Denali National Park and Preserve - Quiz
Denali National Park and Preserve
  • 1. How long is the Denali Park Road?
A) 75 miles
B) 50 miles
C) 120 miles
D) 92 miles
  • 2. What type of road surface does the first 15 miles of the Denali Park Road have?
A) Dirt
B) Gravel
C) Snow-covered
D) Paved
  • 3. Where is private vehicle access to the park restricted beyond?
A) Denali Bus Depot
B) Savage River Bridge
C) Wonder Lake
D) Kantishna
  • 4. What is located 1 mile within the park and serves as a departure point for shuttle buses?
A) Murie Science and Learning Center
B) Eielson Visitor Center
C) Denali Bus Depot
D) Toklat River Contact Station
  • 5. Which visitor center features daily ranger-led programs during the summer?
A) Eielson Visitor Center
B) Murie Science and Learning Center
C) Denali Visitor Center
D) Toklat River Contact Station
  • 6. What activities are available in Denali during the winter when the Park Road is closed?
A) Mountain biking and kayaking
B) Hiking and camping
C) Fishing and bird watching
D) Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and dogsledding
  • 7. What is the only federal government-owned sled dog kennel used for in Denali?
A) Providing lodging services
B) Hosting wildlife tours
C) Conducting scientific research
D) Raising and training sled dogs
  • 8. Where do visitors need to go for a climbing permit and orientation before attempting to climb Denali?
A) Denali Visitor Center
B) Eielson Visitor Center
C) Kantishna Airport
D) Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station in Talkeetna, Alaska
  • 9. Which area of the park is characterized by large glacier-filled canyons?
A) The rugged south portion
B) The northwest end
C) The interior near Wonder Lake
D) The northeast section
  • 10. What type of transportation is used to access backcountry lodges in Kantishna?
A) Hiking
B) Shuttle buses
C) Chartered air taxi flight
D) Private vehicles
  • 11. Which road effectively stops at the park boundary near the former location of the Into the Wild bus?
A) Petersville Road
B) Stampede Trail
C) George Parks Highway
D) Denali Park Road
  • 12. What is the primary use of sled dogs in Denali National Park and Preserve?
A) Guiding hiking tours
B) Mushing and working during snowy winter
C) Patrolling for wildlife
D) Transporting visitors to lodges
  • 13. Which visitor center is located at mile marker 1.5?
A) Toklat River Contact Station
B) Murie Science and Learning Center
C) Denali Visitor Center
D) Eielson Visitor Center
  • 14. How far is the Eielson Visitor Center from the park entrance?
A) One mile into the park
B) At mile marker 53
C) Six hours into the park by bus
D) Four hours into the park on the road
  • 15. What is the name of the railroad service operating between mid-May and Mid-September?
A) Denali Express
B) Savage River Train
C) Alaska Railroad's Denali Star route
D) Kantishna Shuttle
  • 16. Which campgrounds are accessible by private vehicles?
A) Sanctuary River, Igloo Creek, and Wonder Lake
B) Kantishna, Eielson, and Murie
C) Toklat River, Denali Bus Depot, and Visitor Center
D) Riley Creek, Savage River, and Teklanika River
  • 17. What is the primary reason for restricting private vehicles beyond Savage River Bridge?
A) Environmental protection regulations
B) Permafrost and freeze-thaw cycle create high maintenance costs
C) Safety concerns due to wildlife
D) Limited road space
  • 18. Where are lodging, restaurants, and other services located near the park entrance?
A) Wonder Lake
B) Kantishna
C) Eielson Visitor Center
D) Denali Park community
  • 19. What is accessed by Petersville Road, a dirt road that stops about 5 miles outside the park?
A) The northeast section
B) The rugged south portion of the park
C) The interior near Wonder Lake
D) The northwest end of the park
  • 20. What highway runs along the eastern edge of Denali National Park?
A) The George Parks Highway
B) The Glenn Highway
C) The Richardson Highway
D) The Seward Highway
  • 21. What percentage of visitors to Denali National Park reportedly see the mountain unobscured from top to bottom?
A) 100 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 75 percent
D) 50 percent
  • 22. What is the elevation of Denali (Mount McKinley)?
A) 22,000 ft (6,705 m)
B) 20,310 ft (6,190.5 m)
C) 18,000 ft (5,486 m)
D) 15,000 ft (4,572 m)
  • 23. What type of rock forms the core of Denali?
A) Sandstone
B) Basalt
C) Biotite granite
D) Limestone
  • 24. What geological process led to the formation of Denali National Park and Preserve?
A) Collision tectonics
B) Erosion by glaciers
C) Sediment deposition
D) Volcanic activity
  • 25. How many earthquakes are measured in the park area each year?
A) Over 1,000
B) Less than 100
C) Exactly 300
D) More than 600
  • 26. What was the magnitude of the earthquake centered east of Denali National Park on November 3, 2002?
A) 6.5
B) 7.9
C) 5.9
D) 8.2
  • 27. What is the name of the youngest rock sequence in Denali National Park?
A) The Cantwell Volcanics
B) The Chulitna terrane
C) The Kahiltna terrane
D) The McKinley Intrusive Sequence
  • 28. What type of rock sequence is the Kahiltna terrane?
