SEATTLE -- A very popular option for seniors to enjoy our nation's national parks is about to get more expensive.Right now, U.S. citizens and permanent residents who were 62 years old or older ...

Right now, senior citizens can get a lifetime pass to visit national parks for $10. But that’s going to change on Aug. 28 – with the price rising to $80.

Beginning Monday, Aug. 28, seniors will be expected to pay $80 instead of the usual $10 for a lifetime pass to national parks across the U.S.

It’s become a common sight at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia: People drive up to the entrance station, buy a pass and then turn around and leave, not bothering to even enter the park. “I ...

The $10 lifetime pass is still available, if purchased before Aug. 28. Avoid the 12-week delay and buy a pass at the Mesa Verde National Park’s kiosk at the park’s entrance.

If you purchase the passes online, an additional $10 service charge will be added. According to the AARP, the National Park Service has not raised the price of the senior lifetime pass since 1994.

Seniors who want to snag a low-cost lifetime pass to visit the national parks need to act quickly. Currently, the lifetime passes are $10. In August, new America the Beautiful lifetime senior ...

That's when the $10 lifetime senior citizen admission pass to all National Park Service facilities will increase to $80 because of legislation Congress passed last year.