Field Trips

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Self-Guided Field Trips

The parks are available for you and your students to enjoy! You do not need a ranger guided tour to bring your students to the parks. Use your own curriculum for a field trip and let us know if you have questions while planning.

Due to staffing levels and logistics, we are not offering ranger-led field trips to sequoia groves during the 2024-2025 season. To take your students to these areas, they will need to be self-guided trips.

Before visiting, please fill out an academic fee waiver to let us know you are coming.

 

Ranger-Led Field Trips

Bring your class to the parks to explore history and geology in the foothills at Hospital Rock. This curriculum-based program involves hands-on investigation and is taught collaboratively by rangers and classroom teachers.

Ranger-Led Field Trips are offered November through April.

Field Trip Program: Layers in Time
Introduces students to the Native American tribes who once lived in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Students participate in a mock–archeological dig and examine Native American artifacts. Ideally, this field trip is combined with a classroom program before the park visit.

 

Ranger-Led Field Trip Request Form

Thank you for your interest in ranger-led field trips in the parks! Please fill out this form completely. If you have any questions, please e-mail us.

Note: This is a new online form that replaces the previous PDF submission forms.


NPS Form 10-1750 (Rev. 04/2021)
National Park Service

OMB Control No. 1024-0228
Expiration Date 11/31/2025

Disclaimer:

A park representative will follow-up to confirm group details once this request has been received and reviewed.


NPS Form 10-1750 (Rev. 04/2021)
National Park Service

OMB Control No. 1024-0228
Expiration Date 11/31/2025

Notices

Privacy Act Statement

Authority: Public Law 114-289 National Park Service Centennial Act and 54 U.S.C. 100701 Protection, interpretation, and research in System.

Purpose: To administer education programs for education audiences including but not limited to school groups, scouting groups, extracurricular groups, and home school groups.

Routine Uses: To effectively manage requests for education received by the NPS, the Education Reservation Request Form is used to collect basic education reservation information to facilitate operational aspects of scheduling groups for park education programs, including in-park education programs, ranger in classroom programs, and/or online distance learning programs.

Disclosure: Voluntary, however, failure to provide the requested information may impede the ability to grant your education reservation request.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

We are collecting this information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501) to provide park managers and educators the information needed to schedule and conduct education program activities. All applicable parts of the form must be completed in order for your request to be considered. You are not required to respond to this or any other Federal agency-sponsored information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has approved this collection of information and assigned control number 1024-0288.

Estimated Burden Statement

Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525. Do not send your completed form to this address.

Last updated: September 9, 2024

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