NATIONAL PARK Location Map No. 5 Rocky -Plains States

United States Department of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, Secretary , Newton B. Drury, Director Guide To Your Parks INTRODUCING THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

• OUR NATION'S HERITAGE includes vase geographical sequence is followed as far^.. natural resources of superb scenic and as possible. Kansas, which lies in the National Monument Unusual Formations in Wheeler scientific value. It includes the customs Rocky Mountain and Plains States region, National Monument and traditions brought to our shores by has no national park area within its people from the Old World and the na­ boundaries. While National Park Service Address the Custodian, Craters of the Address the Coordinating Superintend­ Moon National Monument, Arco, Idaho. ent, Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. tive Indian culture which was already areas in southern Utah are shown on the Custer Hill and Monument—Roaben Photo here. It includes the memories, associa­ map,*' they are not included in the text. TIMPANOGOS CAVE NATIONAL MONU­ WHEELER NATIONAL MONUMENT.—The tions, and relics of great events in our These areas in the Southwestern States Rocky Mountain Bighorn Black Bear—Hileman Pbojo MENT.—In north central Utah, south of interesting features of this monument are history. All told,- it is the background are described in Location Map No. 6. set among the higher peaks. During the Address the Coordinating Superintend Salt Lake City, lies this beautiful and the fantastic forms carved by erosion of the American way of life. wildlife in its native environment, as well ness areas. In many of the parks, there summer, it is possible to visit A great ent, Yellowstone National Park, Yellow­ interesting cavern high up the side of from a bed of volcanic ash. This area, " From north to south, from east to west, Administration as hundreds of forms of plant life which is normally a wide range of accommo­ number of them, for horseback and foot stone Park, Wyo. Mount Timpanogos in the Wasatch in southwestern Colorado, lies at an ele­ trails penetrate many sections. The for­ Range. It has not only the usual drip­ all through the lands belonging to our Each national park and national monu­ are being preserved from destruction. dations for visitors, from public camp­ CUSTER BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL CEME­ vation of 11,500 feet, near the crest of ests, streams, and the rich variety and stone deposits in variety of form and Nation lies a great Federal system of ment is in charge of a superintendent or Many of the areas are reserves which pro­ grounds through housekeeping tents • and TERY.—General Custer and five of his La Garita , a ramification of abundance of flowers and wildlife com­ color but the rare curved pendants known scenic, scientific, and historic areas, set custodian who is a field representative of tect great forests from the axe. cabins to lodges and hotels. Under war troops of the Seventh Cavalry were killed Riding Through Jackson Hole—Crandall Photo the Continental Divide. It is accessible plete a picture of grandeur and charm. as helictites. aside to preserve for all time the finest the National Park Service and is respon­ conditions it has been necessary to curtail within this area in southern Montana on only by trail. examples of this heritage for the enjoy­ some ot these facilities; but informal ac­ Address the Custodian, Timpanogos sible for protecting and administering the Geology Adjoining Glacier on the north is Water- June 25, 1876, during a battle with the Address the Superintendent, Yellowstone Address the Coordinating Superintend­ ment of the American people. Under the commodations are provided in the ma­ National Park, in , this na­ Cave National Monument, Pleasant Grove, area under his control. History of earth processes is learned ton Lakes National Park in Canada. To­ and Indians. White National Park, Yellowstone Park, Wyo. ent, Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. administration of the National Park Serv­ jority of the parks. tional monument provides a most appro­ Utah. through the study of -geology in these gether they form the Waterton-Glacier marble stones designate the places where ice of the Department of Under the direction of the superin­ SHOSHONE CAVERN NATIONAL MONU­ priate foreground and introduction to the HOVENWEEP NATIONAL MONUMENT.— national areas. Behind the wonders According to the area and the season, International Peace Park, established in the slain were found. About 220 sol­ DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT.— the Interior are 169 such areas, including tendent or custodian are rangers, uni­ MENT.