California Travel Tips
See National Parks Free During National Park Week
Published on: April 24, 2012
Happy National Park Week! With Earth Day and so many things going on, we nearly forgot about this fantastic time to save money. Many of California’s national parks charge between $10 and $20 to visit normally, but are free admission this week. You still have five days to take advantage of the free offer. Shown in photos above left to right are: Sequoia Kings Canyon NP; Yosemite NP famed Half Dome; Lassen Volcanic NP boiling Bumpass Hell.
The National Park Service waives admission fees on these days in 2012:
- National Park Week April 21 to 29
- Get Outdoors Day June 9
- National Public Lands Day September 29
- Veterans Day weekend November 10 to 12
Here is the list of California’s 25 national parks attracations you can visit free during these special days:
- Alcatraz Island
- Cabrillo National Monument
- California National Historic Trail
- Channel Islands
- Death Valley
- Devils Postpile
- Eugene O’Neill
- Fort Point
- Golden Gate
- John Muir
- Joshua Tree
- Juan Bautista de Anza
- Lassen Volcanic
- Lava Beds
- Manzanar
- Mojave
- Muir Woods
- Old Spanish
- Pinnacles
- Point Reyes
- Pony Express
- Port Chicago Naval Magazine
- Presidio of San Francisco
- Redwood
- Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front
- San Francisco Maritime
- Santa Monica Mountains
- Sequoia & Kings Canyon
- Whiskeytown– During National Park Week, April 21-29, Oak Bottom Marina boat rental customers receive a free hat presented to the skipper/contract signer. Other guests on the boat receive a free Oak Bottom Marina koozie.
- World War II Valor in the Pacific
- Yosemite
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