Trailwide Jr. Ranger Program

Junior Rangers with Capt. Randy Moore, Kentucky State Park Ranger, at Wickliffe
Mounds State Historic Site’s Chickasaw Culture Day, held in partnership with the
Chickasaw Nation and the Chickasaw Inkana Foundation

Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site

About this article: This article was originally published in the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail 2025 Annual Report.

Promoting the Junior Ranger program at Tamástslikt Cultural Institute in Pendleton, Oregon.

Tamástslikt Cultural Institute

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail’s award-winning Junior Ranger program continued to grow in 2025, expanding opportunities for young visitors to engage with the trail’s stories and landscapes. New participating host sites joined the program this year, bringing the total number of locations offering Junior Ranger activity books, coloring books, and badges to 41.

Junior Ranger at the WashMO on the Go visitor center in Washington, Missouri.

WashMO on the Go

Looking ahead, the trail is partnering with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, to offer a temporary Junior Ranger program at their site in 2026, supporting America’s 250th anniversary celebrations and a special exhibition, Botany of Nations - Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery—further strengthening connections between young audiences and America’s shared heritage.