National Parks of America Flashcards by Andrew O'Donnell

First national park
Many geothermal areas
Located in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana

Yellowstone

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Protects the Giant Forest
General Sherman, the world’s tallest tree
Over 240 caves
Mt. Whitney, the tallest mountain in Lower 48
Located in California

Sequoia

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Home to Half Dome and El Capitan
Tallest waterfall in North America
Located in California

Yosemite

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Home to an active volcano
Has the largest glacier in the lower 48
Located in Washington

Mount Rainier

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Home to the deepest lake in the United States
On Mt. Mazama
Located in Oregon

Crater Lake

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Home to the world’s densest cave system
Home to black-footed ferrets
Located in South Dakota

Wind Cave

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Home to over 4,000 archaeological sites of the Puebloan people
Located in Colorado

Mesa Verde

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Home to 26 glaciers and 130 named lakes

Located in Montana

Glacier

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Home to over 150 lakes including Bear Lake
Home to Longs Peak
Located in Colorado

Rocky Mountain

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Home to a volcano on Maui
Home to more endangered species than any other National Park in America
Located in Hawaii

Haleakalā

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Home to Kīlauea and Mauna Loa

Located in Hawaii

Hawaii Volcanoes

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Home to Lassen Peak, the largest plug dome volcano on Earth
Has an example of all 4 types of volcano
Located in California

Lassen Volcanic

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Home to Mt. McKinley

Located in Alaska

Denali

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Covers most of Mount Desert Island
Home to the tallest mountain on the Atlantic coast
Located in Maine

Acadia

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Home to a 277 mile long canyon carved by the Colorado River

Located in Arizona

Grand Canyon

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Features various rock formations incuding canyons and arches

Located in Utah

Zion

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Smallest National Park
The only National Park in an urban area
Located in Arkansas

Hot Springs

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Includes the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Appalachian Trail

Located in Virginia

Shenandoah

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Home to a giant natural amphitheatre
Settled by Native Americans and later by Mormon pioneers
Located in Utah

Bryce Canyon

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Home to the tallest mountain in the Teton Range

Located in Wyoming

Grand Teton

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Home to 117 caves under the Chihuahuan Desert

Located in New Mexico

Carlsbad Caverns

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Home to the largest island in Lake Superior
This park is spread across over 400 islands
Features many shipwrecks
Located in Michigan

Isle Royale

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Located in a mangrove ecosystem and marine estuary
Home to crocodiles, alligators, and manatees
Located in Florida

Everglades

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Mountains in the Appalachian Mountains
Includes 70 miles of the Appalachian Trail
Located in North Carolina and Tennessee

Great Smoky Mountains

Home to many tide pools and Mt. Olympus Includes the wettest area of the continental United States Located in Washington

Olympic

Home to sequoias, including the world's second largest | Located in California

Kings Canyon

Home to the world's longest cave system | Located in Kentucky

Mammoth Cave

Located along the Rio Grande Home to many Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils Located in Texas

Big Bend

Includes part of the island of Saint John Home to ruins of sugar plantations, coral reefs, and mangroves Located in the United States Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands

Home to dinosaur fossils and 225-million year-old petrified wood Located in Arizona

Petrified Forest

Home to canyons, buttes, and mesas carved by the Colorado River Includes artifacts from the Ancient Puebloans Located in Utah

Canyonlands

Home to the highest point in Texas Home to a fossilized reef from the Permian Located in Texas

Guadalupe Mountains

Home to glaciers, mountains, and Ross Lake | Located in Washington

North Cascades

Protects almost half of all coastal redwoods Includes tide pools and seastacks Located in California

Redwood

Has a history of Native Americans, fur traders, and a gold rush Spans across four main lakes Located in Minnesota

Voyageurs

Known for over 2,000 natural sandstone arches | Located in Utah

Arches

Features a 100-mile monocline showing Earth's geologic layers Located in Utah

Capitol Reef

Includes buttes and pinnacles Home to the world's richest fossil beds from the Oligocene epoch Home to black-footed ferrets Located in South Dakota

Badlands

The region that influenced America's 26th president Includes his famous cabin Located in North Dakota

Theodore Roosevelt

Includes five of eight of these islands Half of the park is underwater Home the critically endangered island fox Located in California

Channel Islands

At the north end of the Florida Keys Home to crocodiles, manatees, and sea turtles Located in Florida

Biscayne

Is the northernmost National Park Has no park facilities Home to Alaska natives Located in Alaska

Gates of the Arctic

Has three regions of sand dunes created by glaciers Features ice age fossils Located in Alaska

Kobuk Valley

Is the largest National Park Over 25% of it is volcanic peaks Located in Alaska

Wrangell–St. Elias

Surrounds a lake of the same name Features volcanoes, glaciers, and waterfalls Located in Alaska

Lake Clark

Protects the Harding Icefield Features glaciers and fjords Located in Alaska

Kenai Fjords

Is on the Alaska Peninsula Features a famous ash flow and a mountain of the same name as the park Located in Alaska

Katmai

Features glaciers, mountains, and fjords Has a temperate rainforest, and is home to bears, whales, and seals Located in Alaska

Glacier Bay

Based around Wheeler Peak Has 5,000 year-old trees and caves Located in Nevada

Great Basin

The southernmost National Park Features coral reefs, volcanoes, and rainforests Located in American Samoa

American Samoa

Is at the west end of the Florida Keys Features the largest masonry structure in the Western Hemisphere, coral reefs, and shipwrecks Located in Florida

Dry Tortugas

Is on the Sonoran Desert Home to its famous cacti, and peccaries Located in Arizona

Saguaro

Is the hottest, lowest, and driest place in the country Features canyons, badlands, sand dunes, and mountains Located in California and Nevada

Death Valley

Lies on the Colorado Desert and the Mojave Desert Is famous for its trees of the same name Also has sand dunes, mountains, and granite monoliths Located in California

Joshua Tree

Is home to a canyon from the Precambrian | Located in Colorado

Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Is focused on early rural living, featuring historic homes and bridges Located in Ohio

Cuyahoga Valley

On a swampland created by a river of the same name | Located in South Carolina

Congaree

Home to the tallest dunes in North America | Located in Colorado

Great Sand Dunes

Formed by the erosion of an extinct volcano Very popular for rock climbing Located in California

Pinnacles