Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 May 1926 — Page 15

MAY 27, 1926

GREAT SCENERY TO BE SEEN ON PARKHIGHWAY Thousands of Tourists Expected to Traverse It This Season. By Israel Klein, Science Editor, NEA Service. Forming a gigantic circle of more than 6.000 miles, the National Park-to-Park Highway offers motorists the greatest collection of scenery in the country.. Twelve national parks are the main attractions of this road. Yet there are national monuments, national forests and Indian reservations that add to the wonders along this highway. From inquiries received at the general offices of the National Parjc-to-Park Highway Association, it is evident that thousands,of motorists this summer will tour this district. Their visit will include not only the parks, monuments, forests and reservations, but such additional scenic spots as the entrancing eastern entrance to Yellowstone Park, considered “the most scenic seventy miles of road in the United States.’’ In the eleven States through which this highway travels, hardly a spot will be found in poor condition. Os the G. 350 miles. 1,809 are paved, 3,320 are graveled and 1,063 are semi-graveled. In general, the entire circle is expected to be in good shape when the touring season starts. Nature’s Great Varielv / The highway passes such attractions as the Crater of the Moon, National Monument in Idaho; Bryce Canyon national monument in southern Utah; Cedar Breaks, also in southern Utah; Lehman Caves, national monument in eastern Nevada; Inscription Rock, national monument in New Mexico; 1 the proposed Grand Coulee, national park in Washington; I-lell’s Half Acre, and the Wind River Canyon in Wyoming; besides hundreds of other wonders. All these spots are easily available through good roads. Touring is much easier than in former years in this mountain country. There is rio longer any need for special emergency equipment, not even extra water for a hot radiator. The National Park Service and the National Forest Service has provided free motor camps in many desirable spots. All Hoads Lead to It In the national parks water and toilet facilities havq keen provided for, while in the forests the Forest Service has located camp sites, on streams that are tested as to purity of w r ater. Wherever the Forest Serv-

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Clifty Fa'ls in Cliffy Falls State Park at Madison, Ind., is an Indiana wonder comparable with some of the scenic marvels of the Nation.

ice sign says, “Camp Here,” the camper is safj. To reach the National Purk-to-Park Highway one has only to select any of the east and west routes, as any road leading westward, at some point, intersects the loop circle. Turn in either direction, north or south, arid the car automatically steers itself in the direction of one of the wonderful, and always different national parks, located the full length of the Rocky Mountain range. Continued trip can then be made in any direction, only that consideration need be given to the season of the year, as some of the parks close earlier than others. June, July. August and September are the best months for touring the parks, but the wonderful Southwest, the country of surprises and purple sage, is a much earlier and later touring paradise. The Southwest, entirely different as to formation, habits and botany, has provided wonderful roads, not only between cities but to remote points of interest.' California is always open season, and the Pacific

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Northwest has a' wonderfully long and interesting show season. Time to Seek Parks Entrance fees to national parks have been reduced by the Park Service, much below previous years, and now stands as follows: Yellowstone, $3; Yosemite, .$2! Glacier, $1; Crater Lake, $1; Mesa Verde, $1; anier, $1; Sequoia, $1; General Grant, 50 cents; Grand Canyon, $1; Zion, 50 cents. In Rocky Mountain and Lassen Volcanic there are no charges. The season for the parks is approximately as follows, though any and all may be entered earlier and later, if hotel accommodations are not required, and the weather permits: Yellowstone. June 18 to Sept. 20. Glacier, June 15 to Sept. 15. Ranier, June 15 to Sept. 15. Crater Lake, July 1 to Sept. 30. Lassen. June 1 to Seept. 15. Yosemite, open all year. Sequoia. May 24 to Oct. 10. Grand Canyon, open all year. Zion, May 15 to Oct. 15. Mesa Verde, May 15 to Oct. 15.

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IMPROVEMENTS TOR TAKE JAMES Ample Accommodations at 700-Acre Resort. When Steuben County citizens came to the fore by donating Lake James to, Hoosiers, the State came into jxjssession of one cf the most picturesque lake properties in the Middle West. Through a $35,000 bond issue the county bought 700 acres of land adjacent to the lake, affording a two-mile frontage. While it will be impossible to develop Lake James Park immediately, there will be ample accornmoda,tions for campers, with private ho Rocky Mountain, June 15 to Nov. 1. Grant, May 24 to Oct. 10.

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tels and cottages^in the vicinity for those who do not desire to camp out-of-doors. Next frtimmer a $65,000 manor-type hotel will be constructed. Fifty modern, steam-heated rooms will lie available when the new hotel Is finished. Next week work will begin on anew half-mile road connecting the hotel site mith a State highmay. BUY BIG CAMP GROUND Huge Mountain Park Planned by New York .State. Bu XEA Hrrrirt ALBANY, N. Y.. May 27—New York State will purchase a tract of 17,000 acres, in the Adirondacks and Catskills which will be opened to the public for hunting, fishing and camping. This mountain park will be in an unusual attraction for tm> toring campers. There are a few good roads for automobiles and many miles of trail for walking in the Glacier National Park.