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The National Park Service will offer free entry all national park sites on April 22. The National Park Week celebration is actually nine days long. The National Park Service offers free entry on a select few other days of the year as well.

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National Park Week starts April 22, and the National Park Service is celebrating by waiving entry fees at all national parks for the first day of the nine-day-long holiday.

The National Park Service parks, programs and partners will host through April 30 to encourage people across the country to visit one of the throughout the U.S. Events include , featuring activities for kids, and , which celebrates the healing power of parks.

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National Park Week is always held in mid-April in conjunction with Earth Day as a celebration of the most treasured landscapes and landmarks in the U.S. by George H.W. Bush in honor of the NPS’s 75th anniversary.

But April 22 isn’t the only day that U.S. national parks are free. Here are some other days in 2023 that entry fees are waived:

Aug. 4: Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act

Visitors can also enter U.S. national parks and sites without the entry fee on Aug. 4 in celebration of the Great American Outdoors Act, which passed in 2020 and at national parks as well as for other public lands.

Sept. 23: National Public Lands Day

Sept. 23 is National Public Lands Day, and the NPS celebrates once again by offering free entry at all NPS parks and sites. This day has been celebrated the fourth Saturday of every September since 1994, and is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort, as hundreds of thousands of volunteers head to public land both locally throughout the country to help restore and preserve it. Visitors are encouraged to .

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Nov. 11: Veterans Day

Last but not certainly not least, you can visit any national park for free on Veterans Day (Nov. 11). Many battlefields, military parks and historic sites that commemorate the service of American veterans have become or are part of national parks, making Veterans Day a great time to visit.

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