National Parks Offer Free Admission on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

The National Park Service is hosting five "free days" in 2020—the first of which lands on January 20. In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the NPS is waiving its regular entrance fees at 110 national park properties around the country, USA Today reports.

Of the 400-plus parks managed by the agency, 110 charge admission fees ranging from $5 to $35. These include some of the most popular sites in the system, like Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Canyon national parks.

Every one of those parks will be free to visit on Monday. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a day of service, and parks across the U.S. will be hosting service projects for volunteers looking to give back to their communities. If you'd like to participate, you can find volunteer opportunities at your local NPS property here.

If you're just looking for a place to reflect, you can't go wrong with any of the sites in the national park system. Before planning a visit to one the parks below participating in the free day, read up on these facts about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Here are the National Parks that will be free on January 20, 2020:

Acadia National Park, Maine
Adams National Historical Park, Massachusetts
Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland
Arches National Park, Utah
Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland/Virginia
Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
Big Bend National Park, Texas
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Cabrillo National Monument, California
Canaveral National Seashore, Florida
Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts
Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
Capulin Volcano National Monument, New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida
Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah
Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland/West Virginia/Washington, D.C.
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia
Christiansted National Historic Site, U.S. Virgin Islands
Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia
Colorado National Monument, Colorado
Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Idaho
Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
Death Valley National Park, California
Denali National Park & Preserve, Alaska
Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming
Dinosaur National Monument, Utah
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, New York
Everglades National Park, Florida
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado
Fort Davis National Historic Site, Texas
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Maryland
Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia
Fort Smith National Historic Site, Arkansas
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, South Carolina
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Oregon/Washington
Fort Washington Park, Maryland
Gateway Arch National Park (formerly Jefferson National Expansion Memorial), Missouri
Great Falls Park, Virginia
Glacier National Park, Montana
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah/Arizona
Golden Spike National Historical Park, Utah
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, Colorado
Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas
Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida/Mississippi
Haleakalā National Park, Hawaii
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, West Virginia/Virginia/Maryland
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, New York
Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado/Utah
Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
James A. Garfield National Historic Site, Ohio
Joshua Tree National Park, California
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada/Arizona
Lassen Volcanic National Park, California
Lava Beds National Monument, California
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Oregon/Washington
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Muir Woods National Monument, California
Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
Olympic National Park, Washington
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
Padre Island National Seashore, Texas
Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas
Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial, Ohio
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Pinnacles National Park, California
Pipe Spring National Monument, Arizona
Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota
Prince William Forest Park, Virginia
Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park, Hawaii
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, New York
Saguaro National Park, Arizona
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, New Hampshire
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, California
San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, California
Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
Thomas Edison National Historical Park, New Jersey
Tonto National Monument, Arizona
Tumacácori National Historical Park, Arizona
Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona
Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, New York
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi/Louisiana
Walnut Canyon National Monument, Arizona
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, California
White Sands National Park, New Mexico
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Missouri
Wright Brothers National Memorial, North Carolina
Wupatki National Monument, Arizona
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming/Idaho/Montana
Yosemite National Park, California
Zion National Park, Utah

[h/t USA Today]

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