Buy America The Beautiful Pass as I enter Yellowstone
Instead of ordering the pass online can I buy it as we arrive at the entrance gate at Yellowstone? We're heading there in four weeks.
Forum Discussion
Here is the most up to date (April 18, '18) all inclusive list of where you can buy the various interagency America the Beautiful passes.
https://store.usgs.gov/sites/default/files/PassIssuanceList.pdf
As far as who doesn't charge an entrance fee. Mt Rushmore is one (but there is a parking fee charged by the parking concession, $10 or $5 if a senior, good for one year from issue date).
A number of small National Parks, National Monuments and historic locations do not charge.
Here is a list of parks that normally charge an entrance fee, and will be participating in the fee free days this year.
https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/fee-free-parks-state.htm
Here is a list of all National Park/momument/historic site locations, 490 total.
https://www.nps.gov/findapark/advanced-search.htm
Here is a list of the various types of America the Beautiful passes, and how to obtain them. At the bottom of the page is a list of the agencies that honor the passes. Note that the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Land Between the Lakes (and possibly other places) were created via special legislation and are not included in the agencies that honor the passes, however I do understand that the TVA does in some way accept the passes, but I don't know for sure.
https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm
The pass for disabled persons is known as an Access Pass.
Read all of the fine print. Not every Federal site handles things in the same way, or accepts passes for the same things, and if certain features are operated by concessions with a franchise from the NPS or other agency, they are not required to honor the passes for services they provide.
Charles
https://store.usgs.gov/sites/default/files/PassIssuanceList.pdf
As far as who doesn't charge an entrance fee. Mt Rushmore is one (but there is a parking fee charged by the parking concession, $10 or $5 if a senior, good for one year from issue date).
A number of small National Parks, National Monuments and historic locations do not charge.
Here is a list of parks that normally charge an entrance fee, and will be participating in the fee free days this year.
https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/fee-free-parks-state.htm
Here is a list of all National Park/momument/historic site locations, 490 total.
https://www.nps.gov/findapark/advanced-search.htm
Here is a list of the various types of America the Beautiful passes, and how to obtain them. At the bottom of the page is a list of the agencies that honor the passes. Note that the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Land Between the Lakes (and possibly other places) were created via special legislation and are not included in the agencies that honor the passes, however I do understand that the TVA does in some way accept the passes, but I don't know for sure.
https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm
The pass for disabled persons is known as an Access Pass.
Read all of the fine print. Not every Federal site handles things in the same way, or accepts passes for the same things, and if certain features are operated by concessions with a franchise from the NPS or other agency, they are not required to honor the passes for services they provide.
Charles
