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Omaha Public Power District. Omaha Public Power District, or OPPD, is a public electric utility in the state of Nebraska. It is a publicly owned electric utility in the United States, serving more than 855,000 people in Omaha and 13 surrounding counties in southeast Nebraska. OPPD was formed in 1946 as a political subdivision of the State of ...
United States National Arboretum. / 38.91028°N 76.96722°W / 38.91028; -76.96722. The United States National Arboretum is an arboretum in northeast Washington, D.C., operated by the United States Department of Agriculture 's Agricultural Research Service. It was established in 1927 by an act of Congress [1] after a campaign by USDA ...
American University Arboretum and Gardens: American University: Washington: Dumbarton Oaks: Harvard University: Washington Franciscan Monastery gardens: Washington Hillwood Museum & Gardens: Washington Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens: National Park Service: Washington Smithsonian Gardens: Smithsonian Institution: Washington Tudor Place ...
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is a botanical research institution and free public park, located in the Jamaica Plain and Roslindale neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1872, it is the oldest public arboretum in North America. [2] The landscape was designed by Charles Sprague Sargent and Frederick Law Olmsted and ...
Mount Airy Forest. / 39.1796833°N 84.5660111°W / 39.1796833; -84.5660111. The Mount Airy Forest, in Cincinnati, Ohio, was established in 1911. It was one of the earliest, if not the first, urban reforestation project in the United States. With nearly 1,500 acres (6.1 km 2 ), it's the largest park in Cincinnati's park system.
The land occupied by the Washington Park Arboretum has been developed and is owned by the city, but the Arboretum is operated primarily by the University of Washington . Arboretum Creek is approximately 4,000 feet (1,200 m) long, entirely within the park. Its average channel width is 4 feet (1.2 m) and its average channel depth is 2 feet (0.61 m).
Hoyt Arboretum is a public park in Portland, Oregon, which is part of the complex of parks collectively known as Washington Park. The 189-acre (76 ha) arboretum is located atop a ridge in the Tualatin Mountains two miles (3.2 km) west of downtown Portland. Hoyt has 12 miles of hiking trails, two miles of accessible paved trails, and is open ...
78002445 [1] Added to NRHP. December 22, 1978. The Morris Arboretum & Gardens of the University of Pennsylvania (37 ha / 92 acres) is the official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Arboretum is open daily except for major holidays. It is located at 100 East Northwestern Avenue, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .