2024 Washington State Parks FREE Days

YEAR-ROUND FAMILY RESOURCE GUIDE: Discover Fee - Free Days

By Macaroni KID Tacoma & South Sound January 1, 2023

Each year Washington State Parks has several free days when the Discover Pass is not required to visit a state park. It is a great time to check out all the greatness that these parks have to offer!

Washington State Parks offers several "free days" when a Discover Pass is not required to visit a state park.

Following are the 2024 State Parks free days:

Mark your calendars for our 2024 Discover Pass free days

Jan. 1 - First Day Hikes & New Year’s Day
Jan. 15 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
March 9 - Billy Frank Jr.’s Birthday
March 19 - State Parks’ 111th Birthday
April 22 - Earth Day
June 8 - National Get Outdoors Day
June 9 - Free Fishing Day
June 19 - Juneteenth
Sept. 28 - National Public Lands Day
Oct. 10 - World Mental Health Day
Nov. 11 - Veterans Day
Nov. 29 - Autumn Day

A Discover Pass is not needed to park on lands managed by us, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife on 12 days in 2024.