General
What is the oldest national park?
Yellowstone founded in 1872
What is the longest cave system in the US?
Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky
What is the official symbol of the US National Park Service?
The arrowhead
Which U.S. national park is a series of five islands off the coast of California?
Channel Islands National Park
In which national park would you find Half Dome?
Yosemite National Park
What is the tallest mountain in North America?
Denali National Park, Alaska
What is the most visited U.S. National Park?
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Which U.S. national park is known for its unique geological formations called hoodoos?
Bryce Canyon National Park
Who is the “Father of the National Parks?”
John Muir
What natural feature is Carlsbad Caverns National Park known for?
Limestone caves
What is the largest U.S. tropical wilderness?
Everglades National Park in Florida
What is the motto of the US National Parks?
"Leave No Trace"
What is the smallest national park in the U.S.?
Hot Springs National Park
What color are national parks service signs?
brown with white lettering
Which national park contains the Painted Desert?
Petrified Forest National Park
What is the deepest lake in the US?
Crater Lake in Oregon, formed by a collapsed volcano, with a depth of 1,949 feet
Which president founded the National Park Service?
The National Park Service was established in 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson
Where is the world’s first underwater national park located?
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
The “Going-to-the-Sun Road” is located in which national park?
Glacier National Park
What is the tallest waterfall in Yosemite National Park?
Yosemite Falls
What is the world’s largest tree by volume?
The General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park, California, standing 275 feet tall.
Which national park in Africa is known for its annual wildebeest migration?
Serengeti National Park
What percentage of land in the United States is protected by the National Park Service?
About 3.4%
What natural phenomenon can be seen at Horsetail Fall in Yosemite during certain times of the year?
Firefall (when the sunset makes it look like flowing fire)
In which national park would you find the Hoh Rain Forest?
Olympic National Park