84 National Park Service 110th Anniversary Trivia Questions with Answers
84 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What percentage of Saint John is preserved by Virgin Islands National Park?
Answer
About 60 percent
What was the first National Historic Site established in the United States?
Answer
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Which National Park Service park contains the largest island in Lake Superior?
Answer
Isle Royale National Park
Who was appointed the first superintendent of Yellowstone National Park in 1872?
Answer
Nathaniel P. Langford
Which national park was the first established in Washington State?
Answer
Mount Rainier National Park
Which national park became the world’s first national park when President Ulysses S. Grant signed its creation law in 1872?
Answer
Yellowstone National Park
Which U.S. national park has been the most visited national park since 1944?
Answer
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Which National Park Service site began in 1832 as the first federally protected U.S. reservation?
Answer
Hot Springs National Park
Which national park is famous for having one of the world’s largest concentrations of hoodoos?
Answer
Bryce Canyon National Park
Which U.S. national park had Charles Young as its first Black superintendent?
Answer
Sequoia National Park
Which site became the first U.S. national monument under the Antiquities Act?
Answer
Devils Tower
Which former U.S. national park was the second national park established after Yellowstone?
Answer
Mackinac National Park
Which site became the first official U.S. national seashore?
Answer
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Which law created the National Park Service in 1916?
Answer
National Park Service Organic Act
Who is often called the father of the National Park Service ranger service?
Answer
Harry Yount
Which U.S. national park is the only one named after a single person?
Answer
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Which U.S. national park lies entirely north of the Arctic Circle?
Answer
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Which National Park Service unit commemorates the opening battle of the American Revolutionary War?
Answer
Minute Man National Historical Park
Which National Park Service site commemorates the 1869 completion of the first transcontinental railroad?
Answer
Golden Spike National Historical Park
Which U.S. national park is the largest in the contiguous United States?
Answer
Death Valley National Park
Which building houses the National Park Service headquarters in Washington, D.C.?
Answer
Main Interior Building
Across which three islands is the National Park of American Samoa distributed?
Answer
Tutuila, Ofu, and Taʻū
How tall is Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park from top to base?
Answer
2,425 feet
What tree species is famous for living thousands of years in Great Basin National Park?
Answer
Great Basin bristlecone pine
Which National Park Service park contains Fort Jefferson, the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas?
Answer
Dry Tortugas National Park
Which National Park Service park protects North America’s tallest sand dunes?
Answer
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Which National Park Service park contains volcanoes of all four major types?
Answer
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Which National Park Service park contains Earth’s largest gypsum sand dune field?
Answer
White Sands National Park
Which National Park Service site preserves the Atlanta home where Martin Luther King Jr. was born?
Answer
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
Which National Park Service site preserves the fort whose defense inspired the U.S. national anthem?
Answer
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
Which National Park Service recreation area includes Boston Light, the oldest lighthouse in the United States?
Answer
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Which National Park Service site preserves Thomas Edison’s laboratory and home in West Orange, New Jersey?
Answer
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Which National Park Service unit was the first national military park created by Congress?
Answer
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Which National Park Service park was the first whose land and other costs were partly paid with federal funds?
Answer
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Which National Park Service park contains the world’s largest collection of geysers?
Answer
Yellowstone National Park
Which National Park Service unit includes the cemetery where Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address?
Answer
Gettysburg National Military Park