Wednesday, July 09, 2025
57.0°F

National parks waiving admission fees for weekend in observance of Presidents' Day

The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 4 months AGO
by The Associated Press
| February 13, 2015 7:11 AM

BILLINGS (AP) — Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Glacier National Parks are waiving admission for visitors from Feb. 14 to 16 in observance of Presidents’ Day.

The fee waiver applies to people entering the parks in by car, RV, bus, snowmobile or other means.

The parks will offer five other free days in 2015: April 18 and 19 for the opening of National Park Week, Aug. 25 for the National Park Service’s 99th anniversary, Sept. 26 for National Public Lands Day and Nov. 11 for Veterans Day.

Grand Teton is in Wyoming and Yellowstone includes portions of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Glacier is in northwest Montana.

MORE IMPORTED STORIES

Yellowstone one of 3 parks closing gates
Daily Inter-Lake | Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Yellowstone joins growing list of national park closures
Columbia Basin Herald | Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Parks officials answer crowding with closures to fight virus
Columbia Basin Herald | Updated 5 years, 3 months ago

ARTICLES BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

September 9, 2021 12:03 a.m.

The Latest: US helped family escape Afghanistan overland

WASHINGTON — The United States is confirming for the first time that it has helped a U.S. citizen and family members to escape Afghanistan through an overland route to a neighboring country.

September 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

The Latest: US helped family escape Afghanistan overland

WASHINGTON — The United States is confirming for the first time that it has helped a U.S. citizen and family members to escape Afghanistan through an overland route to a neighboring country.

September 8, 2021 12:03 a.m.

The Latest: Top Republican says Taliban holding Americans

WASHINGTON — The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee says some Americans who have been trying to get out of Afghanistan since the U.S. military left are sitting in airplanes at an airport ready to leave but the Taliban are not letting them take off.