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Free National Parks Day

Visit Muir Woods, Yosemite & 396 other National Parks for free | Nov. 12
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A few times a year, the National Park Services offers Free Entrance Days in the National Parks, special fee-free days that you should take advantage of to visit parks that usually cost entrance fees.

That means all 398 National Parks are free!

Free National Park Weekend 2012

Participating California National Parks:

  • Cabrillo (Normally $5 vehicle fee and $3 entrance fee)
  • Death Valley $20, $10
  • Joshua Tree $15, $5
  • Lassen Volcanic $10, $5
  • Lava Beds $10, $5
  • Muir Woods $7
  • Pinnacles $5, $3
  • San Francisco Maritime – Always Free
  • Sequoia-Kings Canyon $20, $10
  • Whiskeytown $10, $5
  • Yosemite $20, $10
[ Find a National Park near you. ]

Entrance Fee Free Days | 2012

  • January 14-16 – Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend
  • April 21-29 – National Park Week
  • June 9 – Get Outdoors Day
  • September 29 – National Public Lands Day
  • November 10-12 – Veterans Day weekend