| | | precipices--Fine | | | trout-fishing. | | | General Grant | Middle | 4 | Created to preserve the (1890) | eastern | | celebrated General Grant | California | | Tree, 35 feet in diameter-- | | | 6 miles from Sequoia National | | | Park and under same | | | management. | | | Mount Rainier | West | 324 | Largest accessible single (1899) | central | | peak glacier-system--28 | Washington | | glaciers, some of large | | | size--48 square miles of | | | glacier, 50 to 500 feet | | | thick--Wonderful sub-alpine | | | wild-flower fields. | | | Crater Lake | South- | 249 | Lake of extraordinary blue in (1902) | western | | crater of extinct volcano, no | Oregon | | inlet, no outlet--Sides 1000 | | | feet high--Interesting | | | lava-formations--Fine | | | trout-fishing. | | | Mesa Verde | South- | 77 | Most notable and best (1906) | western | | preserved prehistoric cliff | Colorado | | dwellings in United States, | | | if not in the world. | | | Platt (1906) | Southern | 1-1/8 | Many sulphur and other | Oklahoma | | springs possessing medicinal | | | value, under Government | | | regulation. | | | Glacier (1910) | North- | 1534 | Rugged mountain region--250 | western | | glacier-fed lakes--60 small | Montana | | glaciers--Peaks of unusual | | | shape--Precipices thousands | | | of feet deep--Fine | | | trout-fishing. | | | Rocky Mountain | North | 400 | Heart of the Rockies--Snowy (1915) | middle | | range, peaks 11,000 to 14,250 | Colorado | | feet altitude--Remarkable | | | records of glacial period.