PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 26, 2025
A new “America-first” pricing policy announced this week by the National Park Service will require many foreign tourists to pay an extra $100 to visit Acadia National Park starting next year. The America the Beautiful annual digital park pass will stay $80 for U.S. residents but is set to jump to $250 for non-U.S. residents starting Jan. 1. Nonresidents without the annual pass will pay an extra $100 per person on top of the standard entrance fee to enter certain national parks, including Acadia. Current daily entrance fees for Acadia range from $20 to $35. In July, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Department of the Interior to increase entrance and other fees charged to nonresidents at national parks and other federal lands. That order came on the heels of significant staffing and budget cuts to the park service.