National Parks Experience

 

Celebrate the National Parks Conservation Association’s history and unique features with real park rangers, family activities and outdoor fun. Park rangers from all 16 of Texas’ National Parks will be on hand to provide exciting demonstrations and answer questions about their parks. You can even earn a special Earth Day Jr. Ranger badge!

National Parks Conservation Association will provide Young Explorer books to guide participants through the parks, collecting the parks stamps as they complete an activity – after completing at least five they can then be sworn in as Jr. Rangers and receive a Jr Ranger button .

Alibates/Lake Meredith National Recreation Area: Arrows heads/ Pelts/ spears etc.

Fort Davis National Historic Site: Period clothing for children and adults to try on / doll making

Guadalupe Mountains:

Big Bend / Rio Grande River: fossils

Amistad National Recreation Area: in the past they have done flint fire starting demos – please advise on if they can do this again.

Padre Island National Seashore: turtle shell and skull along with trash/plastics to teach how to keep our waters clean

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park: period dress / cannon / muskets

San Antonio Missions: Bandera paintings, arrowheads with rope making for necklaces

Big Thicket National Preserve: pelts and animal track stamps

Waco Mammoth National Monument: fossil discovery kits for kids to dig through and locate fossils

Chamizal National Memorial:

El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail/ El Camino Real de Tierra

Adentro National Historic Trail:

LBJ National Historical Park: button making