| National Parks | Location | Area in square miles | Distinctive characteristics |
|---|
| Hot Springs (1832) | Middle Arkansas | 1½ | 46 hot springs possessing curative properties—Many hotels and boarding-houses—20 bathhouses under public control. |
| Yellowstone (1872) | Northwestern Wyoming | 3348 | More geysers than in all rest of world together—Boiling 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 eastern California | 1125 | 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—Water-wheel falls—Good trout-fishing. |
| Sequoia (1890) | Middle eastern California | 252 | The Big Tree National Park—12,000 sequoia trees over 10 feet in diameter, some 25 or
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—6
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—48
square miles of glacier, 50 to 500 feet thick—Wonderful sub-alpine wild-flower fields. |
| Crater Lake (1902) | Southwestern Oregon | 249 | Lake of extraordinary blue in crater of extinct volcano, no
inlet, no outlet—Sides 1000 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 | 11⁄8 | Many sulphur and other springs possessing medicinal value, under Government regulation. |
| Glacier (1910) | Northwestern Montana | 1534 | Rugged mountain region—250 glacier-fed lakes—60 small glaciers—Peaks of unusual shape—Precipices thousands of feet deep—Fine trout-fishing. |
| Rocky Mountain (1915) | North middle Colorado | 400 | Heart of the Rockies—Snowy range, peaks 11,000 to 14,250
feet altitude—Remarkable records of glacial period. |
| Hawaii (1916) | Hawaiian Islands | 117 | Vast volcanoes—Craters—Tropical plants and birds. |
| Lassen Volcanic (1916) | Northern California | 123 | Active volcano, volcanic records, lakes, hot springs, and forests. |
| Mount McKinley (1917) | Central Alaska | 2200 | "The Great One"; highest peak in North America, 20,300
feet; vast big-animal range; enormous glaciers; wild flowers. |
For National Park booklets and other Park information address The Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
| Region | Location | Characteristics |
|---|
| Grand Cañon | Arizona | The Grand Cañon. |
| Mount Evans | Near Denver, Colorado | Magnificent peak, primeval forests, lakes, and alpine flora. |
| Mount Baker (the Indian Kulshan) | Northwestern Washington | Extinct or sleeping volcano;
thirty square miles of glaciers, forests, and wild flowers. |
| Sawtooth Mountains | Central Idaho | Precipitous mountains, alpine
lakes, heavy forests, flowery meadows, clear streams. |
| Ozark Mountains | Northern Arkansas | Rare river and mountain landscapes. |
| Mount McGregor | Northeastern Iowa | Rare combination of river, hill,
forest, bluff, and plains. |
| Pajarito Cliff Cities | Pajarito Plateau, near Santa Fé, New Mexico. | Many vast prehistoric ruins of
wonderful Indian civilization. |
| Mount Mitchell | Western North Carolina | Highest peak east of the Rockies,
6711 feet high; quiet scenery of the South Appalachians. |
| Pike's Peak | Central Colorado | The most frequently climbed
14,000-foot peak in the world; excellent view-point, rising abruptly from the plains. |
| Dunes | Northern Indiana | Lake Shore; extraordinary aggregation of
plants from warm, cold, wet and dry zones. |
| San Juan | Southwestern Colorado | Magnificent mountains, individual in form and
color, with large scene-commanding plateaus. |
| Grand Mesa | Western Colorado | Lake-dotted plateau that towers near splendid horizons. |
| Bighorn Mountains | Northern Wyoming | A towering, rocky, scenic alpine-island area
in the sea of plains. |
| Niagara Falls | International Park between Canada, and New York near Buffalo | Stupendous waterfall; might well become an
international park. |
| Mount Shasta | Northern California | Highest peak in northern California; alpine
flowers; lava deposits; scenery. |
| Mount Hood | Northern Oregon, near Columbia River | Volcanic peak; icefields and forests. |
| Roosevelt Project | Arizona | Enormous dam; vast reservoirs; desert areas;
cactus park; historic ground. |
| Cañon de Chelly | Arizona | Towering monolithic rocks; high vertical
colored cañons; cliff dwellings. |
| Sierra Madre | Near Los Angeles, California | Sierra Madre mountains; rare plant life;
commands unusual scenes. |