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:

Northern California

• Lassen Volcanic National Park (earns a patch)
• Lava Beds National Monument
• Redwood National Park
• Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

San Francisco Bay Area

• Alcatraz Island
• Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
• John Muir National Historic Site
• Marin Headlands
• Muir Woods National Monument
• Point Reyes National Seashore
• Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historic Park
• San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Central California

• Cesar Chavez National Memorial
• Death Valley
• Devil's Postpile National Monument
• Manzanar National Historic Site
• Pinnacles National Park
• Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Southern California

• Cabrillo National Monument (special centennial badges for 2016!)
• Channel Islands National Park
• Joshua Tree National Park
• Mohave National Preserve
• Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

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)

U.S. Territories Junior Ranger Programs

American Samoa
National Park of American Samoa

Guam
War in the Pacific National Historic Park

Northern Mariana Islands
American Memorial Park

US Virgin Islands
US Virgin Islands National Park
Buck Island Reef National Monument

Puerto Rico
San Juan National Historic Site

Arizona Junior Ranger Programs

 Arizona NPS Junior Ranger Programs & State Park Junior Ranger programs

Arizona has some great national parks and monuments, including the Grand Canyon and the the Petrified Forest. Here's the full list of Arizona 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. Arizona also has a state park junior ranger program where you can earn buttons. Information for that program is at the bottom of the page.

National Parks Alphabetical List:

1. Casa Grande Ruins National Monument (wooden badge!)
2. Canyon de Chelly National Monument
3. Chiricahua National Monument
4. Coronado National Memorial
5. Fort Bowie National Historic Site
6. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
7. Grand Canyon National Park
8. Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument (No facilities or visitor contact areas within the monument boundaries, so this is a mail-in badge or get it at the Interagency Information Center in St. George, Utah)
9. Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
10. Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail (web ranger badge)
11. Lake Mead National Recreation Area
12. Montezuma Castle National Monument/Montezuma Well
13. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
14. Petrified Forest National Park
15. Pipe Spring National Monument
16. Navajo National Monument
17. Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
18. Tonto National Monument
19. Tumacacori National Historical Park
20. Tuzigoot National Monument
21. Walnut Canyon National Monument
22. Wupatki National Monument

National Parks Organized by Region:

Northern Arizona

• Canyon de Chelly National Monument
• Fort Bowie National Historic Site
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument (No facilities or visitor contact areas within the monument boundaries, so this is a mail-in badge or get it at the Interagency Information Center in St. George, Utah)
• Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
• Lake Mead National Recreation Area
• Navajo National Monument
• Petrified Forest National Park
• Pipe Spring National Monument
• Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
• Walnut Canyon National Monument
• Wupatki National Monument

Central Arizona

• Montezuma Castle National Monument/Montezuma Well
• Tonto National Monument
• Tuzigoot National Monument

Southern Arizona

• Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
• Chiricahua National Monument
• Coronado National Memorial
• Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
• Tumacacori National Historical Park

Arizona State Park Junior Ranger Programs (Earn buttons)
Western Arizona

• Alamo Lake State Park
• Buckskin Mountain State Park
• Cattail Cove State Park
• Lake Havasu State Park
• Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park
• Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park

Northern Arizona

• Dead Horse Ranch State Park
• Homolovi State Park
• Fort Verde State Historic Park
• Jerome State Historic Park
• Red Rock State Park
• Riordan Mansion State Historic Park
• Slide Rock State Park

Eastern Arizona 

• Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park
• Catalina State Park
• Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area
• Lost Dutchman State Park
• Lyman Lake State Park
• Oracle State Park
• Tonto Natural Bridge State Park

Southern Arizona

• Kartchner Caverns State Park
• Patagonia Lake State Park
• Picacho Peak State Park
• Roper Lake State Park
• Tubac Presidio State Historic Park