Sequoia and General Grant NP: General Information Regarding (Table of Contents)

SEQUOIA

General Information Regarding Sequoia and General Grant National Parks
Season of 1917

CONTENTS.

Cover
General description
   John Muir's description of the giant sequoia
      Its stateliness and densely massed foliage
      The magnitude of its root system
      Nature's giant birdhouses
      The oldest living thing
   A land of marvelous beauty
   Mount Whitney and adjacent canyons
   The forests
How to reach the parks
Camps and transportation within the parks
   Sequoia National Park
   General Grant National Park
Principal points of interest
Check list of birds
Check list of mammals
Notes on fish
Rules and regulations approved May 1, 1917
   General regulations
   Automobile and motorcycle regulations
Maps
Literature
   Government publications
      Department of the Interior
      Superintendent of Documents
   Books
   Magazine articles
Proposed Greater Sequoia Park
Other National Parks

ILLUSTRATIONS.

>Travel-guide map of Sequoia and General Grant National Parks
Map showing automobile routes to Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant National Parks
Map showing boundaries of proposed Greater Sequoia National Park
Map showing railroad routes to Sequoia, General Grant, and Yosemite National Parks

THE NATIONAL PARKS AT A GLANCE.
[Number, 17, total area 9,774 square miles.]


National parks in order of creation.	Location.	Area in square miles.	Distinctive characteristics.

Hot Springs 1832	Middle Arkansas	1-1/2	46 hot springs possessing curative properties—Many hotels and boarding houses—20 bathhouses 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, greatest wild bird and animal preserve in world—Exceptional trout fishing.
Casa Grande Ruin 1889	Arizona	3/4	Noteworthy relics of a prehistoric age; discovered in ruinous condition in 1694.
Sequoia 1890	Middle eastern California	252	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.
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—Waterwheel falls—Good trout fishing.
General Grant 1890	Middle eastern California	4	Created to preserve the celebrated General Grant Tree, 35 feet in diameter—6 miles from Sequoia National Park.
Mount Rainier 1899	West central Washington	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 1903	South Dakota	16	Cavern having many miles of galleries and numerous chambers containing peculiar formations.
Platt 1904	Southern Oklahoma	1-1/3	Many sulphur and other springs possessing medicinal value.
Sullys Hill 1904	North Dakota	1-1/5	Small rugged hill containing prehistoric ruins—Practically a local park.
Mesa Verde 1906	Southwestern Colorado	77	Most notable and best preserved prehistoric cliff dwellings in United States, if not in the world.
Glacier 1910	Northwestern Montana	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 scenery of marked individuality—Fine trout fishing.
Rocky Mountain 1915	North middle Colorado	398	Heart of the Rockies—Snowy range, peaks 11,000 to 14,250 feet altitude—Remarkable records of glacial period.
Hawaii 1916	Hawaii	118	Three separate areas—Kilauea and Mauna Loa on Hawaii: Haleakala on Maui.
Lassen Volcanic 1916	Northern California	124	Only active volcano in United States proper—Lassen Peak, 10,465 feet—Cinder Cone 6,870 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 mountain in the world.

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