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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Rules and Regulations 1920 |
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THE NATIONAL PARKS
1920
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1920
MAP OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM (1920)
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THE NATIONAL PARKS AT A GLANCE.
[Number, 19, total area 10,859 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. |
| 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—Cave of considerable size. |
| 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 | 17 | 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 park with woods, streams, and a lake—Is an important wild animal preserve. |
| 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 | 397-1/2 | 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. |
| Grand Canyon 1919 |
North central Arizona | 958 | The greatest example of erosion and the most sublime spectacle in the world. |
| Lafayette 1919 |
Maine coast | 8 | The group of granite mountains upon Mount Desert Island. |
| Zion 1919 |
Southwestern Utah | 120 | Magnificent gorge (Zion Canyon), depth from 800 to 2,000 feet, with precipitous walls—Of great beauty and scenic interest. |
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Last Updated: 16-Feb-2010