Fees & Passes

Entance to Val-Kill Cottage

Remainder of 2024
Val-Kill will be open every day until Saturday, November 2nd from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Tours will be offered throughout the day.

Beginning Saturday, November 9th, Val-Kill will be open on Saturday and Sunday from 11 AM to 4 PM. The last tour of the day will be 3:30 PM.

The last day for Val-Kill will be Sunday, December 29th. It will re-open in the Spring of 2025 with the date TBD.

The grounds are open every day during normal operating hours.

Visit our Operating Hours & Seasons Page for more information.
 

 

Free

No entrance pass required

An entrance pass is not required to access Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site.

Other National Park Service sites may require an entrance pass or fee. Depending on your trip plans, an interagency pass may save you money.

While the entrance fee is free, visitors still need to have a ticket for the tour. Tickets are handed out on a first come, first served basis in the Stone Cottage Visitor Center.

2024 Free Entrance Days in the National Parks

Come experience the national parks! All National Park Service sites that charge an entrance fee will offer free admission to everyone (other fees, including timed entry or reservation fees, may apply). Mark your calendar for these entrance fee-free dates:

• Monday, January 15 — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Saturday, April 20 — First Day of National Park Week
• Wednesday, June 19 — Juneteenth
• Sunday, August 4 — The Great American Outdoors Act
• Saturday, September 28 — National Public Lands Day
• Monday, November 11 — Veterans Day

 

Group Reservations

• Val-Kill Tour Group Reservations

Group Reservations for Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

Reservations are required ONLY for groups of 20 or more people.

 

American the Beautiful Passes and all other interagency passes are not availabe for purchase at Val-Kill, but may be purchased at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site and Vanderbilt Mansion national historic site.