Click the hat to find out more about our junior ranger program. Children can complete the olympic national park junior ranger activity booklet, attend a ranger program and explore park nature trails to earn a junior ranger badge and certificate. Vintage lot of 14 national park patches monument patch badlands grand tetons new. The national park service is modifying its operations on a. Ocean stewards is a free, selfguided program for families and children ages 4 and older. First things first, i called the main visitor center in both olympic national park, and mt. Junior ranger day in washington states national parks. Joshua tree junior ranger book i was honored to be commissioned to create a new junior ranger booklet for joshua tree national park, and according to the park staff, its been a big hit. Stamp your book with official park cancellations and speciallydesigned junior ranger cancellations, earned whenever you complete a parks junior ranger program. Ocean stewards junior ranger program at olympic national park. Olympics junior ranger program is a yearround way for children and families to experience the park.
Join national park week celebration at mount rainier, olympic. Junior ranger program grand canyon national park 2020. In summer, kids can join a park naturalist for a guided walk or campfire program. Timpanogos cave national monument is one of many national park areas in the united states. Ultimate guide to us national park junior ranger program including. Inviting the youngest park visitors to become a member of the national park service family, the junior ranger program gives kids and families the opportunity to uniquely explore and learn about their national parks, and how they can help protect them today and into the future. Olympic national park offers kids several junior ranger patches and badges to earn during their visit.
The junior park ranger program is wonderful for kids. The junior ranger program features national junior ranger badges that can be downloaded, printed and completed at home. Be a national park junior ranger olympic national park protects an amazing web of life, from tide pools to snowy peaks. A junior ranger cares for the land and its resources.
A junior ranger explores the environment around them. Its a great way to prepare for your next national park vacation because many of their program materials can be downloaded prior to your visit some can even be completed without a park visit allowing you to earn a junior ranger badge from home. Olympic junior ranger programs for kids kids love waving their badge of honor proving theyre one of olympic s rangers. Your guide to the national parks junior ranger program kids. Whether youre 5, 15, or 95 becoming a junior ranger is a great way to learn about and explore the park. Explore national parks, national wildlife refuges, and fish hatcheries to have safe and enjoyable fishing trips. Olympic national park touches the pacific ocean on the west side. As we were camping at kalaloch beach for several nights i would be able to complete the activities. As a junior ranger, your responsibility is to enjoy and protect all the national park sites you visit. You have an obsolete junior ranger booklet that i request be removed. Your children will love a trip to olympic national park just as much as you doif you plan it right. Kids can check out a discovery packet at a visitor center, a backpack filled with field guides, binoculars, and magnifying lens to help explore.
How to become a junior ranger as a junior ranger at timpanogos cave, you can help park rangers protect the caves and the land around them. The complexity and number of activities vary widely from park to park. As an ocean steward, you will explore the coastal ecosystem of olympic national park, learn exciting new facts about this unique ecosystem and understand how you can help protect olympic national parks wilderness coast and ocean. Children can complete the olympic national park junior ranger activity booklet, attend a ranger program and explore park nature trails to earn a. Enjoy them to the fullest by shopping our collection of national parks handbooks, history books, childrens activity guides and books, park guides, maps, posters and more, including posters by famous graphics artist, charley harper. Participate in fun interactive educational programs, design nature crafts, explore park trails, complete a washington state parks junior ranger booklet, and much more. Some parks, like olympic national park, have booklets at the tollbooth because vast areas of the park dont have rangers present.
The national park services junior ranger program is a fun way for kids to learn more about a park during their visit. Pick up olympic national park junior ranger booklets at visitor centers and ranger stations. They are three age grouping for little ones to teenagers. The national park service is modifying its operations on a parkbypark basis. Although yosemites junior ranger program is aimed at kids aged 7 to years, anyone even senior citizens. Older kids and adults are welcome to participate as well. Celebrate national get into your sanctuary day at kalaloch. Learn about fishing, aquatic habitats and fishing safety. Then a park ranger will sign you up as a junior ranger and give you a badge. They have to attend a ranger lead program, complete a questionnaire, and be sworn as junior park ranger. Olympic national park junior ranger senior friendly.
Passport to your national parks junior ranger cancellation. Tide pools and rugged beaches dominate the landscape. Olympic national park with kids washington state carful of kids. Completing the junior ranger activities is easy with so much variety to explore. While visiting olympic national park this summer i was offered their ocean stewards junior ranger program. Jun 19, 2018 junior ranger lets go fishing activity book for download. A junior ranger leads others to learn, explore, and care. No matter where you roam in this park there is plenty to see and do. Rainier national park where we had picked up our wilderness explore 50th anniversary booklets to get an address to mail in. Some parks and historic sites offer junior ranger day camps in the summer months. Centennial junior ranger activity book celebrate the wonder of our countrys majestic national parks in this fun, informative, and adventurefilled centennial junior ranger booklet. Olympic national park has become one of 36 national parks offering lets move outside junior ranger activities. With temperatures in washington state expect to be warm and sunny, those looking for a fun, family activity can find one in our states protected lands.
Stop by the kalaloch ranger station open seasonally for a special junior ranger booklet to complete while exploring the beach. Junior ranger day will be occurring at national parks around the country on saturday the 18th of april, which is also the first of two consecutive free admission days to the national park. This summer we visited several sections of the park, spending most of our time camping along kalaloch beach. Weve rounded up the best sights in olympic national park so you dont miss a thing.
