GeoBee NPs

This is said to be the most visited National Park in the United States

 

The Cherokee Indians called it the Land of the Blue Smoke.

 

Half of it is in Tennessee, and the other half is in North Carolina.

 

This is the birthplace of Dolly Parton

 

This National Park is known as the salamander capital of the world

• Congaree

• Great Smokey Mountains

• Etowah Indian Mounds

• Dry Tortugas

This National Park is located near the Florida Keys

 

 

As one of the largest National Parks, it covers almost 65,000 acres of land

 

 

More than 80,000 people visit every year.

• Hot Springs National Park

• The Great Smokey Mountains

• Dry Tortugas

• Despot Falls Recreation Area

This National Park is located in Arkansas

 

 

In 2021, 2.1 million people visited this park.

 

 

It covers 5,550 acres.

 

 

One interesting fact is, the water is more than 4,000 years old.

• Mammoth Cave

• Oakland Cemetery

• Indiana Dunes

• Hot Springs

This National Park is located in Central Kentucky, and is home to the world’s largest known cave system

 

There are more than 400 miles of underground passageways in this park

 

Over 2 million people visit this park each year

• Providence Canyon

• Congaree

• Gateway Arch

• Mammoth Cave

This National Park is ocated in West Virginia

 

It is a deep gorge that was carved by the New River, one of the oldest rivers in the world

 

This park covers over 70,000 acres

 

There are 10 named mountains in this park

 

There were Native American settlements here as long ago as 12,000 years.

 

It is named after first white man to discover it, Colonel Abraham Wood

• New River Gorge

• Mammoth Cave

• Indiana Dunes

• Congaree

This National Park is located in Virginia

 

It is the first national park to be formed using land from private owners

 

Remains of prehistoric creatures have been found in this park

 

People have lived in the area of this park for at least 9,000 years

• Damp Tortugas

• Shenandoah

• Cuyahoga Valley

• Hot Springs

This National Park is located in Ohio

 

This park covers 32,750 acres

 

About 13,000 years ago, the first in habitants were Paleoindian hunters who followed caribou and other Ice Age mammals into the area

 

There is a railroad running through this park

• Cuyahoga Valley

• The Great Smokey Dunes

• Gateway Gorge

• Shenandoah

This National Park is located in Indiana

 

This is where the Science of Ecology began

 

It is the 5th most biodiverse national park in the United States

• Indianapolis Valley

• Gateway Arch

• Indiana Dunes

• Blue Smoke Mountains

This National Park is located in Missouri

 

At only 91 acres, it is the smallest national park

 

 

$380 million dollars was spent on renovations

 

This is one of the most recognized landmarks in the United States

• Dry Tortugas

• Congaree

• Gateway Arch

• Shenandoah

This national park is located in South Carolina

 

Humans inhabited this area 10,000 years ago

 

It is named after an Indian Tribe

 

This park was first visited by Hernando de Soto

 

It was a refuge from slavery

 

This park preserves the largest area of old growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the United States.

• Congaree

• Gateway Arch

• Cuyahoga Valley

• Mammoth Cave Springs