{"id":19982,"date":"2019-11-07T14:28:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T21:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=61387"},"modified":"2019-11-07T14:28:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T21:28:47","slug":"cpw-offers-free-state-parks-admission-to-soldiers-families-on-veterans-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/cpw-offers-free-state-parks-admission-to-soldiers-families-on-veterans-day\/","title":{"rendered":"CPW offers free state parks admission to soldiers, families on Veterans Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/CPWVets-SDN-111018.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/CPWVets-SDN-111018.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/CPWVets-SDN-111018-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption><strong>Sylvan Lake State Park with the Red Table Mountains in Eagle County.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy of Colorado Parks and Recreation<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Colorado Parks and Wildlife is offering free admission to all veterans and active duty members of the military, military reserve and National Guard to any Colorado state park for Veterans Day.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov.&nbsp;11, any member of the military forces or veteran can enter any of Colorado\u2019s 41&nbsp;state parks free of charge, along with his or her companions in the same vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCPW is proud to thank our veterans and military members by offering free admission to our state parks this Veterans Day,\u201d said CPW Director Dan Prenzlow in a news release from the agency. \u201cWe invite the men and women who serve or have served our country in the armed forces to enjoy our state parks as a small gesture of our appreciation for their service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The military member or veteran must present proof of military service at the park gate. All other passengers in the same vehicle will be admitted for free. All other park fees \u2014 camping, fishing \u2014 still apply.<\/p>\n<p>Military identification methods include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Military ID card<\/li>\n<li>Applicable DD Form<\/li>\n<li>Veterans Affairs health identification card<\/li>\n<li>A current Colorado Driver\u2019s License or state-issued identification card with the veteran seal printed on it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Colorado residents with current Disabled Veterans license plates may obtain a \u201cDisabled Veterans license plate\u201d through the Division of Motor Vehicles&nbsp;that&nbsp;provides&nbsp;free entrance to state parks.<\/p>\n<p>Active duty and veterans are admitted free to Colorado state parks for the month of August.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bFor more programs available to active duty members of the military and to those who served our country, see CPW\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpw.state.co.us\/aboutus\/Pages\/MilitaryBenefits.aspx\">Military Be\u200bnefits<\/a>\u200b page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/cpw-offers-free-state-parks-admission-to-soldiers-families-on-veterans-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sylvan Lake State Park with the Red Table Mountains in Eagle County.Courtesy of Colorado Parks and Recreation Colorado Parks and Wildlife is offering free admission to all veterans and active duty members of the military, military reserve and National Guard to any Colorado state park for Veterans Day. On Nov.&nbsp;11, any member of the military [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 16:26:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}