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Parker Dam State Park is a 968-acre (392 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Huston Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is surrounded by Moshannon State Forest . Parker Dam State park is 17 miles (27 km) north of Clearfield on Pennsylvania Route 153 just off exit 111 of Interstate 80 .
Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam that crosses the Colorado River 155 miles (249 km) downstream of Hoover Dam.Built between 1934 and 1938 by the Bureau of Reclamation, it is 320 feet (98 m) high, 235 feet (72 m) of which are below the riverbed (the deep excavation was necessary in order to reach the bedrock on which the foundation of the dam was built), making it the deepest dam in the ...
Lake Havasu. / 34.483°N 114.383°W / 34.483; -114.383. Lake Havasu ( / ˈhɑːvəsuː /) is a large reservoir formed by Parker Dam on the Colorado River, on the border between San Bernardino County, California and Mohave County, Arizona. Lake Havasu City sits on the Arizonan side of the lake with its Californian counterpart of Havasu ...
Fort Parker State Park. / 31.60361°N 96.55083°W / 31.60361; -96.55083. Fort Parker State Park is a state park near the City of Mexia in Limestone County, Texas, United States. The city of Mexia and three local landowners donated the land creating the park in 1935. [3] From 1935 to 1942, Civilian Conservation Corps Company 3807 (C ...
The main trailhead is at Parker Dam State Park in northern Clearfield County. The trailhead features an informational display on the history of logging in the region. The trail heads east, first through the grounds of the state park. At 1.4 miles there is a junction with a trail that leads south about six miles to Simon B. Elliott State Park ...
click to go to park article. This is a list of state parks and reserves in the New Mexico state park system. The system began with the establishment of Bottomless Lakes State Park on November 18, 1933. [1] New Mexico currently has 35 state parks. It has been calculated that 70% of the state's population lives within 40 miles (64 km) of a New ...
Black Moshannon State Park is a 3,480-acre (1,410 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Rush Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It surrounds Black Moshannon Lake, formed by a dam on Black Moshannon Creek, which has given its name to the lake and park. The park is just west of the Allegheny Front, 9 miles (14 km) east of Philipsburg ...
Castlewood Canyon State Park. / 39.32972°N 104.73861°W / 39.32972; -104.73861. Castlewood Canyon State Park is a Colorado state park near Franktown, Colorado. The park retains a unique part of Colorado's history, the remains of Castlewood Canyon Dam. Visitors can still see the remnants and damage from that dam which burst in 1933.