Great Places in America Quiz

Answer: Antelope Island

Antelope Island is a 42 square mile island located in the southeastern part of The Great Salt Lake, not too far from Salt Lake City. Even though it is connected to the mainland by a causeway, it is still considered an island. Since 1982, the island has been a Utah State Park. It is a popular tourist spot, with large beaches where people can wade in the lake.

Answer: Nevada

Great Basin National Park houses Great Basin Desert in eastern Nevada. The desert is located between the Sierra Nevada and Wasatch mountains, Lehman Caves, which are part of the National Park, have been protected since 1922, The National Park was created in 1986, It is noted for its bristlecone pines, some of the world's oldest living organisms. The park is well known for its flora and fauna, especially evergreens.

Answer: Clingmans Dome (Tennessee)

Clingman's Dome, at 6,443 feet, is the highest point in both Tennessee and the National Park. A road leads most of the way up the mountain and a hiking path leads the last half mile to the summit. It is also notable as the highest point on the Appalachian Trail

Mount Mitchell is taller at 6684 feet but is not in the Smoky Mountains. It is part of the Black Mountains.

Answer: Missouri

The Missouri is the longest river in the United States, flowing over 2300 miles from southwestern Montana before reaching the Mississippi near Saint Louis. Great Falls is the first major city along the Missouri. From 1950 to 1970, it was the largest city in Montana, until it was surpassed by Billings.

Great Falls is a popular tourist destination, with several popular museums and proximity to both Glacier National Park and Yellowstone,

Answer: Berkshire

It is in Berkshire County, named after the mountains. Great Barrington was originally settled by the Mohican tribe, It was first occupied by Europeans in the 1720s. One of its claims to fame is having the world's first alternating current transformer.

For fans of Arlo Guthrie, Great Barrington was the site of several of the events in "Alice's Restaurant."

Middlesex is the largest county, home to Boston, Worcester is in the center of Massachusetts, and Barnstable is basically Cape Cod.

Answer: Arkansas

Great Bend is along the Arkansas River in Barton County. It had a population just under 15 thousand in the 2020 census. It holds the distinction of being the birthplace of organized drag racing. Notable people from Great Bend include Nobel prize winning physicist Jack Kilby, who created the integrated circuit, and Olympic gold medalist John Keller.

Answer: Chester

Chester County is directly west of Philadelphia. It is largely suburban, and saw major growth during the 2010s. The area saw a lot of history during the American Revolution, include the settlement at Valley Forge and the Battle of Brandywine,

The Great Valley in Pennsylvania has been a natural transportation route for centuries. Today, both US Highway 30 and US Route 202 follow it.

Allegheny is where Pittsburgh is. Lackawanna is home to Scranton, and Erie is along Lake Erie.

Answer: 15 miles

The Great Falls are between 14 and 15 miles from downtown Washington DC. They are a popular attraction both for DC natives and tourists. At the Mather Gorge, the river narrows from 1000 feet wide to under 100 feet. There are several 20 foot waterfalls and the river drops 76 feet in the space of roughly one mile.

The Potomac makes up part of the Maryland-Virginia boundary, so the park is in Montgomery County, Maryland and Fairfax County, Virginia. The area is administered by the National Parks Service. The Billy Goat Trail is a popular path for observing the falls.

Answer: Nebraska

The Great Platte River Road started at Fort Kearney in Nebraska and ended near Fort Laramie in Wyoming. The road follows the Platte River, and parallels many of the pioneer routes to the west including The Oregon Trail, California Trail, Mormon Train and Pony Express.

There are several starting points leading into the Platte River Road, including Omaha, Nebraska City, Saint Joseph Missouri and Kansas City, Immigrants to the west began using the route in the 1810s, and it was a major route between 1840 and 1870, The completion of the Trans-Contintental railroad led to its decline in the 1870s.

Answer: Superior

At 82,000 square kilometers, Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world. It contains 10 percent of the world's fresh water. It is also the deepest of the Great Lakes, The Ojibwe name for the lake is Gitchi-Gumi (Great Sea). The first Europeans to visit Superior were French explorers. Major cities along Superior include Duluth, Superior WI and Thunder Bay, Ontario,

Huron is second at 60,000 kilometers. Michigan is close with 58,000 and Erie is only 25,700 square kilometers,