National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Pipestone National Monument Junior Ranger Activity Booklet Ages 8 & Up This book belongs to: ______________________________ The National Park Service [Illustration: Ranger hat] Delaware is the only state that does not have a National Park. It has over 600 Nationally Registered Historic Places. The National Park Service is in charge of protecting some of the most special places in America. These places have been set aside for the American people (and visitors from all over the world) for their natural beauty, historic value, and unique resources. [Illustration: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE] There are over 400 parks, memorials, monuments, historic sites, preserves, battlefields, trails, parkways, river ways, lake shores, and sea shores in the National Park System! These special places can be found in 49 states and in territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. [Illustration: Minnesota has 5 National Park Sites:] Voyager National Park Mississippi National River and Recreation Area Grand Portage National Monument Pipestone National Monument North Country National Historic Trail What state are you from? (Or country, if you are visiting us from far away!) ______________________________ List one National Park Site from your state or country. ______________________________ You can collect Junior Ranger badges from many National Park Service sites! List other Junior Ranger Badges you have earned in the space below. ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ Most National Parks have ink stamps that people collect in their National Park Passports. These stamps have the name of the place you visit and the date. Go to the gift shop in the back of the Visitor Center and place the Pipestone National Monument stamp in this box: Geology [Illustration: Ranger hat] Pipestone is about as hard as your fingernail. If the weather is nice, go out and walk the Circle Trail. Visit the Exhibit Quarry—#16 on the Circle Trail. Walk to the bottom of the quarry and stop at the rock wall. Geology is the study of rocks and minerals. Here at Pipestone National Monument we have three types of rock: