The National Park Service is hosting five "free days" in 2020—the first of which lands on January 20. In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the NPS is waiving its regular entrance fees at 110 national park properties around the country, USA Today reports.
Of the 400-plus parks managed by the agency, 110 charge admission fees ranging from $5 to $35. These include some of the most popular sites in the system, like Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Canyon national parks.
Every one of those parks will be free to visit on Monday. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a day of service, and parks across the U.S. will be hosting service projects for volunteers looking to give back to their communities. If you'd like to participate, you can find volunteer opportunities at your local NPS property here.
If you're just looking for a place to reflect, you can't go wrong with any of the sites in the national park system. Before planning a visit to one the parks below participating in the free day, read up on these facts about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Here are the National Parks that will be free on January 20, 2020:
- Acadia National Park, Maine
- Adams National Historical Park, Massachusetts
- Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland
- Arches National Park, Utah
- Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland/Virginia
- Badlands National Park, South Dakota
- Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
- Big Bend National Park, Texas
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado
- Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
- Cabrillo National Monument, California
- Canaveral National Seashore, Florida
- Canyonlands National Park, Utah
- Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts
- Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
- Capulin Volcano National Monument, New Mexico
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico
- Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida
- Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico
- Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland/West Virginia/Washington, D.C.
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia
- Christiansted National Historic Site, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia
- Colorado National Monument, Colorado
- Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
- Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Idaho
- Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
- Death Valley National Park, California
- Denali National Park & Preserve, Alaska
- Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming
- Dinosaur National Monument, Utah
- Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
- Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, New York
- Everglades National Park, Florida
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado
- Fort Davis National Historic Site, Texas
- Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Maryland
- Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia
- Fort Smith National Historic Site, Arkansas
- Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, South Carolina
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Oregon/Washington
- Fort Washington Park, Maryland
- Gateway Arch National Park (formerly Jefferson National Expansion Memorial), Missouri
- Great Falls Park, Virginia
- Glacier National Park, Montana
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah/Arizona
- Golden Spike National Historical Park, Utah
- Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
- Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
- Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, Colorado
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas
- Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida/Mississippi
- Haleakalā National Park, Hawaii
- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, West Virginia/Virginia/Maryland
- Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
- Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, New York
- Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado/Utah
- Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
- James A. Garfield National Historic Site, Ohio
- Joshua Tree National Park, California
- Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada/Arizona
- Lassen Volcanic National Park, California
- Lava Beds National Monument, California
- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Oregon/Washington
- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana
- Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
- Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona
- Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
- Muir Woods National Monument, California
- Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
- Olympic National Park, Washington
- Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
- Padre Island National Seashore, Texas
- Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas
- Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial, Ohio
- Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
- Pinnacles National Park, California
- Pipe Spring National Monument, Arizona
- Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota
- Prince William Forest Park, Virginia
- Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park, Hawaii
- Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
- Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, New York
- Saguaro National Park, Arizona
- Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, New Hampshire
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, California
- San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico
- Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, California
- Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
- Thomas Edison National Historical Park, New Jersey
- Tonto National Monument, Arizona
- Tumacácori National Historical Park, Arizona
- Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona
- Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico
- Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, New York
- Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi/Louisiana
- Walnut Canyon National Monument, Arizona
- Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, California
- White Sands National Park, New Mexico
- Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Missouri
- Wright Brothers National Memorial, North Carolina
- Wupatki National Monument, Arizona
- Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming/Idaho/Montana
- Yosemite National Park, California
- Zion National Park, Utah