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Chickasaw National Recreation Area
National Park Passport Stamps
The Passport program was started by Eastern National Parks Association in 1986 and was established to help visitors discover the beauty and history found in America’s national parks. Cancellation stamps can be found at national parks and monuments. These rubber-stamp ink markings record the name of the park and the date of your visit.

Where can you find passport stamps at Chickasaw?
The information below details what stamps are available:

 
Passport stamp image showing park name, location, and date

Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Location: Available on request at the Travertine Nature Center and Visitor Information Station during normal operating hours.

 
Passport stamp image showing park name, location, and date

Heartland Flyer - Trails and Rails Program
Location: Available on request at the Travertine Nature Center. This stamp is generally limited to those visitors who ride Amtrak's Heartland Flyer and participate in the park's Trails and Rails program.

 
passport stamp image showing park name, location, and date
Junior Ranger Station
Location: Used to stamp the certificates of new Junior Rangers at the park's Junior Ranger Station.
Historic photograph of the Platt National Park golf course  

Did You Know?
In 1923 a golf course was built in Platt National Park [the Platt Historic District in the present Chickasaw National Recreation Area]. In 1935 the golf course was ordered closed, and little evidence remains of it today.
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Last Updated: July 03, 2009 at 19:39 EST