National parks celebrate 100 years with four free entrance days in April | The Sacramento Bee

In celebration of its 100th anniversary and National Park Week, the National Park Service is waiving park entrance fees during two weekends in April.

April 15-16 and 22-23 will be free days at the 118 national parks that normally charge an entrance fee, according to a news release. Entrance to the remainder of the more than 400 national parks is always free.

The fee waiver includes entrance, commercial tour and transportation entrance fees. Other fees – such as those for reservations, camping, tours, concessions and fees collected by third parties – are not included unless stated otherwise, according to the news release.

The following is the list of California parks monuments and recreation areas opening their gates for free:

▪  Cabrillo National Monument

▪  Death Valley National Park

▪  Joshua Tree National Park

▪  Lassen Volcanic National Park

▪  Lava Beds National Monument

▪  Muir Woods National Monument

▪  Pinnacles National Park

▪  San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

▪  Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

▪  Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

▪  Yosemite National Park

Additional free dates scheduled this year are Aug. 25, National Park Service birthday; Sept. 30, National Public Lands Day; and Nov. 11-12, Veterans Day weekend.