The National Park Service is waiving entrance fees at National Parks on Monday, January 20, 2014, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Not all National Parks are out West: one of our favorite places to take our dog for a walk is along the Potomac River in Great Falls National Park, in McLean, Virginia.
Additional entrance fee-free dates in 2014 are:
- February 15-17
Presidents Day weekend
- April 19-20
opening weekend of National Park Week
- August 25
National Park Service Birthday
- September 27
National Public Lands Day - November 11
Veterans Day
Just 133 of our country’s 401 national parks usually charge an entrance fee.
When we were visited Utah last year, we purchased an annual pass which enabled our family to see some of the nation’s crown jewels: Bryce Canyon; Zion National Park, Arches National Park, and Cedar Breaks National Monument.
The annual pass provides entrance to all national parks, national wildlife refuges, national forests, and many other Federal lands — more than 2,000 sites in all.