NATIONAL PARK Location Map No. 6 Southwestern States

The Grand Canyon

United States Department of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, Secretary National Park Service, Newton B. Drury, Director Guide To Your Parks INTRODUCING THE

NATIONAL PARK i be Great Organ—Capitol Reef SYSTEM National Monument

Under the direction of the super­ • OUR NATION'S HERITAGE includes intendent or custodian are uni­ vast natural resources of superb formed rangers, whose duties are to scenic and scientific value. It in­ protect the areas from fire, van­ cludes the customs and traditions dalism, and other damage, and to sandstone Formations in Colorado National Monument The Double Arch—Arches National Monument Balanced Rocks at Chiricahua National Monument Sliding on the Sands—White Sands brought to our shores by people from provide information and assistance National Monument the Old World, and the native In­ to the visitor. Region Three, National Park Serv­ covered ancient Indian dwellings MENT, affording additional striking BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK, colored. The Virgin River which dian culture which was already ice, Box 1728, Santa Fe, N. Mex. determined by the tree-ring method views. lying in the desert country of south­ flows through the canyon carries here. It includes the memories, to have been built in 860 A.D. Interpretive Service BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, in western Utah, is a fine example of away each year 3,000,000 tons of associations, and relics of great The Great White Throne-Zion water erosion. Its great amphi­ events in our history. All told, it is National Park CAPULIN MOUNTAIN NATIONAL western Texas, is a country of strik­ rock in the form of fine debris. Detail of the Saguaro, or Giant Cactus The story of the origin of the National Park and Monument MONUMENT, N. Mex., is a crater in ing scenery and geology, unusual theater, 3 miles long and 2 miles Roads and trails lead to important the background of the American wide, is filled with fantastic figures way of life. natural phenomena and the back­ Areas of the Southwest northeastern New Mexico, sur­ plants and animals, and archeologi- sections of the park. ground of the historic and prehis­ marily wilderness areas. In many of many colors. Giant Dome—Carlsbad Caverns tional Park Service areas in northern rounded by lava flows. cal remains of prehistoric cave National Park From north to south, from east to toric places and objects in the Na­ of the parks there is normally a Geological Parks and Monuments Other examples of erosion in Utah and Colorado are shown on At many different areas the con­ dwellers. The lands in this wilder­ ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah. About west, all through the lands belong­ tional Park Service areas is a wide range of accommodations for sandstone are CEDAR BREAKS NA­ the map, they are not included in The fascinating story of the chang­ trasting, incredibly slow, processes ness region have been acquired by 90 miles from Bryce, Zion's central ing to our Nation lies a great Fed­ fascinating one. In order that visi­ visitors, from public campgrounds TIONAL MONUMENT, near Zion and the text. These areas, in the Rocky ing of the face of the earth by the of sedimentation and erosion are the State of Texas and have re­ feature is its great canyon, whose the other two are difficult of access. eral system of scenic, scientific, and tors may have a better understand­ through housekeeping tents and Bryce, afh area of wild beauty; Mountain-Plains States, are de­ geological forces of nature is seen seen in various stages: cently been transferred to the Fed­ sandstone cliffs are brilliantly The famous Rainbow Bridge, reached historic areas, set aside to preserve ing and deeper appreciation of what cabins to lodges and hotels. Under ZION NATIONAL MONUMENT, con­ scribed in Location Map No. 7. in its many aspects at the national GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, eral Government as Texas' first na­ by a 14-mile horseback trip, is the for all time the finest examples of they see, the Service, so far as is war conditions it has been necessary Black Canyon of the Gunnison taining the Hurricane Cliffs and the Kansas, also shown on this map, parks and monuments. Ariz., where the Colorado River has tional park. greatest known natural arch, 309 this heritage for the enjoyment of possible under war conditions, pro­ to curtail some of these facilities; Kolob Canyon; CAPITOL REEF NA­ the American people. Under the contains no areas in the National but informal accommodations are The dramatic, abrupt way of cut a mile-deep channel through a TIONAL MONUMENT in south central feet high. vides various interpretive services. change, volcanism, is especially well great uplift, offers the most famous Wheeler National Monument administration of the National Park Park System. provided in the majority of the parks Utah, a great colorful buttressed CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT, They include guided trips and talks exemplified at two areas: — and most breath-taking example of Service of the United States Depart­ given by trained naturalists or and monuments. A few of the na­ sandstone cliff; COLORADO NATIONAL in southeastern Arizona, near Doug­ tional monuments may be reached SUNSET CRATER NATIONAL MONU­ the erosion of sedimentary beds of MONUMENT, near Grand Junction, ment of the Interior are 169 such archeologists, with additional in­ las, and remote WHEELER NATIONAL Administratio n only by trail or unimproved road. MENT, Ariz., is a volcano near shale, sandstone, and limestone. Colo., a region of impressive sculp­ areas, including 27 national parks, terpretation through graphic expla­ MONUMENT, in western Colorado, are 84 national monuments, and 58 Each National Park Service area Where the monument is some dis­ Flagstaff, Ariz., whose eruption is The Grand Canyon is one of the ture; and three areas of natural nation in museum exhibits. areas characterized by balanced areas of other types. This folder, is under the immediate supervision tance from the highway, visitors uniquely datable. It represents the wonders of the world, and is easily bridges—ARCHES, NATURAL BRIDGES, Location Map No. 6, covers the of a superintendent or custodian should inquire about road conditions latest major event of the volcanic reached by train or automobile. Ex­ and RAINBOW BRIDGE NATIONAL rocks and spectacular formations Southwestern States, including who is the field representative of the Accommodations at the junction point before leaving area of the San Francisco Peaks, cellent trails lead down into the MONUMENTS in southeastern Utah. produced by erosion of rhyolite Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Service and is responsible for the the main road. For information on and erupted so recently, measured great gorge. Adjacent to the park Arches National Monument is close lava. Arizona, and southern halves of protection and administration of the The national parks and many of specific park and monument areas in geologic time, that its ashes is GRAND CANYON NATIONAL MONU­ to a highway and easily visited; Utah and Colorado. While Na- area to which he is assigned. the national monuments are pri- write to the Regional Director, Organ Pipe Cactus Natural Bridges National Monument Rainbow Bridge National Monument Petrified Logs—Petrified Forest National Monument Great Sand Dunes Pueblo Bonito—Chaco Canyon National Monument Interesting Formations in Bryce Canyon National Park Boquillas Canyon—Big Bend National Park NATIONAL PARK

