Annual Passes
(good at Corps of Engineers
recreation areas only)
Many Corps of Engineers recreation areas (including
day-use parks and boat launching facilities but not campgrounds)
charge fees up to $4.00 for their use. Annual passes are
available at the Resource
Mangement Office and some day-use parks and
campgrounds for a price of $30.00.
Annual passes,
are good for one calendar year from the month they are purchased.
For example, a pass purchased in October 2007 will be valid until
September 30, 2008. America the Beautiful Senior Pass, America
the Beautiful Access Pass, Golden Age and Golden Access pass holders may
purchase one annual pass at a 50 percent discount, provided they
purchase the pass in person. Annual passes allow entry to Corps
operated recreation areas but do not allow entry to campgrounds.
Passes are hangtags that are typically hung from the rearview mirror.
A sticker is available for open-type vehicles such as motorcycles or
jeeps.
Federal Recreation Pass Program Information - from
www.recreation.gov.
NOTICE: The
Golden Age/Access Passport Program expired December 31, 2006. No new
passes will be issued. The America the
Beautiful Senior Pass replaces the Golden Age Passport. The
America the Beautiful Pass replaces the Golden Access Pass. The Corps honors
the new passes, but is not currently authorized to issue them.
America the Beautiful Passes must be obtained in person from other
federal land managing agency facilities including those run by the
Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
Golden Age Passport
(good on applicable federal
lands)
(for citizens or permanent residents of the United States who are
age 62 or older)
The Golden Age Passport is a lifetime entrance pass to national parks,
monuments, historic sites, recreation areas, and national wildlife
refuges that charge an entrance fee. The Golden Age Passport admits
the pass signee and any accompanying passengers in a private1
vehicle if a park has a per vehicle entrance fee. Where a per person
entrance fee is charged, the Golden Age Passport admits the pass
signee, spouse, and children.
The Golden Age Passport
also provides a 50% discount on federal use fees charged for
facilities and services such as camping, swimming, parking, boat
launching, and tours. In some cases where use fees are charged, only
the pass signee will be given the 50% price reduction. The Passport is
nontransferable and does NOT cover or reduce special recreation permit
fees or fees charged by concessioners.
The new America the
Beautiful Senior Pass
must be obtained in person. Passports are available are also available at federal
areas (National Park, Historic Site, Wildlife Refuge, etc.) where an
entrance fee is charged. It is available only to citizens or
permanent residents of the United States who are 62 years of age or
older. You must show proof of age, such as a state driver's
license, birth certificate, or similar document.
The new America the
Beautiful Pass are available at federal areas (National Park, Historic
Site, Wildlife Refuge, etc.) where an entrance fee is charged. It is
available only to citizens or permanent residents of the United States
who are medically determined to be blind or permanently disabled. You
may obtain the America the Beautiful Pass by showing showing proof of medically
determined permanent disability, or eligibility for receiving benefits
under federal law.
If your Golden Age,
Golden Access passport is lost or stolen there is no mechanism for
replacement the new America the Beautiful Pass must be
obtained.
(1) A private,
noncommercial vehicle is defined as any passenger car, station wagon,
pickup/camper truck, recreation vehicle, or other motor vehicle used
for private recreation purposes. This definition EXCLUDES a
snowmobile, motorcycle, motor scooter, moped, or bicycle.
