Exploring National Parks

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Across
  1. 5. This was the very first national monument to be designated
  2. 6. Ninety-five percent of this national park is water
  3. 8. Both beachfront and snowy mountaintop can be found in this national park
  4. 11. How many national park system sites honor Theodore Roosevelt
  5. 13. The orchards in this national park bear tasty fruit you can pick at harvest time
  6. 15. President Washington slept here
  7. 17. This is the smallest unit of the National Park System by acreage
  8. 19. Which is the largest national park in acreage?
  9. 21. Ed Abbey was inspired to write Desert Solitaire while working at this unit of the National Park System
  10. 22. This once was President Hoover's summer retreat
  11. 23. How many national lakeshores are there.
  12. 24. Prominent geologic features in Bryce Canyon National Park
  13. 25. This national park is part of the world's first International Peace Park
  14. 27. This man was the very first director of the National Park Service
Down
  1. 1. This statue is a national monument
  2. 2. The Transcontinental Railroad was completed at this national historic site.
  3. 3. This animal also is known as a carcajou or skunk bear
  4. 4. This is the very first "national river"
  5. 7. What was the first national park
  6. 9. This park was first a national monument called Sieur de Monts
  7. 10. The name of the United States' 26th president is attached to this national park
  8. 12. This national park is home to the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere
  9. 14. This road connects Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains national parks
  10. 16. This animal, the United States' national mammal, can be found in a number of national parks
  11. 18. How many "national parks" are in the National Park System?
  12. 20. This is home to the longest known cave in the world
  13. 26. A Civil War-era fort is the hallmark of this national park located on an island