Yes. I have asked as I hike in from the bottom at least half the time and the answer was yes--you still need a pass/permit when walking in. I have only been checked a couple of times over the years. Now I get the annual America the Beautiful pass. I make several National Park visits over the course of a year and I'll bet most of us here do. In addition to hitting the SNP half a dozen times or so, I am regularly taking visiting family members and friends to Great Falls and Harpers Ferry--also covered by the America the Beautiful Pass. And it covers everybody in your car.
On Monday, April 16, 2018 at 10:53:23 AM UTC-4, Danny Barrett wrote:
-- Free for military members, by the way, but a pretty good deal for everybody. In addition to SNP trips, I use it another few times a year on work trips or family vacations.
Just a thought.
On Monday, April 16, 2018 at 10:53:23 AM UTC-4, Danny Barrett wrote:
If you hike up from the bottom, are these fees still applied? Like hiking up along the Rapidan, you technically park in the WMA.Thanks,On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:27 AM, Tim Donaldson <timdon...@gmail.com> wrote:Agreed. We used to backpack in SNP every summer and given all the car traffic the trails were pretty empty, except near parking lots.--
On Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 3:05:13 PM UTC-4, ALarge wrote:Skyline Drive is a glorified safari park. Most visitors stop once or twice to take a picture at scenic overlooks and never set foot on a trail, leaving behind tons of garbage and road wear with little to no actual interaction with nature.I see this is as no more than an excise tax, same as your trout stamp (not needed in SNP BTW). Excise taxes both protect and fund high-demand public operations like the National Parks System. Granted, I agree it's a pretty aggressive increase and should probably be dialed back a bit.I also used to live within earshot of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, which is the only National Park that has NO entry fee and also boasts the highest visitation rate of any National Park. It also gets trashed by visitors more than any other park in the system. I've picked too many beer cans and dirty diapers out of trout water to believe that providing unrestrained access to a park promotes communion with nature. As much as that is a romantic thought -it simply isn't a reality.On Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 6:45:47 PM UTC-4, Yambag Nelson wrote:That is the whole point. They want to price people out so they can say no one is visiting the parks.
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