While most national parks require visitors to pay an entry fee — some of the most popular parks charge up to $35 for each ...

SC's 47 state parks were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, a Great Depression-era work initiative. Such parks include ...

You can also have a national-park experience for free another way, by visiting one of the 20 national parks that don’t charge an entrance fee ever. Come and go as you please without dropping a dime.

And for six days in 2025, the parks are free to visit. Thanks to the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004, the National Park Service waives entrance fees on what it calls “days of ...