National Park "Fee-Free" Days Reduced For 2018

Above, Half Dome at Yosemite National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Since the recession is over and funds are needed to handle the backlog of maintenance projects totaling $11 billion, the National Park Service is reducing the number of "fee-free" days.

According to the Sierra Sun Times:

December 13, 2017 - WASHINGTON – The National Park Service announced today that the public will be invited to experience all national parks, without entrance fees, on four days in 2018. 

The four entrance fee-free days for 2018 will be: 

• January 15 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• April 21 – First Day of National Park Week
• September 22 – National Public Lands Day
• November 11 – Veterans Day

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