Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Montana) plans to move to a fully cashless fee system and only accept credit card, debit card, mobile, or electronic payments for entrance and permit fees, starting on November 1.
The national monument will start collecting the fees at the entrance gate and in the visitor center during the winter, according to a news release.
It also encourages visitors to purchase an “America The Beautiful Interagency Pass” online before arriving. Prepaid debit and credit cards are available at many retailers in Billing, Montana, and Sheridan, Wyoming.
Entrance fees are an important source of revenue used to improve the visitor experience in national parks, including road and facility repairs and maintenance, trail improvements, installation of accessible exhibits, visitor, and resource protection services, and more.
Moving to a cashless system allows parks to be better stewards of visitor dollars by reducing the amount of time park staff spend managing cash, increasing the amount of fee revenue available to support critical projects and visitor services, and improving accountability and reducing risk.
For questions or concerns about the fee collection change, visitors can contact Acting Superintendent Christy Fleming by calling 406-638-3201 or Lead Fee Technician Alvina Morning by calling 406-638- 3204.