Art Bench Trail

Explore the St. Croix Valley Bench-by-Bench

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Activities

Did you know the St. Croix River is a national park? Become a Junior Park Ranger as you explore the Art Bench Trail by doing fun art & nature activities.

Earn your very own Junior Ranger badge. Complete four or more activities and e-mail your name, age, and mailing address to SACN_info@nps.gov.

Click the links below to download a printable PDF:

Play Animal Charades

This activity can be done at any of the art benches. Bring a pencil or pen.

Look Listen Feel

This activity can be done at any of the art benches. Bring a pencil and crayons or colored pencils or markers.

Make a Micro-Discovery

This activity can be done at any of the art benches. Bring paper, a pencil and crayons or colored pencils or markers.

Tell A River Story

This activity can be done at any of the art benches. Bring a pencil and crayons or colored pencils or markers.

Make a Texture Rubbing

This activity can be done at any of the art benches. Bring paper and crayons or colored pencils.

Seek & Find – For the Birds

To complete this activity, visit the benches in Prescott, St. Croix Falls, Bayport, Hudson, and at Carpenter Nature Center. Bring a pencil or pen.

Park Ranger Self Portrait

This activity can be done at any of the art benches. Bring a pencil and crayons or colored pencils or markers.

Discover Water Cycles

This activity can be done at any of the art benches.

Web Of Life

This activity can be done at any of the art benches. You will need at least 6 people. Bring a ball of yarn, index cards, and a pencil or pen.

Word Scramble

To complete this activity, visit the benches in Bayport, St. Croix Falls, Osceola, and Somerset. Bring a pencil or pen.

Write a Haiku Poem

This activity can be done at any of the art benches. Bring a pencil and crayons or colored pencils or markers.

The Junior Ranger Art Bench Trail program is presented by The Phipps Center for the Arts in partnership with the National Park Service.

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  • St. Croix Falls, WI
  • Osceola, WI
  • Marine on St. Croix, MN
  • Somerset, WI
  • Stillwater, MN
  • Houlton, WI
  • Bayport, MN
  • Hudson, WI
  • Carpenter Nature Center, MN
  • Prescott, WI

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The Phipps Center for the Arts National Park Service St. Croix Valley Foundation