| NATIONAL PARK and Date | LOCATION | AREA in square miles | DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Springs Reservation 1832 | Middle Arkansas | 1½ | 46 hot springs possessing curative properties—Many hotels and boarding-houses in adjacent city of Hot Springs—bath-houses under public control. |
| Yellowstone 1872 | North-western 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 Lake 1902 | South-western 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 | South-western Colorado | 77 | Most notable and best-preserved prehistoric cliff dwellings in United States, if not in the world. |
| Platt 1906 | Southern Oklahoma | 1½ | Sulphur and other springs possessing curative properties—Under Government regulations. |
| Glacier 1910 | North-western 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. |
| Lassen Volcanic National Park 1916 | North middle California | 12 | Contains Lassen Peak (10,437 feet), hot springs, geysers and lakes. |
| Mt. McKinley National Park 1917 | Territory of Alaska | 2,250 | Contains Mt. McKinley, loftiest summit in America, 20,300 feet. |
National Parks of less popular interest are:
| Sully’s Hill, 1904, North Dakota | Wooded hilly tract on Devil’s Lake. |
| Wind Cave, 1903, South Dakota | Large natural cavern. |
| Casa Grande Ruin, 1892, Arizona | Prehistoric Indian ruin. |
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