• Red cliffs descend into the water of Bighorn Canyon

    Bighorn Canyon

    National Recreation Area MT,WY

Be A Junior Ranger

Bighorn Canyon Junior Ranger badge

Bighorn Canyon Junior Ranger badge

Junior Ranger Program

Bighorn Canyon's Junior Ranger Program is a great way for children, as well as their parents, to experience the park. By completing several different activities, the whole family will learn about:

  • the Yellowtail Dam
  • the history of the Bighorn Canyon area
  • a wide variety of wildlife

The Junior Ranger program booklets can be picked up at the Bighorn Canyon Visitor Center in Lovell, Wyoming, Crooked Creek Contact Station, Afterbay Contact Station or Yellowtail Dam Visitor Center in Fort Smith, Montana.

When the booklets are filled out, the children can return them to any of the above sites to receive their Junior Ranger badge (pictured to the right) and become an official Bighorn Canyon Junior Ranger.

If you will not be visiting the park, but would like to complete the program click here: for a downloadable Bighorn Canyon Junior Ranger Program (PDF file - 2.08 mb in size).

Once you complete the program feel it out and mail it back to:
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
c/o Interpretation
5 Avenue B, P.O. Box 7458
Fort Smith, MT 59035

You will receive your official certificate and badge plus a park brochure. Go for it!

Did You Know?

Veiw of the Bighorn Mountains from the Yellowtail Habitat, photo by K. Schwab

One of the most famous fossil discoveries is within view of Bighorn Canyon. Natural Trap Cave is well known within the scientific community due to the presence of over 40,000 fossil bones, among them the remains of the Short-faced bear, American lion, American Cheetah, American Camel, and Mammoth. More...