---------------+----------+------+------------------------------------- | | AREA | NATIONAL PARK |LOCATION | in | DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS and Date | |square| | | miles| ---------------+----------+------+------------------------------------- Hot Springs |Middle | 1½|46 hot springs possessing curative Reservation |Arkansas | |properties--Many hotels and 1832 | | |boarding-houses in adjacent city of | | |Hot Springs--bath-houses under | | |public control. | | | Yellowstone |North- |3,348 |More geysers than in all rest of 1872 |western | |world together--Boiling springs--Mud |Wyoming | |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 |Middle |1,125 |Valley of world-famed beauty--Lofty 1890 |eastern | |cliffs--Romantic vistas--Many |California| |waterfalls of extraordinary | | |height--3 groves of big trees--High | | |Sierra--Large areas of snowy peaks-- | | |Waterwheel falls--Good trout fishing. | | | Sequoia |Middle | 237 |The Big Tree National Park--12,000 1890 |eastern | |sequoia trees over 10 feet in |California| |diameter, some 25 to 36 feet in | | |diameter--Towering mountain ranges-- | | |Startling precipices--Fine trout | | |fishing. | | | General Grant |Middle | 4 |Created to preserve the celebrated 1890 |eastern | |General Grant Tree, 35 feet in |California| |diameter--six miles from Sequoia | | |National Park and under same | | |management. | | |