Free admission to national parks this weekend

By Keri Oberly, McClatchy Newspapers

National Park Service sites will be open for free Saturday through Monday to mark Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.

They are just the first of several days this year when admission fees will be waived.

Fees vary at various National Park Service sites. For example, the fee for Yosemite National Park is $20. Tioga Pass — usually closed during the winter due to snow — remains open for easy access to Yosemite National Park from the east.

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