Denali National Park and Preserve
  • 1. How long is the Denali Park Road?
A) 120 miles
B) 92 miles
C) 50 miles
D) 75 miles
  • 2. What type of road surface does the first 15 miles of the Denali Park Road have?
A) Gravel
B) Snow-covered
C) Dirt
D) Paved
  • 3. Where is private vehicle access to the park restricted beyond?
A) Wonder Lake
B) Denali Bus Depot
C) Savage River Bridge
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) Toklat River Contact Station
C) Denali Bus Depot
D) Eielson Visitor Center
  • 5. Which visitor center features daily ranger-led programs during the summer?
A) Denali Visitor Center
B) Murie Science and Learning Center
C) Eielson Visitor Center
D) Toklat River Contact Station
  • 6. What activities are available in Denali during the winter when the Park Road is closed?
A) Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and dogsledding
B) Fishing and bird watching
C) Mountain biking and kayaking
D) Hiking and camping
  • 7. What is the only federal government-owned sled dog kennel used for in Denali?
A) Conducting scientific research
B) Providing lodging services
C) Raising and training sled dogs
D) Hosting wildlife tours
  • 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 northwest end
B) The rugged south portion
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) Denali Park Road
B) George Parks Highway
C) Petersville Road
D) Stampede Trail
  • 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) Eielson Visitor Center
B) Murie Science and Learning Center
C) Toklat River Contact Station
D) Denali Visitor Center
  • 14. How far is the Eielson Visitor Center from the park entrance?
A) Four hours into the park on the road
B) Six hours into the park by bus
C) At mile marker 53
D) One mile into the park
  • 15. What is the name of the railroad service operating between mid-May and Mid-September?
A) Alaska Railroad's Denali Star route
B) Savage River Train
C) Denali Express
D) Kantishna Shuttle
  • 16. Which campgrounds are accessible by private vehicles?
A) Kantishna, Eielson, and Murie
B) Toklat River, Denali Bus Depot, and Visitor Center
C) Sanctuary River, Igloo Creek, and Wonder Lake
D) Riley Creek, Savage River, and Teklanika River
  • 17. What is the primary reason for restricting private vehicles beyond Savage River Bridge?
A) Permafrost and freeze-thaw cycle create high maintenance costs
B) Safety concerns due to wildlife
C) Limited road space
D) Environmental protection regulations
  • 18. Where are lodging, restaurants, and other services located near the park entrance?
A) Kantishna
B) Eielson Visitor Center
C) Denali Park community
D) Wonder Lake
  • 19. What is accessed by Petersville Road, a dirt road that stops about 5 miles outside the park?
A) The interior near Wonder Lake
B) The northwest end of the park
C) The northeast section
D) The rugged south portion of the park
  • 20. What highway runs along the eastern edge of Denali National Park?
A) The Richardson Highway
B) The George Parks Highway
C) The Glenn Highway
D) The Seward Highway
  • 21. What percentage of visitors to Denali National Park reportedly see the mountain unobscured from top to bottom?
A) 10 percent
B) 75 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 100 percent
  • 22. What is the elevation of Denali (Mount McKinley)?
A) 20,310 ft (6,190.5 m)
B) 18,000 ft (5,486 m)
C) 15,000 ft (4,572 m)
D) 22,000 ft (6,705 m)
  • 23. What type of rock forms the core of Denali?
A) Basalt
B) Limestone
C) Biotite granite
D) Sandstone
  • 24. What geological process led to the formation of Denali National Park and Preserve?
A) Volcanic activity
B) Sediment deposition
C) Erosion by glaciers
D) Collision tectonics
  • 25. How many earthquakes are measured in the park area each year?
A) Exactly 300
B) Over 1,000
C) Less than 100
D) More than 600
  • 26. What was the magnitude of the earthquake centered east of Denali National Park on November 3, 2002?
A) 5.9
B) 8.2
C) 7.9
D) 6.5
  • 27. What is the name of the youngest rock sequence in Denali National Park?
A) The Cantwell Volcanics
B) The McKinley Intrusive Sequence
C) The Kahiltna terrane
D) The Chulitna terrane
  • 28. What type of rock sequence is the Kahiltna terrane?
A) Flysch sequence
B) Granitic pluton
C) Basalt flows
D) Metamorphosed gabbros
  • 29. Who named Mount McKinley after President William McKinley in 1897?
A) Barack Obama
B) William A. Dickey
C) President Wilson
D) Christopher McCandless
  • 30. In what year did the United States government formally adopt the name Mount McKinley?
