Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your National Parks?

Where Is This National Park?

This national park's massive waterfall dumps 165 million gallons of water per minute during peak times and borders two nations. (Click on the next slide for the answer.)

Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Zambia, and Victoria Falls National Park, Zimbabwe

If you were thinking of Niagara Falls, you were wrong. (Niagara is a state park and a national heritage area, by the way, not a national park.) This is Victoria Falls, located at the Zambia-Zimbabwe border in Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park and Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls National Park, both of which are home to abundant populations of elephants, giraffes, zebras, hippos, the occasional lion, and other large wildlife.

In its local language, Victoria Falls is called Mosi-oa-Tunya, or "the smoke that thunders." One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, it's the largest curtain of falling water in the world. Victoria Falls is one and a half times wider than Niagara Falls and twice its height.

Where Is This National Park?

Adventure seekers can explore this park by foot or by fin via its snorkeling trail. (Click on the next slide for the answer.)

Virgin Islands National Park, St. John, USVI

Even nonbelievers will call this place heaven. No need to transcend beyond this world—or even get a passport—as this 7,000-acre stretch of Caribbean paradise is Virgin Islands National Park in St. John, USVI. If trails are your bag, hike one of the 20 trails on foot or snorkel the underwater Trunk Bay trail.

Where Is This National Park?

This national park is best known for its waterfalls and its ancient trees. (Click on the next slide for the answer.)

Yosemite National Park, California

Behold Yosemite National Park's Horsetail Fall! The above photo may look like flowing lava, but it's actually a waterfall. The water's fiery hue is attributed to the setting sun striking precisely at the top of the water stream—and only in the most perfect conditions. The "firefall" effect usually only happens in February and only if Horsetail Fall is flowing.

Where Is This National Park?

This national park has not one but two highly active volcanoes, yet its serene wilderness is perfect for nature walks and camping. (Click on the next slide for the answer.)

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawaii

You'll find this hot spot at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island. The massive national park has two extremely active volcanoes, but with more than 300,000 acres of parkland, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park also offers diversity beyond the spewing lava and smoke. There's a lush tropical rainforest, more than half of which is designated Hawaii Volcanoes Wilderness area—perfect for hiking and camping.

Where Is This National Park?

This national park is home to pink flamingoes, pumas, and condors. (Click on the next slide for the answer.)

Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Half a million acres of national park is nothing to sneeze at. Because of its impressive breadth, Torres del Paine National Park is home to just about every type of geographical feature, from lush forests to raging rivers to placid lakes to towering mountains—and even icebergs. Torres del Paine National Park in Chile hangs at the tip of the world, just across the frozen waters from Antarctica. The wildlife, too, is just as diverse as the geography. The park is home to so much life, including ostrich-like ñandu, pink flamingoes, pumas, and condors.

Where Is This National Park?

This national park's signature feature dates back more than 2 billion years. (Click on the next slide for the answer.)

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Dramatic, breathtaking, arresting: These plus many other awe-inspiring adjectives are echoed upon first sight of Grand Canyon National Park. Most visitors take in amazing views of this geological marvel from the South Rim, but head down the canyon for an up-close inspection of 2 billion years' worth of carvings by its creator, the Colorado River.

Where Is This National Park?

This national park takes up more than 85 percent of the island it inhabits. (Click on the next slide for the answer.)

Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island, New Zealand

Surprise, New Zealand has several islands! You're probably familiar with the North and South islands, but Rakiura National Park can be found on Stewart Island, New Zealand's third-largest and southernmost settled island. Or should we say Rakiura National Park is Stewart Island? The national park takes up 85 percent of Stewart Island, so it's nearly impossible to step on the island without finding yourself in the national park—or, for that matter, encountering its many inhabitants, among them seals, yellow-eyed penguins, and the nationally embraced kiwi. As for the other type of inhabitants, well, Stewart Island's human population is only 400, so you may go days without seeing another soul.

Where Is This National Park?

Daylight during the summer season at this national park lasts a whopping 19 hours. (Click on the next slide for the answer.)

Kluane National Park and Reserve, Canada

Daylight during the summer season at Kluane National Park and Reserve lasts a whopping 19 hours, but with so much wildlife in this Yukon park, you'll need those extra hours of light to view its residents. Though at risk in other parts of the world, grizzlies and bald eagles hold steady populations in Kluane's forests and tundras.

Where Is This National Park?

It is believed that this city was once the capital of an ancient civilization. (Click on the next slide for the answer.)

Tikal National Park, Guatemala

Guatemala's Tikal National Park was once a Maya capital city and is now an important archaeological site. There are more than 3,000 ancient structures, among them temples, tombs, and homesteads, within the park's 85 square miles. Still inhabiting the bush are howler monkeys, sloths, snakes, and jaguars.

Where Is This National Park?

Just 62 miles from a highly populated city, this national park is home to a 12,000-foot peak. (Click on the next slide for the answer.)

Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, Japan

Destruction and life go hand in hand at Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. The 475-square-mile park has active volcanoes alongside soothing hot springs, it offers a captivating alligator zoo but also the serenity of a botanical garden, and its landscape features mountains and forests but also coastline. Japan's Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park plays a yin-yang symphony. Just 62 miles from Tokyo, it is home to the famous Mt. Fuji—at 12,000 feet, the highest peak in Japan.

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