More About the Parks Around for All 100
One giant Sequoia from Sequoia National Park, designated a National Park on September 25, 1890, and one of the 35 within the NPS in 1916.
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Visitor Statistics
326,506 Visitors (1916)
National Park Service
292,800,082 Visitors (2014)
Total for 1916, 12 reporting sites; 2014, 370 reporting sites.
Park Size
80,469,370 acres (Federal);
84,479,064 acres (Total)
Park size as of the end of 2014
Park Fees
Vary from park to park.
Photo above: Visitors on horseback on the Glacier Point Trail, looking toward Yosemite Falls. Circa 1901. Photo courtesy, Library of Congress. One of the original 35, and designated as a National Park on October 1, 1890.
Even More Parks Around for All 100
Photo above: El Morro National Monument. One of the original thirty-three national parks in the National Park Service on its date of August 25, 1916. Right: Just one spectacular scene from Yellowstone National Park, the oldest National Park.
National Park Service 100th Anniversary
- El Morro NPS 100th Events
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El Morro 100th Events
El Morro National Monument will be updating their 2016 events throughout the year. Stop back for more information when it becomes available. For now, they have one 2016 event on the calendar that they consider part of the National Park Service's 100th Anniversary celebrations. Stop back for more info on time and place when they become available.
Centennial Event - Camel Corps
Date/Time: September 10, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: El Morro Visitor Center.
Event: Corps that traversed the Southwest, stopping at El Morro. Visit with real live camels that tell the story of the Camel Corps, as well as ranger programs, will be presented. This is El Morro's 2016 Centennial Event!
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Photos of 1916 Parks
Original NPS 100th Park Photos
Photo Above: Climbing party on Paradise Glacier, Mt. Rainier, circa 1915, Photo courtesy Library of Congress.
Crater Lake in historic photo from the Library of Congress.
Mesa Verde National Park.
Zion National Park poster from the National Park Service, 1938. Photo courtesy Library of Congress.
Other 1916 Parks Images
Grand Canyon National Park.
Gettysburg National Military Park. 150th anniversary walk of Pickett's Charge.
Statue of Liberty.
Lithograph of the Antietam battle at Burnside Bridge, Photo courtesy Library of Congress.
Pinnacles National Park, California.
National Park Service Links
National Park Service
National Park Foundation
National Parks Conservation Association