Can you name the US National Parks by date of founding? created by FedericoDeLaFe Enter a Park Name in the box below Correctly named Park Names will show up below Click any empty Date or Park to answer for that location All answers refer to parks as they are now known. This list only includes National Parks, not National Historic Parks, National Monuments, National Seashores, etc. This quiz has not been verified by Sporcle

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Date Park Original Status March 1, 1872 – September 25, 1890 – October 1, 1890 Protected through Yosemite Grant since 1864 March 2, 1899 – May 22, 1902 – January 9, 1903 – June 29, 1906 – May 11, 1910 – January 26, 1915 – August 1, 1916 Established as one park, then split in 1960; Hawaii NP renamed Hawaii Volcanoes NP in 1961 August 9, 1916 Incorporated Cinder Cone and Lassen Peak National Monuments (both 1907) February 26, 1917 Originally McKinley NP, renamed Denali in 1980, incorporating Denali National Monument February 26, 1919 Acadia originally Sieur de Montes National Monument (1916), then Lafayette NP; renamed Acadia in 1929; Grand Canyon– National Monument since 1908 November 19, 1919 Mukuntuweap National Monument (1909), then Zion National Monument in 1918 March 7, 1921 Hot Springs Reservation (1832) June 7, 1924 National Monument (1923), then Utah NP (1924); name changed to Bryce Canyon in 1928 February 26, 1929 – May 14, 1930 National Monument (1923) March 3, 1931 – June 15, 1934 Authorized in 1926, protected in 1930, developed in 1934 December 26, 1935 Authorized in 1926, established in 1935, dedicated in 1936 June 29, 1938 National Monument (1909) March 4, 1940 Incorporated General Grant National Park (1890) July 1, 1941 –

Date Park Original Status June 12, 1944 State Park (1933) December 6, 1947 – August 2, 1956 – December 9, 1962 National Monument (1906) September 12, 1964 – October 15, 1966 – October 2, 1968 – November 12, 1971 National Monument (1929) December 18, 1971 National Monument (1937) April 8, 1975 – November 10, 1978 Theodore Roosevelt– National Memorial Park (1947); Badlands National Monument authorized in 1929 and established in 1939 March 5, 1980 National Monument (1938) June 28, 1980 – December 2, 1980 Gates of the Arctic, Glacier Bay, Kenai Fjords and Katmai– National Monuments (between 1918 and 1978) October 27, 1986 Encompassed Lehman Caves National Monument (1922) October 31, 1988 – October 26, 1992 Encompassed Fort Jefferson National Monument (1935) October 31, 1994 Joshua Tree– National Monument (1936); Death Valley– National Monument (1933) October 4, 1994 National Monument (1933) October 21, 1999 National Monument (1933) October 11, 2000 – November 10, 2003 National Monument (1976) September 4, 2004 National Monument (1932)

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