SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — On Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, entrance fees to national parks across the United States will be waived.

Sept. 28 is National Public Lands Day, and has been celebrated on the fourth Saturday of September since 1994, according to the National Park Service.

If you don’t frequent the national parks, you may be surprised to learn that there are several days per year when entry fees are waived for all visitors. Not every national park charges a fee — but for those that do, the NPS provides a list of parks that waive their fees on nationally designated dates.

In Utah, the NPS said the following parks waive their fees on nationally designated days:

• Arches National Park in Grand County
• Bryce Canyon National Park in Garfield County
• Canyonlands National Park in southeast Utah
• Capitol Reef National Park in south-central Utah
• Cedar Breaks National Monument in Iron County
• Dinosaur National Monument in Uintah County (with parts of the park in Colorado)
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Kane County (with parts of the park in Arizona)
• Golden Spike National Historical Park in Box Elder County
• Hovenweep National Monument in San Juan County
• Natural Bridges National Monument in San Juan County
• Zion National Park in southwestern Utah

National Public Lands Day is the fifth of six fee-free days for national parks this year, but don’t worry — if you can’t make it this weekend and don’t want to pay an entrance fee, you’ll have one last chance on Veterans Day in November.

National Public Lands Day is celebrated through volunteer efforts, and the NPS said 7,600 volunteers donated 41,500 hours of service in national parks last year.

“The theme for this year’s celebration is National Public Lands Day: Together for Tomorrow,” the NPS said online. “Let’s join forces for a common goal, stewarding America’s natural resources for future generations to enjoy.”

While visiting a national park for free is one of the ways the park service said to celebrate National Public Lands Day, it also recommended volunteering to help with a project at those parks, spending time outdoors, or learning how to protect public lands.

If you want to volunteer at a National Public Lands Day event in a national park — and potentially earn a fee-free day coupon to use in the future at certain projects — the park service said to look at the National Environmental Education Foundation website.