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Exact national park entry answers
One direct answer per named fee, pass, permit, reservation, road, shuttle, camping, lodging, or seasonal-access question. Broad park summaries remain on each park's main entry page.
Arches
Full park entry checker- Arches entrance fee
- Timed-entry ticket
- No per-vehicle reservation at Arches
- Fiery Furnace permit
- Devils Garden Campground reservation
- Main paved park road open
- No seasonal closure
- No park shuttle at Arches
- No in-park lodging at Arches
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Badlands
Full park entry checker- Badlands entrance fee
- Badlands National Park is open 24 hours
- Park roads may close in winter
- Cedar Pass RV and Campground reservation
- Sage Creek Campground
- No backcountry permit is required at Badlands
- Cedar Pass Lodge cabin reservation
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Biscayne
Full park entry checkerBlack Canyon of the Gunnison
Full park entry checker- Black Canyon of the Gunnison entrance fee
- No vehicle reservation is required at Black
- Inner canyon wilderness use permit
- East Portal Road
- North Rim Road closed to vehicles
- South Rim, North Rim and East Portal
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Bryce Canyon
Full park entry checker- Bryce Canyon entrance fee
- No entry reservation or timed entry
- Bryce Canyon shuttle is OPTIONAL
- Backcountry permit for overnight stays
- North and Sunset Campground reservations
- In-park lodging reservation
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Canyonlands
Full park entry checker- Canyonlands entrance fee
- No timed-entry reservation is required to enter
- Day-use permit for 4WD, motorcycle and bicycle
- Overnight backcountry permit
- Backcountry road closures and impassable roads
- The Needles campground reservations
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Carlsbad Caverns
Full park entry checkerCongaree
Full park entry checkerCuyahoga Valley
Full park entry checkerDeath Valley
Full park entry checker- Death Valley entrance fee, 7-day standard pass
- Titus Canyon Road closing October 1
- Scotty's Castle and Bonnie Clare Road closed
- Darwin Falls road closed to vehicles
- Valley-floor campgrounds close seasonally for summer
- No summer heat road closures
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Denali
Full park entry checker- Denali per-person entrance fee
- Denali Park Road closed at Mile 43
- Private vehicles may drive only the first
- Transit bus ticket
- Narrated tour bus
- Teklanika Campground road permit
- Denali Road Lottery is suspended
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Dry Tortugas
Full park entry checkerGateway Arch
Full park entry checkerGlacier Bay
Full park entry checkerGrand Canyon
Full park entry checker- Grand Canyon entrance pass
- No timed entry or entry reservation
- No per-vehicle reservation is required to drive
- North Rim reopened May 15
- No in-park overnight lodging on the North
- North Rim Campground reopened June 1
- South Rim campgrounds
- South Rim is open 24 hours
- Hermit Road is closed to private vehicles
- South Rim shuttle buses
- Below-the-rim backcountry camping permit
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Grand Teton
Full park entry checker- Grand Teton entrance fee
- Separate Grand Teton entrance fee
- Teton Park Road closed to vehicles November
- Moose-Wilson Road
- Death Canyon Road and trailhead closed
- Campground reservation
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Great Basin
Full park entry checkerGreat Sand Dunes
Full park entry checkerGreat Smoky Mountains
Full park entry checkerGuadalupe Mountains
Full park entry checkerHaleakalā
Full park entry checkerHawaiʻi Volcanoes
Full park entry checker- Hawaii Volcanoes entrance fee
- The park stays open 24 hours
- Roads closed after the March 2026 eruption
- Summit construction project
- Eruption viewing needs no permit
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Hot Springs
Full park entry checkerIndiana Dunes
Full park entry checker- Indiana Dunes National Park entrance fee
- Indiana Dunes STATE Park charges a separate
- No timed entry or entry reservation
- Dunewood Campground reservation
- Picnic shelter reservations
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Isle Royale
Full park entry checker- Per-person daily entrance fee
- Park entirely closed January 1
- Park entirely closed November 1
- Group camping reservation
- Rock Harbor Lodge and Windigo camper cabins
- On-island visitor centers and fee stations run
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Katmai
Full park entry checkerKenai Fjords
Full park entry checkerKings Canyon
Full park entry checker- Sequoia and Kings Canyon entrance fee
- $100 per-person nonresident fee for non-U.S. residents
- No timed entry, no vehicle reservation
- Highway 180 to Cedar Grove and Roads
- Wilderness permit for overnight backcountry trips
- Kings Canyon campground reservation
