State Park Day Use Free — At ANY Service-Connected Rating
A resident veteran with any VA service-connected disability rating — 10% is enough — pays no day-use admission at state parks. The disabled veteran plate or a VA letter is proof. Ski lifts, campgrounds and food service still charge.
Verified August 20, 2026
What this benefit is
A resident veteran with any VA service-connected disability rating — 10% is enough — pays no day-use admission at state parks. The disabled veteran plate or a VA letter is proof. Ski lifts, campgrounds and food service still charge.
What it's worth: Day-use admission free at state parks, any service-connected rating
- Enterprise activities — ski lifts, campgrounds, food service — still charge their fees.
Who is entitled to it
- You have a service-connected disability rating.
- You are a resident of this state.
Not sure whether that describes you?
Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.
How to claim it
- 1Show either the state disabled veteran licence plate or a VA letter certifying a service-connected disability — the statute names both as proof of entitlement.
- 2ANY rating qualifies: the statute says "any" service-connected disability rating, with no percentage floor — one of the lowest park-benefit gates in the country.
- 3Serving National Guard members in pay grades E-1 through E-6 (and those who retired at those grades) enter free under the neighbouring paragraph.
- Form
- Proof at the gate
- File with
- The park entrance — no application
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyDepartment of Military Affairs and Veterans Services — state benefits page (New Hampshire RSA 216-A:3-g, IV and V)
Why only one source type: The state veterans department's page quotes the provision and both proof routes; the statute server refuses connections.
This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.