Fee-Free Days
Come experience your public lands! On five days in 2024, sites that charge recreation standard amenity fees will offer free admission to everyone.
On BLM-managed lands, the fee-free days for 2024 are:
- January 15 (Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
- June 19 (Juneteenth National Independence Day)
- July 16 (Bureau of Land Management's birthday)
- September 28 (National Public Lands Day)
- November 11 (Veterans Day)
On fee-free days, the waiver applies to recreation standard amenity and day-use fees on BLM lands, including visitor centers, picnic/day use areas and National Conservation Lands units. Expanded amenity fees and other fees (i.e., group day-use, developed camping, cabin rentals, and individual special recreation permits for the use of special areas) remain in effect. Many other BLM locations are always free - search additional BLM recreation sites here.
Fees for overnight camping at the campgrounds listed below still apply.
Participating Locations
This list is subject to change - contact your local BLM office with any questions.
Arizona
Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area
Shoreline Sites at Lake Havasu
Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area
California
San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area
Colorado
Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum
Idaho
Montana
Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center
Pompeys Pillar National Monument
Nevada
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
New Mexico
Mescalero Sand Recreation Area
Santa Cruz Lake Recreation Area
Oregon
National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area
Utah
Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry