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Hot Springs National Park
For Kids

for kids includes:

Be A Junior Ranger
 
 

Junior Ranger Program
Do you want to be a Junior Ranger? The park has a Junior Ranger program for children who tour the Visitor Center/Museum and downtown area. Ask for the Junior Ranger booklet at the information desk. When you finish, take it back to get your Junior Ranger badge.

At special events children also have the opportunity to earn the park's embroidered Junior Ranger patch.
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Relax on a shady park trail.
Get great trail information that was prepared by Hot Springs area EAST Lab students.
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Did You Know?
Hot Springs National Park Ranger James Cary was the first National Park Service ranger to be killed in the line of duty. He was shot by bootleggers while patrolling West Mountain on March 12, 1927.

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Last Updated: December 17, 2007 at 13:03 EST