State Park Day Use Free at 50% — With the Card
A veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 50% or greater who has applied for the disabled veteran card is exempt from the day-use entrance fee at every state park.
Verified August 20, 2026
What this benefit is
A veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 50% or greater who has applied for the disabled veteran card is exempt from the day-use entrance fee at every state park.
What it's worth: Day-use entrance fee waived at every state park
- The waiver rides on the disabled veteran card, applied for through the veterans department.
Who is entitled to it
- Your service-connected rating is 50% or higher.
- Your home is in this state.
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How to claim it
- 1Apply for the disabled veteran card — the waiver is stated for veterans "who have applied for" it, so the card is the mechanism, not just the rating.
- 2Show the card at the gate: the day-use entrance fee is waived at any state park.
- 3Every parish has a veterans service office; a veterans assistance counselor can handle the card application.
- Form
- Disabled veteran card application
- File with
- The veterans department, through a parish veterans assistance counselor
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter
- Periodic
- Re-confirmed from time to time.
Sources
- authority · published policyDepartment of Veterans Affairs — State Benefits, Hunting, Fishing and State Parks
Why only one source type: The veterans department administers the card the waiver rides on, and its page states the threshold and the waiver in terms.
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