Kennesaw Mountain News Release
Release Date: Immediately
Online Digital Pass Sales Available at Local National Park Sites
Kennesaw, GA - Beginning November 8, online pass sales will be available through Recreation.gov for those visitors wishing to purchase an online digital pass, to be used at either Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area or Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. For both parks, Recreation.gov will carry daily, park-specific annual, and America the Beautiful interagency annual passes. Recreation.gov is a reservation system utilized by many federal sites for pass sales, camping permits, special tours and tickets, and other recreational activities. Visitors to both parks have the option to purchase an online digital pass or to purchase a hard-copy pass at each respective Visitor Center.
The types of online passes available are as follows:
The daily pass, offered for each park, is a $5 day-specific pass. If purchasing this pass online, you have the ability to pick the date you plan to enter the park.
The park-specific annual pass for both Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is valid for 12 months from the time of purchase. The annual pass at each park is a $40 pass. These passes are not interchangeable between the two parks.
The America the Beautiful interagency pass is an $80 annual pass, valid for 12 months from the time of purchase, and is applicable at all federal entities across the county that charge an entrance fee (to include the U.S. Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Army Corps of Engineers).
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield is implementing a new per-vehicle entrance fee beginning Nov. 13. Visitors have the option to purchase an online digital pass through Recreation.gov or come into the Visitor Center at 900 Kennesaw Mountain Drive to purchase a hard copy pass. While sales for the digital passes will begin November 8, sales for the hard copy passes at the Visitor Center will begin on November 13. Visitors are encouraged to find a parking spot before entering the park if making a pass purchase inside the Visitor Center. Pass sales inside the building will be credit card only. The entrance fee is not a parking fee; parking is not guaranteed.
Chattahoochee River National Recreation has had a fee program in place for over twenty years. Pass purchase options include the online pass purchase, payment by automated fee machines, and in their Visitor Center at 1978 Island Ford Parkway, Sandy Springs, GA.
Both Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park will conduct compliance checks at all of its parking lots at various times throughout the day and evening. Park staff will check for hard copy passes on dashboards of cars (for those with physical passes) or for valid vehicle license plate numbers registered on recreation.gov for visitors completing online pass purchases.
Fee dollars support safety, maintenance, and visitor enjoyment at both parks. For questions specific to the fee program at Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, please visit www.nps.gov/chat or call 678-538-1200. For questions specific to the fee program at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, please visit www.nps.gov/kemo or call 770-427-4686.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
