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National Junior Ranger Day at Olympic National Park: what the day is, how kids earn a Junior Ranger badge year-round and how our volunteers support it.

Olympic National Park guided walks with Friends of Olympic National Park: insect, mushroom and wildflower walks, when each season peaks and how to join.

Explore the Children’s Discovery Room at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center, plus easy kids activities nearby: Junior Ranger books and short trails.

Help care for the Olympic National Park pollinator garden at the Visitor Center in Port Angeles. What volunteers do, when cleanups happen and how to join.

Graffiti removal in Olympic National Park: why carved and painted marks harm the park, how to report vandalism, and how our volunteers help.

A guide to the Olympic National Park lecture series in Port Angeles: free winter Perspectives talks, past topics, how to watch and how to find the next date.

Our adopt a trail crew in Olympic National Park cares for the Heart O’ the Forest Trail near Port Angeles. What we do, trail facts and how to join.

Join an Olympic National Park beach cleanup on the Kalaloch coast or help at the Visitor Center. How the cleanups work, how to sign up and what to bring.

The 2014 Enchanted Valley Chalet move explained: why the river threatened it, how crews slid it 100 feet, and what the park has proposed since.

A local guide to historical structures in Olympic National Park: lakeside lodges, a 1905 ranger station, homesteads, trail shelters and how to visit.