The no-fee list
364 national park units are free to enter
Most of the National Park System charges nothing at the gate. All 364 are listed below. A few, like Alcatraz, are free but reachable only by ferry or tour ticket; those are marked.
Free to enter Charges an entrance feePoints are the Park Service reference point for each unit, not a boundary.
Alabama10
- Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
- Freedom Riders National Monument
- Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
- Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
- Natchez Trace Parkway
- Russell Cave National Monument
- Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail
- Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
- Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
- Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
Alaska18
- Alagnak Wild River
- Alaska Public Lands
- Aleutian Islands World War II National Historic Area
- Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve
- Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
- Cape Krusenstern National Monument
- Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve
- Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
- Iñupiat Heritage Center
- Katmai National Park & Preserve
- Kenai Fjords National Park
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
- Kobuk Valley National Park
- Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
- Noatak National Preserve
- Sitka National Historical Park
- Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve
- Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve
American Samoa1
Arizona11
- Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument
- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
- Chiricahua National Monument
- Coronado National Memorial
- Fort Bowie National Historic Site
- Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
- Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
- Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
- Navajo National Monument
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Arkansas9
- Arkansas Post National Memorial
- Buffalo National River
- Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail
- Fort Smith National Historic Site
- Hot Springs National Park
- Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
- Pea Ridge National Military Park
- President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
- Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
California24
- Alcatraz Islandticket to access
- Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail
- California National Historic Trail
- Castle Mountains National Monument
- Channel Islands National Park
- César E. Chávez National Monument
- Devils Postpile National Monument
- Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
- Fort Point National Historic Site
- Golden Gate National Recreation Areaticket to access
- John Muir National Historic Site
- Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
- Manzanar National Historic Site
- Mojave National Preserve
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail
- Point Reyes National Seashore
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
- Presidio of San Francisco
- Redwood National and State Parks
- Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
- Tule Lake National Monument
Colorado9
- Amache National Historic Site
- Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
- California National Historic Trail
- Curecanti National Recreation Area
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
- Santa Fe National Historic Trail
- Yucca House National Monument
Connecticut4
Delaware4
District of Columbia35
- African American Civil War Memorial
- Anacostia Park
- Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
- Capitol Hill Parks
- Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
- Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
- Chesapeake Bay
- Civil War Defenses of Washington
- Constitution Gardens
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
- Ford's Theatre National Historic Siteticket to access
- Fort Dupont Park
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Siteticket to access
- George Washington Memorial Parkway
- Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens
- Korean War Veterans Memorial
- LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac
- Lincoln Memorialticket to access
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
- Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
- National Capital Parks-East
- National Mall and Memorial Parks
- Pennsylvania Avenue
- Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
- Rock Creek Park
- Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
- The White House and President's Park
- Theodore Roosevelt Island
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Washington Monumentticket to access
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
- World War I Memorial
- World War II Memorial
Florida4
Georgia7
Guam1
Hawaii6
Idaho8
Illinois8
- Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument
- Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
- Lincoln Home National Historic Site
- Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
- New Philadelphia National Historic Site
- Pullman National Historical Park
- Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument
- Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Indiana3
Iowa4
Kansas10
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
- California National Historic Trail
- Fort Larned National Historic Site
- Fort Scott National Historic Site
- Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
- Nicodemus National Historic Site
- Oregon National Historic Trail
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- Santa Fe National Historic Trail
- Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Kentucky9
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
- Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
- Camp Nelson National Monument
- Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
- Fort Donelson National Battlefield
- Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
- Mammoth Cave National Park
- Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
- Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Louisiana5
Maine6
Maryland22
- Appalachian National Scenic Trailticket to access
- Baltimore-Washington Parkway
- Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
- Catoctin Mountain Park
- Chesapeake Bay
- Civil War Defenses of Washington
- Clara Barton National Historic Site
- Fort Foote Park
- Fort Washington Park
- George Washington Memorial Parkway
- Glen Echo Park
- Greenbelt Park
- Hampton National Historic Site
- Harmony Hall
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
- Monocacy National Battlefield
- Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
- Piscataway Park
- Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
- Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
- Thomas Stone National Historic Site
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
Massachusetts15
- Appalachian National Scenic Trailticket to access
- Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
- Boston African American National Historic Site
- Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
- Boston National Historical Park
- Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
- Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
- Minute Man National Historical Park
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
- New England National Scenic Trail
- Salem Maritime National Historical Park
- Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
- Springfield Armory National Historic Site
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
Michigan3
Minnesota6
Mississippi8
Missouri14
- Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail
- California National Historic Trail
- Gateway Arch National Parkticket to access
- George Washington Carver National Monument
- Harry S Truman National Historic Siteticket to access
- Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
