Choose Your Adventure Challenge

 
close-up of 3 metal pins on a wood surface. the pins read "Big Thicket National Preserve; 50 years; 1974-2024" below a forest scene with a wooden boardwalk, woodpecker, and pitcher plants.
Participants earned gold, silver, or bronze pins by completing adventures in the preserve.

NPS Photo / Scott Sharaga

Explore • Exercise • Earn

To celebrate the preserve's 50th anniversary, we challenged people to explore Big Thicket, exercise for health, and earn adventure pins. Rangers compiled a list of adventures in the preserve and participants completed them to earn bronze, silver, or gold pins.

From October 2023 to November 2024, over 800 people earned pins! We thank everyone who participated and shared their adventures with us.

The challenge is now over, but the preserve is still yours to explore! Plan your visit today.

 

Last updated: November 30, 2024

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