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Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Powhatan State Park is a state park located along the James River in Virginia. It is in Powhatan County. The park is 1,565 acres (6 km 2) total with a 2-mile (3.2 km) of riverfront. [ 1][ 2] Powhatan opened in 2013 after a 10-year process of transferring it from use by the Virginia Department ...
Bent Creek is a tributary of the French Broad River in Buncombe County, North Carolina. [ 1][ 2] It was dammed to create Lake Powhatan, a reservoir for recreation just south of Asheville. [ 3] The headwaters of Bent Creek rise near the Bent Creek Gap in southern Buncombe County. [ 4] The Bent Creek watershed is about 5 miles long and 2 miles ...
[14]: 19 The area surrounding the lake was purchased by the park in four phases following the passage of the Fern Lake Conservation and Recreation Act, increasing the overall size of the park by 20%: Phases I and II, 1,850 acres (750 ha) of land purchased in 2008 from Ataya Hardwoods by The Trust for Public Land and transferred to the park
November 10, 2023 at 3:30 AM. The state Forest Service has banned outdoor burning in 30 Western North Carolina counties in the wake of a spate of wildfires that have burned thousands of bone-dry ...
Area. 7,919 acres (3,205 ha) Established. 1946. Governing body. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Pocahontas State Park is a state park located in Chesterfield, Virginia, United States, not far from the state capitol of Richmond. The park was laid out by the Civilian Conservation Corps along the Swift Creek, and at 7,919 acres ...
September 18, 2008 [ 3] Bear Creek Lake State Park is a 326-acre (132 ha) state park located in Cumberland, Virginia, United States. It is a recreational and camping facility that surrounds an artificial 40-acre (16 ha) lake situated in the 16,000-acre (6,500 ha) Cumberland State Forest. As of 2013, the yearly visitation was 78,288.
Powhatan Historic State Park. / 36.09889°N 91.11944°W / 36.09889; -91.11944. Powhatan Historic State Park (formerly Powhatan Courthouse State Park) is a 9.1-acre (3.7 ha) Arkansas state park in Lawrence County, Arkansas in the United States. The park contains the 1888 Powhatan courthouse which served as the home of county government ...
Rocky Knob Recreation Area is a 4,500 acres (18 km 2) recreation area along the Blue Ridge Parkway, which spans from mile markers 167–174. [1] The park is home to 15 miles of hiking trails, 81 tents camping sites, 28 RV sites, and 72 picnic sites. [2] The campground is open seasonally, typically from May–October.