You know I love to travel, and while I’d hop a flight to London every month if I could swing it, there are so many cool places in the US I love exploring too. Some of our national parks top my list of awesome places to vacation to. I might not be much of a camper, but I love to hike. And I’ve seen some pretty amazing views while hiking through some of our national parks.
Did you know there are over 400 national parks in the US? Wowzas. Some of the best ones charge admission fees, so you’ll want to pay attention to the list of 2014 fee-free days below if you’re planning on visiting one of the fee-based national parks anytime soon:
Free National Park Admission Dates:
- January 20- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- February 15-17- Presidents Day weekend
- April 19-20- opening weekend of National Park Week
- August 25- National Park Service Birthday
- September 27- National Public Lands Day
- November 11- Veterans Day
Other agencies participate in fee-free days as well. See the full list and participating agency below:
| Dates | Event | Participating Agency |
| Jan. 20 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Bureau of Land Management National Park Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service |
| Feb. 15-17 | President’s Day Weekend | Bureau of Land Management National Park Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service |
| April 19-20 | National Park Week’s opening weekend | National Park Service |
| June 14 | National Get Outdoors Day | U.S. Forest Service |
| Aug. 25 | National Park Service’s 98th Birthday | National Park Service |
| Sept. 27 | National Public Lands Day | Army Corps of Engineers Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Reclamation National Park Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service |
| Oct. 12 | National Wildlife Refuge Day | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Nov. 8-11 | Veteran’s Day Weekend | Army Corps of Engineers Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Reclamation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service |
| Nov. 11 | Veteran’s Day | National Park Service |
Courtney P says
I had a teacher in one of my Anthropology classes make us try grasshoppers. They actually weren’t that bad, salty and crunchy. I don’t think I’d eat them on a regular basis but they weren’t totally disgusting either.