Categories - Summer National Park Trip
I. American History
A. Colonial / Rev. War
1. George Washington Birthplace NHS VA
2. Robert E. Lee Birthplace VA
3. Independence NHS PA
4. Valley Forge NHS PA
5. Hopewell Village NHS PA
6. Thomas Stone NHS MD
7. Ft. McHenry NM MD
8. Piscataway NHS MD
9. Oxon Hill NHS MD
B. Civil War
1. Stones River NB TN
2. Shiloh NMP TN
3. Pea Ridge NMP AR
4. Ft. Union NM NM -Glorieta Pass
5. Cold Harbor NB VA
6. Glendale NB VA
7. Fort Harrison NB VA
8. Chimborazo NB VA
9. Richmond -Tredegar NB VA
10. Petersburg NB VA
11. Fort Washington, MD
C. Expansion
1. Natchez Trace Parkway NP TN AL
2. Ft. Smith NHS AR
3. Scotts Bluff NM NE
4. Ft. Laramie NHS WY
5. Oregon Trail Ruts SP WY
6. Register Cliff SP WY
7. Knife River Indian Villages NHS ND
8. Ft. Mandan / Lewis & Clark Int. Ctr. ND
9. Ft. Snelling MN
10. Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS PA
11. Horseshoe Curve PA
D. Personalities
1. The Hermitage – Andrew Jackson TN
2. G. W. Carver NM MO
3. Mt. Rushmore NMem SD
4. G. Washington NHS VA
5. R.E. Lee VA
6. Theodore Roosevelt NP ND
7. Maggie L. Walker NHS VA
8. Frederick Douglass NHS DC
E. Indian Ruins/ Battlefields
1. Washita Battlefield NHS OK
2. Petroglyphs NM NM
3. Pecos NHP NM
4. Aztec Ruins NM NM
5. Mesa Verde NP CO
6. Wupatki NM AZ
7. Walnut Canyon NM AZ
8. Montezuma Castle NM, AZ
9. Anasazi Heritage Center CO
10. Little Bighorn Battlefield NM MT
11. Knife River Indian Villages NP, ND
F National Historic Trails
1. Overmountain Victory
2. Natchez Trace Parkway
4. Trail of Tears
4. Sante Fe
5. Oregon
6. Mormon
7. California
8. Pony Express
9. Lewis & Clark
II. Geology – Natural History
A. Absolute Locations
1. 4 Corners AZ – CO – NM – AZ
2. Geographic Center of the U S Belle Fourche SD
3. Geographic Center of North America Rugby, ND
4. Devils Tower NM WY
5. International Peace Garden ND, US MB, Canada
6. “Point mark’d West” Mason-Dixon Line White Clay Creek SP DE
7. 45th Parallel – ½ way Equator to North Pole – WY./MT line
8. Mt. Mitchell, NC -highest pt. east of the Rockies
B. The Big Ones
1. Yellowstone NP WY - MT
2. Grand Canyon NP AZ
3. Grand Teton NP WY
4. Zion NP UT
5. Cedar Breaks NM UT
6. Bryce Canyon NP UT
7. Capital Reef NP UT
8. Arches NP UT
9. Canyonlands NP UT
10. Rocky Mountains NP CO
11. Mt. Rushmore NMem SD
12. Badlands NP SD
13. Theodore Roosevelt NP ND
14. Great Sand Dunes NP CO
15. Dinosaur NP UT/ CO
C. One of a Kind
1. Capulin Volcano NM NM
2. Natural Bridges NM UT
3. Goosenecks SP UT
4. Monument Valley TP AZ
5. Sunset Crater NM AZ
6. Hoover Dam AZ/NV
7. Valley of Fire SP NV
8. Kodachrome Basin SP UT
9. Goblin Valley SP UT
10. Dead Horse Point SP UT
11. Great Salt Lake UT
12.Trail Ridge Rd. CO - highest continuous paved rd. in US
14. Hot Springs SP WY - World’s Largest
15. Enchanted Highway ND
16. Niagara Falls ONT – NY
17 Flight 93 PA
STATES
1. TN 11 UT 21 MN 31 MD
2. AL 12 AZ 22 WI 32 VA
3. MS 13 NV 23 IL 33 NC
4. AR 14 CA 24 IN
5. MO 15 WY 25 MI CANADA
6. KS 16 NE 26 OH SASKATCHEWAN
7. OK 17 ID 27 NY MANITOBA
8. TX 18 MT 28 PA ONTARIO
9. NM 19 SD 29 NJ
10. CO 20 ND 30 DE