National Parks for Dummies
What we don’t know about our national parks could fill a book--or, in this case, a survey of 760 U.S. adults. Thankfully, most of us can say where Old Faithful is located.
1. What national park is home to North America’s tallest peak?*
For the record:
12:00 a.m. April 30, 2000 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday April 30, 2000 Home Edition Travel Part L Page 6 Travel Desk 2 inches; 58 words Type of Material: Correction
Redwood trees--Due to incorrect information provided by the Unilever National Parks Survey, the chart “National Parks for Dummies” (Just the Facts, April 23) erroneously stated that redwood trees are the world’s oldest living things. Various plants, including the bristlecone pine, creosote bush and a Tasmanian shrub called King’s holly, have been proposed for that title; redwoods are not in the running.
Denali ...............8%
Mt. Rainier..........30%
Alaska...............18%
Grand Teton..........13%
Big Bend.............10%
Don’t know...........21%
*
2. What national park protects the “world’s oldest living things”?
Redwood .............................13%
Yellowstone..........................10%
Yosemite..............................7%
Other................................18%
Don’t know...........................52%
3. Name the national park where Old Faithful is located.
Yellowstone .............59%
Yosemite.................16%
Other.................... 2%
Don’t know...............23%
*Chosen from a list of five parks.
Source: Unilever National Parks Survey
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