiansted National Historic Site
Virginia
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Assateague Island National Seashore
Colonial National Historical Park
George Washington Memorial Parkway’s Great Falls Park
Prince William Forest Park
Shenandoah National Park
Washington
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Lewis & Clark National Historical Park
Mount Rainier National Park
West Virginia
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Wyoming
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Devils Tower National Monument
Yellowstone National Park
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