US National Parks

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific (6)
  2. 4. A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet (plural) (5)
  3. 5. A state in southwestern United States (7)
  4. 7. A state in southwestern United States on the ___ border (9)
  5. 11. Originally a stronghold captured by David (4)
  6. 12. A tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the ___ National Park (11)
  7. 14. Sunny state on the west coast of the USA (10)
  8. 15. Large furry animal that hibernates in winter (plural) (5)

Down

  1. 1. A series of waterfalls in ___ National Park in California (8)
  2. 3. The enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona (11)
  3. 6. Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains (7)
  4. 8. A steep descent of the ___ of a river (plural) (10)
  5. 9. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure (6)
  6. 10. A state in the western United States (4)
  7. 13. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (plural) (4)
  8. 15. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical (plural) (4)