The National Park Service (NPS) started its transition into cashless fee systems back in 2020, with Pipe Spring National Monument in Arizona. A couple of years later, the NPS began to face backlash, with some people calling the cash ban "unconstitutional." By 2024, the NPS was slapped with a lawsuit challenging its controversial electronic payment policy. But cashless payment is here to stay, after the lawsuit was recently thrown out.

More popular national parks have also gone cashless this year despite the criticism from visitors. Here is a closer look at why the lawsuit against NPS' cashless policy was dismissed, whether national parks can deny you entry over this rule, and why more national parks are making the switch.

Lawsuit Against National Park Service's "Unconstitutional" Cas

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