National Park Trivia

The following set of trivia questions concerns national parks in the United States. It is limited to national parks themselves and excludes other area managed by the National Park Service, such as national monuments, national memorials, national historic sites, and wild and scenic rivers.

1. How many national parks are there?
2. Which was the first national park?
3. Which is the newest national park?
4. Which national park receives the most recreational visitors annually?
5. Which national park receives the fewest recreational visitors annually?
6. Which two national parks are closest to each other geographically?
7. Which national park is 99 percent underwater?
8. Which national park is the largest by area?
9. Which national park is the smallest by area?
10. Which national parks straddle the boundary between multiple states?
11. Which national park is the closest one to a city of 250,000 or more?
12. Which state has the most national parks?
13. Which national park is the only one named after a president?
14. Which national park boasts the nation's highest continuous paved road?
15. Which national park is the most geographically isolated (i.e. farthest from any other national park)?

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