Last updated: February 12, 2025
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Become a Blue Ridge Parkway Junior Ranger
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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.
Details
Duration
20-120 Minutes
Length of time depends on how many activity sheets you would like to complete during your visit.
Activity
Junior Ranger Program
Age(s)
All are welcome!
Pets Allowed
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.
Activity Fee
No
Entrance fees may apply, see Fees & Passes information.
Location
Blue Ridge Parkway
Folders and activity sheets can be picked up at any of our visitor centers. Check out our Visitor Centers page for hours of operation.
If you want to have a junior ranger folder and activity sheets before you vist please email us.
If you want to have a junior ranger folder and activity sheets before you vist please email us.
Reservations
No
Season
Year Round
You can pick up a junior ranger fodler and acitivty sheets anytime during regular buisness hours. Check out our Visitor Centers page for hours of operation.
Accessibility Information
Our visitor centers are handicap accessible. The Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center in Asheville, NC has push button entrance for wheelchair users.
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Learn how you can complete activities to earn badges and become a Junior Ranger.
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