ENTRANCE FEES

Vehicle Entrance Fees

$ 5.00 – Day

$30.00 – Annual

Entrance Fees into Bighorn Canyon are $5.00 per day. An annual Pass specific to Bighorn Canyon can be purchased for $30.00, good for one year from the month of purchase.

Commercial Tours

1 – 6 passenger         $ 25.00

7 – 25 passenger           $ 40.00

26 + passenger         $100.00

Interagency Annual Pass

The $80 Interagency Annual Pass provides entrance or access to pass holder and accompanying passengers in a single, private non-commercial vehicle at most federal recreation sites across the country. Pass is valid for 12 months from date of purchase. The pass is not valid for Expanded Amenity fees such as camping or parking at Mt Rushmore.

Interagency Senior Pass

The $10 Interagency Senior Pass (62 and older) is a lifetime pass available to U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Pass is available to purchase in-person only and with appropriate documentation.

Interagency Access Pass

Free lifetime pass available to citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. who have been determined to be blind or permanently disabled. Pass is available only in-person and with appropriate documentation.

The above passes replace the Golden Eagle, Golden Age and Golden Access Passports as well as the National Parks Pass. These passes will remain valid until they expire or are lost or stolen. The above passes can be obtained at the Cal S. Taggart Bighorn Canyon Visitor Center in Lovell, Wyoming, the Headquarters office in Fort Smith, Montana or during the summer months at the Yellowtail Dam Visitor Center, the Afterbay Contact Station or the Crooked Creek Contact Station. Cash, checks or credit cards are acceptable forms of payment.  You can also go online at http://store.usgs.gov/pass. This interagency pass brochure gives a good explanation of the new passes.

Automated fee machines are located at the south and north entrances to Bighorn Canyon. You may only purchase a daily pass or a Bighorn Canyon Annual pass there. When you purchase a Bighorn Canyon Annual Pass at the automated fee machine, you need to replace the receipt with a decal for your vehicle. Those decals can be obtained at the locations listed above, by bringing in the receipt and exchanging for the decal. Up to 3 decals can be issued for the annual pass.

For more information, please contact the fee coordinator at 307-548-5402.

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