You can purchase the books at almost every national park or historic. The park sites provide an opportunity to learn and enjoy recreational opportunities. Since 1986, the park passport has been a cherished heirloom for fans of our national parks the world over. National parks passport program olympic national park u. This pass covers the entrance fee into any state park for up to eight people for a year.
Michigans national parks passport cancellation stamps. National park passport stamps passport to your national parks. The official cancellation is always a circle, and it will have the current date set on it and the name of the park. National parks map, adventure log, and passport book for kids, teens, adults, and seniors arthur, sarah pritt on. The passport book contains maps, photographs, park information, and spaces to collect the series of stamps issued each year. Started in 1986, the passport program was designed to help travelers document their national park visits and celebrate major milestones in the park systems history. Virtual passport cancellations americas national parks. Stop by the park s office or visitor center to get your passport book stamped. The passport also has sections for the collectable stamps that have been released since 1986. Out of more than 400 national park system units, alaska has around two dozen areas with a collectible stamp for your national park service passport.
Collect free ink cancellations with the name of the park and the date of your visit at more than 400 of americas national parks. Passport books, sold at eastern national park stores and, provide a place for park visitors to collect national park cancellation stamps. How to choose the best national park passport for your. Passport to your national parks collectors edition. If the office is closed, several parks have a box outside with stamp stickers. This is a complete list of all the us national parks, including passport stamps cancellations from the ones ive been to. Passport to your national parks classic edition shop americas. Passport cancellation stamps are a fun and free way to remember all of your visits to national parks. Here is a list with illustrations of the passport cancellation stamps for californias national parks and monuments and other national parks sites and federal national areas. Some bonus stamps from these sites are also exhibited. Here is a list with illustrations of the passport cancellation stamps for michigans national parks sites and other federal national areas.
We invite you to visit any one of our amazing state parks, and to save your adventures with the special edition real florida passport. Visitors who receive all 175 available stamps and turn in a completed passport completion form at the last stamp collection location they visit, will receive the following. Junior ranger passport and 2019 junior ranger sticker set. Collect, have fun, remember, and reminisce over your great park experiences, and feel good knowing that the proceeds from your purchase will help our. Note, you are currently viewing this site as a guest which gives you limited access to our features. The passport to your national parks annual stamp sets, dating back to 1986, feature vibrant images of some of americas most beautiful landscapes. This travelogue includes colorcoded maps, previsit information, illustrations and photographs. The national park service is modifying its operations on a parkbypark basis in accordance with the latest. National parks map, adventure log, and passport book for kids. Purchase your passport book at the olympic national park visitor center yearround, or seasonally at the hoh visitor center or.
Here is a list with illustrations of the passport cancellation stamps for arizonas national parks and monuments and other national parks sites and federal national areas. New listings are in red while nearly all parks in the national park system participate in the passport program. Passport to your national parks cancellation station locations. The george washington memorial parkway is a passport stamp collectors treasure trove. I will only stamp my passport book if i have been to the place on the stamp. They sell them at the parks too but it was nice to have ours before we visited several parks. The national park travelers club is the organization for anyone who enjoys visiting our national parks and everyone collecting cancellations in the passport to your national parks program.
The majority of parks in the national park system participate in the passport program. The program currently contains a variety of books that you can purchase to collect your stamps and cancellations at the various national parks that you visit. You could have the stamp book, visit places on purpose because you want to collect the stamps and make sure you have all the stamps you can possibly get. The national park passport book is the cheapest and best souvenir of your national park adventures. But according to my earliest stamp not including the older ones i glued in, i bought my passport at kings mountain national military park in south carolina, while on a national. National parks map, adventure log, and passport book for kids, teens, adults, and seniors by sarah pritt arthur jul 9, 2019 4. Several variations of cancellation stamps for many of the park sites are displayed. Collect, have fun, remember, and reminisce over your. Passport books can be acquired at any of the park sites, or you can request a passport book before your visit by contacting us at email us. Collect, have fun, remember, and reminisce over your great park experiences.
You dont have to purchase the passport book to collect stamps, but its by far the most common way for people to collect their cancellation stamps. Here, at the end of the road, hundreds of bird species take refuge in a solitary mountain range surrounded by weatherbeaten desert. Our bestselling program includes three styles of passport books, a special junior ranger. Had enough room to hold all stamps and stickers and had a lot of information. Tips for national park passport stampers visiting alaska. Variations in stamps for many of the sites are shown. Apr 29, 2020 discover the joys of visiting national parks when you have a national park passport book to collect cancellation stamps. Jun 15, 2018 when visiting the national parks and monuments across america pick up a national parks passport book and add the stamps while making. The passport book with park stamps is a great way to remember visits to national parks. Amazons choice for national park stamp book national park passport journal pocketsized outdoor experience book 3.
These include national parks, preserves, wild rivers and historical sites. Alaska poses unique challenges for stamp collectors, because many of these sites are remote and costly to visit. This travelsized journal is the perfect place to collect your memories and discover new places to explore. The passport to your national parks program promotes visitation to americas national parks.
Collect your stamps in a special book sold at cooperating bookstores or on park brochures, junior ranger books, or blank paper. Customize your passport with these national park stamps. If youre visiting the national parks, get one of these passports. When you visit a national park, get your passport canceled. The cancellations record the park s name and date of your visit. Since 1986, national park visitors have turned to the passport to your national parks program to preserve memories of their park travels by collecting ink cancellations at every national park they visit.
Update 060610 i visited stones river today to get the new national cemetery stamp and they currently have sseven stamps available, five of which are official dated national park passport stamps. I had been familiar with national parks passport cancellation stamps for years, and i had even collected them on journal pages and national park unigrids the official np brochures in my travels over the years. To order the passport book or stamp sets, call tollfree 1877nat park 1. The passport to the parks program was started in 1986. It includes a list of every national park area in the united states. Arizonas national parks passport cancellation stamps. National park passport and why you need one and how to use. National park passport stamps passport to your national. The national parks passport program is a great way to track your adventures as you explore the over 400 units of the national park service. Each year, one national stamp and nine regional stamps, each highlighting a different park, is released. Passport to your national parks collectors edition eastern national on.
You could have the stamp book, make a point of asking the ranger at any given location if they have a stamp. Passport to your national parks classic edition and 2020 stamp set. Our passport collection includes books, inserts, and the stamps to complete your book. Amanda is constantly talking about getting stamps in her book. The national stamp typically features a park that is commemorating a milestone that year, such as the 100th anniversary of the statue of liberty. Americas natural treasures our national parks are presented in one handy booklet with the passport to your national parks program. The other two are the stones river national battlefield stamp shown above and a tennessee historical commission stamp for stones river.
Additional pages, a kids edition and regionspecific guides are also available. Passport to your national parks americas national parks. The national park system calls the stamps passport cancellations but when i am looking for one and talking to rangers i usually refer to them as passport stamps. Floridas national parks passport cancellation stamps.