A) 1980
B) 2015
C) 1897
D) 1917
  • 31. When did President Obama direct the renaming of Mount McKinley to Denali?
A) September 3, 2013
B) August 30, 2015
C) September 24, 2020
D) November 5, 2012
  • 32. Who signed an executive order to revert the mountain's name back to Mount McKinley?
A) Barack Obama
B) President Donald Trump
C) William A. Dickey
D) Sally Jewell
  • 33. What did McCandless's remains weigh when found?
A) 100 lb (45 kg)
B) 67 lb (30 kg)
C) 50 lb (23 kg)
D) 80 lb (36 kg)
  • 34. Which coin series honored Denali National Park in 2012?
A) National Parks Commemorative Coins
B) America the Beautiful Quarters
C) Presidential Dollar Coin Series
D) Statehood Quarter Series
  • 35. What animal is featured on the reverse of the Denali National Park coin?
A) Dall sheep
B) Moose
C) Caribou
D) Grizzly bear
  • 36. What caused the closure of park facilities west of Denali Park Road Mile 43 in 2021?
A) An earthquake
B) A slow-moving landslide at Polychrome Pass
C) Flooding
D) A forest fire
  • 37. What was the rate of movement of the Pretty Rocks Landslide prior to 2014?
A) Centimeters per hour
B) A few inches per year
C) Meters per month
D) Several feet per day
  • 38. When did the rate of movement of the Pretty Rocks Landslide accelerate to more than ten inches per day?
A) Before 1980
B) In 1992
C) During the early 2000s
D) After 2014
  • 39. On what date was the Mount McKinley Wilderness established within the park?
A) November 11, 1967
B) December 2, 1980
C) July 1, 1975
D) September 15, 1990
  • 40. How many recreational visitors did Denali National Park receive in 2025?
A) 1,000,000
B) 750,000
C) 543,300
D) 250,000
  • 41. Who proposed preserving the Denali region as a national park in 1906?
A) Stephen Mather
B) Charles Alexander Sheldon
C) George Bird Grinnell
D) James Wickersham
  • 42. When was the 93-mile Park Road completed?
A) 1971
B) 1938
C) 1980
D) 1957
  • 43. In what year did Denali National Park become an international biosphere reserve?
A) 1976
B) 2001
C) 1995
D) 1988
  • 44. How many log cabins were built in the late 1920s and early 1930s for park rangers?
A) Fourteen
B) Ten
C) Twenty
D) Eight
  • 45. What percentage of Denali National Park and Preserve is covered by glaciers?
A) 25%
B) 30%
C) 10%
D) 16%
  • 46. Which side of the Alaska Range has more extensive glaciers?
A) Southeastern side
B) Western side
C) Eastern side
D) Northwestern 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) Arête
C) Col
D) Horn
  • 48. What is permafrost?
A) Seasonally frozen soil
B) Frozen lakes and rivers
C) Snow-covered mountains
D) Permanently frozen ground
  • 49. What impact does the thawing of permafrost have on Denali's roads?
A) It causes landslides that obstruct the roads
B) It has no impact on the roads
C) It creates new pathways for hiking trails
D) It improves road conditions by hardening the ground
  • 50. What is formed where several ice wedges join?
A) Canyons
B) Lava tubes
C) Patterned ground known as ice wedge polygons
D) Sand dunes
  • 51. According to the Köppen climate classification, what type of climate does Denali National Park have?
A) Continental climate
B) Tropical climate
C) Maritime climate
D) Subarctic climate (Dfc)
  • 52. What is the plant hardiness zone at Denali Visitor Center?
A) 5a
B) 3a
C) 4b
D) 6a
  • 53. What type of climate is found on the south side of the Alaska Range in Denali National Park?
A) Subarctic climate
B) Desert climate
C) Transitional maritime climate
D) Continental climate
  • 54. Which type of forest is found at the highest altitude in Denali National Park?
A) Bottomland spruce-poplar forest
B) Deciduous forest
C) Low brush bog
D) Upland spruce-hardwood forest
  • 55. What is the number of invasive species considered a threat in Denali National Park?
A) 15
B) 25
C) 10
D) 20
  • 56. Who is the superintendent of Denali National Park and Preserve as of 2022?
A) Brooke Merrell
B) Jane Smith
C) Michael Johnson
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) Oxbow Loop
C) Tsenesdghaas Na' Trailhead
D) Triple Lakes Trail
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