US National Parks

This national park was originally a national monument named for the French explorer Sieur de Mons. This national park’s Eagle Lake and Jordan Pond are popular places for canoeing. The town of Southwest Harbor is a primary access point to this national park. Cadillac Mountain overlooks this national park, which contains Mount Desert Island. This national park near Bar Harbor is the easternmost national park in the continental United States. For the point, name this national park in coastal Maine.

The tallest example of these landforms is named for Federico Kirbus in Argentina's Catamarca Province, and another example is named simply "7" in Namibia. A national park protecting "Great" examples of these landforms is located in the Sangre de Cristo Range, and Barchan and Transverse are examples of this landform common in the "Empty Quarter" of Saudi Arabia. For the point, name these landforms that consist of hills of sand

Hikers at this national park can enjoy the King Snake and Weston Lake Loop Trails. An educational documentary on this national park was titled Roots of the River, and that namesake river of this national park merges with a tributary of the Santee north of its state's Lake (+) Marion. This national park was originally a "Swamp National Monument" that was created through preservation efforts backed by Strom (*) Thurmond. A boardwalk takes visitors through the marshy bottomland hardwood forest of, for the points, what national park near the city of Columbia, South Carolina?

This National Park is partially bounded on the west by Interstate 44 and it is located near Laclede's Landing. This National Park's structures include the Old Courthouse, the site of early trials in the Dred Scott case. This park was formerly the (+) Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and at 193 acres it is the smallest National Park in the United States. This National Park was established in (*) 2018, but is named for a steel-clad monument built in 1965. For the points, name this National Park located along the Mississippi River in St. Louis, named for a 630-foot tall catenary arch designed by Eero Saarinen.

This mountain range looms over Jenny Lake and line of homesteads known as Mormon Row. The T. A. Moulton Barn, reputedly “the most photographed barn in America,” sits below the three tallest peaks in this mountain range, known as the Cathedral Group. The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Parkway runs alongside this range, which rises to the north of the ski resort town of (*) Jackson Hole. Its highest peak is nicknamed “The Grand.” For the points, give this Wyoming mountain range that names a national park south of Yellowstone.

An outlaw named Ed Watson hid out in this modern day national park in the settlement of Chokoloskee after escaping the Oklahoma Territory for allegedly killing outlaw Belle Starr. Reporter Marjory Stoneman Douglas was known as the “Grand Dame” of this national park after writing a 1947 book about it. This park’s ecosystem has been greatly degraded through the introduction of the Burmese Python. Much of the Biscayne Aquifer is recharged by the grasslands of this national park, which is crossed by a highway nicknamed “Alligator Alley.” For the point, name this national park and refuge of the Florida Panther.

The closest major town to this park is Alamogordo, and this park's Alkali Flat and Lake Lucero were formed from the evaporation of Lake Otero. This park is nestled in the Tularosa Basin east of the Sacramento Mountains, and Steve Pearce opposed this park's nomination as a World Heritage Site due to concerns that it could interrupt military testing. The Trinity bomb was detonated in, for the point, what New Mexico park known for its gypsum crystal sand dunes?

This site is home to the village of Sivu’ovi, prominent settlement of the Basketmaker II era, and other settlements in this site include the Agate House and the Puerco ruins. This site’s “Newspaper Rock” has been inscribed with over 650 petroglyphs by this park’s former inhabitants, the Pueblo. This park’s northern sector extends into the (*) Painted Desert, and its most famous features are the result of burial by volcanic sediment since the Triassic period. For the points, name this national park in Arizona known for its fossilized trees.

This national park is the central subject of Donald Finkel’s poetry collection titled Answer Back. Spanning over 50,000 acres, the majority of this national park is found in Edmonson County. The Great Onyx is a feature within this national park that has been linked to the Flint Ridge system. The Green River flows through this national park that is within fifty miles of Bowling Green. Despite its name, this park has never shown evidence of containing the remains of the “wooly” species of its namesake mammal. For the point, name this Kentucky national park containing the longest cave system on Earth.

Yale professor Bertram Boltwood studied the water quality of a city with this name, noting an unusual amount of dissolved radon gas. That city with this name is home to Bathhouse Row, a collection of “whites-only” business and gardens designed in various ostentatious architectural styles. It’s not Hope, but this former residence of Bill Clinton is nestled in the Ouachita Mountains, and there is significantly more geothermal activity in the vicinity of this city than elsewhere in the greater region. For the point, name this national park and city in Arkansas.