You can visit national parks for free on Sunday
The National Park Service is waiving fees nationwide for its 103rd anniversary.
If visiting a national park remains on your list of things to do this summer, you can check it off this weekend without paying any money.
The National Park Service is waiving fees on Sunday in celebration of its 103rd anniversary. The service was created on August 25, 1916, when President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Act.
Of the National Park Service’s 418 parks, 115 of them charge entrance fees and the fees range from $5 to $35, according to the service. Some local spots where you can save money: Adams National Historical Park in Quincy, where you can tour the birthplace of John Quincy Adams, Lowell National Historical Park in Lowell, where you can experience a working 1920s-era weave room at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum, and Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine, where you can visit Cadillac Mountain, the highest point on the East Coast.
The National Park Service has already waived fees on two dates this year: Jan. 21 for the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and April 20 for the first day of National Park Week. If you can’t make it to a park this Sunday, you’ll have two more chances for a fee-free visit this year: Sept. 28 for National Public Lands Day and Nov. 11 for Veterans Day.
Not sure which park to explore? You can search for national parks by state on the National Park Service website. Fourth-grade students, active duty military, and visitors with permanent disabilities can get free passes to national parks all the time.
