Free-access days set for park visits next year

OLYMPIA — In accordance with the law establishing the paid Discover Pass, state officials have announced free-access days for 2024.

On free-access days, a Discover Pass isn’t needed to access a state-managed parks or land managed by the state Departments of Natural Resources or Fish and Wildife.

Free-access days for 2024 are:

• Monday, Jan. 1 – New Year’s Day

• Monday, Jan. 15 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

• Saturday, March 9 - Billy Frank Junior’s Birthday

• Tuesday, March 19 – Washington State Parks’ 111th Birthday

• Monday, April 22 - Earth Day

• Saturday, June 8 - National Get Outdoors Day

• Sunday, June 9 - Free Fishing Day

• Wednesday, June 19 - Juneteenth

• Saturday, Sept. 28 - National Public Lands Day

• Thursday, Oct. 10 - World Mental Health Day

• Monday, Nov. 11 - Veterans Day

• Friday, Nov. 29 - Autumn Day