Earn your junior ranger badge from home nations vacation. Become a junior ranger just like park rangers, junior rangers are important people who help preserve and protect lassen volcanic national park. If the park has a vehicle tollbooth, ask for the junior ranger booklet there too. Explore like a kid in olympic national park traveling mom. Belmontpaul womens equality national monument junior suffragist booklet. National junior ranger day this saturday at olympic. Recognizing that different ages require different activities, the new junior ranger program consists of four ageappropriate booklets that allow kids to progress through the program as they grow. Olympic national park protects an amazing web of life, from tide pools to snowy peaks.
There may also be some parks with junior ranger cancellations that are not on this list. Lot of 4 vintage national park embroidered patches patch travel hiking. You will recite the junior ranger pledge and earn your official junior ranger patch. The national park services junior ranger program a mustdo for any national park trip. Here are a few kidspecific activities designed just for them. As a junior ranger at timpanogos cave, you can help park rangers protect the caves and the land around them. Junior ranger day at olympic national park is april 16th. Your children will love a trip to olympic national park just as much as you. Olympic national park toursight anyone can pick up the booklet at visitor centers and ranger stations and follow this fun program, which includes assignments to. Olympic national park washington the parks program is not available. Be a junior ranger washington state parks and recreation. The event, led by ebeys landing national historical reserve, will take place at the junior ranger tent at ebeys landing state park. To maintain this web of plant and animal communities, rangers study and protect parks, as well as help visitors understand and safely enjoy these special places.
Lets move outside program for kids comes to olympic. The junior ranger program features national junior. More information can be found on our be a junior ranger and youth programs pages. Belmont paul womens equality national monument junior suffragist booklet. Olympics junior ranger program is a yearround way for children and families to experience and enjoy the park. Start the day with olympic coast national marine sanctuary experts on a guided beach. The junior ranger program has games and activities that help you learn about the parks plants and animals. To become a junior ranger, get the free activity booklet at any ranger station in the park, complete the correct amount of activities according to your age, attend a ranger program. Washingtons national park fund and the national park service centennial challenge. The junior ranger booklet, available at the fort, pearson air museum, and the visitor center, has activities for children ages 6 to 12, but younger children can complete it with help.
The junior ranger program has games and activities that help you learn about the park s plants and animals. These and other short nature trails have selfguiding booklets or interpretive trail. To become a junior ranger complete 3 of the activities shown for your age group. Download the junior ranger packet for the park you are visiting. It is a program which focuses on the ocean environment within olympic np in conjunction with the olympic coast national marine sanctuary. Complete six or more of the activities in this book at pompeys pillar national monument, at. Designed for youth 4 and up, this selfguided program encourages families to discover the natural and cultural wonders of washington through fun exploration, games, and creative activities. Children can earn underwater ranger and centennial badges.
The junior ranger booklet and badge program is a fun way for youth and families to explore washingtons state parks. Olympic national park ocean steward junior ranger program is a fun, handson program for children age 4 and up. As you explore the park during your stay, complete your booklet by following the instructions listed inside. Pay the small fee at a visitor center to obtain the activity booklet. Your guide to the national parks junior ranger program. Afterwards the booklets can be mailed to the national park service which will. Programs are offered free of charge for visitors who have purchased a discover pass unless. Junior ranger day in washington states national parks the. I figure i could dig around on the their websites, or just call and get the exact address from a ranger. Get reeled into fishing with the new junior ranger lets go fishing. Passport to your national parks junior ranger cancellation station locations updated 090119 new listings are in red while nearly all national park sites with junior ranger programs were sent a junior ranger cancellation, participation is voluntary.
This is ranger marianne from the national park service. In olympic national park, the junior ranger program of 2015 starts at. Over 400 national park service locations offer junior ranger programs. If you are visiting pictured rocks national lakeshore, stop at any visitor center to pick up the free activity booklet. Upon completing select activities, kids can bring the booklet to any national park visitor center to receive an official junior ranger badge. Discover your northwest is a nonprofit partner of the park and sells books, maps, posters, educational games and more at most olympic national park visitor centers and ranger stations. To date our kids have earned 112 junior ranger badges at the various national park, national historic sites, and monuments run by the national park service. Olympic junior ranger programs for kids my olympic park.
Its the green junior ranger program, a booklet produced several years ago by the southeast regional office. As part of nps every kid in a park program, admission to all national parks is free for the entire year for fourth graders and their families. Olympic national park announced last week the kickoff of ocean stewards, an addition to the parks junior ranger program. Junior ranger lets go fishing activity book for download. Some parks, like olympic national park, have booklets at the. National park junior ranger program park ranger john. Vintage yellowstone national park souvenir grizzly bear pocket watch fob. Its a great way to learn more about the parks we visit, often giving us direction and more information about the wildlife, geology and history see our list of badges. I created over 50 custom watercolor paintings and graphic icons and i also designed the graphic layout of this 32page booklet. Lets move outside, a new program from the department of the interior and the department of agriculture, provides tools and information to parents to make it easy to enjoy the outdoors and be active and healthy. Olympic national park travel tips park ranger john. Find a park ranger at the kohm yahmahnee visitor center or loomis museum.
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