Mission Ruins at Gran Quivira Location Map No. 6

Lower Ruin—Tonto National Monument Southwestern States South Wall of Frijoles Canyon— Sandstone Cliffs—Canyon de Chelly Inscription Rock—El Morro National Bandelier National Monument National Monument Monument Tuzigoot National Monument Casa Grande Ruins of adjacent regions. The old Mor­ BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON areas, ranging from the strange mon fort at Pipe Sgring was built in NATIONAL MONUMENT, in south­ cacti of the desert to the magnifi­ Ariz., which includes many ruins; iards of the expedition of Coronado 1869. western Colorado, is a deep gorge cent pines. TUZIGOOT NATIONAL MONUMENT, in 1540. Spanish colonization of cut in ancient rocks, mainly granite, Unusual species of desert flora are Ariz., has a partially restored hill­ New Mexico followed later and like those exposed in the bottom of preserved at SAGUARO and ORGAN top pueblo and a museum contain­ from 1600 on the Southwest was Recreational Areas the Grand Canyon. PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENTS ing materials found on the site; ruled by Spain. BOULDER DAM NATIONAL RECREA­ At PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL in southernmost Arizona. In both HOVENWEEP and YUCCA HOUSE NA­ MONUMENT, Ariz., wind and water of these monuments are giant cacti Reconstructed Kiva at Aztec Ruins Walnut Canyon GRAN QUIVIRA NATIONAL MONU­ TIONAL AREA, Nev.-Ariz., comprises National Monument TIONAL MONUMENTS, in southwest- MENT, N. Mex., preserves an im­ Old Mormon Fort—Pipe Spring the waters and beaches, and strik­ have uncovered a concentration of which grow only in northern Mex­ ernmost Colorado. The last two are National Monument ico and southern Arizona. They portant example of the missions ing scenery, of artificial Lake Mead, fossilized tree trunks of unusual they built stone pueblos (compact southwestern New Mexico. Later difficult to reach and are reserved scientific interest. also contain many other curious and built by Franciscan priests in the the water of the Colorado and Virgin towns like apartment houses) in the prehistoric cave sites of a still dif­ primarily for their scientific in­ The work of the wind is seen at interesting plants typical of the seventeenth century, together with graph album," summarizes the whole Rivers held back by Boulder Dam. open as well as in caves in the cliffs. ferent sort are preserved and in­ terest. WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, desert. unexcavated ruins of the Indian story of colonization of the South­ Boat trips can be made up the MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, terpreted at BANDELIER NATIONAL CASA GRANDE NATIONAL MONU­ pueblo it served. west. On the base of a sandstone lake into the lower end of the Grand N. Mex., and GREAT SAND DUNES Colo. In, the shelter of caves cut MONUMENT, near Santa Fe, N. Mex. MENT, Ariz., is unique; the only mesa point are inscribed the names Canyon. A museum at the area NATIONAL MONUMENT, Colo. The Archeological Areas into the canyons at Mesa Verde, in The greatest of the prehistoric Around 1700, the Jesuit missiona­ former is unique in being a vast surviving example of the great of Spanish and later Anglo-Ameri­ headquarters in Boulder City, Nev., Many of the national park and southwestern Colorado, are many of pueblo ruins are preserved at CHACO ries in Sonora extended their ac­ area of white gypsum sand. adobe structures built by Pueblo can travelers, from Don Juan de graphically explains the natural his­ monument areas were set aside to the best-preserved cliff dwellings in CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT, N. tivities into what is now southern The underground work of water— Indians in southern Arizona in the Oriate, founder of New Mexico, tory of the area; another at Over­ protect and interpret the ruins of America. In this setting, the visitor Mex. Pueblo Bonito and other Arizona. solution