Junior Ranger Program

We discovered a great thing to do with the kids on road trips. Plan to visit any National Park or Monument on your way to your final destination, unless the park is your destination. You can visit the Park Rangers at a desk inside any Visitors Center and pick up a Junior Ranger Kit. Each location is a little different and the ages that they allow may vary, but usually from ages 3-14 or so. This brochure has different activities that the children need to do, and pages they need to fill in. It is actually very informative and we learn quite a bit about each place. At the end of your stay, return your papers to the Ranger and your child will receive a Junior Ranger Badge. This program is FREE and is actually quite fun. We wish that we would have discovered this great activity several years earlier. Our kids have collected quite a few badges from many places around the country. This summer we made a badge holder to display all of their badges.