Veterans Receive Lifetime Pass to all National Parks
The National Park Service unveiled a lifetime pass providing free entrance to national parks for Veterans and their families. The Interagency Military Lifetime Pass waives entrance fees for the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and standard amenity recreation fees for the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sites for current military service members and their dependents, Veterans and Gold Star Families.
Veterans and their families have free access to approximately 2,000 public locations spread out across more than 400 million acres of public lands, which host activities to fit any lifestyle—from serene to high octane, including hiking, fishing, paddling, biking, hunting, stargazing, camping, and much more.
The Military Pass has been expanded to include a pass that does not expire for Veterans and Gold Star Family members. The National Defense Authorization Act of 2022 authorized a free lifetime pass to national parks and other federal recreational lands for eligible Veterans and Gold Star Families. In recent years, they were able to receive annual passes.
Are you eligible?
For purposes of this program,
a Veteran is identified as an individual who has served in the United States Armed Forces,
including the National Guard and Reserve, and is able to present one of the following forms of valid (unexpired) identification:
Department of Defense Identification Card
Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC)
Veteran ID Card (APPLY FOR A VETERAN ID CARD Link: va.gov/records/get-veteran-id-cards/vic/)
Veterans designation on a state-issued U.S. driver’s license or identification card
