• Lake Superior in a stormy mood. Photo copyright Craig Blacklock

    Pictured Rocks

    National Lakeshore Michigan

Be A Junior Ranger

Colorful red bunch berry adorns the forest floor.

Bunch berry

NPS photo

Junior Ranger Activity Book

Are you in kindergarten through sixth grade? Would you like to have even more fun during your visit to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore?

If so, just ask a Park Ranger at the Interagency Visitor Center in Munising or Grand Sable Visitor Center in Grand Marais for a free Junior Ranger Activity Book.

In it you will find ideas for fun games and explorations in and around the National Lakeshore. Complete the activities and earn your official Junior Ranger badge and certificate. Once you fill out the questions for your grade group, take the booklet back to the visitor center. If you have completed your portion, you'll earn a Junior Ranger Badge!

So c'mon ... join in the fun! Become a National Park Junior Ranger! We need your help taking care of our national treasures. You'll enjoy learning about and taking pride in America's National Parks.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Junior Ranger Booklet (pdf) - New in 2013. Prints best on 11x17 paper; double sided

PRNL Junior Ranger Book (pdf) - 1990s black and white version; with apologies for inferior copy quality

Great Lakes Junior Ranger Activity Booklet (pdf)

From the NPS Midwest Archeological Center:
Junior Ranger Archeology Program (pdf)

 
Junior Rangers gather around a campfire (built in a metal garbage can cover) while a Park Ranger weaves a story.

Junior Ranger winter program

NPS photo by Gregg Bruff

After School and Summer Junior Ranger Programs

These programs are offered for Alger County schoolchildren in grades 3-6. They are hands-on fun activities designed to build an appreciation and understanding of our natural and cultural resources.

These two hour programs are offered each season during the school year and during a special summer session in June. There is a small fee to participate in the Junior Ranger Program.

To learn more about these programs, please contact:

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
P.O. Box 40
Munising, MI 49862
906-387-2607, ext. 208
email

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Did You Know?

Spray Falls drops 70 feet over the Pictured Rocks cliffs into Lake Superior.

There are seven named waterfalls within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, plus several unnamed falls. From west to east, they are Munising, Bridalveil, Miners, Mosquito, Chapel, Spray, and Sable Falls. The sandstone outcrops of the Pictured Rocks escarpment create the many waterfalls in the area. More...