Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The main attraction of the park is the 146-acre (59 ha) Lincoln Trail Lake, which was the third lake created in Illinois (1955-1956) using federal monies under the Dingell-Johnson Act. The lake's maximum depth is 41 feet (12 m). [4] The park offers camping, hiking, fishing and boating (outboard motors are limited to 10 horsepower (7.5 kW)).
Lincoln State Park is a state park of Indiana, United States. It is located in southern Indiana in Spencer County approximately 35 miles (56 km) east of Evansville . The park was established in 1932 and encompasses 1,747 acres (707 ha).
The state memorial, created in 1938 on the Whitley site, now serves as a park and picnic area for the greater Decatur, Illinois metropolitan area. The park contains mature second-growth bottomland timber, including black walnut trees; the Whitleys' pioneer cemetery; and the remains of the flour mill and dam on the Sangamon River. The park was ...
This lake, surrounded by trees and walks and drives, as it would be, and with ample park space on all sides is undoubtedly the city's greatest potential natural asset. —Lincoln State Journal, August 2, 1915. Until 1958, Capitol Beach operated as a privately owned amusement park, featuring a saltwater pool and dance hall. [3]
Lake Lincoln State Park: Lincoln: Wesson: Lake Lincoln Boating, fishing, camping Lake Lowndes State Park: Lowndes: Columbus: Lake Lowndes Boating, fishing, camping, equestrian trails, gymnasium LeFleur's Bluff State Park: Hinds: Jackson: Pearl River, Mayes Lake Hiking, boating, fishing; golf course, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. 305 ...
Lincoln Woods State Park is a public recreation area covering 627 acres (254 ha) around Olney Pond four miles (6.4 km) northwest of Pawtucket in the town of Lincoln, Rhode Island. [3] The state park is known for its giant glacial boulders and the stony nature of its terrain which prevented most of the parkland from being used as farmland or for ...
Colonel William Jones House, [2] also known as William Jones State Historic Site, [3] is a historic house in Gentryville and the Lincoln State Park in Jackson Township, Spencer County, Indiana. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1975. [4] William Jones (1803–1864) was a farmer, merchant, soldier, and ...
Lincoln Homestead State Park is a state park located just north of Springfield, Kentucky in Washington County. The park encompasses 120 acres (49 ha), and features both historic buildings and reconstructions associated with Thomas Lincoln , father of President Abraham Lincoln .