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National Recreation Areas

Name and location Total acreageAmistad (Tex.) 58,500.00Bighorn Canyon (Wyo.-Mont.) 120,296.22Big South Fork (Ky.-Tenn.)125,310.34Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)1,482.25Chattahoochee River (Ga…

Gateway National Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia) Gateway National Recreation Area, N.Y.-N.J.: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Riding Mountain National Park

(Encyclopedia) Riding Mountain National Park, 1,148 sq mi (2,973 sq km), SW Man., Canada, W of Lake Manitoba; est. 1929. A wooded region with small glacial lakes, on the highest part of the Manitoba…

Winnebago, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Winnebago, Lake, 215 sq mi (557 sq km), E Wis.; largest lake in Wisconsin. Fed and drained by the Fox River, the lake is part of an all-water route between the Great Lakes and the…

Pensacola Dam

(Encyclopedia) Pensacola Dam, 145 ft (44 m) high and 6,500 ft (1,980 m) long, on the Grand River (local name of the Neosho), NE Okla., NE of Tulsa; built 1938–41 by the state of Oklahoma. The dam…