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Lake Petenwell is an artificial lake on the Wisconsin River in central Wisconsin. It is located in Adams, Juneau, and Wood counties next to Castle Rock Lake. It covers over 23,000 acres (93 km 2) and is 42 feet (13 m) deep. Lake Petenwell is Wisconsin's second largest lake at 23,040 acres (93.2 km 2) or approximately 36 square miles (93 km 2).
Strongs Prairie is located along the Wisconsin River, the western border of Adams County. Two impoundments on the river, Castle Rock Lake and Petenwell Lake , are partly within the town. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 52.0 square miles (134.6 km 2 ), of which 47.1 square miles (122.0 km 2 ) is land ...
Mount Tom State Park is a public recreation area lying south of US Route 202 in the towns of Washington, Litchfield, and Morris, Connecticut. The state park occupies 231 acres (93 ha) on the southwest shore of Mount Tom Pond [ 4 ] and is home to the Mount Tom Tower , which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [ 5 ]
Recreational activities include hiking, picnicking, canoeing, fishing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and ice skating.The 110-mile (180 km) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail passes through the reservation as do several low-profile seasonal auto roads.
Wells died in 1921, and in 1925 his children donated 335 acres of virgin timber, including 2.5 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, to the state of Michigan to establish a park. An additional 131 acres which had been purchased by the Menominee County Road Commission was added to create the park. [4] Development of the park began in 1927–28.
J.P. Coleman State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is located ten miles (16 km) north of Iuka off Mississippi Highway 25, on the banks of the Tennessee River and Pickwick Lake. The park is named for James P. Coleman, a former governor of Mississippi. [1]
Environmental Center and parking lot/Park map 1.4 Georgia Tavern Road 1.5 Dike 1.7 Chestnut Point parking lot/Johnny-on-the-Spot toilets/Large Park map 1.8 Dike/fishing pier 1.9 Resting bench - Arlene Wishengrad 2.0: MILEPOST MARKER: 2.2 Yield sign/Johnny-on-the-spot toilet 2.4 Wildlife observation blind 2.5 Resting bench - Gary P. Racich 3.0
The park was created in 1928 when the State Park and Forest Commission purchased 150 acres which included nearly two miles of riverfront from the Ousatonic Water Power Company. [5] Beginning in the 1990s, the park became the scene of annual regattas hosted by the New Haven Rowing Club. [6] [7]