UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HUBERT WORK, SECRETARY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STEPHEN T. MATHER, DIRECTOR FOSSIL FORESTS OF THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1928 88781°—28——2 THE NATIONAL PARKS AT A GLANCE. [Number, 19; total area, 11,817 square miles.] National parks Location. Area in Distinctive characteristics. in order of square creation. miles. Hot Springs Middle 1½ 46 hot springs possessing 1832 Arkansas. curative properties—Many hotels and boarding houses—20 bath-houses under public control. Yellowstone Northwestern 3,348 More geysers than in all rest 1872 Wyoming. 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 Middle 604 The Big Tree National 1890 eastern Park—Scores of sequoia trees 20 California. to 30 feet in diameter, thousands over 10 feet in diameter—Towering mountain ranges—Mount Whitney, highest peak in continental United States—Startling precipices—Cave of considerable size. Yosemite Middle 1,125 Valley of world-famed 1890 eastern beauty—Lofty cliffs—Romantic California. vistas—Many waterfalls of extraordinary height—3 groves of big trees—High Sierra—Waterwheel falls—Good trout fishing. General Grant Middle 4 Created to preserve the