Junior Ranger

Who can be a Junior Ranger?

Do you love your National Parks? Do you want to learn about and help protect National Parks? Do you want to teach others about the parks you've visited? If so, then YOU can be a Junior Ranger!

As a Junior Ranger, you help preserve and protect National Parks by learning about nature and history while having fun exploring the park. The Junior Ranger book will help you learn about and explore Amistad National Recreation Area, either in person or virtually. Once you get your badge and patch for completing the book, you'll be a Junior Ranger ready to teach others to take care of parks and the environment by telling your friends, family, and schoolmates about your adventures and what you've learned.

 

When this activity booklet is complete, you will receive your Amistad National Recreation Area Junior Ranger badge and patch.

NPS

Amistad National Recreation Area Junior Ranger

Junior Rangers of all ages can learn more about Amistad National Recreation Area. Just ask for a free Junior Ranger booklet at the Visitor Center. Junior Rangers earn a badge and a patch by completing the Junior Ranger booklet and bringing or mailing it back to the Visitor Center for review. If you would like a digital copy of the Junior Ranger book, please email the park or download a PDF copy. You can also contact the park using the information at the bottom of the page to request a physical copy be mailed to you.

 

The Eclipse Explorer Junior Ranger booklet and badge will only be available at certain parks in the path of the 2024 total eclipse, and Amistad is one of those parks! Join us for hands-on activities and safe sun watching on April 8, 2024, and don't forget to work on your book to earn your badge!

The Planetary Society and NPS

Eclipse Explorer Junior Ranger

For a limited time, the park will also have the Eclipse Explorer Junior Ranger book and badge. It will be available until supplies run out. National Park Service sites are not able to mail Eclipse Junior Ranger booklets or badges.

The Eclipse Explorer Junior Ranger program is a partnership between the National Park Service and The Planetary Society. Full of interactive activities, the activity booklet helps kids and the young at heart connect with the science and stories of this awesome astronomical event and understand how to view the eclipse safely.

To learn more about the Exclipse Explorer Junior Ranger program, please visit the main NPS webpage.