Junior Ranger

NPS Photo: Kurt Moses
Illustrations: Jess Herron

 

Families and park explorers of all ages can become a Death Valley Junior Ranger!

The Death Valley National Park Junior Ranger book guides families, youth, and those young at heart through engaging activities while visiting the park!

 

First, pick up a Junior Ranger book at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center or print your own copy.

 

Complete your choice of activities as you explore Death Valley National Park. Discover how animals thrive in these desert habitats. Create your own constellation. Write your own tall tale like those told by Death Valley Scotty. The choice is yours!

 

Return to the Furnace Creek Visitor Center to share your work with a ranger, and earn your badge!

Badges are only available in person, and not by mail.

 

Take the Junior Ranger pledge and receive your own Death Valley National Park Junior Ranger badge to show your commitment to exploring and protecting national parks.

 

Junior Rangers Can Also Check Out...

Enhance Your Experience!

Guided Tours

Enhance your experience of Death Valley by joining a ranger-guided tour, nature walk, patio talk, or night program.

Download the NPS App before your trip

Enhance your Death Valley experience through the NPS App!

Explore more!

Junior Paleontologist

EXPLORE the ways that paleontologists work, and the methods and tools they use to understand ancient life.