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Junior Rangers

National Park Service Junior Ranger Programs - ahumbleplace.com

The National Park Service offers a program (usually free, though there are a few exceptions) in many of its parks known as the Junior Ranger program. At participating parks*, you can pick up a Junior Ranger activity book, usually at any visitor center. In these, you'll find several activities and tasks your child will need to complete around the park or visitor center, sometimes based on age, in order to earn a Junior Ranger badge (or in some cases, a patch) for that park. Once they've completed all the required tasks, they'll present their booklet to a ranger who will have them repeat a pledge, then they'll get their badge.

There can be variations on this - some parks offer a patch instead of a badge, or even give both for extra tasks. Some parks offer both an in-person version of their program as well as an online version. Some parks offer several different badges, either based on age or different topics (eg. the Santa Fe Trail badge is offered at several different parks). No matter what, the Junior Ranger program is an excellent way to help your kids learn more about the parks you're visiting and take home an extra little memento from their time there.

* Also note that the list I link to above is not exhaustive. There are several parks that offer a Junior Ranger program but are not listed there. Always double-check before you visit a park as you may be surprised to find that it does offer a badge.

So far we've collected the following badges:

We also have a few badges for special occasions or those we did at home:

  • Junior Ranger Eclipse Explorer (we turned this one in at Fort Laramie where we also watched the 2017 eclipse)
  • Junior Ranger Night Explorer
  • Centennial Junior Ranger
  • Junior Cave Scientist
  • Junior Paleontologist
  • Geology of the Gold Belt Byway Junior Explorer

Below are recaps from a few of the badges we've collected as well as posts I've written about the Junior Ranger program!

1 August 2022

Western Region NPS Junior Ranger Programs (AZ, CA, NV)

7 June 2021

Florissant Fossil Beds Junior Ranger Adventures

16 March 2020

Junior Ranger Badges to Earn at Home

National Park Service Junior Ranger Programs in the Rocky Mountain Region. #juniorrangers #nationalparkservice

11 June 2019

Junior Ranger Programs: Rocky Mountain Region

Bent's Old Fort Junior Ranger Adventures - ahumbleplace.com

21 May 2018

Bent’s Old Fort Junior Ranger Adventures

National Park Service Junior Ranger Programs - ahumbleplace.com

24 April 2018

Grand Canyon, Tumacácori, and Saguaro Junior Ranger Adventures

Fort Laramie Junior Ranger Adventures - ahumbleplace.com

6 September 2017

Fort Laramie Junior Ranger Adventures

Mesa Verde and Aztec Ruins Junior Ranger Adventures - ahumbleplace.com

9 August 2017

Mesa Verde and Aztec Ruins Junior Ranger Adventures

Western Colorado Junior Ranger Badges - ahumbleplace.com

11 March 2017

Curecanti, Colorado National Monument, and Black Canyon of the Gunnison Junior Ranger Adventures

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