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US national parks quiz
Big landscapes. Famous landmarks. Name that park.
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Which US national park was established in 1872, before all the others?
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US national parks quiz: the full question sheet
From canyon country to giant trees. Match ten American landmarks and facts to the parks that protect them.
By Quizpen · September 8, 2026
Which US national park was established in 1872, before all the others?
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Yellowstone. Yellowstone was established on March 1, 1872.
Which river carved much of the Grand Canyon?
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Colorado. The Colorado River cut down through the rock layers over millions of years.
Where would you find the General Sherman Tree?
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Sequoia. This giant sequoia stands in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park.
Half Dome is a landmark in which national park?
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Yosemite. Half Dome is one of Yosemite’s best-known granite formations.
Acadia National Park is in which state?
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Maine. Acadia protects rocky coastline and other landscapes in Maine.
Which park protects the deepest lake in the United States?
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Crater Lake. Crater Lake in Oregon is the deepest lake in the United States.
Which national park protects a vast wetland in southern Florida?
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Everglades. Everglades National Park protects part of this subtropical wetland ecosystem.
Arches National Park is in which state?
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Utah. Arches is in eastern Utah, near Moab.
Which park protects part of the world’s longest known cave system?
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Mammoth Cave. Mammoth Cave National Park is in Kentucky.
Rocky Mountain National Park is in which state?
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Colorado. The park protects mountain landscapes in northern Colorado.
Answer key
- Yellowstone. Yellowstone was established on March 1, 1872.
- Colorado. The Colorado River cut down through the rock layers over millions of years.
- Sequoia. This giant sequoia stands in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park.
- Yosemite. Half Dome is one of Yosemite’s best-known granite formations.
- Maine. Acadia protects rocky coastline and other landscapes in Maine.
- Crater Lake. Crater Lake in Oregon is the deepest lake in the United States.
- Everglades. Everglades National Park protects part of this subtropical wetland ecosystem.
- Utah. Arches is in eastern Utah, near Moab.
- Mammoth Cave. Mammoth Cave National Park is in Kentucky.
- Colorado. The park protects mountain landscapes in northern Colorado.