Junior Ranger Angler Let's Go Fishing, Junior Park Ranger Program, Canaveral National Seashore

Are your kids interested in the outdoors? Be a Junior Ranger Program at Canaveral National Seashore, Brevard County, Florida might be an activity you are looking for to expand their passion.

Apollo Beach, Canaveral National Seashore offers a Junior Ranger program during  the month of July every year. Call 386-428-3384 ext. 0 for program information during Visitor Center operating hours which are 9am-5pm for upcoming events. 

In the summer of 2019, Canaveral National Seashore offered Birding, a Fishing Clinic, Explore Eldora, Canoe Mosquito Lagoon, a Beach Clean-up, Sea Turtles 101, and Endangered Species during the Junior Ranger Program. Check out the North Brevard Business Directory.

Explore fish and fishing through a Junior Angler activity book dedicated to things that swim. Contact your favorite Park to see if booklets and badges are available or click the link above for the Junior Angler activity book.

On the nps.gov site, the information about this Junior Ranger Program only says to first get a Junior Ranger Activity Book at the Visitor Information Center or the Playalinda entrance station or to download one from the nps.org site. The program rewards are a certificate and patch/badge Junior Ranger sticker.

Find Out How 10 year old's or Fourth Graders Get Free Access to All National Parks, Lands, and Waters for Full Year with the Every Kid in the Park Program

Children have a set of participations required to gain completion. According to nps.org, children are required to participate in three park programs. 

In the event there is no program available kids may:

1) pick up a bag of trash in the park; take a picture or return with the bag of trash
2) watch the park video (The Story of a Seashore) at the Apollo Beach Visitor Center or the Seminole Rest Historic Site. Please contact the visitor center for a schedule of open hours.
3) complete the Junior Ranger book.

After completion of all the activities children are awarded a Junior Ranger patch and certificate.

Here is the links to Florida Parks with Junior Park Ranger Programs.

Big Cypress National Preserve, FL

Biscayne National Park, FL

Canaveral National Seashore, FL

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, FL

De Soto National Memorial, FL

Dry Tortugas National Park, FL

Everglades National Park, FL

Fort Matanzas National Monument, FL

Gulf Islands National Seashore, FL, MS

Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, FL

For more information on Junior Ranger Programs available across the States 

Visit National Parks Traveler. 

Make sure to ask about getting your Junior Ranger stamp for your National Park Passport when you visit. eParks has a site to get your Junior Ranger Edition Passport to your National Parks.

For even more information on Junior Ranger Programs offered in National Parks.

Trading Card Collecting is also a hobby related to National Parks across the US. National Parks began giving these cards out 2011.

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Fourth Graders Get Free Access to All National Parks, Lands, and Waters for Full Year

Leave only footsteps, take home brilliant photos and memories when visiting National Parks, Lands, and Waters. Every Kid in the Park program allows all fourth graders to gain free access to all National Parks, Lands, and Waters for a full year. This includes Canaveral National Seashore.

The Every Kid in a Park annual pass is active from September to August, a full year, including the summer during the fourth grade school year and summer following. What a deal!

The pass is eligible to students enrolled in public, private school, homeschoolers, and free choice learners 10 years old. Must have a printed voucher from the Every Kid in a Park website. The 4th grade pass is accepted at The Forest Service, the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Reclamation where admission fees are charged.

The pass is obtained once the printed voucher is brought to Canaveral National Seashore Visitors Center (321-267-1110) or Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center (321-862-0667).  Call ahead to confirm the office has the required permit in house to exchange for printed voucher. If you need another location for Federal Recreation Areas where interagency passes are issued visit USGS Pass Issuance List.

The Every Kid in a Park pass admits the pass owner and any passengers in a private non-commercial vehicle at a per vehicle fee area, or the pass owner and up to 3 adults at sites that charge per person. Passes are not transferrable and owner must be present to use.

Canaveral National Seashore is Florida's longest stretch of undeveloped beach. Check out our blog page (linked to Canaveral National Surf Fishing above) dedicated to up to date information on beach ramp construction, closures, parking, fish reports, and more.





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