Junior Ranger

Become a Thomas Stone Junior Ranger!

Do you want to become an official Thomas Stone Junior Ranger?
You can earn your Junior Ranger Badge by picking up a free activity book inside the visitor center and learning about the enriching history that we protect and preserve.

Depending on your age, there will be a specific number of activities for you to complete. Once you've finished, review your activities with a ranger at the visitor center. The ranger will assess your work, sign your certificate, help you recite the official pledge, and present you with your official Thomas Stone Junior Ranger Badge.

Completed physical Junior Ranger Booklets can be mailed to:

Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Junior Ranger Program
1732 Popes Creek Road
Colonial Beach, VA 22443

Become a Virtual Junior Ranger!

Want more fun activities? You can become a Thomas Stone Virtual Junior Ranger too. Once you've completed the activities below and downloaded your virtual ranger badge, you will be a fully fledged Virtual Junior Ranger!

Virtual Junior Ranger Activities

Illustration of Colonel Stone pointing over a horse

Scouting with Colonel Stone

It is 1776 and you have joined the First Maryland Regiment with Captain John Hoskins Stone. What will you take with you?

Riddle Me This

Riddles were a popular pastime in the 18th century. Can you solve these animal riddles?

A yellow badge with text that reads, "Virtual Ranger, Thomas Stone National Historic Site." — NPS / Cleo Kantz-Schultz

Virtual Junior Ranger Badge

To download your virtual ranger badge, right click on the image and choose "save image as."
Navigate to your downloads folder and open the image. From there you can print your junior ranger badge and cut it out.