How much does Yellowstone National Park make a year?

Answer 1

The standard entrance fee is $25 for a vehicle with up to 4 adults (15 or older). The entrance pass is also valid for nearby Grand Teton National Park. You may also purchase an annual pass for all the US National Parks, US Forest Service, and BLM lands for $80.

Answer 2

The entrance fee is $25, which includes seven days of access to the park. There is an extra "per night" charge in the campgrounds which range in price between $12 and $35. If you are staying at one of the lodges, outdoor parking is part of your lodging package.

Answer 3

The entrance fee is $25 for a private, noncommercial vehicle; $20 for each snowmobile or motorcycle; or $12 for each visitor 16 and older entering by foot, bike, ski, etc. This fee provides the visitor with a 7-day entrance permit for both Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Remember to keep your admission receipt in order to re-enter the parks. Snowmobile operators must possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license.

Advance reservations are not needed to enter the park. Annual or Lifetime Passes are possible alternatives to the above fees.

Park Annual Pass

The $50 park annual pass provides entrance to pass holder and accompanying passengers in a single private non-commercial vehicle at Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Pass is valid for 12 months from date of purchase. Purchase your pass at one of the park's entrances.

Interagency Annual Pass

The $80 Interagency Annual Pass provides entrance or access to pass holder and accompanying passengers in a single, private non-commercial vehicle at most federal recreation sites across the country. Pass is valid for 12 months from date of purchase. The pass is not valid for Expanded Amenity fees such as camping or parking at Mt Rushmore. Purchase your pass at one of Yellowstone's entrance stations or online at http://store.usgs.gov/pass.

Interagency Senior Pass

The $10 Interagency Senior Pass (62 and older) is a lifetime pass available to U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Pass is available only in-person at entrances or visitor centers. Learn more about the Senior Pass.

Interagency Access Pass

Free lifetime pass available to citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. who have been determined to be blind or permanently disabled. Pass is available only in-person at entrances or visitor centers. Learn more about the Access Pass.

The above passes replace the Golden Eagle, Golden Age and Golden Access Passports as well as the National Parks Pass. These passes will remain valid until they expire or are lost or stolen.

Commercial Visitors

Commercial bus tours are subject to a separate fee schedule based upon the seating capacity of the bus.Seating CapacityFeeSedan1-6 passengers$25, plus $12 a personVan7-15 passengers$125 (no per person fee)Minibus16-25 passengers$200 (no per person fee)Motorcoach26 or more passengers$300 (no per person fee)

Non-Commercial Groups (examples - boy/girl scouts, church groups, clubs)

Non-commercial groups entering the park in a bus or vehicle with a capacity of 15 persons or more, will be charged $12 for each person on board.

Exceptions:

•Anyone who is 15 or younger is exempt from paying an entrance fee.

•Passes may be used for entry as defined on the back of the pass.

•In many cases the driver will have been hired for transportation only and is exempt from paying the entrance fee.

The total fee charged will not exceed the equivalent commercial fee for that type vehicle.

Academic Fee Waivers

The Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA), Public Law 108-447, provides the National Park Service statutory authority to allow "outings conducted for non-commercial educational purposes by schools or bona fide academic institutions" to obtain a waiver of park entrance fees. Commercial enterprises are not eligible for fee waivers, but school groups using a commercial vehicle for transportation only may apply for a fee waiver.

Yellowstone and Grand Teton participate in the Congressionally authorized Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement Act. Under this program, parks keep 80% of all fees collected; the remaining 20% will be deposited in a special account to be used in parks where fees are not collected. Funds generated by the fees are used to accomplish projects the parks have been unable to fund through yearly Congressional allocations. Projects include the protection of the parks' road investment through overlays, patching, chipseal, drainage, and erosion control; enhancement of accessibility for the physically challenged to park resources and buildings; increased monitoring and mitigation activities for park resources; upgrading of park campgrounds and amphitheaters; rehabilitation of park structures; and repair of failing elements in utility systems parkwide. Funded projects increase the quality of the visitor experience and enhance the protection of park resources.

Answer 4

over 3.5 million dollars

EDIT by Smelly Hobo:

Look at the numbers:

-It costs $25 per vehicle to get into the park.

-About 2,500,000 people visit Yellowstone National Park annually.

-If there are two people in every car, the math says that annual revenue is....

more in the realm of $30,000,000 in profit after maintenance/upkeep costs and paying the park employees.

Answer 5

Because Yellowstone National Park is not a private enterprise, two things about it stand out:

1) all Americans, as well as many international visitors, can reasonably afford to visit it.

2) it does not make a profit.

The most recent budget numbers I could find were from 2002, but they give an idea of revenues and expenditures. In that federal fiscal year, 12% of its $55 million budget came from admissions and fees; the rest came from government appropriations. Thus, one could say that it "lost" about $48 million in that FFY.

Rich people are perfectly willing to spend thousands of dollars a day to be in a place of natural beauty without having to bother with people who can't afford that much to go there. Places operating in that spirit make a reasonable profit doing so. The American people, in their wisdom, have chosen to ensure that Yellowstone is not one of those places that is solely for the entertainment of the rich, and are content to spend the money to ensure it never becomes such a place.

Answer 6

Once you are inside the Park and have your hiking equipment, you can do as much hiking as you want for no charge.

Answer 7

depends on how close you go