- There are NO shuttles in Kings Canyon
- In-park lodging
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Kobuk Valley
Full park entry checkerLake Clark
Full park entry checkerLassen Volcanic
Full park entry checker- Lassen entrance fee
- Winter entrance rate
- Winter entrance rate
- The 30-mile park highway is closed
- Where the park highway is gated
- Wilderness permit for backcountry camping
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Mammoth Cave
Full park entry checkerMount Rainier
Full park entry checker- Timed entry reservations are NOT required
- No per-vehicle reservation is required for any
- Mount Rainier entrance pass
- No public vehicle access to Carbon River
- Park roads other than Nisqually-to-Longmire are seasonal
- Mount Rainier campground reservations
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
National Park of American Samoa
Full park entry checkerNew River Gorge
Full park entry checkerOlympic
Full park entry checker- Olympic National Park entrance fee
- Hurricane Ridge Road winter schedule
- Hurricane Ridge Road open daily in summer
- Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge was destroyed
- Olympic wilderness permit
- Hoh Campground reservation
- Mora Road closed July 8
- Elwha / Olympic Hot Springs Road closed
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Pinnacles
Full park entry checker- Pinnacles National Park entrance fee
- No road connects the East and West
- West entrance gate hours
- Seasonal East-side shuttle
- Bear Gulch Cave seasonally closed to protect
- No advance reservation is required to enter
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Rocky Mountain
Full park entry checker- Rocky Mountain entrance fee
- Timed Entry permit
- Timed Entry + Bear Lake Road permit
- No separate per-vehicle reservation
- Estes Park Hiker Shuttle
- Campground reservation includes a timed entry reservation
- Old Fall River Road one-way restriction
- Trail Ridge Road and Old Fall River
- No in-park lodging that affects entry
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Saguaro
Full park entry checkerSequoia
Full park entry checker- Sequoia National Park entrance fee
- Generals Highway vehicle length limits
- Moro Rock / Crescent Meadow Road closed
- Free Giant Forest and Lodgepole shuttle
- Wilderness permit - quota and fee
- Mineral King Road closed for the winter
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Shenandoah
Full park entry checker- Shenandoah National Park entrance fee
- Old Rag Mountain day-use ticket
- Old Rag Trailhead main parking lot closed
- Skyline Drive requires no reservation
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Theodore Roosevelt
Full park entry checkerVirgin Islands
Full park entry checkerVoyageurs
Full park entry checker- No entrance fee and no entrance station
- Park open 24 hours a day
- Water access
- Every tent campsite requires a Recreation.gov reservation
- Houseboat overnight permit
- Backcountry campsites unavailable from April 1 until
- Rainy Lake and Kabetogama Lake ice roads
- Ranger-led tour boat tickets
- Parkwide campfire ban lifted August 24, 2026
- Kettle Falls powerline project
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
White Sands
Full park entry checker- White Sands entrance pass
- Unscheduled park closures for military tests
- How much warning you get before
- Park open daily year-round except Thanksgiving
- Standard gate hours
- Summer extended gate hours
- Dunes Drive safety corridor
- Backcountry camping permits are not being issued
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Wind Cave
Full park entry checkerWrangell–St. Elias
Full park entry checkerYellowstone
Full park entry checker- No timed entry reservation is required
- No per-vehicle reservation is required for any
- Yellowstone entrance pass
- Most Yellowstone roads are open to regular
- Dunraven Pass and the Beartooth Highway have
- Winter oversnow travel restrictions
- Non-Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program permit
- Yellowstone campground reservations
- In-park lodges are all run by one
- Backcountry camping permit
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
Yosemite
Full park entry checker- Yosemite entrance fee
- Peak-hours entrance reservation
- No per-vehicle reservation anywhere in Yosemite
- Half Dome cables day-hike permit
- Hetch Hetchy Road daylight-only access
- Tioga Road and Glacier Point Road close
- Yosemite campground reservation
- In-park lodging reservation
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates
- Zion entrance fee
- No timed entry or entrance reservation
- No per-vehicle reservation at Zion
- Scenic Drive private-vehicle ban
- Angels Landing permit
- Zion campground reservation
- Zion Lodge vehicle access
- Winter open driving window
- Holiday Scenic Drive closure
- Private vehicle entrance fee
- Motorcycle entrance fee
- Per-person entrance fee
- Park annual pass price
- America the Beautiful pass coverage
- 2026 fee-free entry dates