Back when i started this site, i could not find any uptodate pages on the web dedicated to the little book passport to your national parks so i thought id put something together. Stamps, stickers and fun guide to how to use the us national parks passport book. It includes a list of every national park area in the united states. Everything you purchase from the passport store books, commemorative stamps, apparel, collectibles and much more helps to support education and preservation at americas national parks. Collect free ink cancellations with the name of the park and the date of your visit at more than 400 of americas national parks. Our parent company, eastern national, is an official nonprofit education partner of the national park service. Mint will issue 56 national park quarters as part of the united states mint america the beautiful quarters program. 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. Step 3 stop by the parks office or visitor center to get your passport book stamped. The passport book has icons of the activities at each park. This is your chance to get all 20 national parks single stamps issued in 1934 and 1935. I was forced to make a cross country trip due to a work situation. National park passport and why you need one and how to use it. Passport to your national parks books and stamps western.
If the office is closed, several parks have a box outside with stamp stickers. Americas national parks supports education and preservation efforts at nearly 170 national parks. National parks map, adventure log, and passport book for kids, teens, adults, and seniors paperback at. Amanda is constantly talking about getting stamps in her book. Some of the canadian national parks have cancellation stamps at their information and visitor centres centers. There is a place for a stamp and a sticker for each national. Back in may i learned about the passport to your national parks program through the national park service and ive been dying to get our brand new passport books stamped with my kids. Purchase your passport book at the olympic national park visitor center yearround, or seasonally at the hoh visitor center or the kalaloch ranger station. The official passport program website my wife and i began our national parks tour on may 14. Passport to your national parks cancellation station locations. The passport to your national parks annual stamp sets, dating back to 1986, feature vibrant images of some of americas most beautiful landscapes. A featured stamp collectors passport would therefore be filled after five years. National parks map, adventure log, and passport book for kids. Collect your stamps in a special book sold at cooperating bookstores or on park brochures, junior ranger books, or blank paper.
Our highquality books educate readers in the rich, colorful history of american and world coinage, paper currency, tokens, and medals, and teach how to build great collections. National parks map, adventure log, and passport book for kids, teens, adults, and seniors. Read on to discover the stories behind these stamps. You can learn more about the passport program and purchase a passport book.
If you enjoy visiting americas national parks, this fun trick will help you to discover them all and remember every trip. Passport to your national parks classic edition shop americas. Passport to your national parks cancellation station locations updated 100119 new listings are in red while nearly all parks in the national park. Passport books, sold at eastern national park stores and, provide a place for park visitors to collect national park cancellation stamps. Since 1986, the park passport has been a cherished heirloom for fans of our national parks the world over. The george washington memorial parkway is a passport stamp.
However the collectors edition provides a dedicated space for each national park stamp, meaning the entire book is a checklist for the parks. National park passport booklet and cancellation stamps. The encampment store is a nonprofit 501 c3 cooperating association with the national park service whose mission is to provide support and assistance to the interpretive, educational, scientific and historical activities of valley forge national historical park. Passport cancellation stamps are a fun and free way to remember all of your visits to national parks. You can purchase the books at almost every national park or historic. How to choose the best national park passport for your.
It is kind of like a park visit cant start until i get that stamp. Where can you get your passport stamp cancellation. Customize your passport with these national park stamps. Get a complete collection of 193435 national parks stamps. Americas natural treasures our national parks are presented in one handy booklet with the passport to your national parks program. Our national parks in words, images, and stamps book explores how our national park system began, the changes it has endured, and the astounding array of sites it includes all through breathtaking images and historic stamps this 116page book includes. This book is set up a little differentlyit has more educational contentand doesnt have a dedicated area for the cancellation stamps, but our kids turned the ranger autograph section into their special spot to collect the stamps. This travelogue includes colorcoded maps, previsit information, illustrations and photographs.
National parks passport program olympic national park u. If youre traveling around the country visiting the 59 national parks or youve been visiting them for years but wanted a. To order the passport book or stamp sets, call tollfree 1877natpark 18776287275 or visit note. About whitman publishing whitman publishing is the leading producer of numismatic reference books, supplies, and products to display and store coins and paper money. A history of americas national parks, illustrated by stamps and other fascinating memorabilia. It was super fun to get cancellation stamps and its a. We have three locations with a variety of stamps for you to collect. The americas national parks online store is your onestop shop for official passport gear. This video explains what that book is and how we use it. Alaska poses unique challenges for stamp collectors, because many of these sites are remote and costly to visit. Picture of the inside of the collectors edition each page has a spot for the park, the cancellation stamp, and the annual stamps issued from eastern national photo credit.
I just purchased the national park passport booklet before i took my family to sequoia and yosemite national parks. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, it just has not happened yet. Explore winding rivers and endless shoreline pioneer through forests and swamps, deep caverns and towering dunes dive into shimmering emerald springs and discover historical places that connect us to generations past. National park quarters your source for supplies for the national parks series of coins and quarters. 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. Join our friends list and get an email with an instant coupon to use right now. National parks map, adventure log, and passport book for kids, teens, adults, and seniors arthur, sarah pritt on. Welcome to florida state parks, where every stamp is a story.
These include national parks, preserves, wild rivers and historical sites. The primary purpose of the stamp book is to record the name, location and date of each visit you make to a site listed in the national parks park system. Buy passport to your national parks books and stamps. The beautiful national parks of america paula gaston. Our passport collection includes books, inserts, and the stamps to complete your book. While this is not as organized as eastern national s passport program for the us national park units there are park visitors who seek out these momemtos of their visit to a park. Youll get both the regular perforated stamps as well as the farleys follies ungummed imperforate issues of 1935. My notsosecret obsession 6 minute read by howard blount updated on sep 27, 2019 get started using national parks passports to collect stamps and document your visits to americas national parks and other historical and scenic sites. Where to get your passport stamps national park service. National parks map, adventure log, and passport book for kids, teens, adults, and seniors by sarah pritt arthur jul 9, 2019 3.
National park books sort by price, low to high price, high to low alphabetically, az alphabetically, za date, old to new date, new to old best selling view grid. Each coin will depict a national park or other national site, beginning with hot springs national park in arkansas, yellowstone national park in. We have always loved being outdoors and in nature, so one time we went hiking to pinnacles national park and i found a little blue stamp book. Were building the most comprehensive souvenir network to conveniently and attractively preserve your travel memories. Passport to your national parks americas national parks. Those who also visit the us parks will want to check out the national parks travelers club web site for. Tips for national park passport stampers visiting alaska. Here is a list with illustrations of the passport cancellation stamps for the national parks sites located within the district of columbia. A passport stamp book and journal for young explorers. 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. Inside the book, its divided by different regional locations and provides information about several parks. As our whole family works to collect stamps at all the national parks we visit, the books will serve.
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