Happy New Year! It’s time to hone your national parks knowledge with this first quiz and trivia piece of 2025. You may know more than you realize. And if you want to learn more, check out the many National Park Service Instagram accounts, from which came most of the material for these questions and trivia.

President Biden is soon to designate two new national monuments in California, one, in partnership with Joshua Tree National Park, forms one of the largest protected areas of the country.

Mammoth Cave National Park’s Heritage Trail, Old Guides Trail, and visitor center pedestrian bridge will be closed for nine months starting Monday, January 6, to allow for work to complete the Heritage Trail Rehabilitation Project that will improve the trail’s visual profile, enhance the visitor experience, and maintain wheelchair accessibility while reducing the park’s annual maintenance requirements.

Hurricane Helene diminished the forest canopy and caused massive damage along the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, which already faces major environmental concerns.