07 July 2023

Quiz: How well do you know the USA's national parks?

The USA's 63 national parks attract millions of travellers every year for their jaw-dropping landscapes, natural wonders, and historic sites, but can you tell your Yellowstone from your Yosemite?

3 mins

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1. Which state has the most national parks?

California

Nevada

Alaska

Colorado

2. In which national park will you find Sentinel Falls, Ribon Falls and Wapama Falls?

Glacier

Mount Rainier

Yosemite

Olympic

3. Given national park status in 2019, can you name this unique national park in New Mexico?

Chaco Canyon

White Sands

Bandelier

Cerrillos Hills

4. In which state will you find Gateway Arch National Park? It was previously named Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

Montana

Maryland

Massachusetts

Missouri

5. Many travellers visit Denali National Park via which Alaska Railroad flagship train?

Denali Chaser

Denali Express

Denali Star

Denali Sun

6. Isle Royale National Park is a remote cluster of islands in which Great Lake?

Superior

Michigan

Huran

Erie

7. This national park provides well-preserved evidence of the Puebla Indian population who settled in southwest Colorado for more than 700 years ago. What's its name?

Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Badlands

Mesa Verde

Wind Caves

8. Famous for its large collection of hoodoos, which national park is celebrating 100 years since it first became a national monument in 1923?

Canyonlands

Kings Canyon

Grand Canyon

Bryce Canyon

9. How many US States does Yellowstone National Park sprawl over?

None. It's in no man's land!

10. Texas' Guadalupe Mountains National Park can be found within which desert?

Great Basin

Mohave

Chihuahuan

Sonoran

11. On which of Hawaii's islands will you find Haleakalā National Park?

Maui

O‘ahu

Kauai

Lanai

12. Fort Jefferson is a former U.S. military coastal fortress that can be found in which Floridian national park?

Everglades

Biscayne National Park

Alafia River

Dry Tortugas

13. Crater Lake is known for having what?

The deepest lake in the USA

The widest lake in the USA

The most lake shipwrecks in the USA

The shallowest lake in the USA

14. Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles the borders of which two states?

South Carolina and Georgia

Tennessee and North Carolina

Kentucky and West Virginia

Mississippi and Louisiana