Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion National Parks Fee Free days, 2011

Free Entrance Days in the National Parks

America's Best Idea -- the national parks -- gets even better with several fee-free days at more than 100 national parks that usually charge entrance fees.*

Mark your calendar for these fee-free days in 2011:

• January 15-17 -- (Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday weekend)
• April 16-24 -- (National Park Week)
• June 21
  (First day of summer)
• September 24 -- (Public Lands Day)
• November 11-13 -- (Veterans Day weekend)

Making the fun even more affordable, many national park concessionaires are joining the National Park Service in welcoming visitors with their own special offers.

Here's a tip - many of your 394 national parks NEVER charge an entrance fee. So start Planning Your Visit!

* Fee waiver includes: entrance fees, commercial tour fees, and transportation entrance fees. Other fees such as reservation, camping, tours, concession and fees collected by third parties are not included unless stated otherwise.

 
 
  Yosemite Falls is visible from numerous
  places around Yosemite Valley,
  especially around Yosemite Village and
  Yosemite Lodge. A one-mile loop trail leads
  to the base of Lower Yosemite Fall.

  Photo by NPS/Dan Ng

Around these parts it's called the Old Dude Pass.