Nature Niños & Junior Rangers

Junior Park Rangers

Junior Rangers help protect Prescott’s parks and open spaces by following the Appreciate AZ principles, and learning about Prescott’s ecology, culture, history, and open space opportunities. This Summer a free Junior Ranger Guidebook and City Passport will be available to download on this site or retrieve at the Prescott Visitors Center, Library, and Recreation Services. Take the Appreciate AZ pledge to protect Prescott and earn your own Junior Ranger Badge.

Welcome to Nature Niños! Bienvenido a Nature Niños!

Nature Niños is a free community program for families with children ages 0-8 in the Greater Prescott Area. There are two parts to the Nature Niños initiative:

Nature Niños es un programa comunitario gratis para familias con niños de 0 a 8 años en el área de Prescott. Hay dos partes de la iniciativa Nature Niños:


12 Trails in 12 Months

Park Rangers and community partners will lead child-centered play events at a different family friendly trail each month. At every Nature Niños event there will be take-home freebies, creative nature activities, storytime, a raffle, and little fun lessons on Leave No Trace and healthy snacks.

Nature Niños events are the first Saturday of each month from 10:00am – 12:00pm and are led by Park Rangers and community partner staff with a strong understanding of child development and experience leading child-centered outdoor programs.

Social Sharing

Nature Niños hopes that you share your photos from the events and from other outdoor adventures you go on with your little ones. Please share and tag us at:

We look forward to sharing the joy of playing outdoors with everyone!


12 Caminatas en 12 Meses

Los guardaparques dirigirán las caminatas para las familias. también hay eventos para toda la familia del programa Nature Niños. Por ejemplo actividades de la naturaleza, cuentos, una rifa, y lecciones divertidas.

Los eventos de Nature Niños son el primer sábado de cada mes de 10:00am a 12:00pm y son guido por guardaparques y personal asociada de la organización con la comprensión del crecimiento y experiencia guiando programas afuera centrados en Nature Niños programa.

Compartir en forma Sociales

Nature Niños espera que compartas tus fotos de los eventos y otras aventuras de afuera con tus pequeños. Por favor, compartan:

¡Esperamos explorar y divertirnos al aire libre con todos!


Event Schedule
Directions & Amenities 1
Directions & Amenities 2

Sites and Dates : Descarger el Horario

Date & Time : Fechas y HorarioTrail : Caminata
Saturday, September 10th
10:00am – 12:00pm

AC Williams Granite Creek Park and Splash Pad
Download Trail Map Here

Saturday, October 1st
10:00am – 12:00pm
Acker Park
Download Trail Map Here

Saturday, November 5th
10:00am – 12:00pm
Fain Park & Lake
Download Trail Map Here
Saturday, December 3rd
10:00am – 12:00pm

Stricklin Park
Download Trail Map Here
Saturday, January 7th
10:00am – 12:00pm

Vista Park
Download Trail Map Here
Saturday, February 4th
10:00am – 12:00pm

Highland Center for Natural History
Download Trail Map Here
Saturday, March 4th
10:00am – 12:00pm

Community Nature Center
Download Trail Map Here
Saturday, April 1st
10:00am – 12:00pm

Thumb Butte Trails
Download Trail Map Here
Saturday, May 6th
10:00am – 12:00pm

Heritage Park & Willow Lake
Download Trail Map Here
Saturday, June 3rd
10:00am – 12:00pm

Yavapai Lakes
Urban Forest & Mountain Valley Park
Download Trail Map Here
Saturday, July 8th
10:00am – 12:00pm

Goldwater Lake
Download Trail Map Here
Saturday, August 5th
10:00am – 12:00pm

Watson Lake
Download Trail Map Here

Community Partners : Socios de la Comunidad

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Prescott Recreation Services Welcomes Every Body and Every Ability

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and state civil rights regulations and policies, the City of Prescott Recreation Services Department are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Recreation Department.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the Recreation Services Department for accomodations. Additionally, program information may be made available in both Spanish and English.

Los Servicios de Recreación de Prescott da la Bienvenida a Cada Cuerpo y Cada Habilidad

De conformidad con la Ley Federal Derechos Civiles y los reglamentos y políticas de derechos civiles del Departamento de Servicios Recreativos de la Ciudad de Prescott, se prohíbe que el discriminen sobre la base de raza, el color, el origen nacional, la religión, el sexo, la identidad de género (incluida la expresión de género), la orientación sexual, la discapacidad, la edad, el estado civil, el estado familiar / parental, los ingresos derivados de un programa de asistencia pública, las creencias políticas, o en represalia o venganza por actividades previas de derechos civiles en algún programa o actividad realizados o financiados por el Departamento de Recreación.

Las personas con discapacidades que necesiten medios alternativos para la comunicación de la información del programa (por ejemplo, sistema Braille, letras grandes, cintas de audio, lenguaje de señas americano, etc.), deben ponerse en contacto con el Departamento de Servicios Recreativos en la que solicitaron los beneficios. Además, la información del programa se puede proporcionar en español y inglés.