In honor of Veterans Day, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area has authorized a night of free camping at the Alum Ford Campground as well as for all backcountry camping permits for Friday, November 11, 2022.
Alum Ford Campground has six sites available on a first-come, first-served basis. Amenities include an accessible vault toilet as well as gravel tent pads, grills, picnic tables, food storage lockers, animal-resistant garbage receptacles, and lantern hooks. Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail traverses through this campground providing access to the extraordinary backcountry areas of the park.
This year on Veterans Day, the new Interagency Military Lifetime Pass will be made available throughout the National Parks as part of the “The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022”. Gold Star Families and veterans can find out more by visiting https://store.usgs.gov/MilitaryPass.
For more information about Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, visit https://www.nps.gov/biso. For information about national parks nationwide that are participating in fee free events this weekend, please visit https://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm
