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I'm Jason Epperson.

This is the America's National Parks podcast

and it's time for our monthly National Park News Roundup.

First up, the National Park Service has announced its 2024 fee-free days, which are a great opportunity to get out in a

national park without having to pay admission. But for those of you with an annual

pass or who don't want to join big crowds, sometimes these fee-free days are ones to avoid, especially

because some of them are over holidays when people have time off work.

The fee-free days for 2024 are January 15th, the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.

April 20th, the first day of the annual National Park Week, June 19th, which is Juneteenth National

Independence Day, August 4th, the anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act, September 28th,

National Public Lands Day, and November 11th Veterans Day.

Remember, only about a third of National Park Service sites require paid admission in the first place, mostly the biggest parks in the system, so you don't necessarily have to worry about this if you're not going to a fee charging site.

And on that note, the National Park Service has announced the next three units to join the National Park System,

raising the total number of existing parks from 425 to 428.

All three of them are National Scenic Trails.

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