Hours & Fees

Entrance Fees:

• $7 per vehicle

• $15 per bus (school bus or vehicle larger than standard car).

Park members must present a current membership card to waive $7 car entrance fee.

Public Program Fees:

Bays Mountain Park offers a wide variety of public programs. Tickets for all programs may be purchased online or at the Gift Shop in the Nature Center. Tickets purchased in person may be paid by cash, check, or credit card. It is highly recommended that tickets are acquired at least 15 minutes prior to start time.

• Planetarium Theater Programs: $6 per person for ages 6 and older.
  • Children 5 and under will receive a free pass.
• Nature Programs: $3 per person (any age).
• Extended Nature Program (2 hours): $6 per person
• Barge Rides: $6 per person (any age).
• Park members will receive free passes to planetarium, nature and barge programs.

Public Program Group Fees:

Group rates apply to the planetarium and nature programs only. Parties of 15 or more and must be scheduled in advance. Entrance fees for groups are the same as listed above.

Groups may attend one of our regularly scheduled public programs or arrange for a private program. When attending a regularly scheduled public program, we will hold reserved tickets for your group until 20 minutes prior to the program time.

• Planetarium Theater Programs: $4 per person including children of all ages.
• Nature Programs: $2 per person.

Private Program Fees:

Note, private programs are available only if staff is available and are scheduled in advance.

• Planetarium Theater Programs: $350
• Barge Rides: $250 (Limited to 35 people)

Military Discount:

With a valid military ID, we offer free entry for one vehicle per visit. All other program fees will apply.