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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Fees & Reservations
 
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Entrance Fees—for a single visit up to seven days
No refunds are given due to inclement weather.

Vehicle: (private car or motorcycle)
$8.00 per vehicle for a seven day pass

Individual: (on foot or bicycle)
$4.00 per person for a seven day pass.

Entrance Passes
The following passes for free entrance to the park are honored and available at the entrance station or visitor center. 

Organ Pipe Cactus Annual Pass: $20.00—Allows unlimited entry to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument for one (1) year from month of purchase.

Interagency Annual Pass: $80.00—Allows unlimited entry to all federal recreational lands for one (1) year from month of purchase.

Senior Pass: $10.00One-time fee; lifetime pass to all federal entrance fee areas available to US citizens and permanent residents 62 years and older.

Access Pass: Free—Lifetime pass to all federal entrance fee areas available to permanently disabled US citizens and permanent residents 

Older passes and passports:  The Golden Age and the Golden Access Passports will continue to be honored for the lifetime of the pass holder. All forms of the National Parks & Federal Recreational Lands Passes (America the Beautiful Passes) are honored and cover entrance to the park. 

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a fee park. Every dollar you spend on fees stays in the park. Those fees are used to support a variety projects in the park.

Those projects include the protection of the parks’ road investment through overlays, patching, chipseal, drainage, and erosion control; enhancement of accessibility for the physically challenged to park resources and buildings, upgrading of park campgrounds, and amphitheaters; rehabilitation of park structures; and repair of failing elements in utility systems parkwide. Funded projects increase the quality of the visitor experience and enhance the protection of park resources.

Camping
Tent and RV camping in the Twin Peaks campground is available on a first come-first served basis for $12 each night. Senior and Access passes are honored for a 50% discount. There are no electric, water, or sewage hook-ups; however, a dump station with potable water is available, and the restrooms have flush toilets and running water.

Group sites in the Twin Peaks campground are available by reservation. Contact the Kris Eggle Visitor Center at 520-387-6849 x 7302 for more information.

Primitive tent camping is available on a reservation only basis for $8 each night in Alamo Canyon Campground. Reservations must be made in person at the Kris Eggle Visitor Center on the first day of your stay. Senior and Access passes are honored for a 50% discount on camping fees.

Some Backcountry areas have re-opened for hiking but overnight camping is prohibited indefinitely due to an increase in illegal border activity. Please check with the Kris Eggle Visitor Center for more information.

Birding at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Meet the real snowbirds...
and a few year round residents when you go birding
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Night Blooming Cereus Cactus  

Did You Know?
Most of the year this night-blooming cereus cactus looks like ugly brown sticks, but for one night only the flower opens and smells like a rose. To see one bloom is one of the greatest treats in the Sonoran Desert

Last Updated: September 03, 2009 at 15:03 EST