• The long vistas are part of a Blue Ridge Parkway experience

    Blue Ridge

    Parkway NC,VA

Junior Ranger Program

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Becoming a Junior Ranger is an enjoyable learning experience.
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Becoming a Blue Ridge Parkway Junior Ranger is exciting and rewarding! Pick up your Junior Ranger folder and instructions at any park visitor center. Rangers are typically available from Memorial Day through October. Then travel the Parkway to get activity sheets that are connected to the stories and the places along your journey. You may also get a copy of the folder by clicking below. Check out kidsinparks.com for more activities related to the Parkway.

Enjoy your trip and thanks for your interest in becoming a Blue Ridge Parkway Junior Ranger!

Blue Ridge Parkway Junior Ranger Folder

Humpback Rocks

James River

Peaks of Otter

Roanoke & Mabry Mill

Blue Ridge Music Center

Brinegar Cabin & Doughton Park

Moses Cone & Julian Price Park

Linville Falls

Craggy Gardens & Asheville

Mount Pisgah & Cherokee

Did You Know?

Catawba rhododendron at Craggy Gardens

There are twenty six tunnels on the Blue Ridge Parkway, but only one in Virginia. This is primarily because the North Carolina mountains are more rugged than those in Virginia.