Junior Ranger Booklet

Are you looking for a great activity for the kids that is both fun and educational? Then come by the Visitor Center during office hours and ask for a Smith Mountain Lake State Park Jr. Ranger Activity Booklet, or you can download one HERE. Our Junior Ranger booklet allows kids the option of becoming a Junior Ranger through self-guided activities or by attending a few park programs when scheduled. The booklet consists of several nature and history-themed activities with instructions for each.

Once the activities are completed, stop by the Visitor Center or Discovery Center to have a park ranger check the work, administer the Junior Ranger oath, and present a certificate signed and dated by a park ranger, along with their very own official Junior Ranger badge. We hope you will join our Junior Ranger team very soon.

Regular Visitor Center hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Call (540) 297-6066 for extended summer hours. Most areas of the park, including trails, are only open from dawn to dusk.

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