I was cleaning out my car today and found America the Beautiful passes dating back to 2018. We'e always had one as a couple and it's a money saver, if like us you enjoy spending time outside and have a road trip bug.
This is my reminder to everyone who likes to enjoy the great outdoors, that it's worth it to have an American the Beautiful Pass. If you are between 16 and 62 its $80 for an annual, over 62 $80 for LIFE, Member of the armed forces, a 4th grader or disabled FREE.
Here is your one stop shop for the COST of visiting a national park without the pass- This list is for people ages 16 and older entering with a car. There are also countless historical sites and recreational spaces you can visit for free with this pass.
Alaska:
Denali $15 per person
Gates of the Arctic- Best of luck getting here but free to enter if you can
Glacier Bay- Best of luck getting here but free to enter if you can
Katmai-Best of luck getting here but free to enter if you can
Kenai Fjords- No national park fee- but you're going to want to do a boat ride to enjoy it.
Kobuk Valley-Best of luck getting here but free to enter if you can
Lake Clark- Best of luck getting here but free to enter if you can
Wrangell St. Elias-Best of luck getting here but free to enter if you can
American Samoa- Best of luck getting here but free to enter if you can as most of the island is a National Park
Arizona
Grand Canyon: $35 per car
Petrified Forest: $25 per car
Saguaro: $25 per car
Arkansas:
Hot Springs: Fee Free park
California:
Channel Islands: Fee Free Park- Requires a ferry ride to access-cost associated
Death Valley: $30 per car
Joshua Tree: $30 per car
Lassen Volcanic: $30 per car in the spring/summer, $10 per car in fall/winter
Pinnacles: $30 per car
Redwoods: Fee Free Park
Sequoia & Kings: $35 per car
Yosemite: $35 per car
Colorado:
Black Canyon of the Gunnison: $30 per car
Great Sand Dunes: $25 per car
Mesa Verde: $30 per car in the summer early fall, $20 the rest of the year
Rocky Mountain: $30 per car (1 day), $35 per car ( 1 week)
Florida:
Biscayne: Fee Free park
Dry Tortuga: $15 fee per person
Everglades: $30 per car
Hawaii:
Hawai'i Volcano: $30 per car
Haleakala: $30 per car + $1 sunrise or sunset reservation
Indiana:
Indiana Dunes: $25 per car
Kentucky:
Mammoth Cave: Fee Free Park
Maine:
Acadia: $30 Per car
Michigan:
Isle Royal- A struggle to get there and once you do its $7 per person
Minnesota:
Voyageurs: Fee Free Park- Do you own research on camping fees and permits
Missouri:
Gateway Arch: Free to visit- but if you want to go up the pass gets you a $3 per person discount on your ticket.
Montana:
Glacier: $35 per car
Yellowstone: $35 per car
New Mexico:
Carlsbad Caverns: $15 per person
White Sands: $25 per car
North Carolina:
Great Smokey Mountains: Fee Free Park
North Dakota:
Theodore Roosevelt: $30 per car
Nevada:
Death Valley: $30 per car
Great Basin: Fee Free Park
Ohio:
Cuyahoga Valley: Fee Free Park
Oregon:
Crater Lake: $30 per car
South Carolina:
Congaree: Fee Free Park
South Dakota:
Badlands: $30 per car
Wind Caves: Fee Free Park
Texas:
Big Bend: $30 per car
Guadalupe Mountains: $10 per person
US Virgin Islands- Fee Free park- May have additional Fees depending on where you go
Utah:
Arches: $30 per car
Bryce Canyon: $35 per car
Canyonlands: $30 per car
Capitol Reef: $20 per car
Zion: $35 per car
Virginia:
Shenandoah: $30 per car
Washington:
Mount Rainier: $30 per car
North Cascades: Fee Free Park
Olympic: $30 per car
West Virginia:
New River Gorge: Fee Free Park
Wyoming:
Grand Teton: $35 per car
Yellowstone: $35 per car
In the summer of 2021 I would have spent over $150 in entrance fees to parks, forests and historic sites, but saved over 70 (a tank of gas in California) by having this pass.
I have a few roadtrips over the next few years planned for Colorado and Utah and my National Park Pass is on the top of those packing lists.
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