Can You Match the National Park to the U.S. State?

By: Tasha Moore
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Can You Match the National Park to the U.S. State?
Image: John Krzesinski (Images by John 'K')/Moment/Getty Images

About This Quiz

Here's a nature challenge that's sure to expand your geography knowledge. Find out what's so special about the places that the U.S. government saw fit to conserve and protect. If we show you fascinating imagery of U.S. national parks, could you immediately recognize their locations? Find out how many national parks you know from a fact and a photo.

The Yellowstone Park Act of 1872 established the idea of a national park system, and 44 years later, the U.S. National Park Service was formed. The U.S. national parks system, which manages the nation's parks, historic sites and national monuments, serves three main purposes: preservation, education and recreation. Forty-nine out of the 50 U.S. states include one of 391 protected sites; Delaware is the only state that does not have a protected site.

In light of all the industry building that America has seen through the years, national parks preserve untarnished lands, some of which contain the archeological remnants of the country's first inhabitants or geographical structures that are the result of phenomena set in motion millions of years ago. Every year, millions of people flock to these fantastic sites to learn a thing or two about America's virgin territories and hopefully observe them the way the indigenous tribes and first settlers once did.

Get fiercely educated by some of this national park awesomeness!

Yellowstone
shutterstock
A supervolcano was responsible for the hot springs and geysers at Yellowstone National Park. Can you name the state?
Wyoming
Kansas
Louisiana
Maryland
Sequoia National Park
Shutterstock
Choose the state that includes Sequoia National Park, which has some of the world's biggest trees?
West Virginia
California
Kentucky
Arizona
Half Dome towers over Yosemite Valley, California
Jeff Hunter / Photographer's ChoiceRF / Getty Images
In 2010, the United States Mint unveiled a new quarter honoring Yosemite National Park in ________.
Rhode Island
Florida
California
Vermont

Advertisement

Mount Rainier National Park / Do You Know If These Places Are in Canada or the U.S. hero
Shutterstock
President William McKinley signed legislation in 1899 to make Mount Rainier a national park. Where is this U.S. place?
North Carolina
Alabama
Wisconsin
Washington
crater lake
Shutterstock
Please identify the location for Crater Lake National Park, which features a volcanic caldera full of water?
Indiana
Oregon
Connecticut
Idaho
Wind Cave National Park
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Moment/Getty Images
Wind Cave National Park contains one of Earth's oldest cave formations. Pick the U.S. state that features miles of underground chambers?
Nevada
Texas
South Dakota
Maine

Advertisement

Mesa Verde National Park CO
Southern Lightscapes-Australia/Moment Open/Getty Images
Determine the U.S. state where Mesa Verde National Park in its southwest region includes roughly 4,500 archaeological sites?
Georgia
Massachusetts
Colorado
Ohio
Glacier National Park -- Montana / Do You Know If These Places Are in Canada or the U.S. 2
Shutterstock
Glacier National Park encompasses 762 lakes within the state of ________.
Delaware
Alaska
Wisconsin
Montana
Rocky Mountain National Park
Brad McGinley Photography/Moment/Getty Images
How well do you know the region that contains Rocky Mountain National Park, which has offered an Artist-in-Residence Program?
Mississippi
Michigan
Colorado
Nebraska

Advertisement

Haleakala National Park
Pierre Leclerc Photography/Moment/Getty Images
Try to name the area where you'll find Haleakala National Park?
Kentucky
Hawaii
Nevada
New York
Volcanoes National Park
Jacob W. Frank/Moment Open/Getty Images
________ Volcanoes National Park was designated as the 15th national park of the United States.
Maine
Ohio
Hawaii
Kentucky
Lassen Volcanic National Park copy
Posnov/Moment/Getty Images
There are four types of volcanoes at Lassen Volcanic National Park in ________.
California
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Montana

Advertisement

Denali
Enn Li Photography / Moment / Getty Images
In 1917, Denali National Park was founded as Mount McKinley National Park. Identify the park's place?
Alaska
Hawaii
South Carolina
Connecticut
Acadia National Park
Stan Dzugan/Moment/Getty Images
Can you name the state where Acadia National Park was the first one of its kind founded east of the Mississippi River?
New Hampshire
Iowa
Montana
Maine
Grand Canyon
FilippoBacci / E+ / Getty Images
In 1919, Congress inaugurated Grand Canyon National Park in the state of ________.
Colorado
Wyoming
Alaska
Arizona

Advertisement

Hikers in Zion
Shutterstock
Mukuntuwea (or Makuntaweap) National Monument is now part of Zion National Park in which region of the United States?
Missouri
Utah
Louisiana
Iowa
Hot Springs National Park
Wiki Commons by Brandonrush
Do you recognize the locale that includes Hot Springs National Park, which has 5,500 acres of land?
Arkansas
Indiana
Wisconsin
Montana
Bryce Canyon National Park / Do You Know If These Places Are in Canada or the U.S. 1
Shutterstock
Choose the U.S. hub for Bryce Canyon National Park that's within short driving distance from Grand Canyon National Park and Zion National Park.
Delaware
Utah
New Hampshire
Connecticut

