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Explore National Parks for FREE

Are you just starting to plan your Spring and Summer adventures or are you already deep in researching?  Don't forget to add the FREE days at our national parks to your lists.

The remaining 2015 dates are:

  • April 18-19 opening weekend of National Park Week

  • August 25 National Park Service Birthday

  • September 26 National Public Lands Day

  • November 11 Veterans Day

Did you know only 127 out 407 of our National Parks even charge entrance fees?  That means 280 national parks are FREE every single day!

Here's a list from the National Park Service of the 127 places you can visit on these free days:

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 Pipe Spring National Monument Saguaro National Park Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Tonto National Monument Tumacácori National Historical Park Tuzigoot National Monument Walnut Canyon National Monument Wupatki National Monument

Arkansas Fort Smith National Historic Site Pea Ridge National Military Park

California Cabrillo National Monument Death Valley National ParkJoshua Tree National Park Lassen Volcanic National Park Lava Beds National Monument Muir Woods National Monument Pinnacles National Park San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Sequoia & 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 Rocky Mountain National Park

Florida Canaveral National Seashore Castillo de San Marcos National Monument Dry Tortugas National Park Everglades National ParkGulf Islands National Seashore

Georgia Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Cumberland Island National Seashore Fort Frederica National Monument Fort Pulaski National Monument

Hawai'i Haleakalā National ParkHawai'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 Acadia National Park

Maryland Antietam National Battlefield 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 Pipestone National Monument

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 Death Valley National Park 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 Aztec Ruins National Monument Bandelier National Monument Capulin Volcano National Monument Carlsbad Caverns National Park Chaco Culture National Historical Park Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Pecos National Historical Park White Sands National Monument

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 Crater Lake National Park 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 RicoSan Juan National Historic Site

South Carolina Fort Sumter National Monument

South Dakota Badlands National Park Jewel Cave National Monument

Tennessee Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

Texas Big Bend National Park Fort Davis National Historic Site . Guadalupe Mountains National Park Padre Island National Seashore

Utah Arches National Park Bryce Canyon National Park Canyonlands National Park Capitol Reef National Park Cedar Breaks National Monument Dinosaur National Monument Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Golden Spike National Historic Site Natural Bridges National Monument Zion National Park

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 Manassas National   Battlefield Park Petersburg National Battlefield Prince William Forest Park Shenandoah National Park

Washington Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Lewis & Clark National Historical Park Mount Rainier National Park . Olympic National Park

West Virginia Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Wyoming . Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area . Devils Tower National Monument . Grand Teton National Park . Yellowstone National Park

I don't know about you but those Utah parks are certainly calling to us!!  Where are you going this year?