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Passport to Your National Parks
Passport to Your National Parks is a program through which ink stamps can be acquired at no cost at park visitor centers and ranger stations at nearly all of the 433 units of the United States National Park System and most of the National Park Service's affiliated areas. The program is run by Eastern National, a non-profit organization that operates bookstores in many park locations.
The ink stamps applied with a rubber stamp are similar in nature to passport stamps stamped in a traveler's national passport and serve as a record of each park visit. Eastern National has described the stamps as cancellations, but this is incorrect as a cancellation is a mark that cancels the validity of a postage stamp, while these mark a record of visitation like a passport stamp and denote a place and date like a postmark and do not cancel anything. Collectors of the stamps have formed a non-profit social club, the National Park Travelers Club, a group which holds annual conventions.
Passport books are official guidebooks published as part of the Passport to Your National Parks program and provide designated spaces for visitors to collect ink cancellation stamps from units of the National Park Service. They are sold at park bookstores and online.
Classic Edition
The Classic Edition is the original passport book format. It is a compact (4"x6"), spiral-bound booklet containing 112 pages organized by regional sections with space to collect ink cancellation stamps and park details. It has been the core edition of the passport series since its introduction in 1986.
Collector’s Edition
The Collector’s Edition is a larger version of the passport book (7.5"x10") designed to accommodate stamp cancellations for over 400 National Park Service sites. It is 192 pages and spiral bound, featuring color-coded regional pages, additional space for official park cancellations, and regional maps.
Explorer Edition
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Passport to Your National Parks
Passport to Your National Parks is a program through which ink stamps can be acquired at no cost at park visitor centers and ranger stations at nearly all of the 433 units of the United States National Park System and most of the National Park Service's affiliated areas. The program is run by Eastern National, a non-profit organization that operates bookstores in many park locations.
The ink stamps applied with a rubber stamp are similar in nature to passport stamps stamped in a traveler's national passport and serve as a record of each park visit. Eastern National has described the stamps as cancellations, but this is incorrect as a cancellation is a mark that cancels the validity of a postage stamp, while these mark a record of visitation like a passport stamp and denote a place and date like a postmark and do not cancel anything. Collectors of the stamps have formed a non-profit social club, the National Park Travelers Club, a group which holds annual conventions.
Passport books are official guidebooks published as part of the Passport to Your National Parks program and provide designated spaces for visitors to collect ink cancellation stamps from units of the National Park Service. They are sold at park bookstores and online.
Classic Edition
The Classic Edition is the original passport book format. It is a compact (4"x6"), spiral-bound booklet containing 112 pages organized by regional sections with space to collect ink cancellation stamps and park details. It has been the core edition of the passport series since its introduction in 1986.
Collector’s Edition
The Collector’s Edition is a larger version of the passport book (7.5"x10") designed to accommodate stamp cancellations for over 400 National Park Service sites. It is 192 pages and spiral bound, featuring color-coded regional pages, additional space for official park cancellations, and regional maps.
Explorer Edition