News Release

Visit Bandelier for Free on Veteran's Day

View of Tyuonyi Village from the Tyuonyi Overlook Trail

NPS

News Release Date: November 9, 2020

Contact: Joanie Budzileni, 505-672-3861 x 1501

Since 2006, Veterans Day has been a fee free day at Bandelier National Monument, this year is no exception. On Wednesday, November 11, 2020, in honor of those who have served and sacrificed for our county, the National Park Service invites the public to remember our veterans by waiving entrance fees at national park areas that normally charge an entrance fee on Veterans Day. Fee free days provide opportunities to explore new places or enjoy a favorite. Out of more than 400 national parks, just over 100 charge an entrance fee. The entrance fee waiver for fee-free days does not cover amenity or user fees for activities such as camping. 

For more information, please visit: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/fee-free-parks.htm 

On October 28, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt signed a Secretary’s Order that waives entrance fees to national parks, wildlife refuges and other public lands and waters managed by the Department of the Interior for 5^th grade students and their families from now until Aug. 31, 2021.   https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/trump-administration-provides-5th-grade-students-with-free-entrance-to-national-parks-refuges-and-other-public-lands.htm This, of course, includes Bandelier. Many 4th graders missed out on using their Every Kid Outdoors Annual 4^th Grade Pass https://www.everykidoutdoors.gov/ during the 2019-2020 school year. A new voucher is now available for 5th grade students for the rest of the school year. With this voucher, 5th graders and their families will have free access to national parks and other federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior. For more information and official rules, please visit: https://www.nps.gov/kids/fifthgrade.htm 

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Information about Bandelier visit www.nps.gov/band, call the visitor center, 505-672-3861, ext. 0.  

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