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Nearby, there is a covered, barrier-free fishing pier. There are 74 campsites and an outdoor amphitheater. The Dardanelle Area site features 18 camp sites. [2] The park's staff offer many interpretive programs, including guided hikes, nature talks, kayaking, lake tours and demonstrations, evening slide shows and movies.
Lake Dardanelle State Park is located on two sites, one in Russellville and the other, across the lake to the south, near Dardanelle. The Russellville park includes a visitor center with aquariums and natural and cultural history displays, a fishing pier, and a fishing tournament weigh-in pavilion that is used for the many fishing tournaments ...
Boatsetter was founded in 2014 by Andrew Sturner, [4] co-founder of Miami Angels, [5] who received a pitch for seed funding from Marc Billings. Boatsetter was officially launched on stage at eMerge Americas in May 2015, highlighting its innovative approach to connecting boat owners and renters.
Concept art of the park. Pleasure Pier entrance in Galveston, Texas The new Pleasure Pier in 2012. Features at the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier include: [2] [3] Iron Shark — a steel roller coaster constructed by Gerstlauer, [10] a 100 feet (30 m) tall coaster offering four inversions with a back section cantilevering over the water.
Merritt Park opened in the late 1990s on the west side of town. It is a large, state-of-the-art park featuring outstanding baseball facilities, a playground, soccer fields, basketball courts, and a walking/jogging trail. The adjacent Dardanelle Community Center opened around the same time, and provides multiple services for the community.
Sunset at Mount Nebo. Mount Nebo is a flat-topped mountain about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the city of Dardanelle, from which it is accessed by Arkansas Highway 155.The mountaintop is roughly in the shape of an apostrophe or teardrop, with a point at its northwesterly tip, and a wide south-facing base, from which curving sides trend north to northwest.
The Galveston Wharf Company took control of the port in 1869. [13] They built a grain elevator in 1875, leading Galveston to become a major grain exporter over the next few decades. [14] By 1878, the port of Galveston was the nation's 3rd largest cotton exporter; they fell to 5th by 1882. [12]
Fishing expenditures (such as the purchase of fishing bait or lodging) along Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake generate approximately $650 million annually. [65] The recreational fishing industry supports over 3,000 jobs in the bay area. [65] With over 600 species of birds, Galveston Bay is a popular destination for birdwatching.