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Have your child become a Junior Ranger! Yellowstone's program is for kids ages 5-12; after attending a couple ranger-led programs, completing an activity workbook, and hiking a trail, they're awarded a Junior Ranger patch.

Introduce your kids to fishing. Trout Lake in Yellowstone holds large rainbow, cutthroat, and rainbow-cutthroat for the catching. As a bonus, the lake rests in a huge, wildflower-filled meadow.

Don't let the kids miss out on the Grand Canyon—at least, Yellowstone's version of it. Take everyone on a two-and-a-half mile hike along the South Rim Trail; you'll get a close-up view of the canyon. Add on Uncle Tom's trail and you'll get 500 feet into the monster-size Lower Falls.

This one's for the older kids: Grand Teton's Ski Lake Trail is an easy walk but it clocks in at a little over four-and-a-half-miles. Still, with deer, elk, moose, and waterfowl along the way, no one will be asking"Are we there yet?"

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