Why does it cost $20 per car to enter Yosemite?
Congress created the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program to allow parks to generate additional revenue to offset increasing park operating costs. In January 1997, Yosemite’s per-vehicle fee was raised from $5 to $20. This is a five-year test program, which allows individual parks to retain 80% of the increase for backlogged maintenance projects, infrastructure and resource management projects.