—This cave, which is not open to magnificent Teton Range. Together they This Indian name, meaning ' 'deserted whose various characteristics thrill the visitors may study"nature or history, climb diers are buried beneath the large granite World famous fossil beds, including 27 national parks, 84 national monu­ formed in forest green, who are alert to 1932 by Presidential proclamation as au­ visitors, is located high on the south form one of the most complete biologic valley," appropriately describes the mon­ observer is the old-new story of geologic mountains, ride horseback, hike, fish, go monument. dinosaur remains, are found in this area ments, and 58 areas of other classifica­ protect the areas from fire and other thorized by the Congress of the United slope of Shoshone Canyon, 4 miles west units in the National Park System. His­ ument with its four remarkable groups damage so that people now and in the forces, the tale of the hidden as well as boating, or take part in winter sports. States and the Canadian Parliament. F.or of Cody, Wyo. Its interest lies in the torians recognize Jackson Hole as one of in northeastern Utah and northwestern of abandoned prehistoric Indian ruins. tions. Address the Superintendent, Custer Bat­ future may continue to derive the fullest the evident processes of volcanism, earth The parks and monuments offer unsur­ the important scenes of two significant Colorado. Eastward a. great expanse of Two of the groups lie in souchwestern purposes of administration each component tlefield National Cemetery, Crow Agency, steeply descending passages which give an This folder, Location Map No. 5, cov­ enjoyment from them. These members of movement, sedimentation, and erosion. passed opportunities for the nature lover, part of the Peace Park retains its na­ impression of mysterious vastness difficult movements in the Nation's history—the wilderness stretches into Colorado beyond Colorado, two in southeastern Utah. Mont. the junction of the Green and Yampa ers generally the Rocky Mountain and the field staff arc always ready to provide the photographed, and the artist. Through tionality and individuality. to describe. Rocky Mountain fur trade and Western visits to park areas Americans learn to Rivers. Lodore Canyon, on the Green, is Address the Superintendent, South­ Plains States, including Montana, Wy­ assistance and information to the visitor. History YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.—Lying, Address the Coordinating Superintend­ frontier settlement. western National Monuments, Box 1728, oming, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South know their country more intimately and to Address the Superintendent, Glacier more than 2,000 feet deep and is difficult Chapters of the history of ancient and :hiefly in northwestern Wyoming, Yellow­ ent, Yellowstone National Park, Yellow­ Address the Coordinating Superintend­ Santa Fe, N. Mex. Dakota, North Dakota, and overlaps into love it more deeply. National Park, Belton, Mont. stone is the largest of our national parks. of access. Interpretive Service modern peoples also are recorded in many stone Park, Wyo. ent, National Park, Moose, YUCCA HOUSE NATIONAL MONUMENT.— Idaho, and northern half of Utah. In BIG HOLE BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL It is also the oldest, and it was here Address the Custodian, Dinosaur Na­ Visitors to the national parks and na­ areas in 'this region, as in Mesa Verde GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK.—In Teton County, Wyo. A cluster of large mounds, this pre­ the description of the individual areas a National Park Areas of the MONUMENT.—This area in southwestern that the national park idea originated. It tional Monument, Jensen, Utah. tional monuments are interested in their and its old Indian dwellings and Fort northwestern Wyoming, just south of Yel­ CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL historic Indian village in southwestern Montana marks the site of the outstand­ is in a region once affected by volcanic COLORADO NATIONAL MONUMENT.—In beauty, their natural wonders, or their Laramie with its memories of a newer Rocky Mountain and lowstone, includes the most ' spectacular MONUMENT.—Although volcanic activity Colorado is reserved by the Federal Gov­ Bear Grass Grows in Abundance in ing battleground along the line of the activity and was established for its western Colorado, includes a series of historical significance. To satisfy tfieir people migrating westward. part of the famous Teton Range with is extinct in this monument in south­ ernment for future research. Travel to Glacier—Hileman Photo Plains States famous "retreat" of the celebrated Nez thermal features, its scenery, and its wild­ canyons cut by erosion in a mighty bed desire for information, the National Park forested slopes rising sharply from the eastern Idaho, the freshness of the lava the area is discouraged, as there will be GLACIER NATIONAL PARK.