Visitors hike the Mist Trail toward Vernal Falls on August 31, 2025 in the Yosemite National Park, California. Due the high volume of visitors during Labor Day weekend, Yosemite required reservations for in-park lodging or camping, and wilderness or Half Dome permits. Apu Gomes/Getty Images

National parks visitors will receive free admission on President Donald Trump ’s birthday next year, but will have to pay a regular fee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, after the National Parks Service overhauled its free admission calendar.

Admission fees have been waived on Martin Luther King Jr. Day for years, including throughout Trump’s first administration. Juneteenth was added as an entrance fee free day in 2024.

The changes come as Trump has made eliminating diversity, equity

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