With its tiny size, this park would fit into Death Valley National Park more than 36,000 times! The former Jefferson Expansion Memorial is laden with fascinating history and has much to teach us, but seems to now be a bit out of its league when compared to a group of such lofty names that includes Yellowstone, Yosemite the Grand Canyon and fifty-seven others. Gateway Arch now joins these ranks with its elegant towering steel form. Until now, the only national park created to protect the works of man, rather than those of Nature, has been Mesa Verde in southwest Colorado with its hundreds of historic pre-Columbian structures. While this very graceful shining steel arch has more than enough beauty and drama to really wow any visitor, when I realize that Congress elevated its status from national memorial to national park, I have to ask, “What were they thinking?” Gateway Arch At a mere 91 acres, Gateway Arch National Park is by far the smallest of our sixty-one National Parks.Ĭlassically simple and elegant, the 630 foot high Gateway Arch is indeed a majestic and even inspiring sculpture.
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