Entering with a Personal Vehicle or Motorcycle? Buy Online, Save TimeNo reservations are required to enter Sequoia and Kings Canyon.Entering the park with a personal vehicle or a motorcycle? Save time at the entrance station by purchasing your pass in advance!Forget to buy a pass before your arrival? No problem. We gladly sell passes at the entrances, and while we prefer credit cards, we also accept cash. A full 80% of your entrance and camping fees directly fund projects that improve your experience here. Learn more about projects funded by entrance fees. The parks appreciate your support! Advance purchasing of entrance fees is not available for Commercial Vehicles. Sale of our Vehicle, Motorcycle and Annual passes are available here. Fee structure for all passes is found below: Vehicle Pass - $35.00 This pass is valid for 1-7 days and includes everyone traveling in a single vehicle for Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and Hume Lake District of Sequoia National Forest/Giant Sequoia National Monument. Individual Entry Pass - $20.00 This entry fee is for a single person traveling on foot or by bicycle. It is valid for 1-7 days in Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and Hume Lake District of Sequoia National Forest/Giant Sequoia National Monument. Non-Commercial Group - $20.00 Groups traveling in a bus or vehicle with a capacity of 16 persons or more are charged per person. People 15 years old or younger, drivers hired for transportation only, or anyone with a pass that may be used for park entry is exempt from paying the entrance fee. Commercial Group, 1-6 Passenger Capacity - $10 per passenger - plus entrance fee - $25.00 The charge for vehicles with a seating capacity of 1-6 passengers is $25 plus $10 per person. This entrance fee is for commercial tours of one or more people traveling on an itinerary that has been packaged, priced, or sold for leisure or recreational purposes by an organization that realizes financial gain through the provision of the service. Passenger ages or entrance passes do not affect the price. Commercial Group, 7-15 Passenger Capacity - $75.00 This entrance fee is for commercial tours of vehicles with a seating capacity of 7-15 people that has been packaged, priced, or sold for leisure or recreational purposes by an organization that realizes financial gain through the provision of the service. This fee is based on the seating capacity of the vehicle and not the actual number of passengers. Passenger ages or entrance passes do not affect the price. Commercial Group, 16-25 Passenger Capacity - $100.00 This entrance fee is for commercial tours of vehicles with a seating capacity of 16-25 people that has been packaged, priced, or sold for leisure or recreational purposes by an organization that realizes financial gain through the provision of the service. This fee is based on the seating capacity of the vehicle and not the actual number of passengers. Passenger ages or entrance passes do not affect the price. Commercial Group, 26+ Passenger Capacity - $200.00 This entrance fee is for commercial tours of vehicles with a seating capacity of 26 or more people that has been packaged, priced, or sold for leisure or recreational purposes by an organization that realizes financial gain through the provision of the service. This fee is based on the seating capacity of the vehicle and not the actual number of passengers. Passenger ages or entrance passes do not affect the price. Motorcycle Pass - $30.00 This pass is valid for 1-7 days and includes everyone traveling on a motorcycle, scooter, or similar motorized vehicle for Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and Hume Lake District of Sequoia National Forest/Giant Sequoia National Monument. America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Lands PassThe America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Lands Pass is your ticket to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites. Each pass covers entrance fees at national parks and national wildlife refuges as well as standard amenity fees (day use fees) at national forests and grasslands, and at lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Free Entrance Passes Through Every Kid Outdoors ProgramAre you a fourth-grade student? If so, you and your family get free access to hundreds of parks, lands, and waters for an entire year, including Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. To obtain a pass, fourth grade students can visit the bilingual Every Kid Outdoors website, participate in a short educational activity, and then download a paper voucher to print and bring with them to visit the parks. With the fourth-grader, the pass admits all children under 16 and all adults in up to one passenger vehicle. Commercial vehicles can't use a pass to get in and the pass does not cover camping and activity fees. Be sure to visit Every Kid Outdoors and print your pass before you arrive. Entrance Fee-Free DaysFree park admission is offered at all national parks on several fee-free days. Fees for camping, reservations, concessions, and fees collected by third parties still apply. Academic Fee WaiversSchools and other educational groups may qualify for an academic fee waiver. If you'd like to apply, submit your information at least two weeks before your trip. |
Last updated: June 23, 2022