National Park Service Entrance Fee FREE Days 1/9, 1/20, 4/19, 6/19, 8/4, 9/27. 11/11

2025 Free Entrance Days in the National Parks

Come experience the national parks! All National Park Service sites that charge an entrance fee will offer free admission to everyone (other fees, including timed entry or reservation fees, may apply). Mark your calendar for these entrance fee-free dates:

January 9: National Day of Mourning for President James Earl Carter Jr.
January 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
April 19: First day of National Park Week
June 19: Juneteenth National Independence Day
August 4: Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act
September 27: National Public Lands Day
November 11: Veterans Day

National parks are America’s best idea, and there are more than 400 parks available to everyone, every day. The fee-free days provide a great opportunity to visit a new place or an old favorite, especially one of the national parks that normally charge an entrance fee. The others are free all the time. The entrance fee waiver for fee-free days does not cover amenity or user fees for activities such as camping, boat launches, transportation, or special tours.


Parks in Florida:
NATIONAL PRESERVE
Big Cypress
Ochopee, FL

NATIONAL PARK
Biscayne
Miami, Key Biscayne & Homestead, FL

NATIONAL SEASHORE
Canaveral
Titusville and New Smyrna Beach, FL

NATIONAL MONUMENT
Castillo de San Marcos
St. Augustine, FL

NATIONAL MEMORIAL
De Soto
Bradenton, FL

NATIONAL PARK
Dry Tortugas
Key West, FL
Almost 70 miles (113 km) west of Key West lies the remote Dry Tortugas National Park. The 100-square mile park is mostly open water with seven small islands. Accessible only by boat or seaplane, the park is known the world over as the home of magnificent Fort Jefferson, picturesque blue waters, superlative coral reefs and marine life, and the vast assortment of bird life that frequent the area.


NATIONAL PARK
Everglades
Miami, Naples, and Homestead, FL

NATIONAL MEMORIAL
Fort Caroline
the Timucuan Preserve; Jacksonville, FL
At the settlement of la Caroline, French settlers struggled for survival in a new world. Many sought religious freedom in a new land, while others were soldiers or tradesmen starting a new life. The climactic battles fought here between the French and Spanish marked the first time that European nations fought for control of lands in what is now the United States. It would not be the last time.

NATIONAL MONUMENT
Fort Matanzas

NATIONAL SEASHORE
Gulf Islands

CULTURAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR
Gullah/Geechee
FL,GA,NC,SC

ECOLOGICAL & HISTORIC PRESERVE
Timucuan

Georgia:
Cumberland Island
Saint Marys, GA

Fort Frederica
St. Simons Island, GA

Fort Pulaski
Savannah, GA