Passport To Your National Parks® Program
Frequently Asked Questions
Local Information
Dinosaur National Monument and Fossil Butte National Monument are located in the Rocky Mountain region of the books–gold colored tab. The ink for the cancellation stamps should be golden-brown, to coincide with the colored sections of the book. Dinosaur National Monument was honored with the national sticker (the large one) in 2010–Fossil Butte is featured on the national stamp in 2015.
The Flaming Gorge Dam Visitor Center and Red Canyon Visitor Center (in the Ashley National Forest north of Vernal) have cancellation stampers that work in the Passort books, even though they are not national park locations. Most folks don’t care about that and want their books stamped everywhere they go. Feel free to recommend visitors to those locations.
Passport Information
Passport To Your National Parks® will help you discover the beauty and history found in America’s national parks. You’ll gain a greater appreciation of the national park system in America-and you’ll have fun doing it! The Passport book is perfect for planning a trip to visit our national parks, and for saving your memories after you’ve left. The Passport To Your National Parks program consists of the Passport book, companion books, interpretive stamps, and park cancellations. Proceeds from the Passport program are donated to help protect the parks and educate its visitors. Your support of this program means future generations will enjoy America’s national parks as much as you do today!
Cancellation
Whenever you visit a national park, be sure to get your Passport cancelled. These rubber-stamp ink markings record the name of the park and the date of your visit, just like a real U.S. passport! The cancellations are free of charge and are attained at the park when you visit. A list of the cancellation locations can be found here.
Commemorative Stamps
Each year since 1986 a series of collectible Passport stamps is issued. The set of 10 stamps (1 national and 9 regional) are contained on one handy sheet. Simply detach the stamps and place them in the designated areas in your Passport book.
Frequently Asked Questions
I visited a park, but couldn’t get the cancellation stamp while I was there, how can I get it now?
You may contact the park directly if you need a cancellation stamp from them. In many cases, if you send a piece of paper and self-addressed, stamped envelope, the park will send you the cancellation. We do not have a centralized location that stocks all of the cancellation stamps.
Can I add extra pages to my Passport?
The Passport Explorer Edition (item number 327379) is a binder, so pages may be added to that through the purchase of the Passport Explorer Expander Pack (item number 329184). Unfortunately, extra pages are not available for purchase for the original Passport. It has a spiral binding, so adding extra pages is not possible.
What’s new in the Passport Program?
We now have a Kids’ Passport to Your National Parks Companion. This companion book is full of activities, ideas, and cool facts to make park visits even more special for kids.