Entrance fees for Olympic National Park and state parks will be waived Saturday in recognition of the 21st anniversary of National Public Lands Day.
State park visitors will not be required to display a Discover Pass, a $30 annual permit, or to pay a one-day fee of $10.
A Discover Pass will be required to access state Department of Fish and Wildlife and state Department of Natural Resources lands.
State parks on the North Olympic Peninsula are Bogachiel near Forks, Dosewallips near Brinnon, Fort Flagler on Marrowstone Island, Fort Townsend and Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Anderson Lake State Park near Chimacum and Sequim Bay near Sequim.
National park visitors will not be required to pay the $15 single-visit fee.
Free days apply only to day use, not overnight stays or rented facilities.
State and national parks will have one more free day this year: Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day.
Volunteers nationwide will groom trails Saturday during the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands.
Work party
Among the work parties planned is one beginning at the Mount Townsend Trailhead in Olympic National Forest.
Volunteers for this Washington Trails Association project will improve switchbacks and drainage, clear the corridor of brush and fix damaged tread.
To get there from Quilcene, drive 1.5 miles on U.S. Highway 101 and turn right (west) onto Penny Creek Road. After 1.5 miles, bear left at the Y onto Big Quilcene Road, which is also known as Forest Road 27.
Drive 13.5 miles and turn left onto Forest Road 2700-190, which ends in about another mile at the trailhead.
For more information about this project, email trail_teams@wta.org or phone 206-557-3406.
For more information, visit www.parks.wa.gov, www.facebook.com/WashingtonStateParks or www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm.