The world's wild places
National parks protect nature's greatest spectacles, and this word search gathers the famous ones. You'll track down the American icons — YOSEMITE, ZION, the EVERGLADES, SEQUOIA and REDWOOD — alongside Canada's BANFF and Alaska's DENALI.
Each puzzle pulls a fresh selection from the list, so the map changes every time you play — gentle on Easy, and a Hard-mode expedition once the diagonals and backwards words appear.
From safari to summit
Parks span every landscape and continent. Go on safari in Africa's SERENGETI and KRUGER, explore the red rock of ARCHES, the cactus-dotted SAGUARO, and the peaks of GLACIER, OLYMPIC and ACADIA. We've hidden the park words too — the RANGER who looks after it, the marked TRAIL, the WILDLIFE and HABITAT it protects, a steaming GEYSER, a deep CANYON, and the wild RESERVE and WILDERNESS itself.
Protecting wild places for everyone
A national park is a piece of wilderness that a country sets aside and protects, so its landscapes and WILDLIFE stay safe for everyone to enjoy. The world's very first was Yellowstone, created in the United States in 1872 and famous for its bubbling GEYSERS — the idea proved so popular that countries everywhere copied it.
Today parks safeguard everything from the African plains of the SERENGETI, where great herds roam, to towering Californian REDWOOD forests, home to the tallest trees on Earth. Park RANGERS look after the land, keep visitors on the TRAIL, and protect the HABITAT that rare animals depend on.
Great for a conservation topic
It pairs perfectly with a lesson on conservation, habitats and protecting wild places — Easy mode keeps the grid small with no diagonals or reverse words. Play online, print a PDF pack, or use our Make Your Own tool to build a grid from the parks you're studying.
Frequently asked questions
Which national parks are in the word search?
Famous parks — Yosemite, Zion, the Everglades, Banff, Denali and the Serengeti — plus park words like ranger, trail and wildlife. Each puzzle uses a fresh mix.
Are these US parks or worldwide?
Both — American icons like YOSEMITE, ZION and the EVERGLADES share the grid with Canada's BANFF and Africa's SERENGETI and KRUGER.
Is it good for a conservation or habitats topic?
Great fit — pair it with a lesson on protecting wild places and wildlife. Easy mode keeps the grid small with no diagonals or reverse words.