Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Freedom!

265 of the country's 395 National Park properties never charge an entrance fee!

So that means that 130 of them do - and the fee-chargers tend to be the bigger and better known parks. That seems like a good reason to visit the smaller, less well known ones - the ones that my book "Treasures On Your Doorstep" focuses on!

However, the NPS graciously offers a number of fee-free days throughout the year, to celebrate various good ideas.



Save yourselves $6 per person by visiting
Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico
on one of the fee-free entrance days!
 Here are the entrance fee-free dates in 2013:

  • Monday, January 21
    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • Monday, April 22- Friday, April 26
    National Park Week
  • Sunday, August 25
    National Park Service Birthday (97 years young! Can't wait for 2016!)





 


Maybe take in a waterfall like this one at Shenandoah National Park - one of many to be found there!!




"Living History": Ranger Jane's 1939 persona enjoys a little downtime
 at Scotty's Castle in Death Valley National Park.