National Park Atlas

About National Park Atlas

Eight competitions use real, individually reviewed photographs of national parks. Name a park, choose the country it lies in, pin it on a zoomable world map, enter its area in square kilometres or the year it was designated, match ten photographs and names, or uncover five hidden names letter by letter.

The library holds 2,180 national parks in 156 countries, designated up to 2025, across eleven regions from the United States and Canada to Australia and Oceania. Play the famous parks, one region or a balanced world. Areas and designation years are confirmed by two sources.

How to play

Goal

Recognize the national parks of the world from photographs, and learn their names, countries, places on the map, areas and the years they were designated.

How it ends

Finish ten questions, ten pairs or five hidden names, exhaust the sprint clock, or make one sprint mistake.

Record

Best score, highest map, area or year reserve, fastest matching finish or fewest wrong letters, with time and the player’s name.

1. Recognition Sprint: choose the pictured park from eight names within 90 running seconds; one wrong answer ends the run. Most correct answers wins; the last correct answer’s time breaks ties.
2. Name Search: identify ten photographs by typing part of any name, ignoring case and accents, and choosing the park from the filtered list.
3. Country: a photograph only, the name hidden until you answer. Choose the country from eight; the others are the countries whose parks lie nearest. Most correct answers wins, then total time.
4. Map Pin: a photograph only; tap and zoom the world map, then confirm. You start with 1,000 reserve. Within 25 km of the park’s recorded point costs nothing; each further started 20 km costs one point, at most 100.
5. Area: enter the area in whole km². Inside the sourced range costs zero; half or double costs 15 points, ten times off 50, at most 100.
6. Year Designated: enter the year it became a national park. Inside the sourced range costs zero; each year off costs one point, at most 100. Reserve modes rank by reserve, then time.
7. Matching: select or drag a photograph onto its name; each wrong pair adds three seconds. Fastest adjusted finish wins.
8. Letter Hunt: five hidden park names. Right letters are free; fewest wrong letters wins.

Controls

Tips

• Read the land Glaciers, rainforest, savanna and karst narrow the region long before any sign would.
• Zoom before you pin A pin inside 25 km is free; zooming to the right valley saves more than a fast answer.
• Think in orders of magnitude Area loss counts how many times off you are, so landing within double costs far less than a wild guess.

Good to know

Every photograph retains its creator, chosen licence, original title and source links. Creator credits appear beside the photograph; Full photo credit opens the complete attribution and sources. Opening full credits during a ranked question, leaving the tab or restoring an unfinished run makes that attempt practice. Areas and designation years are reviewed ranges, not exact figures.

Watch how to play

Watch the tutorial 3:57

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