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National Park Scouts

by National Park Scouts · English · Kids & Family

National Park Scouts takes curious kids on awesome adventures through America's national parks. Join us as we investigate wild animals, cool geology, and big mysteries hiding inside these amazing parks. Every time, you'll learn something most adults don't know! We decode park sounds, hear from o

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 19 min
Latest: 7 Oct 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026 · 22 min

Congaree National Park: War Zone on the Mosquito Meter

This is part 4 of our Congaree National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Congaree National Park for kids: Part 1: The Forest that Floods on Purpose Part 2: The Race for the Light Part 3: Lights Out in the Swamp Part 4: War Zone on the Mosquito Meter -- Why does Congaree National Park have a meter with a setting called "War Zone"? Unpack the mystery behind the park's famous Mosquito Meter and discover why the forest intentionally leaves the bugs alone. Then, venture inside ...

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E33 · 1 Oct 2026 · 18 min
Congaree National Park: Lights Out in the Swamp
This is part 3 of our Congaree National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Congaree National Park for kids: Part 1: The Forest that Floods on Purpose Part 2: The Race for the Light Part 3: Lights Out in the Swamp Part 4: War Zone on the Mosquito Meter -- Deep in the swampy, pitch-black forest of Congaree National Park, thousands of fireflies are blinking against the dark, and a scientist is crouched in the mud holding up a tiny LED light. Today, we go into the night to disco...
E32 · 23 Sep 2026 · 18 min
Congaree National Park: The Race for Light
This is part 2 of our Congaree National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Congaree National Park for kids: Part 1: The Forest that Floods on Purpose Part 2: The Race for the Light Part 3: Lights Out in the Swamp Part 4: War Zone on the Mosquito Meter Imagine starting your life deep in the dark, muddy shade of a swamp, racing thousands of tiny neighbors for a single patch of sunlight way up high! Welcome to Congaree National Park, home to the Tree Olympics and more record-br...
E31 · 16 Sep 2026 · 18 min
Congaree National Park: The Forest that Floods on Purpose
This is part 1 of our Congaree National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Congaree National Park for kids: Part 1: The Forest that Floods on Purpose Part 2: The Race for the Light Part 3: Lights Out in the Swamp Part 4: War Zone on the Mosquito Meter How does a forest flood on a warm, sunny day without a single drop of rain nearby? In this episode, we solve the mystery of the disappearing forest floor. Kids get to venture deep into South Carolina’s wild floodplain forest to...
E30 · 4 Sep 2026 · 17 min
Yosemite National Park: The Great Gray Owl
This is part 4 of our Yosemite National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Yosemite National Park for kids: Part 1: The Waterfall That Turns to Fire Part 2: El Capitan's Impossible Climb Part 3: Half Dome's Crazy Crack Part 4: The Great Gray Owl -- What wears a giant winter coat, has lopsided ears, and dives headfirst into two feet of snow? Meet the Great Gray Owl, Yosemite’s quietest and rarest resident.🦉 While the landscape gets a lot of the attention in Yosemite, an incre...
E29 · 27 Aug 2026 · 19 min
Yosemite National Park: Half Dome's Crazy Crack
This is part 3 of our Yosemite National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Yosemite National Park for kids: Part 1: The Waterfall That Turns to Fire Part 2: El Capitan's Impossible Climb Part 3: Half Dome's Crazy Crack Part 4: The Great Gray Owl -- Think you know how Yosemite’s most famous landmark was made? Think again! Almost everyone (including many grown ups!) think a massive glacier sliced Half Dome clean in half like an apple. We love busting myths around here, so join...
E28 · 20 Aug 2026 · 17 min
Yosemite National Park: El Capitan's Impossible Climb
This is part 2 of our Yosemite National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Yosemite National Park for kids: Part 1: The Waterfall That Turns to Fire Part 2: El Capitan's Impossible Climb Part 3: Half Dome's Crazy Crack Part 4: The Great Gray Owl -- Imagine holding on to the side of a rock wall, with no ropes to catch you! Today, we scale the side of El Capitan, the most famous rock wall on the planet.⛰️ From the original climbers who took 45 days to reach the top, to Alex Ho...
