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The Lake Raystown Program of Dedication relates the significance of the Tropical Storm Agnes and the Lake Raystown Dam by noting, "The partially completed Raystown Lake Project was effective in storing 160,000 acre-feet (200,000,000 m 3) of flood water (ultimate flood control storage is 248,000 acre-feet (306,000,000 m 3)) during the June 1972 ...
Balanced Rock and Copperas Rocks are two examples of the effects of erosion that can be seen by visitors to Trough Creek State Park. Balanced Rock is perched atop a cliff alongside Great Trough Creek. It appears as if it could tumble into the creek below with the slightest push, but it has held the same position for thousands of years. [7]
High Rocks portion of the park was donated to Pennsylvania by James Michener in 1956. Ravensburg State Park: Clinton County: 78 acres (32 ha) 1933: Rauchtown Run: Park named for the ravens that flock near the gorge. Reeds Gap State Park: Mifflin County: 220 acres (89 ha) 1938: Honey Creek
The Raystown Branch Juniata River is the largest and longest tributary of the Juniata River in south-central Pennsylvania in the United States. [ 4 ] The Raystown Branch Juniata River begins along the Allegheny Front in Somerset County and flows 123 miles (198 km) to the confluence with the Juniata River near Huntingdon . [ 5 ]
Traveling east from Entriken, the route travels to the southeast before turning to the north and making a U-turn to parallel the shore of Raystown Lake. PA 994 then crosses the lake twice, once on a small bridge crossing a small "finger" of the lake and the second time on a bridge that is combination of a land bridge and a man-made bridge.
Prominent meander in the Raystown Branch near Breezewood. Bedford County, Pennsylvania is situated along the western border of the Ridge and Valley physiographic province, which is characterized by folded and faulted sedimentary rocks of early to middle Paleozoic age.
Now known as the Bloody Run Canoe and Kayak Classic (BRCKC) is a community canoe and kayak race along the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River in Everett, Pennsylvania. Historically, this event has comprised a five and nine mile race, with multiple race classes that include "both recreational and competition-class boats".
The White Rocks National Recreation Area was created by the Vermont Wilderness Act of 1984. [1] On January 17, 2006 President George W. Bush signed Pub. L. 110–1 (text) (PDF) , which renamed the park to the Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area, after Robert Stafford , former Governor of Vermont , United States ...