🥾 Permits & Lotteries

Timed-entry, wilderness, and river permits — plus every lottery deadline.

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• Acadia NP — Cadillac Summit Road Vehicle Reservations

  editorial · ME

  Sunrise and daytime summit-road reservations: 30% released at 10 a.m. ET 90 days out, the other 70% two days out.

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• Angels Landing — Zion (all seasons)

  recreation.gov · UT

  Chain-section permits across all four seasonal releases — cancellations and new drops.

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• Arches NP — Fiery Furnace Permits & Ranger Tours

  editorial · UT

  Self-guided Fiery Furnace permits and ranger-tour tickets, released on a rolling seven-day window.

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• Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness — Quota Entry Permits

  editorial · MN

  Entry-point quota permits for overnight trips, all released at 9 a.m. CT on the last Wednesday in January.

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• Coyote Buttes North (The Wave) — Permit Lotteries

  editorial · AZ

  Advanced (four months out) and geofenced daily lotteries for permits to hike The Wave.

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• Diamond Head State Monument — Entry & Parking Reservations

  editorial · HI

  Out-of-state visitors need a timed slot, bookable up to 30 days out; busy slots sell out.

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• Eldorado Canyon State Park — Weekend & Holiday Entry Reservations

  editorial · CO

  Free weekend/holiday timed entry reservations — most slots release 30 days out, some same-day.

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• Enchantment Permit Area — Overnight Permit Lottery

  editorial · WA

  February lottery for Enchantments overnight permits, then a first-come release of unclaimed dates.

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• Glacier NP — Wilderness Camping Lotteries

  editorial · MT

  March early-access lotteries for wilderness camping itineraries, then the May 1 general on-sale.

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• Grand Canyon NP — Backcountry Permit Early Access Lottery

  editorial · AZ

  Monthly early-access lottery four months out, then remaining camp space opens to everyone on the 1st.

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• Grand Canyon NP — Noncommercial River Permit Lottery

  editorial · AZ

  February weighted lottery for next year's private river launches, plus follow-up lotteries for cancelled dates.

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• Haleakalā NP — Sunrise Reservations

  editorial · HI

  Sunrise reservations released at 7 a.m. HST 60 days out, with a second batch 48 hours before.

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• Mount Rainier NP — Wilderness Permit Early Access Lottery

  editorial · WA

  February lottery for Wonderland Trail and climbing-route reservation windows, then the late-April general on-sale.

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• Mount St. Helens — Climbing Permits

  editorial · WA

  Quota-season climbing permits released a month at a time, at 7 a.m. PT on the 1st of the month before.

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• Mt. Whitney Zone — Permit Lottery & Reservations

  editorial · CA

  February lottery for Mt. Whitney day-use and overnight permits, then the April 22 release of remaining dates.

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• Olympic NP — Wilderness Quota-Area Permits

  editorial · WA

  Summer quota-area permits (Seven Lakes Basin, Enchanted Valley, Ozette coast) bulk-released April 15 at 7 a.m. PT.

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• Rogue River Wild Section — Noncommercial Permit Lottery

  editorial · OR

  Winter lottery for 120 launches a day, then daily float-space openings from released reservations.

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• Shenandoah NP — Old Rag Day-Use Tickets

  editorial · VA

  800 tickets a day, March to November: 400 released 30 days out and 400 five days out.

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• Yosemite NP — Half Dome Permit Lotteries

  editorial · CA

  March preseason lottery and two-days-out daily lotteries for the 300 daily Half Dome cable permits.

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• Yosemite NP — Wilderness Permit Lotteries

  editorial · CA

  Weekly lotteries 24 weeks out for 60% of trailhead quotas, then the Friday leftovers and a seven-day release.

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• Zion NP — Subway (Left Fork) Wilderness Permit Lotteries

  editorial · UT

  Seasonal lottery four months out, unclaimed spots released on the 15th at 10 a.m. MT, plus a daily lottery.

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