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Saturday, April 16, 2016

California Junior Ranger Programs

California NPS Junior Ranger Programs & State Park Junior Ranger programs

California has some great national parks and monuments, including the famous Yosemite and Death Valley. Here's the full list of California national parks, monuments, and memorials that have junior ranger badges. Click to go right to the junior ranger page. Further down they have been organized by region to help you plan a trip. California also has a state park junior ranger program and Humboldt county has the Redwood Edventures program. Information for those programs is at the bottom of the page.

Alphabetical List:
  1. Alcatraz Island
  2. Cabrillo National Monument (special centennial badges for 2016!)
  3. Cesar Chavez National Memorial
  4. Channel Islands National Park
  5. Death Valley
  6. Devil's Postpile National Monument
  7. Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
  8. John Muir National Historic Site
  9. Joshua Tree National Park
  10. Lassen Volcanic National Park (earns a patch)
  11. Lava Beds National Monument
  12. Manzanar National Historic Site
  13. Marin Headlands
  14. Mohave National Preserve
  15. Muir Woods National Monument
  16. Pinnacles National Park
  17. Point Reyes National Seashore
  18. Redwood National Park
  19. Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historic Park
  20. San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
  21. Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
  22. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
  23. Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Organized by Region:
California State Park Junior Ranger Programs (Earn a badge and patch):
California State park junior ranger programs are only available during the summer and they are hour-long programs scheduled at certain times of the day. You have to check the events page of the park before you go and make sure you are there on time to attend the program. At the end of the first program kids receive a star badge and a logbook. The ranger stamps the back of the book for each Junior ranger program you attend. For 5 stamps kids get a poster, for 10 stamps, a patch. Initially, one program earned one stamp, but they are now also stamping for every 3 pages completed in the activity book.

Grover Hot Springs State Park
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Mount Diablo State Park
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Auburn State Recreation Area
D.L. Bliss State Park
Ed Z’Berg Sugar Pine Point State Park
Emerald Bay State Park
Millerton Lake State Recreation Area
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
Patrick’s Point State Park
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Richardson Grove State Park
Clear Lake State Park
Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook
Leo Carrillo State Park
Malibu Creek State Park
Pio Pico State Historic Park
Will Rogers State Historic Park
Angel Island State Park
China Camp State Park
Mount Tamalpais State Park
Samuel P. Taylor State Park
Tomales Bay State Park
California State Mining and Mineral Museum
Hendy Woods State Park
MacKerricher State Park
Russian Gulch State Park
Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area
Van Damme State Park
San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area
Bodie State Historic Park
Pfeiffer-Big Sur State Park
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
Donner Memorial State Park
South Yuba River State Park Crystal Cove State Park
Redwood Edventures (earn patches):
Humboldt County offers a special additional program. Kids go on a quest (a scavenger hunt) on a trail in the park. At the end of the trail they can find a final phrase they need to copy down in their brochure.

Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Redwood National Park
Patrick's Point State Park
Arcata Community Forest
Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
Headwaters Forest Reserve
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
Richardson Grove State Park
Trinidad Head Coastal Monument
Humboldt Coastal Nature Center
Gray Falls Day Use Area
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park
Sequoia Park and Zoo
Fish Lake (closed in winter)
Tish Tang Campground (open summer only)
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