Your National Parks Part 39

Fis.h.i.+ng

There is good trout-fis.h.i.+ng in Gra.s.sy and Snag Lakes. The fis.h.i.+ng is much better in the region south of the Park, especially in Feather River, near Chester; Warner Creek; Mill Creek, near Morgan Springs; Battle Creek, near Mineral; and in Lake Alamanor. The flies generally used are royal coachman, brown and gray hackle, dusty miller, salmon fly, queen of the waters, black gnat, and professor.

A fis.h.i.+ng license is required for all persons over 18 years of age.

The fee for resident of California is $1.00; for non-residents, $3.00.

Licenses may be obtained from the Supervisor at Red Bluff.

Hawaii National Park

Location: On Hawaii and Maui islands, Territory of Hawaii. Area: 118 square miles. Season: Throughout the year.

THE HAWAII NATIONAL PARK consists of two tracts on the island of Hawaii and one tract on the island of Maui. The tracts on the island of Hawaii include the volcano of Mauna Loa and the active crater of Kilauea on the slope of Mauna Loa. The tract on the island of Maui includes the extinct volcanic crater of Haleakala.

Mauna Loa and the crater of Kilauea are reached from Hilo, a town of 10,000 inhabitants, which is 192 miles by sea from Honolulu.

The crater of Kilauea is at an alt.i.tude of 4000 feet and is easily reached by automobile. As Kilauea is more active and more accessible than Mauna Loa, it is visited more frequently than the peak, which has an alt.i.tude of 13,675 feet. The distance from Hilo to Kilauea is 31 miles.

There is steams.h.i.+p service twice a week between Hilo and Honolulu.

Tourists may leave Honolulu Wednesday morning, arrive at Hilo Thursday morning, and reach Kilauea by noon. The return may be made to Hilo early Friday morning in time to catch the steamer, which leaves at 10 o'clock, and which arrives in Honolulu early Sat.u.r.day morning. The steamer also leaves Honolulu Sat.u.r.day afternoon and reaches Hilo Sunday morning. It leaves Hilo on the return trip Monday afternoon and reaches Honolulu Tuesday morning.

The Interisland Steams.h.i.+p Company sells coupon tickets from Honolulu to Kilauea and return, including automobile trip and hotel accommodations at the following rates:--

3 days $28.50 and $30.00 6 days $37.80 and $45.00 9 days $49.00 and $58.00

There are 2 hotels at the crater: Volcano House, $6.00 a day; and Crater Hotel, $3.50 a day.

Another route is by steamer from Honolulu to Kailua or Honuapo, thence by automobile to the crater, 101 miles from Kailua; 36 miles from Honuapo. The return to Honolulu may be made by the same route or by way of Hilo. Three-day trips cost from $34.50 to $36.00.

The trip to the summit of Mauna Loa is made from the crater of Kilauea and requires 4 days. It is necessary to make special arrangements for this trip. Full information may be obtained at the office of the Hawaii Promotion Committee in Honolulu. As the summit is nearly 14,000 feet above the sea and the trip is made on horseback and on foot, it should be undertaken only by those physically qualified.

The extinct volcano of Haleakala (elevation 10,032 feet) is best reached from Lahaina, on the island of Maui; time from Honolulu to Lahaina, 6 hours; distance 75 miles; fare $5.00 in each direction.

From Lahaina the route is by automobile to Wailuku and Olinda, thence on horseback to the summit. The cost of the trip is as follows:--

Automobile, Lahaina to Wailuku in each direction:-- 1 pa.s.senger $4.00 2 or 3 pa.s.sengers, for party 5.00 4 to 6 pa.s.sengers, each person 1.50

Automobile, Wailuku to Olinda, round trip:-- 1 to 3 pa.s.sengers, for party 20.00 4 to 6 pa.s.sengers, for party 25.00

Horses, guide and blankets:-- Each horse 7.50 Guide 5.00 Blankets at Rest House 1.00

Time required to make the ascent and descent is as follows:--

_Hours_ Auto from Lahaina to Wailuku 1-1/4 Ascent by automobile from Wailuku to Olinda 3-1/2 Ascent on horseback from Olinda to Rest House at Summit 3-1/2 Descent on horseback from Rest House to Olinda 3 Descent by automobile from Olinda to Wailuku 2 Auto from Wailuku to Lahaina 1-1/4

As the crater of Haleakala is seen at its finest at sunrise and sunset, the best way to view it is to leave Wailuku in the afternoon, spend the night at the summit, and return the next morning. The automobile waits over night at Olinda for persons wis.h.i.+ng to spend the night on the summit.

