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<b>Do you know your Yellowstones from your Yosemites and your Arches from your Acadias?</b>

Do you know your Yellowstones from your Yosemites and your Arches from your Acadias?

How Well Do You Know Your National Parks?

Famed for its well-preserved cliff dwellings including the (pictured) Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde is located in Colorado.

You can see that in Mesa Verde National Park.

Do you know where you can see this?

Protecting parts of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts, the park is famed for its Joshua trees (pictured), which are actually more closely related to most grasses than other trees. You can find Joshua Tree in California.

That's in Joshua Tree National Park.

Where can you find this vista?

Only accessible by boat or sea plane, the Dry Tortugas are located to the west of Key West in Florida. There's great diving as well as the Civil War-era Fort Jefferson (pictured).

That old fort is in the Dry Tortugas National Park.

Do you know where this is?

With some of the world's largest deposits of petrified wood (pictured), the Petrified Forest is located in Arizona.

This is the Petrified Forest National Park.

What National Park is this?

The world's first National Park, Yellowstone is in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. It's home to many of North America's most awesome wildlife from bison (pictured) to grizzly bears.

Those buffalo (or bison) roam in Yellowstone National Park.

Do you know where these buffalo roam?

Famed for its sandstone arches, which lend the park its name, Arches is located in Utah.

Those rocks are in Arches National Park.

Do you know where these rocks can be found?

Wrangell-St. Elias is located in Alaska and protects 13 million acres of wilderness and includes Mount St. Elias, one of the highest points in North America.

That is the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.

Do you recognize these mountains?

Protecting the crater of the island of Maui's dormant volcano, Haleakalā can be found in Hawai'i.

That is Haleakalā National Park.

Where can you see this peculiar landscape?

Olympic is located in Washington state and its nearly million acres protect some of the most rugged mountains and coastlines in the United States.

That view can be seen in Olympic National Park.

Where can you take in this lovely seaside view?

Isle Royale is located in the middle of Lake Superior in Michigan. It's only accessible by boat, but that hasn't stopped moose and wolf, as well as other animals, from populating the remote island.

That is Isle Royale National Park.

Where does the sunrise look like this?

Protecting 461,901 acres of the Sierra Nevada mountains, Kings Canyon is in California. It is one of the most remote and least developed parks in the National Park system.

That is Kings Canyon National Park.

Which National Park is this?

One of the smaller National Parks, Maine's Acadia National Park is home to the beautiful Jordan Pond (pictured) as well as the earliest sunrise in the 50 states, which you can see from the top of Cadillac Mountain.

That's Acadia National Park.

Where is this serene body of water?

While New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns might not look like much from above ground, below is one of the most epic cave systems on the planet.

That is in Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

Where can you see this art of geology?

On a clear day, you can see the famous Mount Rainier from Seattle. The park protects, of course, Mount Rainier, which is the highest peak in the Cascade range.

That is in Mount Rainier National Park.

Where is this lovely mountain view?

Tucked along the Mexican border in Texas, Big Bend protects 801,163 acres of the Chihuahuan Desert.

That's in Big Bend National Park.

Where does this river flow?

California's Yosemite National Park is home to some of the most dramatic cliffs and views in the whole world.

That is Yosemite National Park.

Where are these rugged peaks?

The National Park of American Samoa can be found in American Samoa, of course! It's the only one of the United States' National Parks south of the equator.

That is the National Park of American Samoa.

Where is this lush tropical paradise?

The Grand Canyon is in Arizona. It's a really large canyon carved by the Colorado River, which you can barely see from the rim.

That is Grand Canyon National Park.

Do you recognize this place?

The Black Canyon of the Gunnison is located in Colorado. It's one of the newer National Parks, gaining the designation in 1999.

That's in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

You can find Hot Springs in Arkansas. It's one of the smallest and most urban National Parks. You can even get an old-timey spa treatment in an old-timey hot spring spa.

That is in Hot Springs National Park.

Which National Park has this?

You really know your parks, so get out there and explore!

You are a regular Park Ranger.

You know your parks pretty well, but there is still so much more for you to explore.

You are a Junior Ranger.

Imagine the Instagram possibilities with these views!

You are an occasional park tourist.

You might not know the National Parks of the United States well, but maybe they just aren't your national parks. I'm sure your country has some pretty awesome places too!  
However, if you are American, you need to get out more!

Maybe these parks aren't yours.

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