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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Be A Junior Ranger
 
All jr ranger patches

All activities listed below are intended for children and youth to use in the park.The programs vary in difficulty from a one-day of fun activities to some serious searching for answers, but all the programs are linked to visiting the park and seeing and experiencing the park first-hand.

The Webranger program (link at right) is an on line National Parks activity.

 

Programs for this park

ϑ Kids can become Junior Naturalists and earn a patch and pencil by watching nature in the park and completing a 4-page activities sheet, which can be downloaded in advance of your visit. Junior Naturalist is usually the first step to being a Junior Park Ranger.
ϑ Kids can move up to being a Junior Park Ranger and earn an iron-on cloth patch and an Junior Park Ranger badge by completing a 16-page Junior Ranger Explorer Notebook. Contact the park for a copy.
ϑ Kids who like to look up things on the web (or read up in books) can try their hand at becoming a Junior Space Ranger by completing a 6-page activity sheet, which can be downloaded in advance of your visit. Junior Space Rangers earn an iron-on cloth "rocker" to add to the Junior Ranger patch.
ϑ The Adventure Guide for Teens is a 16-page color booklet that introduces youth to the Appalachian Trail (AT) within this park and enables them to become AT Junior Rangers.

Ranger hat
Be a WEBRANGER !
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A wooden AT sign attached to a tree along the trail  

Did You Know?
... that on its way through Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, the Appalachian Trail goes right through the village of Delaware Water Gap PA, which has a bus station. For 10,000,000 city dwellers, pristine ridgetop ponds and scenic mountaintop views are only a bus-and-backpack trip away.
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Last Updated: June 01, 2007 at 12:16 EST