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National Parks Word Search (Large Print)

A park map can open onto deserts, forests, wetlands, or high mountain views. This national parks word search mixes several park names with landscapes, wildlife, and visitor words. It is intended for armchair travelers as much as for people who have visited a trailhead. No reservation knowledge or travel planning is needed for the activity.

National Parks Word Search: Easy

10 × 10 grid. Find 10 words. Look across to the right and down.

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Words to find

  • ARCH
  • CAVE
  • DUNE
  • ELK
  • LAKE
  • MAP
  • PARK
  • PEAK
  • TRAIL
  • ZION

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US Letter, one puzzle page and one answer page. Easy level.

Playing tips and a fun fact

Search for short landscape words first, then try a park name such as ACADIA or DENALI. Keep checking the printed spelling as you follow a long line; YOSEMITE can be recognizable in speech while still deserving a careful letter check. A group can choose an imagined view for a postcard without ranking which park is best.

A geyser is a hot spring that periodically sends water and steam upward. It is one example of how park landscapes can look and behave very differently from one another. After finishing, sketch a visitor map with a trail, a viewpoint, and a quiet picnic place. The drawing can be entirely invented, so everyone has room to contribute a favorite kind of scenery.

Ideas to extend the activity

  • Draw an imaginary visitor map.
  • Choose a landscape for a postcard.
  • Compare a desert and a wetland scene.

Not sure which level to pick? Read how the easy, medium and hard levels differ, or see how to print large-print puzzles so the letters come out dark and clear.

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