Interior Department Hikes Prices for Foreigners to Visit National Parks

U.S. residents will continue to pay the current price for an annual pass, officials announced.

Hikers in the Grand Canyon National Park in a file image. Sebastien Duval/AFP via Getty Images

Foreigners will have to pay higher prices to go to national parks, the Department of the Interior said on Nov. 25.

While U.S. residents, starting Jan. 1, 2026, will still be able to buy the annual parks pass for $80, nonresidents will be charged $250, the department said in an update to its website. The annual pass enables unlimited entry for no additional charges to any of the parks for one year.