Any discount programs for disabled? Golden age?

Info on the America the Beautiful Pass is available at www.nps.gov.
The pass is free (Access Pass) to those who are 100% disabled, there is a charge if you apply for it thru the mail. The Senior pass is $10 and is also a lifetime pass. The pass covers National Parks, Forests, and BLM land. You generally get a 50% discount for camping, but there are exceptions.

Golden Access pass is free to disabled. Take your SS Disability award statement to a Forest Service office and they should be able to issue you one. Can do thru mail as well. California offers a State Park disability but I think you have to be a resident. Check your home state. Good luck.

bob213 wrote:
Golden Access pass is free to disabled. Take your SS Disability award statement to a Forest Service office and they should be able to issue you one. Can do thru mail as well. California offers a State Park disability but I think you have to be a resident. Check your home state. Good luck.

Per the National Park Service website:

Golden Access and Golden Age Passports are no longer sold. However, these passes will continue to be honored according to the provisions of the pass.

Illinois has a "100% Disabled Veteran" program for Illinois residents.

1. Free camping (pay for utilities).

2. Certification by the IDVA is required.

Teamfour wrote:

bob213 wrote:
Golden Access pass is free to disabled. Take your SS Disability award statement to a Forest Service office and they should be able to issue you one. Can do thru mail as well. California offers a State Park disability but I think you have to be a resident. Check your home state. Good luck.

Per the National Park Service website:

Golden Access and Golden Age Passports are no longer sold. However, these passes will continue to be honored according to the provisions of the pass.

No disrespect meant, but could you provide a link? When I check the National Park Service website, I get just the opposite information.

Here is the link I used: National Park Service FAQ

Dog Folks wrote:

Teamfour wrote:

bob213 wrote:
Golden Access pass is free to disabled. Take your SS Disability award statement to a Forest Service office and they should be able to issue you one. Can do thru mail as well. California offers a State Park disability but I think you have to be a resident. Check your home state. Good luck.

Per the National Park Service website:

Golden Access and Golden Age Passports are no longer sold. However, these passes will continue to be honored according to the provisions of the pass.

No disrespect meant, but could you provide a link? When I check the National Park Service website, I get just the opposite information.

Here is the link I used: National Park Service FAQ

THE LINK YOU PROVIDED SAYS THE GOLDEN ACCESS AND OLDEN AGE PASSPORTS ARE NO LONGER SOLD.Scroll to bottom of the page. That being said you are both right basically they have just changed the name

I had them walked up to me and saw I was in a scooter, they took my name and gave me one. I was just resting for a min. But it works great.

The old Golden Age and Golden Access went away some time ago.
It is now America, the Beautiful passes.
NPS.gov

Each state has different rules for disabled discounts for their state parks. Some are only for residents of their state, some are for all disabled but vary in the amounts. The only way to find out is to go to each state park website and look at their rules and make a note of what their rules and requirements are. Georgia only gives discount for Georgia residents.
We have the America the Beautiful access pass and are using it a a Corps of Engineers park in Illinois.

darsben wrote:


THE LINK YOU PROVIDED SAYS THE GOLDEN ACCESS AND OLDEN AGE PASSPORTS ARE NO LONGER SOLD.Scroll to bottom of the page. That being said you are both right basically they have just changed the name

Message received but you did NOT have to yell! :B

Same pass, just the words Golden appear to have been dropped.

I have the access pass, or whatever they are calling it today.