Evening star., 1937-03-14
Parks of i. S.
To Be Mecca
OF Millions
Recreational Domains
Embrace Worlds
Best Scenery.
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the beaten path. The fishing is ex-
pected to be especially good this year
In Rocky Mountain National Park,
| Colorado. Boys in the Civilian Con-
servation Corps played the main role
in saving the fish in park waters dur
ing an unusually rigorous Winter, when
streams were frozen from the bottom
up.
Although hunting-eXcept with q
cameras strictly banned in the ma
tional parks, fishing is permitted under
regulations that insure against deple-
ton of the fish supply. No fishing
licenses are required by the Federal
Government, but in some national
parks it is necessary to obtain State
license. The parks in which licenses
must be obtained art the Yosemite,
Sequoia, Lassen Volcanic California;,
General Grant, Grand Teton, Grand
Canyon, Acadia, Wind Cave, Zion and
Great Smoky Mountains.
Sequoia National Park in California
has a new road from Lone Pine in
Inyo County where the elevation
ranges from 5000 to 1000 feet, to
Whitney Portal, a distance of IA miles,
that can be covered in little more than
An hour. There Is a "backdoor" route
to the top of Mount Whitney in
Sequoia that can be made with pack
animals in two days.
From Giant Forest in Sequoia to
the top of Mount Whitney requires
a Today pack trip for the round trip,
up and down, over the Great Western
Divide.
Many Others on Itineraries.
The Park Service administers IS
national parks Here are thumbnail
sketches of a number of them:
Yosemite-west of the crest of the
Sierra Nevada Mountains in Middle
Eastern California One thousand
square miles of scenic wilderness and
some of the Nations most famous
waterfalls.
Sequoia and General Grant National
Parks-in California. Land of the
giant trees and Mount Whitney, 800
lakes and countless canyons.
Mount Rainier-in Washington The
mountain towers l4,408 feet above
Puget Sound. Famous for its glacier
formations and at its base beautiful
valleys and wild-flower parks.
Crater Lake-in the heart of the
. Cascade Mountains of Oregon. The
crater of the once mighty volcano has
filled with water.
Platt National Park-in southern
Oklahoma. Like Hot Springs, it was
set aside by the Government because
of the mineral properties of its waters.
Rolling parklands, picturesque streams,
springs, small waterfalls and cascades.
Mesa Verde-featuring the prehis-
toric cliff dwellings of the early Ameri-
can Indians in Colorado.
Glacier National Park-an area of
romantic scenery in Montana, with
200 lakes and so small glaciers. Other
parks have lakes and glaciers but not
in such abundance.
Rocky Mountain National Park-70
miles northwest of Denver by road or
rail. Located on the great Continental
Divide. Its peaks range from IL 900
to 14,255 feet Estes Park, nestled in
one Of the valleys, is the main home
of Summer visitors to the National
Park. The area also is famous for
Its big horn sheep.
Hawaii's Volcanoes.
Hawaii National Park-the land of
bkeleles and leis, great volcanoes
(Mauna Koa, Haleakala and Kilauea),
flowers, pineapple and sugar cane.
LaSsen Volcanic National Park-in
the Cascade Range of California. Con-
tains the United ,ates' only recently
active volcano, Mount LaSsen. Active
from May, 1914, to January, 1916.
Beautiful forests, lakes and waterfalls.
Acadia National Park-on Mount
Desert Island in Maine. 1t was the
first national park in the East 1t
embodies the seacoast, mountains,
eastern forest and in atmosphere the
spirit Of New England.
Zion National Park-not many miles
north of Grand Canyon, in the desert
OF southern Utah. Famous for the
Vermilion Cliff and stream that cuts
down for 2,500 feet through the great
gorge known as Zion Canyon.
Hot Springs National Park-the re-
sort center in Arkansas. Famous for
its mineral baths. Tradition has it
that the medicinal properties of the
hot springs were known to the Indians
long before the Spanish invasion.
Bryce Canyon National Park-in
the Utah canyon country. Scenically
beautiful with its pink cliff forma-
tion. The canyon was named after
Ebene7er Bryce, a Mormon pioneer.
Horseback and foot trails take the
visitors to many interesting spots.
Grand Teton National Park-only
IL miles south of Yellowstone. En-
braces the most scenic portion of the
Teton Range and its lofty peaks.
Carlsbad Caverns-largest connected
caves in the world, located in south
eastern New Mexico in the rugged
foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains.
The caverns, like most caves, are a
series OF openings in a massive lime
stone, which were made by percolat-
ing ground water. The most impress
sive portion is the Big Room" an
enormous chamber a mile and half
from the entrance. It is nearly 1000
feet long and at once place the ceiling
rises $50 feet.
Great Smoky Mountainous of the
closest national parks to Washington.
Respondent in wi beauty, contain
ing the largest peaks in Eastern United
States, running through western North
Carolina and eastern Tennessee. With
more than 100000 visitors last year,
doah National Park, where $4,000
Irists were counted.
henandoah-closest Federal park
10 Washington and Americas newest,
in the Blue Ridge Mountains Of Viz
ginia.
Imprisonment can now be inflicted
m Germany on those who use public
telephones to annoy others.