Glacier National Park announces entrance fee-free days for 2021

From Glacier National Park

WEST GLACIER — Glacier National Park will waive its entrance fee on six days in 2021. The fee-free days are part of the Trump Administration’s unprecedented commitment to increase access, promote recreational opportunities, improve visitor facilities and conserve natural and historical treasures in national parks for the benefit and enjoyment of the American people.    

The entrance fee-free days for 2021 will be: 

• Monday, Jan. 18 — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 

• Saturday, April 17 — First Day of National Park Week 

• Wednesday, Aug. 4 — Great American Outdoors Act anniversary 

• Wednesday, Aug. 25 — National Park Service Birthday 

• Saturday, Sep. 25 — National Public Lands Day 

• Thursday, Nov. 11 — Veterans Day 

The park normally charges $3 per vehicle — winter rate $25 Nov. 1 to April 30), $30.00 per motorcycle (winter rate — $20.00). The entrance fee waiver for the fee-free days does not cover amenity or user fees for activities such as camping, boat launches, transportation, or special tours. 

Glacier National Park is one of approximately 100 national parks that has an entrance fee. There are more than 300 other national parks that do not charge an entrance fee. The National Park System includes more than 85 million acres and is comprised of more than 400 sites, including national parks, national historical parks, national monuments, national recreation areas, national battlefields, and national seashores.

Earlier this year, Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt signed secretary’s orders 3386 and 3387, granting veterans, Gold Star Families and fifth graders free access to all national parks, wildlife refuges and other Federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior. Veterans and Gold Star Families will have free access forever, while fifth grade students were granted the reprieve through this academic year as some of last year’s fourth graders may have been unable to make full use of the Every Kid Outdoors Annual Fourth Grade Pass due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Active duty military and fourth grade students will continue to have free access with discounted passes also available for senior citizens. For other visitors who love visiting our public lands, the annual $80 America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass is a great option, which allows unlimited entrance to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including all national parks.  

The $70 Glacier National Park Annual Pass allows unlimited entrance to the park for one year from the month of entry.

Other federal land management agencies offering their own fee-free days in 2021 include the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.