America's natural wonders

National Parks Explorer

Interactive map • Scavenger hunt • Map challenge

Click any park on the map to explore its facts, photograph, and original article.

54 parks on original map
🔎 Scavenger Hunt • Map stays openRead park descriptions as you solve 10 multiple-choice questions. Move or minimize the hunt window whenever you need to.
United States National Parks
Historic labeled map showing the locations of 54 national parks in the United States

Map image unavailable offline. Add the original source.gif next to this HTML. Park entries remain accessible from the selector.

Tip: The map retains the original park link locations. Use the park selector to explore alphabetically.
Park spotlight

Choose a National Park

↗ Original park page
The scavenger hunt opens directly over this map. Select a park to read its description, drag the quiz title bar to reposition it, or minimize the quiz while investigating a clue. The separate Park Label Game remains available above.

🎯 Put the Parks on the Map!

Place 10 park labels at their correct locations before time runs out. Drag a label to its numbered circle, or select a name and then tap its number.

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Find the ten hidden park locations
National parks location map for ten-label placement game

Map image unavailable offline. Add source.gif to restore the original map. You can still use the numbered regions with the published image online.

Drag a park name onto a numbered circle, or tap a park name and then its number. On mobile, swipe sideways to view the map. Use the number buttons below if dragging is inconvenient.
Map location buttons:

Your park labels

Choose a label, then tap a numbered circle on the map (or use the location buttons below it). You can also drag names onto the map.

Park Ranger's Feedback

10 points for each correct park. Incorrect guesses do not earn points. Your timer keeps running during the challenge.

National Parks Explorer • Adapted from the original MrNussbaum.com interactive map and park descriptions • No student data collected

National Parks Scavenger Hunt

Use the National Parks Interactive Map and its park descriptions • Multiple Choice
Name: _________________________________________   Date: _______________

National Parks Scavenger Hunt — Answer Key

Teacher copy • Answers to the printable 15-question worksheet

Source: Original National Parks Interactive Map descriptions. The online hunt selects ten questions randomly from a larger question bank.