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National Parks Trivia: 9 Questions About America’s Treasures

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Fall is a beautiful time to visit a national park, and today’s quiz takes you on a tour of nine of them without leaving your chair. You’ll travel from the Maine coast to the Alaska wilderness, with stops at a giant tree and a very deep valley along the way. Take your time and see how many you know!

Today's trivia

  1. Which park, established in 1872, is widely considered the world's first national park?

  2. Which president signed the 1916 law that created the National Park Service?

  3. Half Dome and El Capitan are famous granite landmarks in which national park?

  4. The largest national park in the United States, about six times the size of Yellowstone, is in which state?

  5. Mammoth Cave National Park protects the longest known cave system in the world. Which state is it in?

  6. Badwater Basin, 282 feet below sea level and the lowest point in North America, is in which national park?

  7. The General Sherman Tree, the largest tree on Earth by volume, grows in which national park?

  8. Acadia National Park, with its rocky Atlantic coastline and Cadillac Mountain, is in which state?

  9. Theodore Roosevelt National Park, honoring the president who first came to the area in 1883 to hunt bison, is in which state?

How to Play

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  • Each question comes with a short explanation.
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Did You Know?

There are more than 60 national parks in the United States, and the National Park Service also cares for hundreds of other sites, including monuments, battlefields, seashores and historic homes.

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