NATIONAL PARKS PORTFOLIO

THE NATIONAL PARKS AT A GLANCE
Arranged chronologically in the order of their creation
[Number, 14; Total Area, 7,290 Square Miles]

NATIONAL PARK
and Date		 LOCATION AREA
in
square
miles		 DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS
HOT SPRINGS RESERVATION
1832		 Middle Arkansas 1-1/2 46 hot springs possessing curative properties—Many hotels and boarding-houses in adjacent city of Hot Springs—bath-houses under public control.
YELLOWSTONE
1872		 Northwestern Wyoming 3,348 More geysers than in all rest of world together—Boiling springs—Mud volcanoes—Petrified forests—Grand Canyon 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 6,000 to 11,000 feet—Exceptional trout fishing.
YOSEMITE
1890		 Middle eastern California 1,125 Valley of world-famed beauty—Lofty cliffs—Romantic vistas—Many waterfalls of extraordinary height—3 groves of big trees—High Sierra—Large areas of snowy peaks—Waterwheel falls—Good trout fishing.
SEQUOIA
1890		 Middle eastern California 237 The Big Tree National Park—12,000 sequoia trees over 10 feet in diameter, some 25 to 36 feet in diameter—Towering mountain ranges—Startling precipices—Fine trout fishing.
GENERAL GRANT
1890		 Middle eastern California 4 Created to preserve the celebrated General Grant Tree, 35 feet in diameter—six miles from Sequoia National Park and under same management.
MOUNT RAINIER
1899		 West central Washington 324 Largest accessible single-peak glacier System—28 glaciers, some of large size—Forty-eight square miles of glacier, fifty to five hundred feet thick—Remarkable sub-alpine wild-flower fields.
CRATER LAEE
1902		 Southwestern Oregon 249 Lake of extraordinary blue in crater of extinct volcano, no inlet, no outlet—Sides 1,000 feet high—Interesting lava formations—Fine trout fishing.
MESA VERDE
1906		 Southwestern Colorado 77 Most notable and best-preserved prehistoric cliff dwellings in United States, if not in the world.
PLATT
1906		 Southern Oklahoma 1-1/2 Sulphur and other springs possessing curative properties—Under Government regulations.
GLACIER
1910		 Northwestern Montana 1,534 Rugged mountain region of unsurpassed Alpine character—250 glacier-fed lakes of romantic beauty—60 small glaciers—Peaks of unusual shape—Precipices thousands of feet deep—Almost sensational scenery of marked individuality—Fine trout fishing.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
1915		 North middle Colorado 358 Heart of the Rockies—Snowy range, peaks 11,000 to 14,250 feet altitude—Remarkable records of glacial period.

National Parks of less popular interest are:

Sully's Hill, 1904, North DakotaWooded hilly tract on Devil's Lake.
Wind Cave, 1903, South DakotaLarge natural cavern.
Casa Grande Ruin, 1892, ArizonaPrehistoric Indian ruin.

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