E27 · 13 Aug 2026 · 21 min
Yosemite National Park: The Waterfall That Turns to Fire
This is part 1 of our Yosemite National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Yosemite National Park for kids: Part 1: The Waterfall That Turns to Fire Part 2: El Capitan's Impossible Climb Part 3: Half Dome's Crazy Crack Part 4: The Great Gray Owl -- Yosemite National Park is one of the most iconic and famous parks in the whole park system. Today, we dive right in to the science behind the legendary Horsetail Fall Firefall. It's a mind-blowing 10-minute phenomenon that require...
E26 · 6 Aug 2026 · 21 min
Sequoia National Park: Higher than High - Mount Whitney
This is part 4 of our Sequoia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Sequoia National Park for kids: Part 1: General Sherman - The Largest Living Thing on Earth Part 2: Giant Caves Beneath the Giant Trees Part 3: The High-Flying Frog Rescue Part 4: Higher than High - Mount Whitney -- Can a mountain spend millions of years hiding underground before it ever sees the sky? 🏔️✨ In our Sequoia National Park series finale, we go 14,505 feet up to the peak of Mount Whitney, the...
E25 · 31 Jul 2026 · 17 min
Sequoia National Park: The High-Flying Frog Rescue
This is part 3 of our Sequoia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Sequoia National Park for kids: Part 1: General Sherman - The Largest Living Thing on Earth Part 2: Giant Caves Beneath the Giant Trees Part 3: The High-Flying Frog Rescue Part 4: Higher than High - Mount Whitney -- Get ready to climb way up into the high mountain lakes of Sequoia National Park!🏔️ Today, we meet an extreme animal: the mountain yellow-legged frog.🐸 This tiny creature can survive under t...
E24 · 24 Jul 2026 · 16 min
Sequoia National Park: Giant Caves Beneath the Giant Trees
This is part 2 of our Sequoia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Sequoia National Park for kids: Part 1: General Sherman - The Largest Living Thing on Earth Part 2: Giant Caves Beneath the Giant Trees Part 3: The High-Flying Frog Rescue Part 4: Higher than High - Mount Whitney -- Most people visit Sequoia National Park to look up at the world's biggest trees, but did you know there is a massive, hidden world right beneath your boots? 🥾🔦 Grab your headlamp because we...
E23 · 16 Jul 2026 · 19 min
Sequoia National Park: General Sherman - The Largest Living Thing on Earth
This is part 1 of our Sequoia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Sequoia National Park for kids: Part 1: General Sherman - The Largest Living Thing on Earth Part 2: Giant Caves Beneath the Giant Trees Part 3: The High-Flying Frog Rescue Part 4: Higher than High - Mount Whitney -- Sequoia National Park is the land of the biggest. Biggest trees, biggest mountain, and plenty of big caves. We kick off our series climbing General Sherman the largest living thing on Earth...
E22 · 10 Jul 2026 · 17 min
Acadia National Park: The Fire That Changed Everything
This is part 4 of our Acadia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Acadia National Park for kids: Part 1: The Fastest Animal on Earth Part 2: Written in Rock Part 3: Tide Superpowers & Sea Creature Superstars -- Acadia National Park is known for it's gorgeous fall colors🍂🍁. BUT, these colors weren't supposed to be there.... In 1947, a fire blazed through Mount Desert Island and burned the park to the ground. You’ll meet the brave local fishermen who sailed out into...
E21 · 25 Jun 2026 · 19 min
Acadia National Park: Tide Superpowers & Sea Creature Superstars
This is part 3 of our Acadia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Acadia National Park for kids coming soon: Part 1: The Fastest Animal on Earth Part 2: Written in Rock Part 4: The Fire That Changed Everything -- This episode covers a LOT, so put on that life vest! Imagine standing on a narrow gravel path with cold Atlantic water rushing in from both sides, covering the ground faster than you think 🌊. Welcome to Acadia’s coastline, where nothing stays still! We dive d...
E20 · 19 Jun 2026 · 16 min
Acadia National Park: Written in Rock
This is part 2 of our Acadia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Acadia National Park for kids coming soon: Part 1: The Fastest Animal on Earth Part 3: Tide Superpowers & Sea Creature Superstars Part 4: The Fire That Changed Everything -- Ever wanted to be the very first person in the country to see the sunrise? Today we do just that on top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park! In this episode, we dig into the pink rocks under our feet to uncover a 420-mi...
