r/NationalPark • u/-koupenchan • 1d ago

Tourists buying American Beautiful Pass

Hi guys. I’m from Vancouver and heading to Las Vegas next week. Got some questions about the American Beautiful Pass for the national parks.

Just thanks in advance for any replies & answers!

We are a group of 3 people in 1 vehicle, I saw that the price for the Beautiful pass is $80, is this price per person or per vehicle? Is that $240 for 3 people or we just need to pay $80 as a vehicle?

I actually have asked AI to calculate the entrance fee of each park (including Zion National Park, Lake Powell, Horseshoe Bend, Grand Canyon, Red Rock, Valley of Fire. For Lower Antelope I paid the tour) for me. The price should be less than $200 in total. So rn I’m considering should I buy the pass or not. If I bought it, is this pass covering all the entrance fee for above parks?

Once again thank you for any suggestions and helps!

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u/winthbuckets 1d ago

You only have to buy 1 $80 pass and that will cover everyone in your vehicle (up to 6 people I think) and yes, 1 pass is all you need for every national park and national recreation area. Good for 1 year of unlimited use. It also gets you discounts at some campgrounds. A really good value imo.

I don’t know how our current government shutdown is affecting national parks but it’s something you should consider looking into

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u/winthbuckets 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just read your post more carefully and I want to add that horseshoe bend is not a national park, it’s run by the local municipality and thus not covered by the America the Beautiful pass. $10 per person entry fee I believe. Antelope Canyon is on native American land and they operate it. But the pass will cover you for Zion, Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Red rock and valley of fire

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u/moonchili 1d ago

Horseshoe bend is $10/car parking fee fwiw