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A national recreation area (NRA) is a protected area in the United States established by an Act of Congress to preserve enhanced recreational opportunities in places with significant natural and scenic resources. There are 40 NRAs, which emphasize a variety of activities for visitors, including hiking, camping, boating, fishing, swimming ...
Amistad National Recreation Area: Texas: 62,945.15 acres (254.7300 km 2) Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area: Montana, Wyoming: 120,296.22 acres (486.8215 km 2) Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: Massachusetts: 2,230.71 acres (9.0274 km 2) Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area: Georgia: 12,416.75 acres (50.2488 km 2)
National Recreation Areas of the United States National Park Service. For those operated by the United States Forest Service , see: Category: National Recreation Areas of the United States . The main article for this category is National recreation area .
In August 1972, 59 years after national park legislation was first introduced, the Sawtooth National Recreation Area was established after years of work from U.S. Sen. Frank Church.
National Recreation Areas of the United States — managed by the United States Forest Service Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of ...
Amistad National Recreation Area: Texas: Big Bend National Park: Texas: Big Thicket National Preserve: Texas: Blackwell School National Historic Site : Texas: Chamizal National Memorial: Texas: Fort Davis National Historic Site: Texas: Guadalupe Mountains National Park: Texas: Lake Meredith National Recreation Area: Texas: Lyndon B. Johnson ...
Golden Cathedral. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (shortened to Glen Canyon NRA or GCNRA) is a national recreation area and conservation unit of the United States National Park Service that encompasses the area around Lake Powell and lower Cataract Canyon in Utah and Arizona, covering 1,254,429 acres (5,076.49 km 2) of mostly rugged high desert terrain.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada BLM Southern Nevada District NPS, BLM NV 32,016 50.025 12,956 129.56 November 6, 2002: Elkhorn Ridge: California BLM Northern California District BLM CA 11,001 17.189 4,452 44.52 October 17, 2006: Ellicott Rock: Sumter National Forest, Nantahala National Forest, Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest: USFS