E19 · 11 Jun 2026 · 18 min
Acadia National Park: The Fastest Animal on Earth
This is part 1 of our Acadia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Acadia National Park for kids coming soon: Part 2: Written in Rock Part 3: Tide Superpowers & Sea Creature Superstars Part 4: The Fire That Changed Everything ----- What animal is faster than a race car, a sky diver, or any living thing on Earth? Answer: The Peregrine Falcon 🦅 Join us on the cliffs of Acadia National Park while we check out this bird that's designed like a fighter jet. We cover the ...
E18 · 30 May 2026 · 19 min
Bryce Canyon National Park: Ancient Giants and the Secret Map
This is part 3 of our Bryce Canyon National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Bryce Canyon National Park for kids: Part 1: The Hoodoo Capital of the Earth Part 2: The Secret Language of Prairie Dogs -- Climb over 9,000 feet to meet something that was alive before the pyramids were built - The Bristlecone Pine! At over 1,600 years old, this scraggly looking tree thrives at conditions where not much else can survive. These awesome trees also have a special partnership w...
E17 · 27 May 2026 · 15 min
Bryce Canyon National Park: The Secret Language of Prairie Dogs
This is part 2 of our Bryce Canyon National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Bryce Canyon National Park for kids: Part 1: The Hoodoo Capital of the Earth Part 3: Ancient Giants and the Secret Map -- Squeak! Bark! 🐾 You might think the giant rock hoodoos are the only stars of Bryce Canyon, but today, we’re looking at the little guys. Prairie Dogs are the keystone species of the park. Join us and learn why as explore their "towns" in this super fun kids podcast. 🎒Scout mis...
E16 · 26 May 2026 · 19 min
Bryce Canyon National Park: The Hoodoo Capital of Earth
This is part 1 of our Bryce Canyon National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Bryce Canyon National Park for kids: Part 2: The Secret Language of Prairie Dogs Part 3: Ancient Giants and the Secret Map -- Imagine a forest where the trees are made of glowing orange rock. Welcome to Bryce Canyon National Park! In this episode, we get to meet Bryce Canyon for the first time. We find out why it has the most hoodoos than anywhere else on Earth. And... what is a hoodoo anywa...
E15 · 24 May 2026 · 19 min
Canyonlands National Park: The Shrimp That Outlived the Dinosaurs
This is part 3 of our Canyonlands National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Canyonlands National Park for kids: Part 1: A Crater, a Mesa, and a Mystery Part 2: The Last Blank Map and the One-Armed Man Who Filled it In -- What if I told you that the dry, dusty "potholes" in Canyonlands National Park are actually full of life? Yes, it's true. Prehistoric shrimp live in those holes in the sandstone! Tadpole shrimp were here before the dinosaurs and somehow survive...
E14 · 22 May 2026 · 16 min
Canyonlands National Park: The Last Blank Map and the One-Armed Man Who Filled It In
This is part 2 of our Canyonlands National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Canyonlands National Park for kids: Part 1: A Crater, a Mesa, and a Mystery Part 3: The Shrimp That Outlived the Dinosaurs -- Could you navigate 1,000 miles of uncharted river with only one arm? No one knew where the Green River and Colorado met. Legend had it that no one ever came back from seeing it. John Wesley Powell said, I'll find out! In this episode on Canyonlands National Park, we meet the...
E13 · 14 May 2026 · 18 min
Canyonlands National Park: A Crater, a Mesa, and a Mystery
This is part 1 of our Canyonlands National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Canyonlands National Park for kids: Part 2: The Last Blank Map and the One-Armed Man Who Filled it In Part 3: The Shrimp that Outlived the Dinosaurs -- Meet Canyonlands National Park - one of the most remote and wild places in the lower 48 states. Today, we take an adventure though an unsolved mystery. There's a giant crater in Canyonlands, but how did it get there? Listen to the theories and decid...
E12 · 11 May 2026 · 20 min
Rocky Mountain National Park: Bighorn Sheep Battle on the Peaks
This is part 4 of our Rocky Mountain National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Rocky Mountain National Park for kids: Part 1: Carved by Ice and the Great Divide Part 2: Trail Ridge Road and the Boy Who Saved a Mountain Part 3: Pika Survival Secrets -- Colorado's official state animal is built for the impossible. From balancing on two inch wide ledges, jumping twenty feet between cliff faces, to their incredible head on collisions, we cover this bighorn sheep from head to f...
