color photograph of the junior ranger activity sheets and wooden badge and fabric patch
20-120 Minutes

Become a Blue Ridge Parkway Junior Ranger

Blue Ridge Parkway

Becoming a Blue Ridge Parkway Junior Ranger is exciting and rewarding! Pick up your Junior Ranger Folder and instructions at any park visitor center. Then travel the parkway to get site-specific activity sheets along your journey.

Becoming a Blue Ridge Parkway Junior Ranger is exciting and rewarding! Pick up your Junior Ranger Folder and instructions at any park visitor center. Then travel the parkway to get site-specific activity sheets along your journey. Complete all of the activities on the Junior Ranger Folder and at least three of the activities on one of the site-specific sheets to become a Junior Ranger. With one sheet and the folder completed, you receive a Junior Ranger badge and certificate. With four sheets completed, you receive a patch and if you finish all ten, you earn our special junior ranger pin! If you finish your Junior Ranger activities after leaving the parkway, mail your completed work to the park and we will send you the reward you have earned: Blue Ridge Parkway Jr. Ranger 199 Hemphill Knob Road Asheville, NC, 28803 If you want to have a junior ranger folder and activity sheets before you vist please email us.

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Duration

20-120 Minutes

Duration Details

Length of time depends on how many activity sheets you would like to complete during your visit.

Fees Apply

No

Seasons

Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Time of Day

Day

Accessibility

Our visitor centers are handicap accessible. The Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center in Asheville, NC has push button entrance for wheelchair users.

Pets

Yes — Pets are not allowed inside our visitor centers. Service animals are welcome. Pets must be controlled on a 6-foot leash at all times.

Reservations

No

Age Info

All are welcome!

Location

Blue Ridge Parkway

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