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Annual Pass Calculator

The America the Beautiful annual pass costs $80 for US residents or $250 for international visitors, and covers entrance fees at all national parks. Select the parks you plan to visit to see if it's worth it.

The pass also covers entrance and day-use fees at 2,000+ sites managed by the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish & Wildlife Service, and other federal agencies.

Select parks below to see if the annual pass saves you money

Parks with entrance fees (40)

Acadia National ParkME$35Arches National ParkUT$30Badlands National ParkSD$30Big Bend National ParkTX$30Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National ParkCO$30Bryce Canyon National ParkUT$35Canyonlands National ParkUT$30Capitol Reef National ParkUT$20Carlsbad Caverns National ParkNM · Per-person fee (no vehicle fee)$15/personCrater Lake National ParkOR$30Death Valley National ParkCA,NV$30Denali National Park & PreserveAK · Per-person fee (no vehicle fee)$15/personDry Tortugas National ParkFL · Per-person fee (no vehicle fee)$15/personEverglades National ParkFL$35Glacier National ParkMT$35Grand Canyon National ParkAZ$35Grand Teton National ParkWY$35Great Sand Dunes National Park & PreserveCO$25Guadalupe Mountains National ParkTX · Per-person fee (no vehicle fee)$10/personHaleakalā National ParkHI$30Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National ParkHI$30Indiana Dunes National ParkIN$25Isle Royale National ParkMI · Per-person fee (no vehicle fee)$7/personJoshua Tree National ParkCA$30Kings Canyon National ParkCA$35Lassen Volcanic National ParkCA$30Mesa Verde National ParkCO$30Mount Rainier National ParkWA$30Olympic National ParkWA$30Petrified Forest National ParkAZ$25Pinnacles National ParkCA$30Rocky Mountain National ParkCO$30Saguaro National ParkAZ$25Sequoia National ParkCA$35Shenandoah National ParkVA$30Theodore Roosevelt National ParkND$30White Sands National ParkNM$25Yellowstone National ParkID,MT,WY$35Yosemite National ParkCA$35Zion National ParkUT$35

Free entry (23)

These parks don't charge entrance fees — no pass needed.

Biscayne National ParkFLFree entry

Channel Islands National ParkCAFree entry

Congaree National ParkSCFree entry

Cuyahoga Valley National ParkOHFree entry

Gates Of The Arctic National Park & PreserveAKFree entry

Gateway Arch National ParkMOFree entry

Glacier Bay National Park & PreserveAKFree entry

Great Basin National ParkNVFree entry

Great Smoky Mountains National ParkNC,TNFree entry

Hot Springs National ParkARFree entry

Katmai National Park & PreserveAKFree entry

Kenai Fjords National ParkAKFree entry

Kobuk Valley National ParkAKFree entry

Lake Clark National Park & PreserveAKFree entry

Mammoth Cave National ParkKYFree entry

National Park of American SamoaASFree entry

New River Gorge National Park & PreserveWVFree entry

North Cascades National ParkWAFree entry

Redwood National and State ParksCAFree entry

Virgin Islands National ParkVIFree entry

Voyageurs National ParkMNFree entry

Wind Cave National ParkSDFree entry

Wrangell - St Elias National Park & PreserveAKFree entry

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