National Junior Ranger Booklets

Check out these themed Junior Ranger booklets that you can download and do at home or at your favorite park. Some parks offer one or more of these national, themed booklets. Check with a park before visiting to see which Junior Ranger booklets are available on-site.

Download Activity Booklets and Virtual Badges

Select a Junior Ranger program below to download the booklet and learn more about how to use it and earn a completion award. Completion awards vary with each program and may include a printable certificate, badge, digital high five, or a physical patch or badge.

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Plan Your Trip
Park Explorer

Use this booklet to plan an awesome adventure to a park.
Learn About Wildland Fire
Wildland Firefighter

Explore the natural cycle of fire, discover what wildland firefighters do, and learn how to protect your home from wildfire.
Hop Aboard
Railroad Explorer

Before the transcontinental railroad, it took six months to cross the country. Find out how the railroad changed the United States.
What Do You Hear?
Sounds Explorer

Listen carefully. Learn about the science of sound. Discover why it is important to parks.
Junior Rangers In Space
Spaceflight Explorer

National parks and outer space have more in common than you might think! Check out how parks are teaming up with NASA.
Let's Go Fishing
Angler

Explore fish and fishing through a Junior Ranger activity book dedicated to things that swim.
Explore the Mysteries of Caves
Cave Scientist

Explore a fascinating and fragile underground world. Learn about caves and karst landscapes. Complete a few fun activities.
Explore the Park After Dark
Night Skies Explorer

Learn to find the North Star, discover the world of constellations, galaxies, and other night time phenomena.
Discover Archeology
Archeologist

Learn about what archeology is, and what archeologists do.
Go Deep!
Underwater Explorer

From fresh water fish to salt water sea turtles there is so much more to discover below the water line.
You'll Dig It
Paleontogist

Learn about ancient life. Complete fun activities. Explore some of the national parks that offer you a look into the prehistoric.
Travel the Network to Freedom
Underground Railroad Explorer

Learn more about efforts of enslaved Americans to gain their freedom through escape and flight.