- Oregon National Historic Trail
- Ozark National Scenic Riverways
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- Santa Fe National Historic Trail
- Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park
- Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
- Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
- Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Montana7
Nebraska10
- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
- California National Historic Trail
- Homestead National Historical Park
- Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
- Missouri National Recreational River
- Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
- Niobrara National Scenic River
- Oregon National Historic Trail
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- Scotts Bluff National Monument
Nevada5
New Hampshire1
- Appalachian National Scenic Trailticket to access
New Jersey10
- Appalachian National Scenic Trailticket to access
- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monumentticket to access
- Gateway National Recreation Area
- Great Egg Harbor River
- Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
- Morristown National Historical Park
- New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
- Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
New Mexico13
- Aztec Ruins National Monument
- Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail
- El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
- El Malpais National Monument
- El Morro National Monument
- Fort Union National Monument
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail
- Pecos National Historical Park
- Petroglyph National Monument
- Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
- Santa Fe National Historic Trail
New York29
- African Burial Ground National Monument
- Appalachian National Scenic Trailticket to access
- Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
- Castle Clinton National Monument
- Chesapeake Bay
- Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
- Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monumentticket to access
- Federal Hall National Memorial
- Fire Island National Seashore
- Fort Stanwix National Monument
- Gateway National Recreation Area
- General Grant National Memorial
- Governors Island National Monument
- Hamilton Grange National Memorial
- Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Siteticket to access
- Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
- National Parks of New York Harbor
- North Country National Scenic Trail
- Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
- Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site
- Saratoga National Historical Park
- Statue Of Liberty National Monumentticket to access
- Stonewall National Monument
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
- Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Siteticket to access
- Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
- Women's Rights National Historical Park
North Carolina11
- Appalachian National Scenic Trailticket to access
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore
- Cape Lookout National Seashore
- Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
- Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
- Moores Creek National Battlefield
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
- Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
North Dakota4
Northern Mariana Islands1
Ohio10
- Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park
- Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
- First Ladies National Historic Site
- Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
- James A Garfield National Historic Site
- Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
- North Country National Scenic Trail
- Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial
- William Howard Taft National Historic Site
Oklahoma7
Oregon7
Pennsylvania26
- Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
- Appalachian National Scenic Trailticket to access
- Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
- Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
- Chesapeake Bay
- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
- Eisenhower National Historic Site
- First State National Historical Park
- Flight 93 National Memorial
- Fort Necessity National Battlefield
- Friendship Hill National Historic Site
- Gettysburg National Military Park
- Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
- Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
- Independence National Historical Parkticket to access
- Johnstown Flood National Memorial
- Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
- Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
- North Country National Scenic Trail
- Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
- Steamtown National Historic Site
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
- Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
- Valley Forge National Historical Park
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
Rhode Island4
South Carolina7
South Dakota6
Tennessee14
- Andrew Johnson National Historic Siteticket to access
- Appalachian National Scenic Trailticket to access
- Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
- Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
- Fort Donelson National Battlefield
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park
- Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
- Natchez Trace Parkway
- Obed Wild & Scenic River
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
- Shiloh National Military Park
- Stones River National Battlefield
- Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Texas13
- Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
- Amistad National Recreation Area
- Big Thicket National Preserve
- Blackwell School National Historic Site
- Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail
- Chamizal National Memorial
- El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
- El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail
- Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
- Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
- San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
- Waco Mammoth National Monument
U.S. Virgin Islands4
Utah6
Vermont3
Virginia25
- Appalachian National Scenic Trailticket to access
- Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
- Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Booker T. Washington National Monument
- Cape Henry Memorial Part of Colonial National Historical Park
- Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
- Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
- Chesapeake Bay
- Civil War Defenses of Washington
- Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
- Fort Monroe National Monument
- Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
- George Washington Birthplace National Monument
- George Washington Memorial Parkway
- Green Springs
- Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
- Manassas National Battlefield Park
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
- Petersburg National Battlefield
- Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
- Richmond National Battlefield Park
- Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
- Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
- Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Washington13
- Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
- Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail
- Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park
- Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
- Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park
- Minidoka National Historic Site
- Nez Perce National Historical Park
- North Cascades National Park
- Oregon National Historic Trail
- San Juan Island National Historical Park
- Whitman Mission National Historic Site
- Wing Luke Museum Affiliated Area
West Virginia6
Wisconsin4
Wyoming7
Planning around fees? Every park that charges, compared, and the days the paid ones go free.