Entrance fees waived for Veterans Day at Kentucky national parks

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The National Park Service is waiving all entrance fees for Veterans Day on Saturday.

There are more than 400 national park sites across the country, and some of them are in Kentucky like Daniel Boone National Forest and Mammoth Cave National Park.

Daniel Boone National Forest staff released the following information for Veterans Day:

Visitors will not be charged a fee at the following day-use areas on Saturday, November 11.

Cave Run Lake boat ramps
Laurel River Lake boat ramps
Bee Rock Boat Ramp – Laurel County
Clear Creek Boat Ramp – Bath County
Billy Branch Day Use “Picnic” Area – Rowan County
Natural Arch Scenic Area – McCreary County
Appletree Shooting Range – McCreary County
Keno Shooting Range – Pulaski County
Whitman Branch Shooting Range – Whitley County
Redbird Crest Trail – Clay and Leslie counties
White Sulphur OHV Trail – Bath County

The Forest will also waive fees at the following locations on Saturday evening. As it is Kentucky’s fall fire hazard season, visitors should take extra care to properly build and fully extinguish any campfires.

Backcountry camping in the Red River Gorge – Menifee, Powell and Wolfe counties
Koomer Ridge Campground – Wolfe County
Clear Creek Campground - Bath County
Bee Rock Campground – Laurel County
S-Tree Campground – Jackson County
White Sulphur Horse Camp – Bath County
Great Meadows Campground – McCreary County
Barren Fork Horse Camp – McCreary County

Learn more about the Daniel Boone National Forest at www.fs.usda.gov/dbnf or on social media @DanielBooneNF

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