National Park Service has free entrance days through out the year and there is one coming up. So if you are on a vacation check out the list of the 127 parks that normally charge an entrance fee and will be free on August 25, National Park Service Birthday. Check the individual parks for specific information on times.

Free Entrance Day To National Parks

Only 127 of our country’s 408 national parks usually charge an entrance fee. So start planning your visit!

If you’re planning a trip that includes multiple national parks, you might consider the $80 annual pass that provides entrance to all national parks, national wildlife refuges, national forests, and many other Federal lands-more than 2,000 in all. The America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass is offered free to all active duty military members and their dependents. Information on these and other pass options is available online.

*Fee waiver includes: entrance fees, commercial tour fees, and transportation entrance fees. Other fees such as reservation, camping, tours, concession and fees collected by third parties are not included unless stated otherwise.

America’s Best Idea—the national parks—is even better when it’s free! Mark your calendar for these entrance fee–free* dates in 2015:

• January 19
  Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• February 14–16
  Presidents Day weekend
  
• 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

Bottom Line

So if you are on a vacation check out the list of the 127 parks that normally charge an entrance fee and will be free on August 25, National Park Service Birthday.