E11 · 8 May 2026 · 21 min
Rocky Mountain National Park: Pika Survival Secrets
This is part 3 of our Rocky Mountain National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Rocky Mountain National Park for kids: Part 1: Carved by Ice and the Great Divide Part 2: Trail Ridge Road and the Boy Who Saved a Mountain Part 4: Bighorn Sheep Battle on the Peaks -- Think the Rocky Mountains are inhospitable? Think again. Meet the Pika: the alpine tundra’s most adorable and busiest resident. Today, we’re heading into the peaks to hear their cute little mountain eeeps and see ...
E10 · 5 May 2026 · 22 min
Rocky Mountain National Park: Trail Ridge Road and the Boy Who Saved a Mountain
This is part 2 of our Rocky Mountain National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Rocky Mountain National Park for kids: Part 1: Carved by Ice and the Great Divide Part 3: Pika Survival Secrets Part 4: Bighorn Sheep Battle on the Peaks -- Let's drive the highway to the sky and thank the sick 14 year old from Kansas who fought for Rocky Mountain National Park. Yes, it's true. A teen arrived in Colorado, loved guiding hikes to the top of Long's Peak and worked tirelessly to pre...
E9 · 4 May 2026 · 22 min
Rocky Mountain National Park: Carved by Ice and the Great Divide
This is part 1 of our Rocky Mountain National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Rocky Mountain National Park for kids: Part 2: Trail Ridge Road and the Boy Who Saved a Mountain Part 3: Pika Survival Secrets Part 4: Bighorn Sheep Battle on the Peaks -- Dramatic peaks, feet upon feet of snow, glaciers, alpine lakes, and an invisible line that divides the country. Stand with us on the Continental Divide and watch how the water flows to two different oceans. In this episode, we...
E8 · 1 May 2026 · 24 min
Great Smoky Mountains National Park: The Black Bear
This is part 4 of our Great Smoky Mountains National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Great Smoky Mountains National Park for kids: Part 1: Ancient Peaks, Blue Mist, and 300 Million Years Part 2: Fireflies at Dark Part 3: Salamander Capital of the World -- Most famous resident of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park? The Black Bear. In this episode, we learn all about black bears. Find out how big they are, how fast they are, how SMART they are and... what they like to e...
E7 · 30 Apr 2026 · 24 min
Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Salamander Capital of the World
This is part 3 of our Great Smoky Mountains National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Great Smoky Mountains National Park for kids: Part 1: Ancient Peaks, Blue Mist, and 300 Million Years Part 2: Fireflies at Dark Part 4: The Black Bear -- Whats small and slimy and so so fun for kids to find? Salamanders of course! Listen to this episode on Great Smoky Mountains National Park and find out why so many different salamanders live here. Next, we meet two special salamanders. O...
E6 · 23 Apr 2026 · 25 min
Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Fireflies at Dark
This is part 2 of our Great Smoky Mountains National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Great Smoky Mountains National Park for kids: Part 1: Ancient Peaks, Blue Mist, and 300 Million Years Part 3: Salamander Capital of the World Part 4: The Black Bear -- Could anything feel more like summer than fireflies? Listen in to learn how fireflies work, what makes synchronous fireflies so special, and where you can see them at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Did you know s...
E5 · 23 Apr 2026 · 26 min
Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Ancient Peaks, Blue Mist, and 300 Million Years
This is part 1 of our Great Smoky Mountains National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Great Smoky Mountains National Park for kids: Part 1: Ancient Peaks, Blue Mist, and 300 Million Years Part 2: Fireflies at Dark Part 3: Salamander Capital of the World Part 4: The Black Bear -- Why are the Great Smoky Mountains National Park so smoky? And why is it the most visited park? Find out whats up with all that smoke, why this park has so many plants and animals, and five reasons ...

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Publisher: National Park Scouts
Language: English
Category: Kids & Family
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 19 min
Latest episode: 7 Oct 2026
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