Free Entry to US National Parks

Alaska

• Denali National Park & Preserve

Arizona

• Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Lake Mead National Recreation Area
• Montezuma Castle National Monument
• Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
• Pipe Spring National Monument
• Saguaro National Park
• Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
• Tonto National Monument
• Walnut Canyon National Monument
• Wupatki National Monument

Arkansas

• Fort Smith National Historic Site 
• Pea Ridge National Military Park 

California

• Cabrillo National Monument
• Death Valley National Park 
• Joshua Tree National Park 
• Lassen Volcanic National Park 
• Lava Beds National Monument 
• Muir Woods National Monument 
• Pinnacles National Park 
• San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park 
• Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks 
• Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 
• Yosemite National Park 

Colorado

• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
• Colorado National Monument 
• Dinosaur National Monument 
• Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument 
• Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve 
• Mesa Verde National Park Rocky Mountain National Park 
• Rocky Mountain National Park 

Florida

• Canaveral National Seashore
• Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
• Dry Tortugas National Park
• Everglades National Park
• Gulf Islands National Seashore

Georgia

• Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
• Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
• Cumberland Island National Seashore
• Fort Pulaski National Monument

Hawaii

• Haleakalā National Park
• Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
• Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park

Idaho

• Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve
• Yellowstone National Park

Indiana

• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

Maine

• Acadia National Park

Maryland

• Antietam National Battlefield
• Assateague Island National Seashore
• Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
• Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
• Fort Washington Park
• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Massachusetts

• Adams National Historical Park
• Cape Cod National Seashore

Michigan

• Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Minnesota

• Pipestone National Monument

Mississippi

• Gulf Islands National Seashore
• Vicksburg National Military Park

Missouri

• Harry S. Truman National Historic Site
• Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
• Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield

Montana

• Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
• Glacier National Park
• Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
• Yellowstone National Park

Nebraska

• Scotts Bluff National Monument

Nevada

• Death Valley National Park
• Lake Mead National Recreation Area

New Hampshire

• Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

New Jersey

• Thomas Edison National Historical Park
• Morristown National Historical Park

New Mexico

• Aztec Ruins National Monument
• Bandelier National Monument
• Capulin Volcano National Monument
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Chaco Culture National Historical Park
• Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
• Pecos National Historical Park
• White Sands National Monument
• Valles Caldera National Preserve

New York

• Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
• Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
• Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
• Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
• Saratoga National Historical Park
• Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site

North Carolina

• Wright Brothers National Memorial

North Dakota

• Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Ohio

• James A. Garfield National Historic Site
• Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial

Oklahoma

• Fort Smith National Historic Site

Oregon

• Crater Lake National Park
• Lewis & Clark National Historical Park

Pennsylvania

• Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
• Fort Necessity National Battlefield
• Johnstown Flood National Memorial
• Steamtown National Historic Site

Puerto Rico

• San Juan National Historic Site

South Carolina

• Fort Sumter National Monument

South Dakota

• Badlands National Park
• Jewel Cave National Monument

Tennessee

• Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

Texas

• Big Bend National Park
• Fort Davis National Historic Site
• Guadalupe Mountains National Park
• Padre Island National Seashore

Utah

• Arches National Park
• Bryce Canyon National Park
• Canyonlands National Park
• Capitol Reef National Park
• Cedar Breaks National Monument
• Dinosaur National Monument
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
• Golden Spike National Historic Site
• Natural Bridges National Monument
• Zion National Park

Virgin Islands

• Christiansted National Historic Site

Virginia

• Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
• Assateague Island National Seashore
• Colonial National Historical Park
• George Washington Memorial Parkway’s Great Falls Park
• Manassas National Battlefield Park
• Petersburg National Battlefield
• Prince William Forest Park
• Shenandoah National Park

Washington

• Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
• Lewis & Clark National Historical Park
• Mount Rainier National Park
• Olympic National Park

West Virginia

• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Wyoming

• Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
• Devils Tower National Monument
• Grand Teton National Park
• Yellowstone National Park

Christopher Tkaczyk is the Senior News Editor at Travel + Leisure. Follow him on Twitterand Instagram at @ctkaczyk.