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Do I need a permit?

112 places, answered in one sentence each. Whether a permit is required, whether it is a lottery or first come first served, what it costs, and what the published rules say.


Angel Island State Park

Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Butano State Park

Canyonlands National Park

Castle Rock State Park

Catalina Island Conservancy

Central Cascades Wilderness

Colorado Plateau Rivers

Colorado Trail

Crystal Cove State Park

Dead Horse Point State Park

Denali National Park

Glacier National Park

Goblin Valley State Park

Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Teton National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Havasupai Indian Reservation

Henry W. Coe State Park

Idaho Wild Rivers

Inyo National Forest

Joshua Tree National Park

Limekiln State Park

Los Padres National Forest

Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness

Montana Rivers

Mount Rainier National Park

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Mount Tamalpais State Park

Mt. Hood Wilderness

North Cascades National Park

Olympic National Park

Pacific Northwest Rivers

Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness

Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

Point Reyes National Seashore

Portola Redwoods State Park

Rocky Mountain National Park

San Jacinto Wilderness

Sand Hollow State Park

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

Shasta-Trinity National Forest

Shenandoah National Park

Sierra National Forest

Snow Canyon State Park

Southwest Rivers

The Enchantments

Trinity Alps Wilderness

Utahraptor State Park

Vermilion Cliffs National Monument

Yellowstone National Park

Yosemite National Park

Zion National Park