A) Basalt flows
B) Granitic pluton
C) Flysch sequence
D) Metamorphosed gabbros
  • 29. Who named Mount McKinley after President William McKinley in 1897?
A) President Wilson
B) Christopher McCandless
C) Barack Obama
D) William A. Dickey
  • 30. In what year did the United States government formally adopt the name Mount McKinley?
A) 1980
B) 1897
C) 1917
D) 2015
  • 31. When did President Obama direct the renaming of Mount McKinley to Denali?
A) September 24, 2020
B) November 5, 2012
C) August 30, 2015
D) September 3, 2013
  • 32. Who signed an executive order to revert the mountain's name back to Mount McKinley?
A) William A. Dickey
B) Sally Jewell
C) Barack Obama
D) President Donald Trump
  • 33. What did McCandless's remains weigh when found?
A) 100 lb (45 kg)
B) 80 lb (36 kg)
C) 67 lb (30 kg)
D) 50 lb (23 kg)
  • 34. Which coin series honored Denali National Park in 2012?
A) America the Beautiful Quarters
B) Statehood Quarter Series
C) National Parks Commemorative Coins
D) Presidential Dollar Coin Series
  • 35. What animal is featured on the reverse of the Denali National Park coin?
A) Grizzly bear
B) Dall sheep
C) Moose
D) Caribou
  • 36. What caused the closure of park facilities west of Denali Park Road Mile 43 in 2021?
A) A forest fire
B) An earthquake
C) Flooding
D) A slow-moving landslide at Polychrome Pass
  • 37. What was the rate of movement of the Pretty Rocks Landslide prior to 2014?
A) Centimeters per hour
B) Meters per month
C) Several feet per day
D) A few inches per year
  • 38. When did the rate of movement of the Pretty Rocks Landslide accelerate to more than ten inches per day?
A) After 2014
B) Before 1980
C) During the early 2000s
D) In 1992
  • 39. On what date was the Mount McKinley Wilderness established within the park?
A) September 15, 1990
B) December 2, 1980
C) November 11, 1967
D) July 1, 1975
  • 40. How many recreational visitors did Denali National Park receive in 2025?
A) 1,000,000
B) 250,000
C) 750,000
D) 543,300
  • 41. Who proposed preserving the Denali region as a national park in 1906?
A) Stephen Mather
B) George Bird Grinnell
C) James Wickersham
D) Charles Alexander Sheldon
  • 42. When was the 93-mile Park Road completed?
A) 1938
B) 1980
C) 1971
D) 1957
  • 43. In what year did Denali National Park become an international biosphere reserve?
A) 1995
B) 1988
C) 1976
D) 2001
  • 44. How many log cabins were built in the late 1920s and early 1930s for park rangers?
A) Fourteen
B) Eight
C) Twenty
D) Ten
  • 45. What percentage of Denali National Park and Preserve is covered by glaciers?
A) 10%
B) 30%
C) 16%
D) 25%
  • 46. Which side of the Alaska Range has more extensive glaciers?
A) Southeastern side
B) Northwestern side
C) Eastern side
D) Western side
  • 47. What is the name of the sharp peak formed when cirques cut back into a mountaintop from three or four sides?
A) Cirque
B) Horn
C) Col
D) Arête
  • 48. What is permafrost?
A) Permanently frozen ground
B) Snow-covered mountains
C) Seasonally frozen soil
D) Frozen lakes and rivers
  • 49. What impact does the thawing of permafrost have on Denali's roads?
A) It creates new pathways for hiking trails
B) It causes landslides that obstruct the roads
C) It has no impact on the roads
D) It improves road conditions by hardening the ground
  • 50. What is formed where several ice wedges join?
A) Patterned ground known as ice wedge polygons
B) Lava tubes
C) Sand dunes
D) Canyons
  • 51. According to the Köppen climate classification, what type of climate does Denali National Park have?
A) Subarctic climate (Dfc)
B) Maritime climate
C) Tropical climate
D) Continental climate
  • 52. What is the plant hardiness zone at Denali Visitor Center?
A) 3a
B) 6a
C) 4b
D) 5a
  • 53. What type of climate is found on the south side of the Alaska Range in Denali National Park?
A) Subarctic climate
B) Continental climate
C) Transitional maritime climate
D) Desert climate
  • 54. Which type of forest is found at the highest altitude in Denali National Park?
A) Deciduous forest
B) Low brush bog
C) Bottomland spruce-poplar forest
D) Upland spruce-hardwood forest
  • 55. What is the number of invasive species considered a threat in Denali National Park?
A) 20
B) 25
C) 10
D) 15
  • 56. Who is the superintendent of Denali National Park and Preserve as of 2022?
A) Michael Johnson
B) Jane Smith
C) Brooke Merrell
D) John Doe
  • 57. Which trailhead is not mentioned as a maintained hiking trail in Denali National Park?
A) Wonder Lake Trailhead
B) Tsenesdghaas Na' Trailhead
C) Savage River Trailhead
D) Eielson Visitor Center
  • 58. In which year did visitation to Denali National Park peak before the COVID-19 pandemic?
A) 2019
B) 1980
C) 2025
D) 2020
  • 59. What is the name of the trail that allows off-trail hiking in Denali National Park?
A) Rock Creek Trail
B) Tsenesdghaas Na' Trailhead
C) Triple Lakes Trail
D) Oxbow Loop
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