(Number, 17; total area, 9776 square miles)
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| | _Area in |
_National | _Location_ | square | _Distinctive
Parks_ | | miles_ | characteristics_
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Hot Springs | Middle | 1-1/2 | 46 hot springs possessing
(1832) | Arkansas | | curative properties--Many
| | | hotels and boarding-houses--
| | | 20 bathhouses under public
| | | control.
| | |
Yellowstone | North- | 3348 | More geysers than in all rest
(1872) | western | | of world together--Boiling
| Wyoming | | springs--Mud volcanoes--
| | | Petrified forests--Grand
| | | Cañon of the Yellowstone,
| | | remarkable for gorgeous
| | | coloring--Large lakes--Many
| | | large streams and waterfalls--
| | | Vast wilderness inhabited
| | | by deer, elk, bison, moose,
| | | antelope, bear, mountain
| | | sheep, beaver, etc.,
| | | constituting greatest wild
| | | bird and animal preserve in
| | | world--Altitude 6000 to
| | | 11,000 feet--Exceptional
| | | trout-fishing.
| | |
Yosemite (1890) | Middle | 1125 | Valley of world-famed beauty--
| eastern | | Lofty cliffs--Romantic
| California | | vistas--Many waterfalls of
| | | extraordinary height--3
| | | groves of Big Trees--High
| | | Sierra--Large areas of snowy
| | | peaks--Water-wheel falls--
| | | Good trout-fishing.
| | |
Sequoia (1890) | Middle | 252 | The Big Tree National Park--
| eastern | | 12,000 sequoia trees over 10
| California | | feet in diameter, some 25 or
| | | 36 feet in diameter--Towering
| | | mountain-ranges--Startling
| | | precipices--Fine
| | | trout-fishing.
| | |
General Grant | Middle | 4 | Created to preserve the
(1890) | eastern | | celebrated General Grant
| California | | Tree, 35 feet in diameter--
| | | 6 miles from Sequoia National
| | | Park and under same
| | | management.
| | |
Mount Rainier | West | 324 | Largest accessible single
(1899) | central | | peak glacier-system--28
| Washington | | glaciers, some of large
| | | size--48 square miles of
| | | glacier, 50 to 500 feet
| | | thick--Wonderful sub-alpine
| | | wild-flower fields.
| | |
Crater Lake | South- | 249 | Lake of extraordinary blue in
(1902) | western | | crater of extinct volcano, no
| Oregon | | inlet, no outlet--Sides 1000
| | | feet high--Interesting
| | | lava-formations--Fine
| | | trout-fishing.
| | |
Mesa Verde | South- | 77 | Most notable and best
(1906) | western | | preserved prehistoric cliff
| Colorado | | dwellings in United States,
| | | if not in the world.
| | |
Platt (1906) | Southern | 1-1/8 | Many sulphur and other
| Oklahoma | | springs possessing medicinal
| | | value, under Government
| | | regulation.
| | |
Glacier (1910) | North- | 1534 | Rugged mountain region--250
| western | | glacier-fed lakes--60 small
| Montana | | glaciers--Peaks of unusual
| | | shape--Precipices thousands
| | | of feet deep--Fine
| | | trout-fishing.
| | |
Rocky Mountain | North | 400 | Heart of the Rockies--Snowy
(1915) | middle | | range, peaks 11,000 to 14,250
| Colorado | | feet altitude--Remarkable
| | | records of glacial period.
| | |
Hawaii (1916) | Hawaiian | 117 | Vast volcanoes--Craters--
| Islands | | Tropical plants and birds.
| | |
Lassen Volcanic | Northern | 123 | Active volcano, volcanic
(1916) | California | | records, lakes, hot springs,
| | | and forests.
| | |
Mount McKinley | Central | 2200 | "The Great One"; highest peak
(1917) | Alaska | | in North America, 20,300
| | | feet; vast big-animal range;
| | | enormous glaciers; wild
| | | flowers.
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