National parks in Montana

Montana has 2 national parks, counting Yellowstone, which it shares with other states. Together they recorded 7,899,545 recreation visits in 2025.

The parks

At a glance

• Busiest: Yellowstone, with 4,762,988 visits in 2025.
• Quietest: Glacier, with 3,136,557.
• Largest: Yellowstone, at 2,219,791 acres.
• Oldest: Yellowstone, a national park since 1872.
• $100 nonresident fee: Yellowstone, Glacier (non-U.S. residents only).

Driving between the parks

Drive times and road miles between the closest visitor centers of each pair (OSRM estimates on OpenStreetMap roads), with straight-line miles for comparison.

Link them into one trip with the road trip planner.

Is the annual pass worth it here?

Driving into all 2 fee-charging parks in Montana once would cost $70 in vehicle entrance fees. That is less than the $80 America the Beautiful pass, so the pass only makes sense if you will visit other fee areas within 12 months. Run your own numbers in the pass calculator.

Other National Park Service sites in Montana (8)

Beyond its national parks, Montana has these Park Service sites:

• Big Hole National Battlefield: no entrance fee
• Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area: no entrance fee
• Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site: no entrance fee
• Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site: no entrance fee
• Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail: no entrance fee
• Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail: no entrance fee
• Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument: $25 per vehicle
• Nez Perce National Historical Park: no entrance fee

Sources

• Wikipedia: List of national parks of the United States (area from NPS land resource data, 2025 recreation visits from NPS visitor statistics)
• National Park Service: Entrance Fees by Park

Sources last checked 1 November 2026.