Q 01/05

Big Bend National Park takes its name from a great curve in which river?

A) The Rio Grande

B) The Pecos

C) The Brazos

D) The Colorado

Answer · why

A) The Rio Grande

The Rio Grande, which forms well over 1,000 miles of the US–Mexico border, makes a sweeping turn along the park's southern edge, cutting three deep li...

Q 02/05

Big Bend is the largest US protected area of which of North America's deserts?

A) Sonoran

B) Chihuahuan

C) Mojave

D) Great Basin

Answer · why

B) Chihuahuan

Big Bend is the largest US protected area of the Chihuahuan Desert, which stretches deep into Mexico; south of the river the park is flanked by two Me...

Q 03/05

The Chisos Mountains hold what distinction among US mountain ranges?

A) The oldest range in North America

B) The most southerly range in the whole US

C) The only range entirely inside one national park

D) The only range with no recorded snowfall

Answer · why

C) The only range entirely inside one national park

They cover just 40 square miles and are the southernmost range in the mainland United States, but not the whole country.

Q 04/05

The whole park lies within which single Texas county?

A) Presidio

B) Jeff Davis

C) Terrell

D) Brewster

Answer · why

D) Brewster

Brewster County, the largest county in Texas, holds the entire park; its seat, Alpine, is about 100 miles from park headquarters.

Q 05/05

What is the highest point in the park?

A) Casa Grande

B) Emory Peak

C) Mule Ears

D) Mariscal Mountain

Answer · why

B) Emory Peak

Emory Peak rises to about 7,825 feet, roughly 6,000 feet above the river, and is named for William H. Emory, chief surveyor of the 1852 boundary surve...