It’s time, again, to find out just how much you really know about these national parks and protected lands with another National Parks Traveler Quiz And Trivia piece. Test your knowledge before checking the answers, then read a little bit of national park trivia with which you can use to impress family and friends.

Is there really a need for 13 miles of mountain bike trails, with more asphalt and supporting infrastructure, to be cut into an undisturbed section of the Foothills Parkway at Great Smoky Mountains National Park? How would the "experience of riding a narrow roller-coaster with a rhythm of twists and turns" enhance the visitor experience at this wondrous realm of nature?

A proposal to build a mountain bike trail network at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is being floated, one that could build nearly 13 miles of trail within a section of the Foothills Parkway transportation corridor that has not been developed.

Negotiating Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park without cars? Yes, you'll be able to do that beginning June 17 and every Wednesday thereafter through September 30 as part of a pilot program to improve your experience in the park.