National Parks Trivia

National Parks Trivia

• Question 1 out of 10

  Which was the first U.S. national park, established in 1872?

  President Grant signed the law creating Yellowstone in 1872, making it the first national park in the United States — and, by most accounts, the world.

  Yosemite

  Yellowstone

  Grand Canyon

  Sequoia

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• Question 2 out of 10

  The Grand Canyon is located mainly in which state?

  The canyon was carved by the Colorado River across northern Arizona; the park protects 277 miles of the river's course.

  Utah

  Nevada

  Arizona

  Colorado

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• Question 3 out of 10

  Old Faithful, in Yellowstone, is a famous what?

  Old Faithful is a geyser that erupts roughly every 60 to 110 minutes, sending steaming water as high as 180 feet.

  Waterfall

  Geyser

  Hot spring

  Rock arch

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• Question 4 out of 10

  Which is the most visited U.S. national park?

  Straddling Tennessee and North Carolina, Great Smoky Mountains National Park draws more than 12 million visits a year — and charges no entrance fee.

  Yellowstone

  Grand Canyon

  Great Smoky Mountains

  Zion

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• Question 5 out of 10

  El Capitan, the sheer granite wall beloved by climbers, is in which park?

  El Capitan rises about 3,000 feet above the floor of Yosemite Valley in California's Sierra Nevada.

  Yosemite

  Glacier

  Rocky Mountain

  Acadia

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• Question 6 out of 10

  Which national park protects the giant sequoia known as the General Sherman Tree?

  The General Sherman Tree grows in Sequoia National Park in California and is the largest tree on Earth by volume. Coast redwoods grow taller, but they are far slimmer.

  Redwood

  Sequoia

  Yosemite

  Kings Canyon

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• Question 7 out of 10

  Acadia National Park, with its rocky coast and Cadillac Mountain, is in which state?

  Acadia lies along the Atlantic coast of Maine, mostly on Mount Desert Island, where Cadillac Mountain is among the first spots in the country to catch the sunrise.

  Vermont

  New Hampshire

  Maine

  Massachusetts

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• Question 8 out of 10

  Which president signed the 1916 act that created the National Park Service?

  Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act in August 1916. Theodore Roosevelt is rightly remembered for conservation, but his work came before any single agency looked after the parks.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  William Howard Taft

  Woodrow Wilson

  Calvin Coolidge

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• Question 9 out of 10

  Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks are both in which state?

  Both sit in southern Utah, part of a stretch of red rock country that also holds Arches, Canyonlands, and Capitol Reef.

  Utah

  Colorado

  Arizona

  New Mexico

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• Question 10 out of 10

  Which Kentucky national park protects the longest known cave system in the world?

  Mammoth Cave National Park has hundreds of miles of mapped passages, far more than any other cave system yet surveyed.

  Carlsbad Caverns

  Wind Cave

  Great Basin

  Mammoth Cave

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