The Offer
- The National Park’s Service has a number of entrance fee-free dates, allowing you to access national parks for free. The dates are as follows for 2020:
- January 20: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- April 18: First day of National Park Week
- August 25: National Park Service Birthday
- September 26: National Public Lands Day
- November 11: Veterans Day
The Fine Print
- In total there are more than 400 parks available, only 120 national parks normally charge a fee.
- Fee waiver includes entrance fees, commercial tour fees, and transportation entrance fees
- Excludes reservation, camping, tours, concession and fees collected by third parties
Our Verdict
If you can I’d recommend actually visiting outside of these free days purely because there is always a lot more people during these days. That being said if you can’t afford to do that then these free days are a great way to explore somewhere you might not normally explore (or you can use the free day to ‘sample’ a particular park before going back another time). Bank of America has a Museums On Us program as well that offers free access to select museums that might be of interest to some readers as well.