Advertisement

Grand Teton National Park
Betty Wiley/Moment/Getty Images
How well can you ID territory for Grand Teton National Park, which is roughly a third of the size of Yellowstone?
Wyoming
Colorado
Nevada
Iowa
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Matt Anderson Photography/Moment Open/Getty Images
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is 23 miles southwest of Carlsbad in the state of New Mexico. Please name the U.S. state that you see.
Mississippi
Hawaii
West Virginia
New Mexico
Everglades National Park
Christian Moore, 86tourists.com/Moment/Getty Images
Do you remember the region that boasts Everglades National Park that was first realized by a landscape architect?
Maryland
Florida
North Dakota
Maine

Advertisement

Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Relias1@att.net/Moment/Getty Images
Great Smoky Mountains National Park includes land in the states of ________ and Tennessee.
North Carolina
Nevada
Texas
Louisiana
Shenandoah National Park
Michael Runkel / robertharding/Getty Images
Most of the people that travel to Shenandoah National Park in ________ visit to see the colorful autumn leaves.
Iowa
Virginia
Michigan
Oklahoma
Olympic National Park
aaaaimages/Moment/Getty Images
Pick the name of the U.S. state where Olympic National Park is located on Olympic Peninsula.
Washington
Arizona
South Carolina
Vermont

Advertisement

Kings Canyon National Park
www.sierralara.com/Moment/Getty Images
Do you guess the area of America where Kings Canyon National Park encompasses General Grant National Park?
Alabama
Vermont
Nebraska
California
Isle Royale National Park
Tim Bieber/Photodisc/Getty Images
Lake Superior's waters encircle Isle Royale National Park in what U.S. state?
Michigan
Nebraska
Montana
Delaware
Mammoth Cave
Shutterstock
The forest of Mammoth Cave National Park, established on July 1, 1941, includes a portion of which state's diverse habitat?
Nebraska
Delaware
Wyoming
Kentucky

Advertisement

Big Bend National Park
David Hensley/Moment/Getty Images
Try to guess the region where you can find Big Bend National Park that features Chihuahuan desert land?
Louisiana
Georgia
Texas
Iowa
Petrified Forest National Park
Sumiko Scott/Moment/Getty Images
Can you recall where one can find Petrified Forest National Park that was inaugurated in 1906 as the country's second national monument?
Arizona
Hawaii
Montana
Alaska
Canyonlands National Park
Posnov/Moment/Getty Images
On July 19, 1869, Major John Wesley Powell described Canyonlands National Park in ________, saying, "Wherever we look there is but a wilderness of rocks ..."
Pennsylvania
Utah
West Virginia
Montana

Advertisement

Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Jeremy Woodhouse/Photodisc/Getty Images
World War II veteran Roger Eugene Reisch was the first employee of Guadalupe Mountains National Park in what U.S. territory?
Kentucky
Idaho
Texas
Georgia
North Cascades National Park
KingWu/E+/Getty Images
Where on a U.S. map are park facilitators at North Cascades National Park big on wilderness protection?
Wyoming
Delaware
Washington
Indiana
Redwood National Park
Carmen Martínez Torrón/Moment/Getty Images
Choose the U.S. state that's home to Redwood National Park, which is named for trees that can live as long as 500 to 2,000 years.
California
Hawaii
Texas
Montana

Advertisement

Voyageurs National Park
Posnov/Moment Open/Getty Images
What's the region of North America where you can find Voyageurs, the 36th national park?
North Dakota
Tennessee
Minnesota
Nevada
Arches National park -- Utah
Shutterstock
Summer temperatures can reach higher than 100 degrees at Arches National Park in ________.
Georgia
Utah
Alabama
Ohio
Capitol Reef National Park
photography by p. lubas/Moment/Getty Images
Do you know the state where Capitol Reef National Park started out as a national monument in 1937?
Utah
Delaware
Iowa
New York

Advertisement

Badlands National Park in South Dakota
Posnov / Moment / Getty Images
We'll be impressed if you can identify the region of the world that contains Badlands National Park, a major fossil repository.
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Nevada
South Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
ericfoltz/E+/Getty Images
Select the home of Theodore Roosevelt National Park that features 70,447 acres of land in the western part of the state?
Maryland
Texas
North Dakota
Montana
Channel Islands National Park
Antonio Busiello/Moment/Getty Images
Five islands comprise Channel Islands National Park of ________.
California
Michigan
Nebraska
Alabama

Advertisement

Biscayne National Park copy
Wiki Commons by National Park Service
Name the state where you'll find Biscayne National Park, the largest marine national park in the United States.
Louisiana
Colorado
Florida
Indiana