US National Parks Quiz

The United States has 63 designated national parks, managed by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Department of the Interior. The first national park in the world was Yellowstone, established by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872. The largest national park is Wrangell-St. Elias in Alaska (larger than Switzerland). The most visited is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which straddles Tennessee and North Carolina.

America's National Parks by Region

The American West contains the greatest concentration of national parks - Including Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Rocky Mountain, Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Olympic, and Glacier. Alaska has eight national parks, including Denali (home to North America's highest peak). The East has fewer but important parks including Acadia (Maine), Shenandoah (Virginia), Great Smoky Mountains, and Everglades (Florida). Explore more with our US states map quiz, US capitals map quiz, and mountain ranges map quiz.