AUGUSTA – All Maine State Parks and historic sites will treat Maine residents to a free admission on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 15. All vehicles bearing Maine license plates will be given free-admission that day at all 48 state-owned and operated locales, according to Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s (DACF) Bureau of Parks and Lands.

No rain date will be available. The open admission does not apply to Baxter State Park, Scarborough Beach State Park, or the Penobscot Narrows Observatory in Prospect, though admission to Fort Knox State Historic Site will be free that day.

For more information about Maine state parks and historic sites, go to:  http://www.parksandlands.com

For more information about the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, go to: http://www.maine.gov/dacf