look for something to do that ’s both outdoorsyandfree ? In honor ofVeterans Day , you’re able to visit any one of the National Park Service’s431 siteson Monday , November 11 , 2024 , for barren .
While many of the NPS ’s parks are free year - round , the establishment will bewaivingentrance fees to the more than 100 parks that commonly add up with an price of admission Mary Leontyne Price for the final clip this year . Which mean that you’re able to pay a sojourn to theGrand Canyon , Death Valley , Yosemite , orYellowstoneNational Parks without really payingfor the sojourn .
It ’s the final opportunity to delight free park admission in 2024 , which makes it the sodding prison term to get out and search the national parks in your area — or to design aroad tripto one you ’ve never visited before .
West Virginia’sNew River GorgeNational Park and Preserve , which spans 70,000 acres , is the park service ’s most recently designated national park . ( The mostrecently establishednational parksiteis theSpringfield 1908 Race RiotNational Monument in Illinois , which spotlight an attack on black-market residents that take to the founding of the NAACP . ) In improver to being home to one of the oldest river on Earth , the land surrounding the New River Gorge features a forest and sheer drop hem in a 53 - naut mi river perfect for water fun like kayaking and whitewater rafting . The park , which officially became a part of the National Park Service in 2020 , is a democratic destination for rock mounter , lot rockers , camping bus , and hunter .
The National Park Service maintains 431 designatedNPS areas — including parking area , field of honor , historic sites , seacoast , and more — that span more than 85 million Acre across every Department of State , plus Washington , D.C. , American Samoa , Guam , Puerto Rico , and the Virgin Islands .
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A version of this story go in 2021 ; it has been update for 2024 .