The hotels at Wailuku are the Maui, $3.00 to $4.00; the Wailuku, $2.50; and the Grand, $3.50 and $4.00. At Lahaina the only hotel is the Pioneer, $2.75.

The visitor to the crater of Kilauea will need only an overcoat in addition to the light summer clothing worn at sea-level throughout the year. For trips to the summits of Mauna Loa and Haleakala, the visitor should wear woolen underwear and other warm clothing.

There is no fis.h.i.+ng in the Hawaii National Park, but there is excellent surf and deep-sea fis.h.i.+ng along the coast of the islands.

Honolulu is reached in 6 days from San Francisco; fare, $65.00 and upward in each direction.

Mount McKinley National Park

This Park is in south-central Alaska and includes Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America, and the surrounding country. The Park was created by the act of February 26, 1917, and as the region is unsettled and undeveloped, there are no roads or accommodations for tourists. The Park may be reached by a 150-mile trip by means of a pack-train from Nenana or Fairbanks in the interior of Alaska. Guides and outfits can probably be secured from the Northern Commercial Company, Fairbanks, Alaska. The government railroad will pa.s.s near the eastern border of the Park, but the road will probably not be operated to a point near the Park until the summer of 1919.

Hot Springs of Arkansas

Location: Central Arkansas. Area: 911 acres. Season: Throughout the year. Address of Supervisor: Hot Springs, Arkansas.

HOT SPRINGS is reached by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, the St.

Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, and the Memphis, Dallas & Gulf Railroads. There is through sleeping-car service from St. Louis and Memphis.

The Reservation is immediately adjacent to the city of Hot Springs, which has a population of about 14,000 and which is a munic.i.p.ality and is not under government control.

The only hotel on the Reservation is the Arlington, where the rates are $5.00 a day and upward. There are hotels of every cla.s.s in the city, the princ.i.p.al ones being the Eastman, Majestic, Moody, and Como.

Some of the bathhouses are on the Reservation and some are in the city, but the water is the same in all, the range in prices being due to the equipments and accommodations provided. The rates are as follows:--

_Scale of Rates for Baths at Different Bathhouses receiving Water from the Hot Springs Reservation_

_Bathhouse_ _Single baths_ _Course of 21 baths_ Arlington $0.65 $12.00 Fordyce 0.65 12.00 Buckstaff 0.60 11.00 Maurice 0.60 11.00 Imperial 0.55 10.00 Eastman 0.55 10.00 Majestic 0.55 10.00 Hale 0.50 9.00 Moody 0.50 9.00 St. Joseph's Infirmary 0.50 9.00 Superior 0.50 9.00 Lamar 0.45 8.00 Rector 0.45 8.00 Rockafellow 0.45 8.00 Ozark Sanatorium 0.45 8.00 Magnesia 0.40 7.00 Ozark 0.40 7.00 Alhambra 0.40 7.00 Pythian Sanatorium (colored) 0.25 4.00

Visitors are advised not to take the baths without the advice of a physician, as the waters are not beneficial in all diseases and in some are harmful. Visitors should not patronize doctors who are recommended by unknown or irresponsible persons, as in the past there has been considerable soliciting on behalf of certain physicians. A list of registered doctors may be consulted at the office of the Supervisor of the Reservation.

Golf and horseback riding are the favorite forms of exercise. Visitors from the North should bear in mind that spring is a little earlier in this region and that fall is a little later.

Minor National Parks

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