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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / December 2006New replacement for national parks pass
old nps pass was $50 with $15 for golden eagle sticker. New pass equivalent is $80 per year. Been buying them for years. oh well I only gotta buy 2 more before I can get the senior pass if they don't abolish that before I'm 62 > old nps pass was $50 with $15 for golden eagle sticker. New pass > equivalent is $80 per year. Been buying them for years. > oh well I only gotta buy 2 more before I can get the senior pass if they > don't abolish that before I'm 62 I thought you had to be 65 for the senior pass. At any rate, $80 is a bargain! Ron >>old nps pass was $50 with $15 for golden eagle sticker. New pass >>equivalent is $80 per year. Been buying them for years. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Ron "62" http://www.nps.gov/fees_passes.htm ==================================================================== Golden Age Passport The Golden Age Passport is a lifetime admission and discount pass for citizens or permanent residents of the United States who are age 62 or older. The pass is valid at National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Corps of Engineers, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, and Tennessee Valley Authority sites with admission fees. The Golden Age Passport admits the pass owner and any accompanying passengers in a private vehicle* if a park has a per vehicle entrance fee. Where a per person entrance fee is charged, the Golden Age Passport admits the pass owner, spouse, and children. The Golden Age Passport also provides a 50% discount on federal use fees charged for facilities and services such as camping, swimming, parking, boat launching, and specialized interpretive services. In some cases where use fees are charged, only the pass owner will be given the 50% price reduction. The Passport is nontransferable and does NOT cover or reduce special recreation permit fees or fees charged by concessioners. A Golden Age Passport must be obtained in person at a federal area (National Park, Wildlife Refuge, Forest, etc.) where an entrance fee is charged. The cost of the cost of the Golden Age Passport is $10.00. It is available only to citizens or permanent residents of the United States who are 62 years of age or older. You must show proof of age and residency, such as a state driver's license, birth certificate, or similar document. >>>old nps pass was $50 with $15 for golden eagle sticker. New pass >>>equivalent is $80 per year. Been buying them for years. [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > are 62 years of age or older. You must show proof of age and residency, > such as a state driver's license, birth certificate, or similar document. Great, I am closer to getting one than I thought! Ron > old nps pass was $50 with $15 for golden eagle sticker. New pass > equivalent is $80 per year. Been buying them for years. > oh well I only gotta buy 2 more before I can get the senior pass if they > don't abolish that before I'm 62 What ticked me off this summer was we had no plans to visit any NP, but on the last day of vacation, one of our plans fell through and having 4 hours to spare and being only 30 minutes from Glacier NP, we decided to head over for a picnic lunch and short walk. Much to our disgust, the attendant still insisted on charging the full $25 seven day pass rate for a 3 hour visit. What happened to the one day pass? Needless to say, we had to turn around and as soon as we rounded the corner, pulled over to the side of the road and had lunch near a fire road that we could take a short walk on into the park. >> old nps pass was $50 with $15 for golden eagle sticker. New pass >> equivalent is $80 per year. Been buying them for years. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >to the side of the road and had lunch near a fire road that we could >take a short walk on into the park. apparently a 1-day pass is no longer an option. i don't know that it ever was. in every NPS facility we've visited in the last umpteen years the admission fee was for X number of days. i'm certain that you weren't the first person to say they were only going to stay for a few hours and then leave. maybe they should offer a single day pass. why don't you wite to the NPS and suggest it? 73, rich, n9dko > we had no plans to visit any NP, but > on the last day of vacation, one of our plans fell through and having 4 > hours to spare and being only 30 minutes from Glacier NP, we decided to > head over for a picnic lunch and short walk. Much to our disgust, the > attendant still insisted on charging the full $25 seven day pass rate > for a 3 hour visit. What happened to the one day pass? Gone, obviously. ...along with the 10-cent ice cream cone and comic book. > we had to turn around I respectfully disagree. You CHOSE to turn around. If you had been denied entrance, it would be time to call Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. Since you write in the plural, I assume there was more than one in your party. Given there were TWO of you for the sake of calculation, that equates to $4.17/hr for each of you to enjoy - and SUPPORT - the park. That doesn't strike me as too excessive given I don't get to a national park but once every few years. > as soon as we rounded the corner, pulled over > to the side of the road and had lunch near a fire road that we could > take a short walk on into the park. Congratulations! You saved 25 bucks and kept your evil, pollutant-belching, environmentally devastating MOTOR VEHICLE <gasp> out of the park. Not to worry. The NEXT time you go, you'll not be ALLOWED to drive into the park AT ALL. You'll "have" to pay $25 and ride a motor coach - a WALK a lot.  Signature<sigh> JR > Congratulations! You saved 25 bucks and kept your evil, pollutant-belching, > environmentally devastating MOTOR VEHICLE <gasp> out of the park. In Yosemite, it costs more for four adults to walk into the park, than to come in a car, $10 each for hikers, cyclists, motorcyclists, or individuals on a bus. It's $20 for a seven day pass for a vehicle. |
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