Junior Ranger

National Park Junior Ranger badge for the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
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What is a Junior Ranger?

Explore. Learn. Protect.

The Junior Ranger motto is recited by children around the country; each taking an oath of their own to protect parks, continue to learn about parks, and share their own ranger story with friends and family.

The NPS Junior Ranger program is an activity based program conducted in almost all parks, and some Junior Ranger programs are national.

Interested youth complete a series of activities during a park visit, share their answers with a park ranger, and receive an official Junior Ranger patch and Junior Ranger certificate. Junior Rangers are typically between the ages of 5 to 13, although people of all ages can participate.

What Will I Learn About?


As a Junior Ranger for the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, you will learn about:

  • Explorer Captain John Smith and his voyages on the Chesapeake Bay
  • The American Indian peoples who lived along the Chesapeake Bay
  • What the Chesapeake Bay was like 400 years ago and what it is like today
  • What you can do as a Junior Ranger to help the Chesapeake Bay

PLUS you earn a badge to show that you are an official Junior Ranger for the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail!

 

Instructions

How to Become a Junior Ranger

 

Last updated: February 15, 2024

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P.O. Box 210
Yorktown, VA 23690

Phone:

(757) 856-1220

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