Free entry to Yellowstone Park January 19th
by Yellowstone National Park
January 14, 2015
Yellowstone National Park is joining all National Park Service (NPS) sites across the nation in waiving admission fees on Monday, January 19, in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr., federal holiday.
No matter how you choose to enter the park – by car, RV, bus, or on a guided snowmobile or snowcoach trip – the entrance fee to the park will be waived next Monday for all recreational visits.
The NPS is waiving entrance fees on 9 days in 2015 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and enjoy the remarkable landscapes and historical and cultural sites national parks have to offer.
Other fee free dates for 2015 are:
- February 14-16 for the Presidents’ Day Weekend
- April 18-19 for the opening weekend of National Park Week
- August 25 for the National Park Service’s 99th birthday
- September 26 for National Public Lands Day
- November 11 in honor of Veterans Day
The road from the North Entrance at Gardiner, Mont., through Mammoth Hot Springs on to Cooke City, Mont., outside the park’s Northeast Entrance, is open to wheeled vehicle travel all year. Access to the interior of Yellowstone and iconic locations like Old Faithful and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is restricted to guided snowmobile and snowcoach trips from the North, West, South, and East entrances during the winter months.
At Old Faithful, the Old Faithful Snow Lodge and Cabins and the dining room, the Geyser Grill, the Bear Den Gift Shop and the Old Faithful Visitor Education Center are all open for the winter season. At Mammoth Hot Springs, the hotel, dining room and gift shop are open for the winter season. The Yellowstone General Store, medical clinic, campground, post office, and the Visitor Center are open all year. Fuel is available from 24-hour gasoline pumps all year at both Mammoth Hot Springs and Tower Junction.
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