Activities
Many Americans and Qataris enjoy this activity involving a tent and a sleeping bag.
What is camping?
This large black and white marine animal is often seen off the Pacific Northwest coast.
What is the orca (killer whale)?
These towering trees found in California are among the tallest living things on Earth.
What are redwoods?
This swampy wetland area in Florida is known for its alligators.
What are the Everglades?
Located in Utah, this park is famous for its natural sandstone arches.
What is Arches National Park?
This sport involves paddling through whitewater rapids.
What is whitewater rafting?
The bald eagle is often seen in this Alaskan coastal habitat.
What is a fjord?
This type of wetland ecosystem, like the Everglades, is home to both alligators and mangroves.
What is a swamp?
This volcanic landscape in Hawaii was formed by flowing lava.
What is a lava field (or Hawaii Volcanoes National Park)?
This Arizona park is famous for its vast red rock canyon carved by the Colorado River.
What is Grand Canyon National Park?
This snow activity uses poles and skis across flat or hilly terrain.
What is cross-country skiing?
This elusive big cat is known to inhabit the Rocky Mountains.
What is a mountain lion (or cougar)?
This high-altitude biome found in the Rocky Mountains is known for alpine meadows and snow-capped peaks.
What is tundra (or alpine tundra)?
The Sierra Nevada mountain range runs through this U.S. state.
What is California?
This national park spreads across three states: Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia.
What is Great Smoky Mountains National Park?
This climbing activity uses ropes and harnesses on natural rock formations.
What is rock climbing?
This bear species, found in the western U.S. and Alaska, is also known as the brown bear.
What is the grizzly bear?
This arid ecosystem covers much of Nevada, Utah, and Arizona and is famous for cacti and sand dunes.
What is a desert?
This flat region in the central U.S. is known for vast grasslands and farms.
What are the Great Plains?
This remote Alaskan park is home to North America’s highest peak.
What is Denali National Park?
This long-distance activity uses maps and compass to navigate natural terrain.
What is orienteering?
This iconic North American mammal once roamed the plains in the millions.
What is the bison?
These underground formations, such as those in Carlsbad Caverns, are made by mineral-laden water dripping through limestone.
What are caves (or caverns)?
This red sandstone butte region in Arizona and Utah is sacred to the Navajo Nation and known for its stunning desert vistas.
What is Monument Valley?
This park, home to Old Faithful, was the first national park in the world.
What is Yellowstone?