Tour or DIY

National parks: fees and tour or DIY

63 national park entries from the National Park Service, each with its entrance fee, crowd months and active alerts. Checked Oct 26, 2026

Flagship parks

Idaho · Montana · Wyoming

Yellowstone

$35per vehicle Busiest: July · 1 closure alert Arizona

Grand Canyon

$35per vehicle Busiest: May · 1 closure alert California

Yosemite

$35per vehicle Busiest: July Utah

Zion

$35per vehicle Busiest: May · 1 closure alert Colorado

Rocky Mountain

$35per vehicle Busiest: July · 1 closure alert Montana

Glacier

$35per vehicle Busiest: July · 1 closure alert Utah

Arches

$30per vehicle Busiest: May Utah

Bryce Canyon

$35per vehicle Busiest: September · 1 closure alert Wyoming

Grand Teton

$35per vehicle Busiest: July · 1 closure alert Maine

Acadia

$35per vehicle Busiest: August · 3 closure alerts North Carolina · Tennessee

Great Smoky Mountains

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: October · 3 closure alerts Washington

Olympic

$30per vehicle Busiest: August California

Joshua Tree

$30per vehicle Busiest: March · 1 closure alert California · Nevada

Death Valley

$30per vehicle Busiest: April · 1 closure alert California

Sequoia & Kings Canyon

$35per vehicle Busiest: July · 1 closure alert Utah

Canyonlands

$30per vehicle Busiest: May Washington

Mount Rainier

$30per vehicle Busiest: August · 1 closure alert South Dakota

Badlands

$30per vehicle Busiest: July Utah

Capitol Reef

$20per vehicle Busiest: May Florida

Everglades

$35per vehicle Busiest: March · 1 closure alert

More parks, A to Z

These hubs use the same data template. They are published for visitors but kept out of search engines and the sitemap while we review each one.

American Samoa

American Samoa

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: April · 1 closure alert Texas

Big Bend

$30per vehicle Busiest: March Florida

Biscayne

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: May · 1 closure alert Colorado

Black Canyon of the Gunnison

$30per vehicle Busiest: June New Mexico

Carlsbad Caverns

$15per person Busiest: March California

Channel Islands

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: July · 1 closure alert Arizona

Chiricahua

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: March South Carolina

Congaree

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: May Oregon

Crater Lake

$30per vehicle Busiest: August · 1 closure alert Ohio

Cuyahoga Valley

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: August · 3 closure alerts Alaska

Denali

$15per person Busiest: July Florida

Dry Tortugas

$15per person Busiest: May · 3 closure alerts Alaska

Gates of the Arctic

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: July Missouri

Gateway Arch

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: July Alaska

Glacier Bay

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: July Nevada

Great Basin

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: July · 1 closure alert Colorado

Great Sand Dunes

$25per vehicle Busiest: June Texas

Guadalupe Mountains

$10per person Busiest: March Hawaii

Haleakalā

$30per vehicle Busiest: July Hawaii

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes

$30per vehicle Busiest: January · 1 closure alert Arkansas

Hot Springs

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: June Indiana

Indiana Dunes

$25per vehicle Busiest: June · 6 closure alerts Michigan

Isle Royale

$7per person Busiest: August · 1 closure alert Alaska

Katmai

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: July Alaska

Kenai Fjords

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: July Alaska

Kobuk Valley

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: July Alaska

Lake Clark

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: July California

Lassen Volcanic

$30per vehicle Busiest: July Kentucky

Mammoth Cave

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: July · 2 closure alerts Colorado

Mesa Verde

$30per vehicle Busiest: June West Virginia

New River Gorge

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: August Washington

North Cascades

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: July · 2 closure alerts Arizona

Petrified Forest

$25per vehicle Busiest: June California

Pinnacles

$30per vehicle Busiest: March California

Redwood

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: June · 1 closure alert Arizona

Saguaro

$25per vehicle Busiest: March Virginia

Shenandoah

$30per vehicle Busiest: October · 1 closure alert North Dakota

Theodore Roosevelt

$30per vehicle Busiest: July US Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: March Minnesota

Voyageurs

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: August · 1 closure alert New Mexico

White Sands

$25per vehicle Busiest: March · 1 closure alert South Dakota

Wind Cave

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: July Alaska

Wrangell–St. Elias

$0no entrance fee listed Busiest: July