Check it Out: Nature Backpacks

The library has backpacks available for children to learn more about nature, whether it’s in their own backyard, at a local park, or at one of Virginia’s 36 state parks.

The nature backpacks contain:

∙ Parking pass for free parking/entrance to all Virginia state parks

∙ Pocket naturalist bugs and slugs guide

∙ Pocket naturalist animal tracks guide

∙ Pocket naturalist Virginia birds guide

∙ Pocket naturalist mammals guide

∙ Pocket naturalist Virginia trees/wildflowers guide

∙ Virginia state parks trail guide

∙ Port-a-bug field observation container

∙ Big Foot leave no trace ethics card

∙ Magnifying glass

∙ Dip net

∙ Discovery activity suggestions

To reserve a nature backpack, please search the JMRL catalog for “Virginia State Parks Backpack.”

The backpacks are made available thanks to a partnership between the Library of Virginia, Virginia State Parks, and the Science Museum of Virginia.