—Some of the Perce Indian, Chief Joseph, and his fol­ life. The geysers, the canyon and falls, of cream-colored . Roads fol­ Service, so far as is possible under war floor of Jackson Hole. Against the base and the perfect preservation of the cinder little of interest for the casual visitor to Accommodations * finest mountain scenery in America lies lowers. JHere, on August 9, 1877, a Mammoth Hot Springs terraces, Yellow­ low the tops of the cliffs and afford fine conditions, provides a free interpretive of the range nestle clear lakes at the cones and craters give a lasting picture see until after scientific excavations have The national parks and many of the in this park in northwestern Montana. small force of United States troops de­ stone Lake, the forests and meadows, and views. service with naturalists and historians mouths of steep canyons cut by glaciers. of volcanoes. been made. Approach roads are unsur- national monuments are primarily wilder- More than 60 glaciers and 200 lakes are feated a much larger number of Indians— the back country with its lakes, streams, Address the Custodian, Colorado Na­ conducting field trips and giving lectures Hiking, riding, and nature study are faced. a memorable episode in the long struggle and high peaks offer an endless variety of tional Monument, Fruita, Colo. and campfire talks on animal and plant popular on the fine trails leading into the to confine the Indians^ to ever diminish­ wonders. Yellowstone is one •, of the Yampa Gorge in Dinosaur National Address the Superintendent, Southwest­ life, geology, and history. Museums con­ Among the Rugged Peaks in Glacier—Hileman Photo high country of peaks, streams, and snow- BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON ing reservations. world's finest wildlife sanctuaries. Monument ern National Monuments, Box 1728, Santa tain interesting displays which also serve fed lakes. NATIONAL MONUMENT.—This remarkable canyon in western Colorado has been cut Fe, N. Mex. to interpret the story of the area. Address the Superintendent, Grand by the Gunnison River in rocks which Yellowstone's Old Faithful in Eruption Part of the Teton Range Teton National Park, Moose, Teton MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK.—One of are incredibly old. In several places its Wildlife, Plants, Forests County, Wyo. the Nation's major archeological areas, depth exceeds its width and its gloomy this park lies in the mesa country of The parks and monuments are sanctu­ JACKSON HOLE NATIONAL MONUMENT. gorge may well be considered one of the southwestern Colorado. Mesa Verde, aries where people may see and study —Located adjacent to the Grand Teton most spectacular in America. Spanish for "green table," was so named Cinder Cones in Craters of the Moon- Park Naturalist With Group of Young Franz Upp Photo Nature Lovers Sheer Pinnacles in Black Canyon of the Gunnison Cliff Palace Ruins in Mesa Verde NATIONAL PARK Location Map No. 5

Old Bedlam tn Fort Lcramte National Rocky Mountain-Plains States Great Sand Dunes Monument because its flat top is blanketed with a Address the Coordinating Superintend­ forest of pinon and juniper. The park ent, , Hot Scotts Bluff National Monument contains hundreds of ruins of ancient cliff Mount of the Holy Cross Springs, S. Dak. dwellings which tell a fascinating story WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK.—Contains of prehistoric Indian culture. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK.— Address the Custodian, Homestead Na­ the largest cave in the of Address the Superintendent, Mesa Verde Of over 400 square miles, in northern tional Monument of America, Beatrice, . Striking features are the National Park, Colo. Colorado, lies astride the Continental Di­ Nebr. beautiful veins of calcite boxwork which vide. It contains 65 peaks more than SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT.— project from the roof and the straight- GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL MONU­ 10,000 feet high, the highest of which is ness of the passages dissolved out of the MENT.—The great dunes lie in southern Named for an obscure fur trapper, this (14,255), part of the spec­ large bluff in westward Nebraska was a limestone along fractures which parallel Colorado against the foot of the towering tacular . Glaciers have the . Wind Cave has Wyoming, is a majestic sheaf of rock Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The drift­ famous landmark on the . A shaped rugged gorges and created scores road to the summit offers views of the one of the finest buffalo herds in the columns which rises sheer 865 feet above ing dunes cover some 40 square miles. of lakes and mountain meadows. Elk, country. its base. Geologists do not agree on its They were gathered grain by grain by the historic North Platte Valley, and a deer, and Rocky Mountain bighorn roam Address the Superintendent, Wind Cave origin. It may represent a plug of lava southwest winds from the flats of the San museum tells the story of the Oregon unmolested. Many trails lead to water­ Trail. National Park, Hot Springs, S. Dak. which cooled in the neck of an old vol­ Luis Valley. falls, lakes, and peaks. Trail Ridge cano, the columns being formed by con­ Road, linking east-west transcontinental Address the Custodian, Scotts Bluff JEWEL CAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT.