THE NATIONAL PARKS AT A GLANCE. ^ y\ q 
[Number, 19; total area, 10,859 square miles.] ' si ' v (\ 4 
Natioml parks in 
order of creation. 
Location. 
Area in 
square 
miles. 
Distinctive characteristics. 
Hot Springs. 
1832 
Middle Arkansas. 
46 hot springs possessing curative properties—Many 
hotels and boarding houses—20 bathhouses under 
public control. 
Yellowstone. 
1872 
Northwestern Wyo¬ 
ming. 
3,348 
More geysers than in all rest of world together— 
Boiling springs—Mud volcanoes—Petrified for¬ 
ests—Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, remark¬ 
able for gorgeous coloring—Large lakes—Many 
large streams and waterfalls—Vast wilderness, 
greatest wild bird and animal preserve in world— 
Exceptional trout fishing. 
Sequoia. 
Middle eastern Cali- 
252 
The Big Tree National Park—12,000 sequoia trees 
over 10 feet in diameter, some 25 to 38 feet in di¬ 
ameter—Towering mountain ranges—Startling 
precipices—Cave of considerable size. 
1890 
fornia. 
Yosemite. 
Middle eastern Cali- 
1,125 
Valley of world-famed beauty—Lofty cliffs—Ro¬ 
mantic vistas—Many waterfalls of extraordinary 
height—3 groves of big trees—High Sierra— 
Waterwheel falls—Good trout fishing. 
1890 
fornia. 
General Grant.... 
1890 
Middle eastern Cali¬ 
fornia. 
4 
Created to preserve the celebrated General Grant 
Tree, 35 feet in diameter—6 miles from Sequoia 
National Park. 
Mount Rainier... 
1899 
West central Wash¬ 
ington. 
324 
Largest accessible single peak glacier system—28 
glaciers, some of large size—48 square miles of 
glacier, 50 to 500 feet thick—Wonderful subalpine 
wild flower fields. 
Crater Lake. 
1902 
Southwestern Oregon. 
249 
Lake of extraordinary blue in crater of extinct 
volcano—Sides 1,000 feet high—Interesting lava 
formations—Fine fishing. 
Wind Cave. 
South Dakota. 
17 
Cavern having many miles of galleries and numer¬ 
ous chambers contaimng peculiar formations. 
1903 
Platt. 
Southern Oklahoma... 
n 
Alany sulphur and other springs possessing medic¬ 
inal value. 
1904 
Sullvs Hill. 
North Dakota. 
li 
Small park with woods, streams, and a lake—Is an 
important wild animal preserve. 
1904 
Mesa Verde. 
Southwestern Colo- 
77 
Most notable and best preserved prehistoric cliff 
dwellings in United States, if not in the world. 
1906 
rado. 
Glacier. 
Northwestern At on- 
1,534 
Rugged mountain region of unsurpassed Alpine 
character—250 glacier-fed lakes of romantic 
beauty—60 small glaciers—Precipices thousands 
of feet deep—Almost sensational s°enery cf 
marked individuality—Fine trout fishing. 
1910 
tana. 
Rocky Mountain. 
1915 
North middle Colo¬ 
rado. 
397* 
Heart of the Rockies—Snowy range, peaks 11,000 
to 14,250 feet altitude—Remarkable records of 
glacial period. 
Hawaii. 
Hawaii. 
118 
Three separate areas—Kilauea and Mauna Loa on 
Hawaii; Haleakala on Maui. 
1916 
Lassen Volcanic.. 
1916 
Northern California... 
124 
Only active volcano in United States proper— 
Lassen Peak, 10,465 feet—Cinder Cone 6,879 
feet—Hot Springs—Mud geysers. 
Mount McKinley. 
1917 
South central Alaska.. 
2,200 
Highest mountain in North America—Rises higher 
above surrounding country than any other moun¬ 
tain in the world. 
Grand Canvon.... 
1919 
North central Arizona. 
958 
The greatest example of erosion and the most sub¬ 
lime spectacle in the world. 
Lafayette. 
Afaine coast.. 
8 
The group of granite mountains upon Mount Desert 
Island. 
1919 
Zion. 
Southwestern Utah... 
120 
Magnificent gorge (Zion Canyon), depth from 800 
to 2,000 feet, with precipitous walls—Of great 
beauty and scenic interest. 
1919 
MAR ’20” 1923 
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