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The cost of visiting iconic Utah destinations including Angel's Landing, the historic Jupiter and No. 119 locomotives and the Dinosaur Quarry Exhibit Hall is going to go up.

National parks, monuments, historic sites and recreation areas across the country — and in Utah — are considering raising fees for everything from scenic drives to backcountry camping permits.

Proposed increases have been laid out for many of Utah's National Park Service units, but managers are still debating possible scenarios at others — including Arches and Canyonlands national parks — and will publicize their plans soon.

"The fee revenue is critical to the park," said Zion National Park Superintendent Jeff Bradybaugh. "Funds from entrance, camping and other fees are used to improve and maintain our facilities and provide valuable visitor services."

The 7-day entrance fee at Zion National Park would increase from $25 per vehicle to $30 under the proposal. Other changes at Zion include an increase in the 7-day permit for motorcycles from $12 to $25. The annual park pass would go from $50 to $60 and the cost of camping would climb — from $16 to $20 per night for sites without hookups, and from $18-20 to $30 per night for sites with electric hookups.

Park managers lay out the new fee structures and will take public comments on each park's website. The deadline for comments varies from park to park. For example, Dinosaur's deadline for public comment is Dec. 15.

National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis authorized parks to "conduct stakeholder outreach through civic engagement to gauge support for possible fee changes" in an August memo.

With the memo, Jarvis provided a rate schedule as an outline for the parks to follow with the goal of achieving a standard rate across the park service by 2017, but the fees could increase as soon as next year.

He noted funds from any increases would "enable us to enhance visitor facilities and services as we approach our centennial anniversary in 2016."

The national parks' rate fee schedule had not been updated since 2006. Dinosaur National Monument on the Utah/Colorado border near Vernal has not increased its vehicle entrance fees since 1998, when entry went from $5 to $10.

Parks officials emphasize that the fees are only proposed and public comments will be considered.

"We have not yet made any decisions about whether to increase entrance fees," Golden Spike National Historic Site superintendent Leslie Crossland said in a release. "We hope to receive considerable input on this proposal from the local community and other interested parties, which will help us decide whether or not the fee increase, in total or in part, would be supported."

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Proposed National Park Fee Increases

Utah Parks

Arches National Park TBA

Bryce Canyon National Park Vehicle Pass — from $25 to $30

Canyonlands TBA

Capitol Reef National Park Scenic Drive Fee — $5 to $15

Zion National Park Vehicle Pass — $25 to $30

Timpanogos Cave National Monument No increase proposed

Natural Bridges National Monument Vehicle Pass — $6 to $15

Dinosaur National Monument Vehicle Pass — $10 to $20

Cedar Breaks National Monument TBA

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area/Rainbow Bridge National Monument TBA

Golden Spike National Historic Site Summer Vehicle Pass — $7 to $15

Winter Vehicle Pass — $5 to $15

Other states

Yellowstone National Park 7-day Vehicle Pass for Yellowstone and Grand Teton — from $25 to $50

Grand Teton National Park New 7-day Vehicle Pass — $30

Grand Canyon National Park Vehicle Pass — $25 to $30

Great Basin National Park No proposed increases. › XX