Free National Park Entrance for 4th Graders and Their Families

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Free National Park Entrance for 4th Graders and Their Families

If you have a fourth-grader in your family, then here is an amazing way to have some frugal family fun this summer.

The Every Kid Outdoors program wants to get children out in the fresh air, and they are encouraging this by offering free passes to fourth-graders.

The best news is the fourth-graders’ entire family can get in for free with this pass!

Who Qualifies?

Who exactly qualifies for this freebie?

All current 4th-grade students can receive a free pass to all of America’s national parks.

This includes home-schooled students who are between 9 and 11 years of age.

Each one of the fourth-graders immediate family members will also be admitted for free.

Just make sure you have your 4th-grader in the car with you.

Steps to Get a Free Pass

Go here to have your fourth-grader apply for their free national park entrance pass.

• Student needs to fill out a diary entry with things they would like to see and do.
• Have student read their story.
• Print the paper pass.

If you are a teacher in a United States public school system, a private school teacher, or a military school instructor, then GO HERE to get passes for your entire fourth-grade class!

How to Use the Free Pass

Make sure you print out the free pass because they do not accept digital forms.

The paper pass will be exchanged for a durable annual pass when you visit your very first national park.

The pass can be used an unlimited amount of times during the specified year.

What to Bring

The Every Kid Outdoors program encourages everyone to bring a few essential items when touring national parks.

This list includes:

• water
• healthy camp food and snacks
• a first-aid kit
• comfortable shoes
• sunglasses
• a hat
• sunscreen
• gloves
• bug spray
• a map
• emergency numbers

I would add these few things to the list:

• a whistle in case family members get lost or separated
• charged cellphones
• a change of clothing
• a flashlight
• a camera
• a journal and pen/pencil
• a backpack to carry everything easily

What would you add to these lists?

Leave a comment and let me know.

Find a National Park

Every state has a lot of national parks to visit.

GO HERE to find more information about the national parks you can visit.

Free National Park Entrance Passes

This pass is good through August 31, 2022.

You can sign next year’s fourth-grader up for the 2022 – 2023 free pass year.

That pass will be good from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023.

Let’s Go!

• Get your fourth-grader to quickly sign-up for the Every Kid Outdoors free National Park entrance pass.
• Print out your pass!
• Plan out a trip to start visiting national parks for free.
• Pack your backpack with all of the essential items you will need while visiting the national parks.
• Breathe in the fresh air
• Take lots of pictures
• Leave the parks in good condition for the next visitors.

Free Frugal Family Fun

Free passes to every national park in the United States are an awesome way to enjoy some free frugal family fun this summer.

I wish I had a fourth-grader!

If you do, then make sure you take advantage of this amazing deal.

Let me know if you get a free pass!