So, you think you know America’s National Parks?

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  • Aniakchak National Monument, located on the Alaska Peninsula of southeast Alaska, receives a miniscule number of visitors. The NPS claims only 100 people a year complete journey to this park unit.

  • Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, located in Philadelphia, just a few blocks from Independence National Historical Park, has a land footprint of only 871 square feet.

  • Did you get 21? Yes, the White House counts.

    Adams NHP (both John and John Quincy)

    Andrew Johnson NHS

    Jimmy Carter NHP

    Clinton Birthplace Home NHS

    Eisenhower NHS

    James Garfield NHS

    Ulysses Grant NHS

    Herbert Hoover NHS

    LBJ NHP

    John Kennedy NHS

    Lincoln Birthplace NHP

    Lincoln Boyhood NMem

    Lincoln Home NHS

    Home of FDR NHS

    T Roosevelt Birthplace NHS

    Sagamore Hill NHS

    William Taft NHS

    Harry Truman NHS

    Martin Van Buren NHS

    George Washington Birthplace NMon

    The White House

  • August, 1916 was the establishment of the greatest organization to protect and preserve the heritage of the United States of America.

  • Were you able to list all 14?

    Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality NMon

    Constitution Gardens

    Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial

    Ford’s Theater NHS

    FDR NMem

    Korean War Veterans NMem

    Lincoln Memorial

    Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

    Pennsylvania Ave NHS

    Thomas Jefferson Memorial

    Vietnam Veterans Memorial

    Washington Monument

    World War I Memorial

    World War II Memorial

  • National Park of American Samoa

  • 15

    Assateague NS (MD, VA)

    Blackstone River Valley NHP (MA, RI)

    Cumberland Gap NHP (KY, TN, VA)

    Dinosaur NMon (CO, UT)

    Fort Donelson NB (KY, TN)

    Fort Union Trading Post NHS (MT, ND)

    Gulf Islands NS (FL, MS)

    Hovenweep NMon (CO, UT)

    Klondike NHP (AK, WA)

    Lewis and Clark NHP (OR, WA)

    Manhattan Project NHP (NM, TN, WA)

    Middle Delaware NSR (NJ, PA)

    Nez Perce NHP (ID, WA)

    Upper Delaware SRR (NY, PA)

    Yellowstone NP (ID, MT, WY)

  • Teddy Roosevelt…

    Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS

    Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS

    Theodore Roosevelt National Park

  • Great Smokey Mountains NP

    Grand Canyon NP.

  • Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

    Cape Code National Seashore.

  • Denali National Park and Preserve - Mount Denali at 20,310 feet above sea level

  • Death Valley National Park - Badwater Basin at 282 feet below sea level

  • Organ Pipe Cactus NMon

    Big Bend NP

    Rio Grande WSR

    Amistad NRA

  • Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

    Wrangell-St.Elias National Park and Preserve

    Voyageurs National Park

    Glacier National Park

    Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

    North Cascades National Park

    Ross Lake National Recreation Area

  • Isle Royale National Park

    Buck Island Reef National Monument

  • The answer is b)… 20 feet

  • Haleakala National Park - Pu’u ‘Ula’ula at 10,023 feet elevation is just 8 miles from the Pacific Ocean. What a climb.

  • Were you able to think of all 7?

    Delaware Water Gap NRA

    Harper’s Ferry NHP

    C&O Canal NHP

    Potomac Heritage NST

    Shenandoah NP

    Blue Ridge Parkway

    Great Smokey Mountains NP

  • The answer is d)…

    Agate Fossil Beds NMon

    Florissant Fossil Beds NMon

    Hagerman Fossil Beds NMon

    John Day Fossil Beds NMon

    Lava Beds NMon

    Tule Springs Fossil Beds NMon

  • The answer is c)…

    Bering Land Bridge NPres

    Natural Bridges NMon

    Rainbow Bridge NMon

  • Should be ten park units.

    Aniakchak NMon and NPres

    Crater Lake NP

    Haleakala NP

    Hawaii Volcanoes NP

    Katmai NP and NPres

    Lake Clark NP and NPres

    Lassen Volcanic NP

    Valles Caldera NPres

    Wrangell - St. Elias NP and NPres

    Yellowstone NP

  • Missouri National Recreational River, beats out the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, 2341 miles for its main stem, versus 2202 miles.

  • Flight 93 National Memorial

  • Yellowstone NP was established in 1872.

  • Independence Hall

    Liberty Bell

 

Petroglyph National Monument, AZ

Little Rock Central High School NHS, AR