— Address the Coordinating Superintend­ National Monument, Gering, Nebr. The walls of this cave in the Black traction and the whole later exposed by highways, climbs over 12,000 feet and the erosion of the surrounding rock, or ent, Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. offers superb scenic views. Hills of South Dakota are solidly covered FORT LARAMIE NATIONAL MONUMENT.— with a layer of dog-tooth crystals of it may be part of a great sheet of molten PROTECT YOUR PARKS HOLY CROSS NATIONAL MONUMENT.— Address the Superintendent, Rocky Situated on the prairie of eastern Wy­ calcite. These crystals give the cave its rock which was injected between rock West of the Continental Divide in north- Mountain National Park, Estes Park, oming near the confluence of the Laramie name; layers and later in part removed by Help to protect the forests, scenic wonders, and wildlife stands the Mount of the Colo. and North Platte Rivers, Fort Laramie Address the Coordinating Superintend­ erosion. Holy Cross. In late spring snow lying in was an outstanding center of frontier ac­ of your parks. Ninety percent of the forest fires through­ HOMESTEAD NATIONAL MONUMENT OF ent, Wind Cave National Park, Hot Address the Custodian, Devils Tower depressions in the mountainside reveals tivity on the Great Plains for more than out the United States have been caused by man. Care­ the form of a huge cross. It may be AMERICA.—Situated in southeastern Ne­ Springs, S. Dak. National Monument, Devils Tower, Wyo. braska, this national monument contains half a century before 1890. The Fort's lessly thrown matches, burning cigaret or cigar butts, or reached by trail only, but can be seen remaining buildings are tokens of the epic MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMO­ BADLANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT.—The from Shrine Pass near U. S. Highway the Daniel Freeman Homestead, the first RIAL.—On the summit of Mount Rush- Badlands of South Dakota He east of the Devils Tower patented under the Homestead Act of of the West and the Oregon Trail, and unattended campfires can start conflagrations which do No. 6, west of Wheeler. serve as reminders of the part played by more, in the heart of the beautiful Black Black Hills. Their spires and pinnacles, 1862. Some work has been done toward in endless variety of form, are being VERENDRYE NATIONAL MONUMENT.— irreparable damage. The parks are for your enjoyment the United States military forces in the Hills of South Dakota, are carved the Address the Coordinating Superintend­ restoring the land as it was a few years carved out of the Great Plains by rains This monument, located in northwestern after it was settled, but the interpretive protection of emigrant caravans and the heads of four of our more illustrious and for the enjoyment of generations to come. ent, Rocky Mountain National Park, Presidents—Washington, Jefferson, Lin­ and streams. . They are spectacular bad­ North' Dakota, is associated with the Estes Park, Colo. program is not yet fully under way. winning of the West. lands—eroded areas found in semiarid re­ Verendrye exploration. An area on the Address the Custodian, Fort Laramie coln, and . Address the Superintendent, Mount gions where vegetation is sparse, the oc­ left bank of the upper Missouri com­ BE CAREFUL WITH FIRE National Monument, Fort Laramie, Wyo. casional rains are torrential, and the rocks memorates the exploration by the Veren- Fishing in Rocky Mountain Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, FOSSIL CYCAD NATIONAL MONUMENT,— S. Dak. are fine-grained and easily worn. dryes in 1742. In this area, in the southern part of the Address the Custodian, Badlands Na­ Address the Custodiap, Verendrye Na­ Black Hills of South Dakota, fine speci­ DEVILS TOWER NATIONAL MONUMENT. tional Monument, Interior, S. Dak. tional Monument, Sanish, N. Dak. mens of fossil cycads, the earliest flower­ —The Devils Tower, in northeastern ing plants, have been found. The mon­ Badlands National Monument ument is not open, but information is o« " Wi^ C „ available at nearby Wind Cave National Bis av Park.

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United States Department of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, Secretary National Park Service, Newton B. Drury, Director ROCKY MOUNTAIN-PLAINS STATES LOCATION MAP NO. 5 OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

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