Educational Offerings

Ranger Programs

Evening Campfires. Rangers host hour-long presentations and discussions on such subjects as park history, astronomy, fires, and wildlife. Look for times and subjects posted at park campgrounds. Cottonwood Campground, South Unit; Juniper Campground, North Unit, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, 58645. www.nps.gov/thro. June–mid-Sept., daily.

Ranger-Led Talks and Walks. Rangers take visitors on the trails of both units and through the backcountry and Elkhorn Ranch, discussing such subjects as geology, paleontology, wildlife, and natural history. Check at campground entrances or at the visitor centers for times, topics, departure points, and destinations. Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota. 701/623–4466; www.nps.gov/thro. Free. June–mid-Sept., daily.

Film

T.R. Country. All three visitor centers show a 13-minute film focusing on the unique beauty and breathtaking landscape of North Dakota's badlands, its wildlife, and its history, narrated with Roosevelt's own words. South Unit, North Unit, and Painted Canyon visitor centers, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, 58645. 701/623–4466; www.nps.gov/thro. Free. Daily, every half hr.