Our National Parks

All the illustrations are from photographs made for this book by Herbert W. Gleason.

John Muir in Muir Woods (1909).
TO CHARLES SPRAGUE SARGENT STEADFAST LOVER AND DEFENDER OF OUR COUNTRY’S FORESTS THIS LITTLE BOOK Is Affectionately Dedicated
For the tables of information concerning the National Parks and National Monuments printed in the Appendix to this volume the reader is indebted to Mr. ALLEN CHAMBERLAIN, who has been at much pains to accumulate data not easily obtainable elsewhere. The map at the beginning of the book has also been compiled by Mr. Chamberlain from authoritative government sources.
In this book, made up of sketches first published in the Atlantic Monthly, I have done the best I could to show forth the beauty, grandeur, and all-embracing usefulness of our wild mountain forest reservations and parks, with a view to inciting the people to come and enjoy them, and get them into their hearts, that so at length their preservation and right use might be made sure.
Martinez, California September , 1901

Map showing the National Forests, Parks, and Monuments of the United States.
INDEX TO THE MAP
(There are two National Forests in Florida and two in Michigan which are included in the table on page 373 are not shown on the map.)
NATIONAL PARKS (In black on map)