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  2. Powhatan State Park - Wikipedia

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    Powhatan State Park. /  37.65972°N 77.92278°W  / 37.65972; -77.92278. 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 ...

  3. Blue Ridge Mountains Council - Wikipedia

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    The site was called "New" Camp Powhatan to distinguish it from the council's original camp, "Old" Camp Powhatan. The other base camp, Camp Ottari, was opened in the summer of 1962. After occupying a site leased by the Appalachian Power Company for over 10 years, the Claytor Lake Aquatics Base was established in the summer of 2008. [citation needed]

  4. Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    After centuries of logging and other human activities that devastated the swamp's ecosystems, in 1973, the Union Camp Corporation donated 49,100 acres (199 km 2) of land. The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by the U.S. Congress through The Dismal Swamp Act of 1974. The Refuge has grown to just over 112,000 acres ...

  5. Holliday Lake State Park - Wikipedia

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    October 31, 2012. Designated VLR. September 18, 2008 [2] Holliday Lake State Park is a state park located within the confines of Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest in Virginia. The land was cleared as farmland in the 1880s before being returned to its forested state in the mid-20th century. Today, the park is known for its fishing opportunities.

  6. Powhatan Historic State Park - Wikipedia

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    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 from 1869 to 1968. [1] Today the structure displays items of cultural and historical ...

  7. Pocahontas State Park - Wikipedia

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    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 (32.05 km 2) is Virginia's largest state park. [1] In 2015, the park welcomed 1,142,601 visitors.

  8. Lake Charles State Park - Wikipedia

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    Lake Charles State Park is a 140-acre (57 ha) Arkansas state park in Lawrence County, Arkansas in the United States. Situated in The Ozarks along the Black River, the park features the 645-acre (261 ha) artificial Lake Charles. [2] The lake is a result of a partnership of four agencies to construct a multipurpose lake just north of Shirey Bay ...

  9. Hungry Mother State Park - Wikipedia

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    April 12, 2007. Designated VLR. June 8, 2006 [2] Hungry Mother State Park is a state park in southwestern Virginia . Much of the land for Hungry Mother State Park was donated by local landowners to develop a new state park in Smyth County on Hungry Mother Creek. The park is one of the six original CCC parks that opened in June 1936.