WEST NATIONAL PARKS

Channel Islands National Park
Established: 1980
Acreage: 249,561
Average Yearly Visitors: 615,000
Location: Southern California, offshore from Santa Barbara and Ventura
Activities: Hiking, camping, diving, kayaking, snorkeling, whale-watching, birding

Crater Lake National Park
Established: 1902
Acreage: 183,224
Average Yearly Visitors: 456,000
Location: Southern Oregon, 60 miles northwest of Klamath Falls
Activities: Hiking, scenic driving, cross-country skiing

Haleakala National Park
Established: 1961
Acreage: 29,830
Average Yearly Visitors: 1,502,000
Location: In east Maui
Activities: Birding, biking, camping, hiking, whale-watching, backpacking

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Established: 1916
Acreage: 209,695
Average Yearly Visitors: 1,197,000
Location: South end of Hawaii Island
Activities: Camping, hiking. scenic driving

Joshua Tree National Park
Established: 1994
Acreage: 1,018,162
Average Yearly Visitors: 1,174,000
Location: Southeastern California, 50 miles north of Palm Springs
Activities: Climbing, backpacking, camping, mountain biking, scenic driving

Lassen Volcanic National Park
Established: 1916
Acreage: 106,372
Average Yearly Visitors: 387,000
Location: Northeast California, 50 miles east of Redding
Activities: Camping, scenic driving, fishing, hiking, cross-country skiing

Mount Rainier National Park
Established: 1899
Acreage: 235,625
Average Yearly Visitors: 1,267,000
Location: West-central Washington, 80 miles south of Seattle
Activities: Camping, biking, hiking, mountaineering, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, wildlife viewing, backpacking

National Park of American Samoa
Established: 1993
Acreage: 9,000
Location: American Samoa in the Pacific
Activities: Hiking, birding, snorkeling

North Cascades National Park
Established: 1968
Acreage: 684,302
Average Yearly Visitors: 390,000
Location: Northern Washington, 150 miles northeast of Seattle
Activities: Hiking, rafting, camping, wildlife viewing, mountaineering, horseback riding

Olympic National Park
Established: 1938
Acreage: 922,651
Average Yearly Visitors: 3,654,000
Location: Northwest Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula west of Seattle
Activities: Scenic driving, hiking, camping, wildlife viewing, fishing, backpacking, mountain climbing, skiing, snowshoeing

Redwood National Park
Established: 1968
Acreage: 112,513
Average Yearly Visitors: 399,000
Location: Northwest California, 400 miles north of San Francisco
Activities: Scenic driving, camping, backpacking, birding, whale-watching, hiking, horseback riding

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
Established: 1940
Acreage: 865,952
Average Yearly Visitors: 1,419,000
Location: East-central California, 60 miles from Fresno
Activities: Scenic driving, backpacking, cross-country skiing, fishing, hiking, horseback riding, snowshoeing, camping

Yosemite National Park
Established: 1890
Acreage: 761,266
Average Yearly Visitors: 3,306,000
Location: East-central California, 200 miles east of San Francisco
Activities: Scenic driving, hiking, camping, biking, wildlife viewing, cross-country skiing, rafting, skiing, backpacking