Which park came FIRST?

1) What is considered the first National Park in the U.S. - and in the world - having been established in 1872?

2) Which park's lands were set aside eight years earlier (in 1864) by Congress, signed into law by Abraham Lincoln, as the first time land was protected for preservation and public use?

3) The first area designated by Congress for federal protection of any sort was established in 1832. Which current National Park is comprised of this area?

4) The 1872 legislation establishing Yellowstone never used the term 'National Park'. What was the country's second National Park, and the first one to use the term in the bill creating it?

the Statistics

1) Which National Park is the largest, at over 13 million acres?

2) Which is the largest park in the lower 48 states?

3) At 91 acres, which is the smallest National Park?

4) Which National Park is furthest from the geographic center of the United States?

5) Which National Park attracts the largest number of visitors?

6) Which state has the most National Parks?

Some history

1) Which US president once worked as a National Park ranger?

2) Which legendary bandits had a hideout in today's Canyonlands National Park?

3) In 2010, the first fatal wild animal incident killed a man Olympic National Park. What kind of animal?

4) Which park received a dubious endorsement when a newspaper said it had “all the adversity of hell without the inconveniences”?

Grab Bag

1) According to psychics, which National Park is a portal to a parallel universe?

2) There is a story about how the first NPS director had a standing order for a railroad company to remove company buildings from land inside a park, but they kept putting him off. Finally he'd had enough, so for his daughter's birthday, he took dynamite to the buildings to give his daughter a fireworks show. Which National Park?

3) Most parks are named after a geographic or geologic feature. What is the only park named after a person?

4) Which is the only National Park that closes in the winter?

5) Which is the only state that used to have a National Park, but no longer does?

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