Tell Us Your Favorite Dog Breed, And We’ll Tell You Which National Park is Your Match!
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Celebrate summer with our paw-some quiz! Just like our favorite furry companions, each national park has a one-of-a-kind personality. Pick your favorite dog breed below, and we’ll fetch the national park that shares their adventurous spirit. Whether you’re a curious Beagle or a bold Husky, there’s a wild place out there calling your name.
Choose a dog breed from below to get started:
Golden Retriever
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Golden Retrievers are, well, golden-hued, universally beloved and full of energy. There’s no other park that’s a better match for this American classic dog than Yellowstone National Park! As the very first national park in the United States, Yellowstone contains about half the world’s active geysers, as well as iconic sites like the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. It’s 2.2 million acres of geological wonders, rugged adventures and wildlife-viewing opportunities.
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Siberian Husky
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Rugged, beautiful and at home in the snow: the similarities between Siberian Huskies and Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska don’t stop there. In fact, Siberian Huskies are similar to the dogs that live and work at Denali. These dogs, known as Alaskan huskies, are specifically bred and trained for winter patrols in the park. Denali is 6 million acres of land with only one road, home to wildlife big and small. Like Siberian Huskies, there’s a lot to love and treasure about Denali... and like these energetic dogs, Denali is full of wintery surprises.
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Chihuahua
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Chihuahuas are small but mighty, with BIG personalities and a rich cultural heritage—just like Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park. The Ancestral Pueblo people built thriving communities on the mesas and cliffs for over 700 years, which you can see today at the park. It’s also a World Heritage Site and an International Dark Sky Park, perfect for stargazing.
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Bulldog
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Bulldogs have a gruff, weathered energy that perfectly matches Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado: deep, quiet and carved by sheer persistence. This national park has some of the steepest cliffs, oldest rock formations and craggiest spires in North America, carved out by the Gunnison River over the course of two million years.
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Beagle
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Curious, outdoorsy and always looking for the next adventure: Beagles match perfectly with Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s scenic trails and historic towpaths! Its charming hiking trails, waterfalls and scenic train rides are basically everything you could ask for from your next national park adventure!
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Bullmastiff
HUGE, calm, watching over everything with peaceful dignity: we can say that’s true of both Bullmastiffs and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Nestled between North Carolina and Tennessee, these mountains are peaceful, ancient and beautiful but contain amazingly deep history, preserving the Southern Appalachian mountain culture in its hills. It’s the most-visited national park in the United States for good reason.
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Borzoi
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Like the elegant, mysterious, somewhat aloof Borzoi, Isle Royale National Park is a niche favorite and a hidden gem! Accessible only by boat or seaplane, this park in Lake Superior, Michigan offers solitude and a pristine environment for backcountry hiking, canoeing and scuba diving. Also known as Minong, the island holds deep ancestral significance as part of the traditional cultural lands of the Anishinaabe people.
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Shiba Inu
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West Virginia may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a Shiba Inu, but trust us, the vibes of these firecracker dogs and West Virginia’s New River Gorge National Park and Preserve are in sync. Shiba Inus are fast, energetic, vocal, bold, dramatic... and so are the dramatic cliffs, deep gorges, wild rivers and endless adventure spots at New River Gorge.
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Public lands deserve to be protected
While these national parks are protected, many cherished public lands and waters across the nation are under immense threat as the Trump administration and Congress move to weaken essential environmental safeguards and sell off millions of acres to the highest bidder for development. Reckless drilling, mining, logging can forever change the landscapes that communities and wildlife depend on.
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