The "Every Kid in a Park" Program is Super Cool

For a second year in a row, The Department of the Interior's Every Kid in a Park initiative is back! Providing fourth graders and their families free access to public land and waters across the United States, the initiative is a fun way to connect with the great outdoors.

Fourth graders can get their pass by visiting www.everykidinapark.gov and families can plan out trips using the site's cool tools. There are tons of materials on their site for educators, family and people who want to support the program!

Family fishing

credit: USFWS photo by Carl Zitsman

Kids hiking in the woods

credit: NPS photo, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Family hiking

credit: NPS photo by Will Elder, Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Kids canoeing on a river

credit: U.S. Army Corps photo by Keith B. Hyde

Children walking on a wooded path

credit: USFWS photo by Steve Hillebrand

Children listen to President Abraham Lincoln reenactor in a courthouse lobby

credit: NPS

Family canoeing

credit: USFWS photo by Ronald Laubenstein

Children enjoying a garden at Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites

credit: NPS photo by Bill Urbin

Children participate in an outdoor recreation program with Buddy Bison of the National Park Trust

credit: DOI photo by Tami Heilemann

Interpretive program at Minute Man National Historical Park

credit: NPS

Children participate in urban volunteer work

credit: NPS/Groundwork Anacostia River Project photo by Chestnut

Kid's free fishing event

credit: USFWS photo by Larry Jernigan

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Let's get outside!