{"id":9636,"date":"2023-01-13T11:37:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/?page_id=9636"},"modified":"2026-04-09T20:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:09:08","slug":"park-passes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/park-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out Park and Museum Passes!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The library has a new collection of passes that can be checked out for free or reduced admissions to local Maine attractions! We have the following that can be checked out from the Circulation Desk to Bates community members:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maine State Parks Vehicle Pass<\/strong>: This will grant up to a 17 passenger vehicle day-use only to Maine State Parks and Historic Sites like Range Pond, Wolfe\u2019s Neck Woods, or Bradbury Mountain. The Parks Pass does not include camping. There are some&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dacf\/parks\/park_passes_fees_rules\/park_day_use_fees.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">use exceptions<\/a>; the pass is not for use at Acadia National Park (managed by the National Park Service) or Baxter State Park (managed by the Baxter State Park Authority).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A full list of Maine\u2019s state parks, public lands, and historical sites, can be found&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dacf\/parks\/camping\/pdf\/outdoorsmini.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The library has one state parks vehicle pass. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.bates.edu\/permalink\/01CBB_BCOLL\/13f9d81\/alma991004800249708044\">check availability<\/a> in the catalog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens<\/strong>: Library staff make a reservation and print out\/email the tickets for patrons. We can reserve up to two adult tickets and multiple children\u2019s tickets.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainegardens.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens<\/a>\u00a0are open May 1 &#8211; October 19, 2026, rain or shine. This pass does not provide access to Gardens Aglow during the winter season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maine Wildlife Park: <\/strong> Library staff will distribute single use passes which allows a discounted admission rate of $5 per person at the gatehouse (3 years old and under are free). There is no longer a cap on the number of folks we can send on any given day. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/ifw\/wildlife-park\/index.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/ifw\/wildlife-park\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maine Wildlife Park<\/a> is open mid-April to mid-November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 15, 2026 is the tentative opening day, weather dependent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions or to make a reservation, stop by the Circulation Desk in Ladd Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2023\/01\/11178359_10152753225862190_7399115060600326943_n-299x300-1-150x150.webp\" alt=\"BWell logo\" class=\"wp-image-9661\" style=\"width:73px;height:73px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2023\/01\/11178359_10152753225862190_7399115060600326943_n-299x300-1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2023\/01\/11178359_10152753225862190_7399115060600326943_n-299x300-1.webp 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/b-well\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/b-well\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">B Well program<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The library has a new collection of passes that can be checked&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-9636","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9636"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10746,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9636\/revisions\/10746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}