Be a Junior Ranger

Vanderbilt Mansion - Junior Ranger

Kids of all ages! Help America preserve and understand the importance of our national treasures by learning about the Vanderbilt family and their magnificent Hyde Park home. Email our education department for a PDF download or pick up a physical copy at the Pavilion Visitor Center at the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site.

Don't feel in a hurry. You can do the activities at the park, at home, or anywhere that's best for you. Then, you can receive your badge and become an official Junior Ranger for the Vanderbilt Mansion by following one of these three options:

• Bring your completed book in person to the Pavilion Visitor Center.
• Mail a completed copy to 4097 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538.
• Email us at e-mail us with an attached copy of your finished book.

More Hyde Park Junior Ranger Programs

The Vanderbilt Mansion is one of three parks associated with the National Historic Sites of Hyde Park, NY. The other two parks are the Home of FDR and the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Sites. Both parks also have Junior Ranger programs with books and badges, and you can also request that material over mail or by email.

Here are the webpages for the other two NPS sites of Hyde Park, NY:
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt - Junior Ranger
Eleanor Roosevelt - Junior Ranger

Please contact us with any questions or information requests about our Junior Ranger programs.