Entry fees to Colorado National Monument will increase to $25 in 2020.

Colorado National Monument is scheduled to raise its entry fees, once again, at the beginning of 2020. The National Park Service decided to raise the entrance fees to have additional fundings for maintenance and infrastructure improvements.

The fees will go up by $5 effective on January 1—entrance fees for the monument will increase to $25 total for private vehicles and $20 for motorcycles. A seven-day pass for bicyclists and pedestrians will cost $15 and $45 for an annual pass.

Anybody who wishes to buy the annual pass for the lower price of $40 should buy it before December 31, and it will still be valid for next year.

The Park Service has increased the fees several times over the past few years, starting in 2017. Before that, the fees hadn't been increased since 2011.

In 2016, it only cost $10 for a private vehicle to enter the park, $5 for motorcyclists and pedestrians. The annual pass went from $25 to $45 since 2016, almost doubling in price.

The Colorado National Monument is a national park located in Grand Junction. Its feature attraction is the Monument Canyon, which stretches across the park and contains famous rock formations. According to the statistics of the National Park Service, Colorado National Monument received over 375,000 visitors in 2018.

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