Visiting US national parks from abroad: 2026 fees

Since January 1, 2026, non-US residents pay more at America's busiest national parks. Three changes matter for your trip:

• A $100 nonresident fee per person aged 16 and older at 11 parks: Acadia National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Everglades National Park, Glacier National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Zion National Park. You pay it on top of the regular entrance fee.
• A $250 annual pass for non-US residents (US residents pay $80). It covers entrance fees and the nonresident fee for your whole car.
• No more free days for visitors from abroad. Fee-free days now apply to US citizens and residents only.

Here's what a visit costs at each of the parks that charge the nonresident fee. A car pays one entrance fee for everyone in it; walkers and cyclists pay per person. The nonresident fee is always per person.

Fees from the NPS Data API, checked October 1, 2026. Every other national park charges only its normal entrance fee (or nothing). Sequoia and Kings Canyon share one fee.

Almost always, if you're visiting more than one of these parks. Two adults in a car pay at least $230 at a single park ($30 entrance plus 2 × $100), so the $250 pass wins from the second park. With three adults it pays off at the very first one.

The pass covers the entire vehicle, or two motorcycles, or the passholder plus three adults where fees are charged per person. Try your own route in the pass calculator (set it to “Outside the US”).

1. 1At the parkAt an entrance station or visitor center. nps.gov: “Physical passes can be purchased or picked up at over 1,000 federal recreation sites.”
2. 2Digital, on Recreation.govBuy it before you fly and save it to your phone. “Your digital pass can be saved to a mobile device and used immediately.” Recreation.gov pass page.
3. 3By mail, from the USGS StoreA physical pass, $250 plus $7.50 in fees. Allow time: orders “may take up to three weeks to be processed and delivered.”

Bring photo ID: “America the Beautiful Passes are non-refundable, non-transferable and cannot be replaced if lost or stolen. Passholders must show valid photo identification (ID) with each pass.” The $80 resident pass needs proof of US citizenship or residency, such as a US passport, a US driver's license or a green card.

The NPS still has 8 fee-free days in 2026, but not for visitors from abroad: “Free entrance days only apply to US citizens and permanent residents. Nonresidents must pay entrance and any nonresident fees unless they have the Non-Resident Annual Pass.” If you're there on one of these dates, expect the parks to be busier, and expect to pay as normal.

• February 16 · Presidents Day (Washington's Birthday)
• May 25 · Memorial Day
• June 14 · Flag Day/President Trump's birthday
• July 3 – 5 · Independence Day weekend
• August 25 · 110th Birthday of the National Park Service
• September 17 · Constitution Day
• October 27 · Theodore Roosevelt's birthday
• November 11 · Veterans Day

Our park pages, crowd calendar and checklist are in English. They're built from NPS data, so the numbers are the same everywhere.

The 11 parks (English pages)

• Acadia
• Bryce Canyon
• Everglades
• Glacier
• Grand Canyon
• Grand Teton
• Rocky Mountain
• Sequoia & Kings Canyon
• Yellowstone
• Yosemite
• Zion

The Park'd app and our park pages are in English.