of limestone, and forma­ fourteenth century. It also con­ whose inscription is dated 1605, to ton, controlled jointly by the National prehistoric Pueblo Indian dwellings. can study the remnants of a de­ Chaco Canyon ruins are the largest Park Service and the State of Ne­ tion of stalactites and stalagmites— tains earlier remains, including a TUMACACORI NATIONAL MONU­ members of an emigrant wagon- These areas are also of geological parted civilization. prehistoric sites in the Southwest vada, displays archeological ma­ is preserved in this region at ceremonial ball-court, of the "Ho- MENT, Ariz., is one of the fine mis­ train in 1858. All travelers stopped and biological interest; and arche­ Similar cliff dwellings in great and constitute the major archeologi­ terial excavated from sites now CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, hokam" Indians who occupied south­ sion ruins of the Sonora region, with at El Morro, on the way between ological remains occur in many of natural caves in red sandstone are cal area north of southern Mexico. covered by the lake. in the Guadalupe Mountains of ern Arizona for hundreds of years a modern interpretive museum. the Zuni and Acoma pueblos, to the scenic areas already listed. preserved at CANYON DE CHELLY and AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT, southeastern New Mexico, which is before the building of the Casa refresh themselves at the pool of The area is administered by the The prehistoric Indians who lived NAVAJO NATIONAL MONUMENTS in N. Mex., is a great ruin of Chaco In the eighteenth century, Spain still not fully explored. It is be­ Grande. There is a museum at this water which was one of the few National Park Service under co­ in the cliff dwellings were ances­ northeastern Arizona. type, more easily accessible and also occupied and christianized lieved to be the largest in the area. sources on the route. operative agreement with the Re­ tors of the modern Pueblo Indians— Cliff dwellings of other types are more extensively developed, with a Texas. One of the main monu­ clamation Service of the Department world. Visitors walk on 7 miles of museum and a restored ceremonial ments of Spanish Texas is SAN paved, well-lighted trail at the 750- the Hopi and Zuni, Acoma, and vil­ to be seen at MONTEZUMA CASTLE, PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT, of the Interior. lages near Santa Fe, N. Mex.—and TONTO, and WALNUT CANYON NA­ chamber (kiva). Historical Areas JOSE' MISSION NATIONAL HISTORIC Ariz., exemplifies a major and in­ foot level to view the unusual for­ PLATT NATIONAL PARK, in south­ TIONAL MONUMENTS in central Ari­ Other masonry pueblos of dif­ The first white men to see the SITE, at San Antonio, Texas. mations. teresting phase of Anglo-American ern Oklahoma, was set aside to zona, and the rerhote GILA CLIFF ferent types are preserved at Southwest, the Grand Canyon, and EL MORRO NATIONAL MONUMENT, Montezuma Castle westward expansion; the Mormon protect a large group of sulphur, DWELLINGS NATIONAL MONUMENT, in WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT, the Pueblo Indians, were the Span­ Desert Flora Monuments N. Mex., the "world's greatest auto- colonization of Utah and exploration bromide, and fresh water springs. A great variety of plant life is Camping, picnicking, hiking, horse­ found in the park and monument Fishing at Lake Mead—Boulder Dam back riding, and swimming are en­ Cliff Palace—Mesa Verde National Park Wupatki National Monument Mission Church at Tumacacori National Recreational Area joyed here. Betatakin Ruin—Navajo National Monument Travertine Creek—Platt National Park

The Grand Canyon

United States Department of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, Secretary National Park Service, Newton B. Drury, Director SOUTHWESTERN STATES LOCATION MAP NO. 6 OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

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