Park Basics
Fauna
Flora
Geography
History
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This U.S. state is home to Zion National Park
What is Utah?
100
This nocturnal bird, known for its hoots, is active in Zion at night.
What is a great horned owl?
100
This resilient desert plant blooms with bright red or yellow flowers and is best admired, not touched.
What is a cactus?
100
This narrowest section of Zion Canyon, carved by the Virgin River, is famous for its sky-high walls and water-filled trail.
What is The Narrows?
100
The name “Zion” comes from this religious group who settled in the area in the 1860s.
Who are the Mormons?
200
This river carved out the majestic Zion Canyon.
What is the Virgin River?
200
These agile mountain animals thrive on Zion’s rocky cliffs.
What are desert bighorn sheep?
200
This tree, common in Zion's lower canyon, shows off golden-yellow leaves in the fall.
What is a cottonwood tree?
200
Zion’s main canyon runs in this unusual direction, which is rare for canyons in the U.S.
What is north to south?
200
The word "Zion" comes from this ancient language and originally referred to a holy city.
What is Hebrew?
300
This is the name of the small gateway town right outside Zion’s South Entrance.
What is Springdale?
300
These large, gentle animals are often seen grazing in Zion’s meadows.
What are mule deer?
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300
Found clinging to sandstone walls where water seeps, this plant helps create Zion’s hanging gardens.
What is maidenhair fern?
300
The soaring cliffs of Zion are technically part of this immense plateau that spans southern Utah.
What is the Colorado Plateau?
300
Before it was a national park, Zion was protected as a national monument under this name.
What is Mukuntuweap National Monument?
400
Zion became a national park in this year.
What is 1919?
400
Known for its vibrant blue or green throat, this fast little reptile darts across sunlit trails.
What is a collared lizard?
400
You might see this iconic twisted tree high on slickrock or growing out of sheer rock faces.
What is a Utah juniper?
400
The “Great White Throne” and “Angels Landing” are made from this towering layer of sandstone that formed from ancient desert dunes.
What is Navajo Sandstone?
400
Zion’s roads, trails, and early buildings were shaped in the 1930s by workers from this New Deal program.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
500
Despite being a desert park, Zion has these four major ecosystems.
What are desert, riparian (river), woodland, and coniferous forest ecosystems?
500
This elusive carnivore looks like a small fox-meets-cat hybrid and roams Zion’s higher elevations at night.
What is a ringtail?
500
This spiky desert plant is often mistaken for a cactus but is actually part of the agave family.
What is a yucca?
500
These red-orange cliffs are made from sandstone laid down during this time of the dinosaurs.
What is the Mesozoic Era?
500
Before European settlers, Zion was home to this Native American tribe, who still have deep cultural ties to the land.
Who are the Southern Paiute?